# Increasing Membership: - Sliding dues - Time commitment can be too much for too many people. - [ ] #outreach Provide different meeting times or child care for graduate students that are parents. - Need to have people have a positive experience with the union. - Lead people to the answer. If you ask, "On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to become a COGS member right now?" and they give a 2, you can say "So, why not a 0?" # COGS 30th Anniversary: - [ ] #outreach Reach out to founding COGS members. - Ask Greg Cross - #📅-event/brainstorming Have a 30th Anniversary working group (4-5 members, max) - Ask at GMM. # Orientations: - COGS is not allowed to present at any orientations. - Reserve the room for orientations right after they finish. - So, we slid in. - Can be outside, can hand out flyers. # Making [[General Membership Meetings|GMMs]] better: - It feels like COGS runs itself. - More action items AT the meeting. - Chairs in a circle, Socratic style. - Need greeters and name tags. - Casual for an organization meeting can read off as disorganized. - [[General Membership Meetings|GMM]] checklist so we know what to bring every time. - First-timers guide to a COGS meeting. - A tri-fold thing. - "Learn" as a theme might not pull people in. - People may feel that they can learn from Google. - Need to give the vibe that COGS needs help. - Less break-out groups, more menu selection or big asks. - Time for general membership to speak to the [[Coordinating Committee|CC]]. - Minutes are an informational document that recorded what happened. # Summer Office Employee: - [ ] #outreach Hire someone for a Summer Office Employee by June 1st. They will help to digitalize data and clean up the office. [[Anne Moore]], [[Miranda Schene]], and [[Jay Smuszkiewicz]] will read resumes. - Might be [[Jessica Douglass-Eurich]].