# 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)