Present: Auto, Hale, Ian V, j, M Apologies: Alabama, Steed, Andy (Interested Contact), Jenny (Interested Contact) 1) Workplace Reports - Auto: No major new workplace issues to report. Auto is meeting with other games industry workers in Reading next week Re: organising in the industry. Will go and report back to SF. - j: Still unemployed ACTION: Look into workfare and find out more about it. - Hale: Agency worker, currently between jobs. Interested in seeing what SF could do to organise among agency workers. - M: Organisation and colleagues are currently trying to save money due to financial pressure. - Ian V Hasn't been paid by the college this week due to a failure of bureaucracy. 2) legal training - 8 people are expected. - We have enough crash space. - ACTION: Bring snacks, sugar and milk. 3) J30 - General agreement that we felt good about the day. - General discussion: What is the role of Solfed? We're not paper sellers; a general agreement that we need to move towards being a union in a practical sense. - Discussion to be continued within the local and then widened out. 4) New workplace training - Auto will be trained as trainer - We will repeat last training for new members and anyone else who wants to come. - Auto talks to Tom about when. - Auto talks to Pete about where. 5) Non-Native English Speakers in SolFed - being more open for non native English speakers in the UK - there are some CNT people in the UK 6) NDC motions; our support for - FB profile for national organisation: YES - workplace branches: YES amendment: 3 (instead of 2) people are required for a workplace branch. - provisionally accepting new locals YES - black listing YES - new logo: ABSTAIN (We would be happy with either logo) - extending the theory and practice series series YES 7) piece for OxSoS website - Auto writes ca. 200 words by tomorrow about why we support the J30 strike 8) Gender in SolFed - report to SolFed for poll about gender issues was submitted 9) Social - suggested date: 6.-7. Aug - suggested form picnic. If rain, then pub.
