Attendees & Availability

Rachel - want it to happen; have some time; don't have experience with it before but willing to learn; have experience with event planning, social media; difficulty meeting deadlines sometimes

Malibe - haven't been involved in planning; helped w/ interpretation; would like it to happen; have some time to dedicate to it; can be available 2-3 hrs/wk; might be moving in 2 months what has been the hardest thing about planning this?

Angie - might also be moving in August (2 mos), but probably not too disruptive; enthusiastic about participating and having a role in planning; uncertain re: date; starting a job now that closes in the 2nd or 3rd week of November, which will be busy; really enthusiastic about the diversity of projects and speakers

Angel & April - will be less involved this year, but still available to provide info and resources and to do things upon request

Nat - spent maybe 1-2hrs/wk on meetings, emails, etc.; social media was time consuming, esp. b/c also doing illustrations for the posts

Resources presentation

Angel & April put together a slideshow on some of the resources we used for past B!B!E! events: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KmAUxcFaCB8KSEZOgn9b7OWBvlqKUd8YA2RJFnrbu6A/edit?usp=sharing

First things to do

make an announcement that it's happening
pick a date and theme
meet one more time to discuss themes, dates, announcements
this time continues to work for people; check with Aaron?
prefer emails or something else? WhatsApp works well; check with Aaron? Malibe will create the WhatsApp group.
Rachel is going to send out the email

Discord

it's not ideal, but it is the best thing we have right now
sometimes it blocks people, especially people outside the US
might be good for planning communication?
if using discord, reiterate to people that they need to check it