2026-09-20 Spokes Council Meeting (Planning Session)

2026-09-20 Spokes Council Meeting (Planning Session)

Agenda 

• Intros
• Recap All Hands
• review POU doc
• co-work on Oct Spokes meeting 
• 10 minutes to Sapling Nursery organizer 

Meeting Highlights

Attendance

shelby, charlie, ezra, purl, shea, saht, gareth, charlie, jeni, sy

New Action Items 

• save the date w proposals link and proposals due date; ASAP- Shea 
• flyer design due date 9/27- Charlie
• notes to wiki and posted in chat, due asap- Shea
• Big announcement with poster, links to POU, and agenda; due 10/01- Ezra + Purl 
• f/u post to announcement chats- 10/11- Purl + Ezra
• call to action to WG chats w flyer- pick your reps! read proposals and discuss w your group! link to purls proposal + agenda; due 10/11- Ezra + Purl 

Detailed Meeting Notes

All hands recap 

- 3 new organizers (Saht, Gareath + 1 other) showed up to All hands, have experience in other mutual aid spaces and eager to help
- meeting turned into onboarding session 
- link to notes:

Review + Edit POU doc

word "hub" is vague- we are a community space
discussion around "mission statement"- keep it high level
what are we, what are our goals, where are we going

POU is where we lay out our values- participate, cultivate 
link to POU doc: https://pad.riseup.net/p/O4OoLHea0rgRnQ78YKIg-keep
this is in good shape, lets bring it to spokes to refine w WGs 

Next Meeting

committing to promoting well in advance in both announcement chats and WG chats
group coworked on:
poster- charlie 
announcement + CTA drafting- Ez + Purl (see AIs)
Agenda dump- Shea
picked 10/18 3-5p as next meeting time 

10/18 meeting roles:
Saht + Shelby- co facilitators
Shelby- stack 
Shea- notes

Agenda so far:
major admin updates (15min)
WG updates (15min)
review of proposals (15min)
break (5min)
discuss proposals (15min)
bubble up discussion (10min)