Approved March 8, 2006 Feb 8 2006 group meeting minutes, approved at March 8 2006 approval by Sean.     (for previous meetings' minutes, click here). Attending: John Lloyd (Notetaker)MattMitchellSean We started at 6:30PM. Sean proposed meeting agenda, approved by consensus.  Lloyd picked as minutes taker.  Introductions.  Minutes of previous (Jan 11, 2006) meeting by Mitchell and Sean approved by consensus. Past/Future Public Events: CONSENSUS on proposal: �that monthly CAPES meetings will be at Gourmand.� PILSEN FORUMRecap of progress on Pilsen forum. CONSENSUS for Sean to attempt to move date to March 22nd (to follow the March 18th March/Rally to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the war in Iraq).  CONSENSUS that CAPES endorse March 18th antiwar marches, hat passed for $25 which will be our endorsement fee. Discussion of size of Pilsen forum panel with focus on including as many presenters as possible, possibly pairing up to discuss Parecon institutions.  Group reached CONSENSUS to create Presentations Working Group to plan this and future presentations with initial assigned membership consisting of members present to volunteer (John, Lloyd, Matt, Mitchell, Sean) (first meeting of this working group scheduled 6:30 Wed Feb 22 at Gourmand).  Possible Pilsen event format: half presentation, half questions. Announcement to be made in Reader.  Dates for flyering in Pilsen not yet established.  If the date of the event changes, flyering at the March 18 rally/march will be necessary as well.  Open University of the Left - Has offered us a date in May.  Mitchell is looking into the details. Midwest Social Forum (July 2006 Milwaukee, WI) � CONSENSUS to present and/or table at the event.  Mitchell is dealing with the proposal. Flyering: Discussion but no decision on scheduling Maxwell Street flyerings, or on flyering other venues such as Chicago Hotel picket.  Sean will table for CAPES at Chicago Indymedia Film Presentation (7 pm Feb 11, 2006). OLD BUSINESS: Voicemail - Mitchell is waiting to hear back from the messaging service.  Old proposal �that CAPES get a voice mail line and assign a few members to check and answer it as part of their balanced job complexes.� CONSENSUS to create two-person Voicemail Team rotated monthly, Matt and Mitchell assigned for first month. Webteam � proposals considered: �On February 8th we should create AND STAFF an official webteam, and also an official voicemail team.  That's a PROPOSAL, by the way . . .� �I propose that on February 8th we confirm that maintaining this listserv has  been officially assigned as a group task, and that we nail down to whom it's been assigned.�  CONSENSUS to create Webteam, initial membership Dylan, Lloyd, Ruben, and Sean.  Webteam tasks to be established.  Questions of how best to use the site (still needs to established) and the need for a site tutorial (possibly at the next meeting) were brought up. Mission Statement:  CONSENSUS on previously tabled proposal amended as follows answering concerns of John and Lloyd: �that we change the last paragraph of our mission statement to include this bracketed text at its very end (SEEDS values are in bold text, �participatory� no longer in bold):  �. . . We assert that economic realities, perhaps more than any others, must be susceptible to popular influence and democratic debate in order for democratic ideals to be anything but chimera: and accordingly we energetically propose an economic model based upon the democratic ideals of equity, solidarity, diversity, and participatory self-management[, in addition to the practical value of real efficiency so neglected by the current system].��  (original proposal ended: �to the practical value of efficiency so disastrously neglected by the current system.�) Parecon Gaming / Parecon Fiction:  Proposal by Mitchell �to start two working groups in CAPES which can work on projects related to: (1) Parecon-related and participatory gaming (that is, creating games and test-playing games that help that help convey parecon-related values and institutions). (2) Writing works of creative fiction (a play, a short story, et cetera), either singly or collectively, which would do the same thing -- and maybe try to get it published.  (This may be related to a hoped-for collective CAPES group blog project I hope to start.) - Is anyone interested in being a part of either of these proposed working groups�  CONSENSUS to create Gaming and Fiction working groups with Mitchell as point person.   Discussion of potential Parecon gaming debated idea of "Everyone wins or loses" gaming and adapting current games vs. adapting Parecon institutions.  Update from John on his work creating a Sim Parecon module.  NEW BUSINESS: Job Complex Directory � CONSENSUS on adoption and public web accessibility of draft Job Complex directory and CONSENSUS on proposal �that everyone assigned an official group task (like webteam, voicemail team, etc.) will be listed in a publicly-accessible 'CAPES Job Complex Directory' on the website.� Discussion of developing a database driven version rather then a static page. Literature Creation Issue:  Earlier proposal by Mitchell: �Perhaps we can devise a working group which would work specifically on writing for official CAPES statements.�  Presentation group decided to be sufficient for this purpose, proposal withdrawn.  Discussion of Sean�s and Mitchell�s proposed Pilsen forum flyer language.  Concerns of several members specifically with first paragraph of Sean�s text, met by Sean with agreement to significantly alter first paragraph with listserv/presentation group discussion.   Decision Making Between meetings � Proposal by Sean to develop procedures that would enable group to make time-sensitive decisions without having to wait for group meetings.  Discussion considered creating new working groups /empowering existing working groups to speak for CAPES within set parameters on specific issues likely to be time-sensitive, creating procedure for calling emergency meetings, including conference-call style meetings perhaps facilitated through the website.   Tabled for further discussion. We started on time and were careful to meet time limits set in our agenda, so we finished comfortably before Gourmand's 8PM close without having to stint on discussion or table any but, as expected, the last item.