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# Disorientations Weekly 2020-06-26

**Attending**: Joanne, Casey, Matt, Emma

**Facilitator/Notetaker**: Joanne

this is a change!

## Agenda
- Intros [if needed]
- Joanne reads you all a poem: "Lingering in Happiness" by Mary Oliver.

### Discussion Items
- Race, representation, composition of our group, and our roles in the overall project w/r/t student organizers. (What's the action needed here?)
- Links for discussion:
- [Duke Diso 2019-2020](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sEHdPX_ag12S8IPJv0Uuhb8Agm5sTGObQxl3yKWJrP0/edit) on outreach and leadership
- [CLEAR Lab Book](https://civiclaboratory.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/clear-lab-book.pdf) on equity and social location
- [UChicago 2011 White Ally Checklist](https://disorientations.org/s/archive/item/302#page=28)
- [Zine Librarian Code of Ethics](http://zinelibraries.info/2016/05/30/code-of-ethics-1115-web-version/)
- Project STAND [SAVE Metholodology](https://standarchives.com/s-a-v-e-methodology/) and [Documenting student activism w/o harm](https://standarchives.com/elementor-6715/)
- AORTA Coop [Dismantling Anti-Black Bias in Democratic Workplaces Toolkit](http://aorta.coop/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/anti-black-bias-packet-print-1.pdf) and [Cultural Appropriation Guiding Questions](http://aorta.coop/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Cultural-Appropriation-Resource-Sheet-April-2015.pdf)

### Followups
- Update on our communications with student groups so far. What do we know about their timelines? Are there publishing milestones we should be aware of?
- Different meeting time?

## Notes
- Hard to approach the representation problem through outreach... A continued conversation.
- If we want to include more people, offer something so it's not just reaching out for the sake of that. Think more of what we offer.
- To write and make more explicit: where we're at and where we want to be. "We are an open group... seeking to be representative of the issues covered in Disos... We are lokoing for student activists..."
- "Know your limits." (U Chicago) -> can we make our limits and aspirations more explicit?
- If we get to a point where consensus becomes an issue, consider starting to institute a formal process with transparent voting. Look here for inspiration: https://wiki.php.net/rfc
- When in doubt, opt for transparency.
- Consider reaching out to universities and other organizations with a predominant BIPOC membership to bolster diversity within our group.

## Decisions
- Weekly Meetings Tuesday 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET, next meeting July 7.

## Next Steps
- [x] Matthew - Upcoming conference, Sunshine PHP, to learn how they work on diversity and share back. https://sunshinephp.com/
- [ ] Individually write a few sentences or paragraph or two and share it next week on where we're at and where we wanna go re: race, representation, etc.
- [x] Add links to working files to website for transparency / easy access.