San Francisco Food Not Bombs

April Meeting Notes 

from April 3, 2012 at In The Works

1. Rice and  Beans Distribution: Rice and beans at In The Works, were distributed at end of meeting.  In The Works will pick up rice and beans from Rainbow in the future.  Also, ITW usually has extra potatos and rice that can be shared with other cookhouses.

2. Days that need help:

Saturday — could use help especially with cleanup around 6 pm

Wednesday — could use one or two more for serving, also could use help with food pickups

Sunday — needs new pickup person/ dumpsterer on Sunday, and moany one person to help cook if reliable

Monday ITW: possibly more food source people, and one or two more regular volunteers for food prep and cleanup.  Normally starts prep at 2-3 pm and serves at 7.

There will be a new volunteer meeting Monday April 9, 7 pm at In The Works.

3. $50 was raised for SF FNB at the Anarchist Book Fair. 

4. There is interest in starting a new serving at UN Plaza on the weekend — the person has equiptment but might want help with spices etc, can start in 2-3 weeks.

5. Fundraising for cups etc?  Dana mentioned that Alex can often get free cups to share.  Also sporks are only $6 for 1,000 at Cash adn Carry.  Donation button on website?  Paypal or other?  Chela will do research, Ellen has bank account info, we can discuss next meeting.

6. Voicemail?  No one person is consistantly checking.  It can be accessed through the volunteer email (Google Voice).  Julia proposed a new message — the current one sounds like a robot and is hard to understand.  

7.  Meeting schedule: Chela suggested two meetings per month on different days to accomodate different schedules.  There was disagreement: the meetings might end up more fragmented.  Suggestion to have meetings regularly on the first Tuesday of each month.  It is important to post meetings on website before they happen. 

8. Next meeting: Tuesday May 8, Ellen’s place,  8 pm.

Meeting Start: 8:02 pm
food: bread, pizza, cake, pie, beer, wine, fruit, vegetables and other goodies!

In attendance: ellen, irish, cynthia, donald, ted, caitlin, christian, dana, arriana, maggie, hayden. we currently have 5 servings!

Announcements: dana- fnb signs progressing. cynthia- looking for a live-in home care situation.

Stickers: come up with, field designs and send to the list. bring in saturday people. we’ll talk about this again!

Anthropology students working on alternatives to capitalism project: questions about filming and their timeframe — not possible inside s40. servings are public places . they are looking for a living situation. irish is asking for further details. proposal: irish will be point of contact. OK.

Tabling: irish – we should do more tabling, especially local stuff and network with other local groups to support those causes. People want to do tabling at hardly strictly bluegrass this weekend (noon, Saturday)!

Get away recap: Mountain getaway was mostly FNB people! lots of exciting and fun and “interesting” experiences.

Where’s the art / punk show dude: Ellen is going to contact him again. If we can’t reach him we will pursue alternatives. For future events a FNB person should be in attendance!

BIRTHDAY INTERMISSION! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAITLIN

Don (Calling In): Hi Don! He’s awesome! He’s doing some car pickups for us and we really appreciate it. Going to work out some further drop-offs. Hope to see him at the next meeting.

In The Works: New Collective Space in SF at 17th and Capp.  Still building out their space! Wants to start a new serving in the next month or so, starting small, will open up the kitchen later. The idea of a breakfast on Tuesday? Proposal: ~$150 funds from the general fund to start this new serving. OK

FNB in Haight and Church Groups:  Church groups and FNB share a serving line, time and space on Saturday. This group serves meat and dairy, has a bullhorn, it creates some confusion and  some are people uncomfortable. We will bring this up next month when people from Saturday are present and try to broker a solution.

Free Eats Chart: updates in progress. Irish is working on it!

Screen Printing: Is happening soon, in October. Details TBA talk to Arriana about it!

Noisebridge: Thoughts about approaching Noisebridge for a FNB serving. We don’t currently have a person  who wants to do this,  but if we did would want someone who was a super reliable bottom-liner: no rotting food, no dirty dishes, no BS, no drama.  Right now focusing on developing In The Works.

Next Meeting: In The Works. October 25th. 7:30pm

Meeting End: 9:56pm

Tueday, September 27
7:30pm
Wednesday Cookhouse
(Polk / California)
official message  /w details soon

Orlando Food Not Bombs is under attack and is currently being arrested, harassed, and labeled “food terrorists” despite public outcry. Ways you can support Orlando FNB

• Call (407) 246-2221 and tell mayor Buddy Dyer arrests of FNB in orlando.
• Donate directly to Orlando FNB
• Learn more and share this story with others!

The City of Orlando, the home of Disney World in Florida, is being sued in court today over a city law that has effectively made it illegal for any group to feed more than 25 people at a time in downtown parks without a permit. It also limits groups to no more than two permits per park, per year. The group Food Not Bombs has refused to obey the new law—saying food is a right, not a privilege—and has continued to serve free meals to the poor and homeless. However, over the past month more than 20 members of the organization have been arrested.  Read more at Democracy Now

Thanks everyone for making the chez gay cafe a success! See you again next year 🙂

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Orlando Food not Bombs are on the front lines and need are support ( 15 arrest so
far ) . They have been arrested on there last 3 SHARINGS and are planning to SHARE
again  TODAY ( 5pm EST ) . S.F.  Food not Bombs is planing a day SOLIDARITY with are
SISTERS & BROTHERS on the front lines in the war on FREE SPEECH and SHARING food
with another human being . Please come out  enjoy GREAT FOOD and are special guest
NICK PORTARO , who was one of the first people to Document S.F FNB struggle that's
so relevant TODAY !  STATION 40 ,3030-B 16th ST  any time after 2pm , SHARING at 7pm
 ( banner drop ) . Short film 8:30 with NICK . PLEASE FORWARD !!

Join SF FNB for our annual tradition — the Chez Gay Cafe and Potluck at the Transmarch! We’ve been doing this for 4 years now and are super excited for it to be this time of year again! San Francisco Food Not Bomb will provide some food, be cooking veggies at the park, but PLEASE bring veg food to share.

All are welcome to share food and eat.

(As always?)  bonus points awarded for:

If you would like to volunteer for prep work or cooking at the park email sffnbvolunteers@riseup.net

We’re generally a chill bunch, but disrespect for  queer, trans, genderqueer or gender variant folks will not be tolerated.

Dolores Park

3pm, June 24th, Friday!

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116991138388451

In attendance Evan, Irish, Dana, Ethan, Mike, Julia, and Ellen

Mike and Julia want to start a serving in the Haight at Stanyan on Saturdays. Need food sources, pots, cutting boards, knives. Starting June 25th cooking at 1:30pm and serving at 6pm. Evan can provide dumpster maps as food source.

Dana knows Ray who has a burning man workshop where we can make sheet metal FNB signs with LED lights!

At Trans March June 24th 3-6pm FNB serving “Le Chez Gay” small crew needed to help serving and people can bring food pot luck style.

Offer for kitchen in Bayview. One volunteer available and food sources as well.

James from Wednesday wants to start a serving in the Castro.

12 arrests in Orlando. People’s homes are getting raided and people are getting harassed. Support needed! Direct actions wanted for solidarity. There’s a call for people who are willing to get arrested to go and help Orlando FNB. This Thursday the 16th there’s going to be a five course meal, film screening, and donations made for Orlando at Station 40.

There’s going to be a direct action against the drug war. City hall 12pm Friday 17th.

Canadian television World’s Weirdest Restaurant wants FNB to do a spot about freeganism. Evan wants to investigate and report back.

Mike wants to know who has the archives?

Next meeting: Thursday will host time and date TBA