CARETAKERS MEETING 26 MARCH 2019
present: Kate, Laura, Diederik, Hans
 
0/ meteo 
   - HANS going good, but a bit disturbed by longdistance working. Mixed feelings about 2022+ meeting, excited and lost at same time. 
   - LAURA enjoyed 2022 meeting, new voices, digresssions. 2 years this week as KM!! Satisfied with work so far. Being seduced by Mama... so thinking about possible futures. Mama role would be Navigator, guides young programmers & curators - helps them lead project (but not a producing function; overall view and sounding board) & makes program for curation exchange, and workshops. 40% but it's too little time... (last person left through over work) - they think 60% is possible, but their means are not great... 
   Aspiration is to connect more to Dutch field. Being between reduces possibilities to participate fully (in both field, Brussels as well as Dutch), clear desire to be more involved in the Dutch field. 
- DIEDERIK struggling with time, as usual. Next week starts with 5 weeks of rehearsals. Juggling these spin-meetings with production work for Undead. Frustrated because needs to spend more time and energy on the artistic.  
- KATE feels Fine and Excited!   Let's do it. 
   
1/ articulating the priority developments of SPIN till end 2020 (ie. which developments does SPIN focus its energy and resources on)
> see document with list of activities
EVALUATION (see notes below) & PLANNING (see calendar)
TO DO: spot fragile points and articulate actions for 2019-2020

Structural maintenance (daily running, coordination & implementation):

NON-MEETINGS: irregular or ongoing work (mostly email and remote work):   

Development (asks extra time investment & develops new content, relations, projects):

2/  understanding which of us has time/energy/presence for the priorities we set as an organisation 
> artistic coordination = monthly meet, money meet, touch base, maintenance (general follow up), artist pot exhange, mega meet, retreat. Longterm development, development projects.
> what stays when on maternity leave: artist pot exchange, mega meet, retreat, longterm development. Anything else that they want to sign in to.
> overview: personal priorities (in SPIN structural) roles / mandates / availability (maternity leave etc)
see preparatory notes below!
2020 availability problem for artistic coordination. 

Discussion about artistic coordination 2020. 
Artistic coordination shared between Diederik and Laura for a while? Laura finds it problematic that she is not in Brussels. 
Diederik also thinks it's a moment to experiment with artistic coordination. A spinnacle like Marion? Or somebody of the design group.
 
>> discussion and agreement:   articulate what does the organisation need from each of us? and what are we interested & able to put in? -  visualised in a planning! (where?)
 
3/ designing problem-solving ways to achieve each SPIN priority development (with the resources we have) >>>>  Do / Delete / Delegate / Post Pone

4/ planning it over the year, so each of us knows when they’re expected where. 
> >> visualise in a planning = clear map! (where? to follow up?)




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PREPARATION NOTES (PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS)

>>Let's ask Laura to also write a short chapter on these things? 

Our personal engagement possibilities over the next 12 / 18 months. 

Kate: 
> I would be interested in Maternity Leave during thee period Feb-Nov 2020. But it’s likely Hans will need the same. For sure early Sept-mid Nov I’ll be out, and I would like another patch in spring…. 
> when not on maternity leave, I am fine with artistic co-ordination of SPIN general, and even enjoy it…  
> But I struggle with the artistic development dynamics of SPIN general though - in the sense that I find it sporadic and not focused, things move slowly to my perception, and the artistic development team is not disciplined enough to make feasible plans with the time we have available.  
> The co-learning trajectory is one I would like to opt out or be low-profile with. To me it looks necessary that we work with people who can be very autonomous (including us individually). I can put some time into preparing the partnerships and dossier, but not extended amounts.  
> the workgroup SPIN future would interest me as my main SPIN-gen time investment in 2020 along side artistic co-ordination. 

Diederik
Our personal engagement possibilities over the next 12 / 18 months
- Maternity Leave until July would be great. I will come back to daily co-ordination SPIN-general with pleasure. But questions about the idea of doing it alone (in case of double maternity-leave K&H): getting someone else in?
- Workgroup SPIN-future, if we / I decide to go for it, this seems high priority activity within SPIN.
- Co-Learning: yes, but less priority – will try to engage from the perspective of KASK research, which is related I think. Very interested in educational branch, however some decent amount of money for it is a condition. Maybe partner up? Amicale?

Hans
Since we got the VAF production money, it's more likely we will film in the spring of 2020. However the precise planning still needs to be made, and also depends on the speed with which we manage the rest of the financing. 
- I'm a fan of the co-learning trajectory and therefor I feel very uncomfortable with launching it, securing the money for it (VGC application end 2019), but not engaging in it in 2020. It feels weird to stand behind something but not having your hands in it... Still, I want to be a good host of this trajectory untill end 2019.
- I also enjoyed doing the artistic coordination in the last year. I would like to opt out of it (take maternity leave), once I start the concrete pre-production of my film (possibly january 2020). During production (shooting) I defenitely can't do artistic coordination. Once I'm in post-production (no clarity yet on when that will be) I might be able to take on a few things, but to be seen, because I have no idea how intense a post-production is, and how time consuming it will be for me.  Also, we have to have to make sure Diederik has good company, in case Kate and my maternity leave overlap. 
- work group spin future: I want to be engaged. However, I would advocate for no meetings during the time of my shoot. (roughly 1,5 to 2 months)

Laura
Articulation personal possibilities 
My timeline and future is maybe a bit harder to pin down until 2020 than what you expect. I’ll try to formulate current plans, aspirations and possible futures. But it is important to know that I have a history of jumping on an idea or collaboration that was unforeseen or unplanned and has a big effect on my time, head space and availability. 

Key Master for the next 12/18 months

PLANNING
* 29th April (14-17h), L AVAILABLE
* 4th September, HOLIDAY
* 30th October, AVAILABLE 

Time and availability

Laura’s focus next to SPIN, in Rotterdam:
PLANS AND ASPIRATIONS




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