Date: 12.5.2019
Attendees: Trevor, Brandon, Jay, Alex (Remote), Wesley, Matthew
Meeting Opener/Land Recognition: Trevor
Recap: Dougsgiving was awesome! Nice to do something outdoors and unstructured, and that was accessible to friends and new faces in an un-intimidating way. Thanks for bringing new people, delicious food, and celebrating together!
New Project (Trevor): Cascadian Solstice Survival Guide (holiday survival guide) - about having a warm winter together and how to maintain your communities in Cascadia when faced with the usual headaches of the holidays (cost, time, capitalism).
Includes things like how to consume responsibility, bioregional gift giving, Cascadian cookie-making, repurposed materials/upcycling (including junk mail as wrapping paper!)
Occupying a positive space that addresses seasonal blues or struggles
Delivery: out into the world next Friday (13th)
Cookie-making next Wednesday, hosted by Diplomat Claire!
Re-purposed wrapping paper next Thursday (at Diplomat meeting at Wallingford House), organized by Trevor
We Need: Basic infrastructure resources, such as how to define Cascadia, run a meeting, what it means to be a Diplomat. Online versions as well as in-print versions that can be accessed by people who
Wouldn’t It Be Skookum If….? (2020 version!)
Trevor: We built meaningful relationships with outside groups (like-minded folks), that those groups would start participating in our meetings and events - bioregionally focused in terms of groups (“Collaborate with us”) - regular communication or blog posts. Note: don’t reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to.
Diplomat field trips/outings?
Goal: getting new voices/from different groups on their issues from a Cascadian perspective or towards independence
Alex: We had a Cascadian Voter Pamphlet (“How to Vote as a Cascadian - Core Values”)
What are the implications for Cascadia, initiative-by-initiative
How to evaluate politics from a Cascadian perspective
I voted Cascadian (stickers) with the flag
Wesley: We could record, transcribe, print, and mass-produce “Indigenous Voices of Cascadia” and use it as an organizing tool within the bioregion
4-5 solid interviews that can be transcribed and published in a small booklet or pamphlet
Producing them and giving them to the tribes as a resource
Different stories of colonization in order to address and bring to light traumas, show differences even within our own region
The importance of human-to-human connection
Brandon: We had entire resource kits available for new organizers: a simple and straight forward way for them to connect in, report back/log into the website, and to engage with our mission - an empowerment kit
Brandon 2: Gathered a petition with signatures demanding independence, and had a small group that hand delivers the petition on a selected day to their local capital (per state/province)
Brandon 3: Active groups with point people, with some kind of regional body that decides on campaigns that go to all groups
Matthew: We had an organic organizer in each of the 75 ecoregions/9 regions within Cascadia! Each running their own meeting!
A diplomat in each region that acts as someone who outreaches with groups and like-minds in their local area
Jay: We could get some politicians to wear the Cascadian flag on their lapels (publicly!)
Tonight’s Project(s):
How to Vote Cascadian (Jay, Alex)
Indigenous Voices of Cascadia (Wesley, Trevor)
Infrastructure: How to Host a Meeting (Brandon, Matthew)
