My feeling is that we should stop pressuring ourselves with stuff which isn't important in the immediate future. At the moment the priority I feel is continuing to make sure that CAMRU is operating well and effectively in the gallery, and that we are able to make adjustments to it as we need to or want to. Thus my feeling for an agenda for the meeting is as follows;
Share feedback we have had from others on the CAMRU so far and discuss what action needs to be taken on these points. Some of these so far from what I know would be the following;
* How to document peoples' responses.
* What to do with the responses as the wall fills up.
* How to make the outposts more outstanding. Use walls behind them? Make them bigger? Supply chairs beside them?
How we are going to better manage manning the CAMRU. So far it seems that the hosts are having to take a laissez faire role becuase they are too busy with other things in the gallery. We had thought that we would be able to man it over the weekends but due to a level of burnout in the group this has not so far been sucessful.
* Roster
* Volunteers. I have interest from people at ROAR! and I think it would be great to get some others on board so that we can share the load. It is better to haev someone there than noone there, even if the person isn't one of us!!
* How to better engage the hosts. (can City gallery supply more than one where the CAMRU is?)
Artists Talk
This is this Sunday and I don't have a good idea yet what the ASsociation wants to say as a whole. I think this should be an important part of this meeting so we can get it thrashed out so we are confident that we are representing all of us on Sunday adn we have some kind of united front?!
Inviting others to join the group
As our numbers have decreased somewhat, I think this is something we shoudl talk about. It would make it a whole heap easier to man the CAMRU and get things done, as well as possibly injecting some new life and energy into making things happen. I realise that there will be a crossover thing where people will need to catch up etc etc but I think it's something we should reexamine. Perhaps there could be some thing where we are looking for peopel to volunteer and help out with this project and then be part of the next one? ! I don't know, may be a bad idea but I think we should start by at least getting some volunteers to help us man the CAMRU. Unless we think that it operates well enough on it's own. In which case perhaps we need a roster so that one of us can just go in each day and check out what's happening and reorganise things etc?
2 comments:
Total and absolute agreement!
I have been going in to check on the CAMRU and after several visits now have really come to the conclusion that the outposts are not working!!
We need a new format, another meeting with the hosts to gauge their actual interest and see if they have any feedback - why dont we consider host experience and opinion as a way of improving the function of trolley?
They are the best gauge and source of information for it's sucess at the moment, and could be potentially interested in collaboration in CAMRU and ongoing...
i agree about burnout - sustainability buzz needs building into our process for sure. We do all need to make some personal time commitments to trolley upkeep though - which doesn't mean being there for hours however, I am trying to avoid getting obsessive about checking up but it feels like I am the only one that is making time to go in - correct me if I'm wrong please!!!.
There's some really interesting things being written - both thoughtful and deliberately thoughtless - we need to be working with this input to develop and draw out the conversation that is emerging, in order to keep the momentum and interest up!
I would like to add the blog to our agenda too - in light of its address being published in the catalogue and in terms of how its working for everyone as a touchstone for communication -
I've made some bean dip to bring - lots of garlic in it though!!!!!
hey i think these are all really salient points to cover in the meeting. i've sent out some txts and phone calls so everyone is aware that the agenda has changed. so important to settle this things out sooner rather than later. great! p
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