Turnout for Friday afternoons community discussion was minimal. We talked at length about some basic political/philosophical positions of the S.P.A.C. before tackling the topic of whether or not to seek 501(c)(3) status.
Those who attended seemed optimistic that we could achieve our short-term goals without resorting to this legal course, though it should be kept open as an option. It was decided that I, as the coordinator, will compile a list of books and other materials that the S.P.A.C. need for our library and other projects. I will also study nonprofit "umbrella" status and be in communication with others who have contacted me concerning the issue but who were not able to attend the meeting. A basement space now being used by the Community Independence Project was also offered up at least temporarily as a library space, though in the longer term we will likely need a larger space. Those who feel they have something further to contribute to this discussion- i.e. know of resources that may be helpful (people with pertinent books willing to donate them, rich naturalists who want to fund a group such as ourselves, the likely location of buried treasure, etc.) should contact the S.P.A.C. whenever they can. Alec, Coordinator, S.P.A.C. Community! Equality! Sustainability! As a side note- people seemed curious enough that I thought it warranted including some general info about the S.P.A.C. for future reference. "The S.P.A.C. wants to do a number of things, like assemble a library/study/discussion space and host free workshops dealing with how we as inhabitants of an increasingly degraded ecosystem and social environment can learn to change our behavior in order to stop destroying nature and in order to survive without civilization. Permaculture was a set of ethics and design principles to be used as a framework for re-organizing destructive systems of imperialism and civilization, re-creating our culture so that it can sustain itself indefinitely (maintaining harmony within itself and with its external environment). Unfortunately, Permaculture hasn't been working very well. Partly due to inherent shortcomings, and partly due to historical application, the benefits of Permaculture are coming too little, too late for the vast majority of living beings on this planet. Social Permaculture was inspired by Permaculture's call to industrialized people to take responsibility for our destructive actions, and works towards those ends in this place [...] and time [...] by reassessing 1) what our situation really is and 2) how to deal with our situation in a way that will effectively build community with equality and sustainability- where now there exists extreme violence, degradation and most likely, imminent collapse. [The political position of the S.P.A.C. is to advocate for] those of us who are not Indigenous learning to stand in solidarity with those of us who are in re-affirming complete Indigenous national sovereignty, while at the same time unlearning and dismantling the imperialist mode of existence that was built on this continent in the 14 and 1500s, and still persists today." -from the somewhat erroneously named S.P.A.C. website, Myspace.com/SPAC_nonprofit
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