# What is Where? Using the COGS Drive/Office: - Led by [[Olivia Jones]] - Everyone has a mailbox. # Past: What has and has not worked well: ## What has worked well: - Responded well to the international crisis. - Open bargaining. - Getting a 6% raise has motivated people to become involved. ## What has not worked well: - [ ] #outreach Need to continue to reach out to international students. - [ ] #outreach Have some faculty or others be point people for international students. - [ ] #outreach More presence at orientations. - [ ] #outreach At orientations: Have QR codes or presentations ready to go. - [ ] #text-update Make it clear that people are in the bargaining unit and can engage even if they don't pay dues. - [ ] #outreach More people at the Homecoming Parade. - [ ] #outreach Make COGS-A-PALOOZA earlier in the semester. Also, fewer events that are more well-attended. Or one event a week to make it a month of COGS-A-PALOOZA? - [ ] #outreach Better at emailing events. - [ ] #outreach More activity in each of the committees. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Donate to COGS rather than OneDay for Iowa? - Better handle boycotts. - Right now, don't do boycotts for University funding due to the political landscape right now. - Make it clear that this doesn't negatively affect departments. - [ ] #outreach Encourage graduate students to not participate in unpaid labor for One Day for Iowa. - [ ] #text-update Make it clear what people's rights as workers are. - [ ] #text-update Add agenda for [[General Membership Meetings|GMM]] - Changing meeting day. - Maybe not on Sunday. - [ ] #text-update Make COGS wins more clear. - [ ] #outreach COGS members need to talk to non-members. - [ ] #outreach More focused Blitzes. By department or by steward area - [ ] #outreach A university wide Blitz one in the Fall and a more focused on in the Spring? # Future: - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Fun Labor movie at Filmscene - [ ] #outreach To have a strong stance for the next elections. A COGS platform. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming A COGS movie? In documentary style? - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming TAs withhold grades. - [ ] #outreach More opportunities for one-on-one conversations. - [ ] #outreach More regular emailed out information about policies. - [ ] #outreach File a lot more grievances. - [ ] #outreach Updated t-shirts - [ ] #outreach Request feedback following events. - [ ] #increase-members Stronger stewards network. - [ ] #increase-members Steward in every department. - [ ] #text-update Have tangible action items for members. This could help in [[Green Area]] where language about stipends and fees doesn't apply. - [ ] #text-update More choice between committees to join. Like, let them pick their starter Pokemon. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Block Dubuque Rd. - [ ] #outreach More organization for marches. Make sure everyone knows what their job is. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Marshal deescalation training - [ ] #outreach Make sure for each event to invite them to the next one. - [ ] #outreach Get event agendas out earlier. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Not paying fees event. A fee boycott. If you don't pay your fees, you can't work. - [ ] #📅-event/brainstorming Sick outs. - [ ] #outreach More critical in our support of Democratic candidates. - [ ] #outreach COGS office hours on Zoom. - [ ] #outreach Switch to Discord or Slack? But, keep in mind that there is no magical platform that will make non-engaged people engaged. - [ ] #outreach Advocating around an issue more. # Broadstripes: - Broadstripes need to be manually updated. - I can do that in Obsidian. - My pie in the sky idea: Replace Broadstripes with Obsidian. - Dataview or scripts that check the list for doubles for us. - COGS needs to fight to get the list. - First week of September and January if we are lucky. So, twice a year. # [[Digital Archive]] # Hear from UE National: - Valentina is the director of communications - Grad conference board - UE has a history of boards, ways to collaborate on lots of different issues. - Getting this started for the different UE locals. - Each UE local will decide whether to affiliate, then decide 3 reps. ## What COGS wants to see from UE: - Solidarity actions between multiple universities. - More opportunities to have more UE presence. - State networks. - Legal support. - Push as a resolution: Pay UE lawyers more. - Right now, they are limited in how much they can get paid so it is hard to get good lawyers. - Clearer information on what we can and cannot protect you from.