1) “C” was the moderator for the meeting

2) Meeting Guidelines
We worked on the meeting guidelines, as we would like to review and update them a little. In general, we feel like there are too many guidelines, and would like to streamline things a little more. The guidelines can also feel a little overwhelming/intimidating to first time visitors – so narrowing things down a little more may help new people to feel a little more comfortable.

We identified guidelines that we for sure want to keep the same, some that we feel are unnecessary (like “no smoking”, when the entire building doesn’t allow smoking anyway), some that seem to be redundant because they are already stated somewhere else somehow, and some that we would like to mesh together somehow or re-state in a clearer way. No changes were made yet. Only identification of various issues. We will work on this a little bit at each meeting in the future.

3) Support Info
One member handed out information on websites geared toward DID people (these are not connected to New Landscape):

“Coping in Crazyville”
www.copingincrazyville.com/index/

Pages by and for littles:
www.littles.copingincrazyville.com

Social Board for NY area people with dissociative disorders (there is a link from our home page too):
www.copingincrazyville.com/ny-multi-social

Online support for supporters of people with dissociative disorders (there is a link from our home page too):
www.copingincrazyville.com/supportersforum

1) “C” was the moderator for the meeting

2) Blog Guidelines
We talked about guidelines for the blog, and the group felt that the 3 that are posted there, are good. Most of our meeting guidelines don’t really apply to blogging, so the 3 that seemed to pertain the most, were posted. If inappropriate/spam type comments come in somehow, they can be deleted. In general, the group felt really good about the blog. Each month after the meeting, the meeting topics will be posted so that interaction can continue between meetings.

2) Meeting Guidelines
We talked about the actual meeting guidelines as well. We will be looking at these a little more as several group members felt unsure as to exactly what all the guidelines meant. We are thinking that we will work on them a little more to make them more understandable (ie, what exactly does “cross-talk” or “feedback” mean?).

3) Supporter’s Page
The group decided that a supporter’s page on our website would be good. This should be added within this month.

1) “C” was the moderator for the meeting

2) Increasing interaction on our website
We talked about ideas for making our site more interactive. We’d like to get a better blog going or possibly a bulletin board so that we can all interact more in between meetings.

3) DID Awareness Ribbon:
One of our members has created the first official DID awareness ribbon! Several in the group decided they wanted one of the small buttons that this member brought. If you are interested in purchasing a button or other similar items go to: http://www.cafepress.com/jigsawanalogy

4) Supporter’s Group:
The Supporter’s Group met and was quite successful! Again, we invite any partners or friends of someone with DID, to be part of the Supporter’s Group. If you are interested, please send us an email and we’ll let you know when and where the group meets.

1) “C” was the moderator for the meeting

2) Partner’s Group:
As discussed in the October Org. Issues – we are working on starting a DID partner’s group. We mostly just want to help get it started and then let it run on it’s own. We reviewed an email invitation to send out to the New Landscape email list. We will be (are) inviting any partner’s or friends of someone with DID, to be part of a support group. If you are interested, please send us an email to let us know of your interest.