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Ken & Liam - City Councillor Meeting Prep & Project Updates - 2026-04-30

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Summary

Ken Yang and Liam Wilkinson (UBI) covered several project updates. Liam reported on a call with Franko about archival documents (potentially to feed into the GBrain system) and a potential property transfer opportunity from a 1970s-era Georgist sister organization in Toronto (originally SES). Ken is preparing a prompt/two-pager for Floyd’s upcoming meeting with City Councillor Jeremy Carver, who is a historian — so the briefing will emphasize Georgist movement history and LVT. Ken is also meeting with Heather Brooks-Hill, an 84-year-old active supporter. Liam delivered the BIN proposal to Floyd and will transition UBI Works from NationBuilder to Action at Work by the 8th, including setting up a new donation stream. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]

Decisions

  • Briefing document (two-pager) for Floyd’s Councillor meeting will prioritize Georgist movement history given Councillor Carver’s historian background. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Add Andrew Rose’s article on carbon rebates as a Georgist policy to the two-pager. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Transition UBI Works from NationBuilder to Action Network (Action at Work) by the 8th of next week, with a new donation stream. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]

Action Items

  • Ken:
    • Resurface the follow-up doc from the Victoria meetup (Frank and Martin) to see if either wants to draft final answers for Dave Thompson. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
    • Prioritize Georgist movement history in the two-pager for Floyd’s meeting with Councillor Jeremy Carver. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
    • Add Andrew Rose’s carbon-rebate-as-Georgist-policy article to the two-pager. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
    • Review the renamed BIN proposal file and provide feedback. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Liam Wilkinson (UBI):
    • Sign up for the contract to move everyone over to Action Network; complete NationBuilder transition by the 8th including new donation stream. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
    • Share Chanbo’s outputs in Slack. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
    • Rename the BIN proposal file to avoid confusion before sharing with Ken. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]

Context / Notes

  • Franco (alt: Franko) call covered (1) historical Georgist documents for potential GBrain ingestion, and (2) a potential property transfer from a 1970s Toronto Georgist sister organization originally SES. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Councillor Jeremy Carver: historian background; Floyd has an upcoming meeting with him. (Note: transcript variants: “Jeremy Carver” / “Jeremy Caradana” — treat as same person, canonical: Jeremy Carver pending confirmation.) [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Heather Brooks-Hill: 84-year-old supporter; introduced UBI Works to Giannis; was a neighbor of the composer of the 2023 Basic Income Anthem. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • UBI mentioned previous responses to Dave Thompson’s questions (from Victoria meetup follow-up doc) were mixed quality — some AI outputs poor. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • Liam has an early-morning hospital appointment for Don in Ottawa (6:15 AM departure). [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]

Entities Mentioned

  • ken-yang
  • liam-wilkinson (Zoom: “UBI”)
  • floyd-marinescu
  • heather-brooks-hill
  • martin-adams — possible “Martin” referenced in Victoria follow-up
  • ubi-works
  • common-wealth-canada
  • georgism
  • land-value-tax
  • Jeremy Carver — City Councillor, historian (Floyd meeting subject)
  • Franco / Franko — call re: archival documents + property transfer
  • Andrew Rose — author of carbon-rebate-as-Georgist-policy article
  • Dave Thompson — Victoria meetup question-asker
  • Chanbo — output producer (Slack sharing pending)
  • SES (School of Economic Science) — Georgist sister organization (1970s Toronto)
  • NationBuilder — current advocacy platform (being replaced)
  • Action Network / Action at Work — replacement platform
  • Giannis — introduced by Heather
  • Don — Liam’s hospital appointment context (personal)

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