Anarchist U Minutes (Sunday, April 10, 2005)

Attending

Campus coop

Campus Coop has been thinking of making space for socially active groups, including Food not Bombs, Boiling Frog, AnarchistU. They called a meeting of the different groups, to which only Chris Smith attended. They like Chris's suggestion that they also run their own AnarchistU course, perhaps on Coop politics.

It seems likely we will be able to get space from them. Some AnarchistU people should get involved with proposal and board meetings

New Courses

• Urban Interventions (Sandra)
  • Combined workshops by different community artists and activists.
  • 10 weeks
  • workshop based discussions between different groups
  • No time or location
  • Approved

• Animals and Society (Amus)
  • An examination of how scientists perceive animals, and why.
  • 20 minute lecture, 1:40 discussion
  • Suggestion: perhaps the course could additionally include a section Vegetarianism
  • Approved
  • Time and location to be announced
    • Rob will ask Alan about having it at Alan's place

• Creative Resistance (Laurin)
  • A series of educational creative resistance outings.
  • Class will mostly happen outside or at Uprising
  • No or few readings
  • Dumpster Diving should also include scrounging and non-art
  • Mondays at 7pm

• Punk Rock (Bill)
  • A study of historic and current punk rock
  • Ideal Audience: new kids and mystified parents
  • Rob will give Bill some articles
  • Accepted
  • Time: 7-9 on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
  • Location: 540 Spadina

• Phys ed (Yehuda)
  • unstructured phyical ed activities such as hiking, baseball, soccer, Frisbee, etc.
  • Time & location: TBA

• Peak oil & 9/11
  • Accepted pending outline in two weeks
  • Time: 6 or 7 on Tuesdays
  • Location: 540 Spadina

• The Lover's Dilemma
  • An explanation of Game Theory, and how it is beneficial to the left.
  • Suggestion: Explain what the Trickster's Dilemma is in the promo
  • Accepted

• Direct Action
  • Sandra
  • Suggestion: Should metion critical looks at weathermen and other extreme left groups.
  • Accepted

• Graffiti course
  • Asher
  • Accepted

• Philosophy discussion group
  • Rick
  • Is already leading a philosophy discussion group and would like to do it for eight weeks through AnarchistU.
  • Pending further discussion

• Writing & Electronics
  • Darren will be teaching these courses again in the spring.

• First Aid
  • A friend of Darren's would like to teach a first aid class. It will be proposed next meeting.

• Ontological Anarchism and Ultimate Cosmic Models
  • This course will be proposed next meeting.

Misc

• Asher will take over email

• Next general meeting: Sunday April 24

• Next Structure meeting: Sunday April 17 To be determined at next general meeting (April 24)