Stop the Wars Coalition – Meeting Notes 4/24/06

Participants:

Allison (Code Pink); Dan (Green-Rainbow); David (Human Rights Action Committee at Framingham State College); Elisabeth (WILPF & UJP); Karin (July 26 Movement); Suren (MGA, note taker)

Decisions:

• Next meeting on May 8th 2006, encuentro 5 at 6:30 p.m. (David will facilitate; Suren will take notes)
• We will be tabling at the following events/places:
  • Park Street (Dan)
  • April 26th, MIT event (Dan)
  • April 28th, Danny Schecter @ Emerson College (Karin & Dan)
  • May 6 & 7th, Wake Up the Earth (Shifts: Suren & Kira; Allison; Karin; more volunteers)
• Dan will write a proposal for action around Raytheon and the Walk on Hunger; this will be submitted to the listserve
• We deferred making a decision on organizing/electing a steering committee until the June 4th strategy session
• We have organized 3 sub-committtees to work between now and the June 4th strategy session
  • June 4th Committee (Allison, David, Elisabeth, Suren)
    • Will meet via teleconference (Tuesday, May 2nd, 9:00 p.m.)
    • Conference Call number: 641-920-5000; the access code is 65488
    • Committee will present recommendations to next Coalition meeting
    • Committee members will begin outreach to STWC endorsers
  • How Many More Campaign Committee (Dan, Karin, Suren)
    • Needs to set meeting time
    • Will continue outreach to churches to display banners
    • Will report to next Coalition meeting
  • Fundraising Committee (Allison, Brian)
    • Working on a fundraiser for late May
    • Allison will contact Brian
    • Report to next Coalition meeting

Other Topics Discussed – Summary

• What constitutes a quorum for the Stop the Wars Coalition?
• How can we reactivate coalition members?
• We should invite new people to participate in events/actions; current business meetings tend to be disempowering
• Can the regular weekly meeting constitute the coordinating committee?
• Bus: UJP tomorrow is the last day for getting tickets; two busses not quite filled; call people www.ujp.org to get your name in… Pat O’Brian; busses leave at 7:00 must be there at 6:45 am