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# OCF Monthly Community Forum - May 2022

## Agenda
**Intro/Check-In**
*[Who are you? Where are you from? What initiative are you with? What brought you to the forum?]*

* Lin - Money Health Collective - Excited to share initiative with other collectives in OC community
* Nathan - Open Collective Foundation - Excited to spend time with people at the forum and learn more about Money Health Collective
* Laurie - Open Food Network - Been feeling a bit of burnout and disconnection; looking forward to recharging with the community
* Sadé - Open Collective Foundation/Black Alliance for Peace - Doing communications within OCF and joined to learn more about the collectives
* Caroline - Open Collective Foundation/Art.Coop - Always meet amazing people here and excited to learn new facilitation techniques
* Ronen - Open Source Collective - Invited by Caroline to see what else happens in the Open Collective ecosystem
* Lori - Civic Hacker Network - Joined to continue learning and being inspired by others at the forum
* Mike - Open Collective Foundation/The Kola Nut Collaborative/Cooperation for Liberation - Hosts two collectives with the Foundation in addition to program management and enjoy holding space for others at the forum
* Kayla - Open Collective Foundation - Joined the forum because have been wanting to return to attending them and also thinks money health is an important topic
* Ebony - Cooperative Journal/OCF Artist Fellow - Had an opportunity to speak with Lin previously about Money Health Collective for the podcast and want other collectives to know about the interview opportunity
* Betty - Chi Resists - Joined the forum to learn more about the platform and hear how others are using it
* Marina - Art.Coop - Very interested in today's session
* Lauren - Open Source Collective - Joining the forum on invitation from Caroline

**Review of [new updates](https://opencollective.com/foundation/updates) from OCF**

* Check out new Community Guidelines
* Released follow-up email for Solidarity Economy 101 w/several resources
* Offers & Needs Market Airtable and Slack channel
* Upcoming policy updates (grantmaking, political activity, mileage reimbursement)
* Updates to OCF homepage and Comms team/social media calendar

**[Money Health Collective](https://opencollective.com/money-health-collective) Spotlight w/Lin Shi**

* Reflective Prompt: Why don't we talk about money?

**Agile Check-Ins (What are your blockers?)**

**Offers and Needs Market**

* **Offers:** OCF Monthly Forum Spotlight from Mike (OCF); Copy editing & PubPub support from SAR; Volunteer civic tech support from Code for the Carolinas; At-cost logistics services from Distribute Aid USA; Bike-related resources plus Q&A about bikes from Bike!Bike!Everywhere!; Theatre workshops, virtual facilitation and performances from ImaginAction Network; 
* **Needs:** Input on sustaining indie publishing work from SAR; Project collaboration and co-funding from ImaginAction Network; Wordpress Website Redesign from Black Banjo Reclamation Project; Marketing and Design support from Data Umbrella; Community Project Funding from It Is Our Duty

**Closing**
