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Minutes AWARE Meeting 9/26/04
Durl facilitated
1) News of the Week
2) Current Projects
a) CU Citizens Group. Carol Ammons. Charges dropped against Martel but
not Patrick. Organizing for Unity March and Get Out The Vote Rally.
No permit yet. Flyers prepared but not produced. Durl Kruse is on
Action Committee. Event will take place on October 23, convening at
9 a.m. in two locations--Scott Park and Douglass Park--joining up on
University Avenue and First Street at the Champaign Police Station and
marching from there together to Westside Park for rally at 10:30a.m.
Sign making comes next. Applause. Point made by Bob that Officer
who charged was responsible for making Chief Finney aware.
b) Postcards For Peace. Peter Rohloff. Show/sale will be Sun.,
November 14, 2 -5 p.m. Cowboy Monkey. Darrin Drda's band will play.
Peter is putting out a call for artists. On Oct. 2, from 2 - 4
p.m. Sandra Ahten will open her studios on High Cross Road to provide
inspiration and supplies to people wishing to produce a submission.
c) Military Recruitment. Susan Davis. She is working on production of
leaflets using article reprints. Passed around a proposed one about
proportion of Latinos in military. She is recruiting Joe Miller,
VVAW, to work with her.
d) Jan Kruse.
(1) Petition circulated for people who are going to boycott Channel
15 TV (WICD) until they put on equal commentary rebuttal time to
Mark Hyman.
(2) Calendars are in. Cost basis was $6.50; they are selling for $10.
(3) Jan got authorized to order 25 more yard signs.
e) T-Shirts for Tables. Ricky Baldwin. Passed around a page showing
selections. People were in favor of those that didn't have GWB
pictured. Liked something about Disaster of last four years.
f) Veterans Day Event. Carol Inskeep. Work meeting this Thurs.,
9/30/04 at 7:30 p.m. at 606 East High Street. There will be a panel
and a film, Honor Betrayed, will be shown. She has asked Rob Sarra of
"Iraq Veterans Against the War" to be a panelist. Meg Miner couldn't
do it on Veterans Day 11/11. Should we have it on another day of
the week. Meeting location changed to 2007 S. George Huff Drive still
at 7:30 p.m., Thurs. 9/30/04.
g) UPTV Commission. Randall Cotton. Reported on September 20th UPTV
Commission meeting, where the mayor refused to accept the policy changes
recommended by the UPTV Commission, objecting on bogus and blatantly
tenuous technicalities. A meeting took place last Friday between
Commissioners Dana Mancuso and Greg Boozell, and Coordinator Chris
Foster. Jury is still out on how things will unfold.
h) WILL COMMENTARIES. Dave Green. He has produced one of 450 words
(3 minutes) which he said was to come on the air this Friday at 4:45
p.m. and 6:45 p.m. and on Saturday at 10:59 a.m. The committee has
Carl Estabrook, Al Kagan and Randall Cotton. When individuals submit
them they don't count as our organizational quota of one per 60 days.
i) Ricky Baldwin recruiting for Dismantling 4th of July float and
storage of same.
j) Cosponsorship of PRC anti-Columbus Day Event. Approved.
3) Upcoming Events
a) Prospect For Peace. Ricky Baldwin. Location moved across the
street (kaddy corner, to in front of Red Lobster). Paul asked if there
are any more nuclear disarmament flyers left. The main flyering will
be the Get Out The Vote Flyers from United For Peace and Justice by
Randall Cotton. 5,000 ordered at a cost of $65. He expects to have
them in time for Thursday at Mike & Molly's.
b) Paul King "Rock The Vote" event at Mike & Molly.s, Thurs., 9/30/04,
9 p.m.
c) Larry Keller announced Socialist Forum event on Oct. 12. Will be
satirist David Lippman, 8 . 10 p.m., in the upper floor at Channing
Murray. Will benefit WRFU. Relevant and fun. Tickets are $5 -
$20 available in advance at Record Swap.
d) Potluck after P4P, Jan Kruse invites us to 2007 S. George Huff
Drive at 6 p.m.
e) Ricky Baldwin announced Citizens Police Review Board meeting Tues.,
10/5, at IDF.
f) "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" showing at the chain theatre in Savoy
(Mort Brussel).
4) Miscellaneous. Some people wanted to work to find a candidate for
mayor. Filing deadline is December 6.