August
* Big picture visioning, dreaming & planning
* Decide how collective functions - decision- making processes eg. quorum, quick decisions, consensus etc.
* Get someone to facilitate workshops on consensus, facilitation, collective care, burnout awareness etc. for the collective
* Establish contacts with local Indigenous mob ASAP + asking permissions
* Ask No and Trappa about Indig Kitchen
September
- program- figure out the theme & how you want it to look
- Submit Proposals to universities, with camping clearly specified
October
- talk to Indigenous owners
- finance — find grants and apply!
- food growing — start planting on St Kilda site
- logistics — confirm camp plans with Monash
November
- program - start inviting people
- finance — write sponsorship letters - get stuff to raffle off
December
January
- talk to Indigenous crew - ideally have confirmation of permission by now
- promotion — callout at ASEN Training Camp, Climate Summit, in Germinate, O-Week mail-out
- finance — find grants and apply!
- food growing — start planting on St Kilda site
- logistics — confirm camp plans with Monash
February
- finance — go over past budgets, draft 2009 budget
- content — finalise call-out for presenters
- content — decide day themes if any
- content — draft invitation letter for specific speakers/presenters
- content — organise video conferencing for distant presenters
- logistics — confirm camp plans with Monash
- logistics — draw rough timetable, estimate venue requirements
- food growing — start planting on Monash site (if confirmed)
March
- finance — finalise registration costs
- Revisit decision-making processes for new collective members
- Look at collective care processes again
- grievance — look at safer spaces policies and grievance procedures from various events/spaces
- Confirm location of camping
April
- begin writing intro texts for program (about SOS, safer spaces, contact deets, etc)
- collect texts for reader, if there's to be a reader
- have indig accommodation mainly sorted (completely book in June)
- Start putting confirmed program info on website
May
- promotion — print posters, send to campuses and other hotbeds of activism around the country
- logistics — callout for billeting near Monash, translators, drivers
- logistics — open section on web site for billeting and rideshare hook-ups
- volunteers — draft tasklist, begin timetable
- Call out for grievance & elder care crew & explain roles and structure
- collective - revisit collective care workshop
June
- program - start layout of program, get maps sorted, send to printers
- logistics — confirm billets/transport for elders
- food — confirm menu, order dry ingredients
- food — organise equipment for Indig kitchen
- indig - ask about needs
- collective - plan when meeting/how communicating during SoS
July
- Draw up big maps & signs 1-2 weeks out
- Plan collective care space - who should be there, what you all need
- SOS itself!
- chill time afterwards for at least a week
- Rant session - perhaps with a caring outside facilitator to create a safe space for rants.
August
- debrief with external facilitator
- collect, organise, write documents for handover
- attend handover