[statecom-discuss] CDLC 12-27 minutes

[Emily Lewis]

Good job, Mike. Just a couple of corrections...under what I did, I did
contact and bring
Rick Purcell and Ellie Manire Gatti. Luis couldn't make it. It's not
totally wrong to say I contacted Emily, I do everyday, since that's
me!! : )

Out here in Springfield, we said we'd find out if Springfield Technical
College might be available since Luis has a radio show with them, it
could help. Rick will talk to him about that also.

Happy new year to all!

Emily
“A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say 
of war: ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’ This business 
of…sending men (and women) home from dark and bloody battlefields 
physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be 
reconciled with wisdom, justice and love. A nation that continues year 
after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of 
social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
  Martin Luther King, Jr   (April 4, 1967 speech at Riverside Church in 
NYC)
 
On Dec 29, 2007, at 6:53 PM, Mike Heichman wrote:

> Mike Heichman wrote:
>
>> CDLC
>> Meeting in Worcester
>> December 27, 2007
>>
>>
>> Present: Elie, Ralph, Gary, Emily, Ellie, Grace (facilitator), Rick,
>> Maureen, Mark, Kirk & Mike (recorder)
>>
>> I. Next meeting will be a phone conference. Sunday, January 6 at 8 PM.
>> Free Conference Call: Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 432-9998
>> Participant Access Code: 525338#R
>>
>> II. Reports
>>
>> A. Elie’s Report
>>
>> 1. Elie had a written report with contact information for Swift,
>> McKinney, Ball and Nader, progress report on his contacts with the
>> presidential candidates, and his request for assistance from Greg
>> Gerritt (from the National GP) who is willing to come up from
>> Providence for a meeting in Boston.
>> 2. Elie will contact the GP about assisting with Gary’s idea of
>> getting PBS to cover our forum.
>>
>> B. Boston Report:
>>
>> 1. Gary, Mike, Merelice and Lawrence met with Mel.
>> 2. Gary contacted Chuck who will be contacting Roxbury Community
>> College this week
>>
>> C. Mike’s Report
>>
>> 1. Mike had been requested at the last meeting to come up with some
>> ideas on preparing for our forums. His ideas included the role of the
>> CDLC, the request of assistance from other GRP statewide committees
>> including Adcom and Statecom, and tasks for the 2 “regional forum
>> committees”.
>> 2. Additional ideas
>>
>> a. IIC: Add: Who will be the moderator?
>> b. IID: A point of emphasis: “The real priority is not the creation of
>> the perfect forum; the real priority is a focus on outreach.”
>>
>> D. Emily’s Western MA Report
>>
>> 1. Emily contacted Eli B (ComCom) who will be busy until January 1.
>> She will contact him again.
>> 2. She was unsuccessful in contacting Martina. However, she was
>> successful in contacting Rick and Emily (who joined us for the 
>> meeting).
>> 3. Rick contacted Luis B, who will help with the event in Holyoke.
>> Luis will contact Holyoke Community College for a potential venue. We
>> discussed this venue and others-maybe the First Baptist Church in
>> Holyoke. (Note: Luis has a radio show.)
>> 4. Grace will contact AIC in Springfield as a potential site.
>>
>> E. Mike passed out a list of all the primaries and caucuses.
>>
>> 1. It shows that there will be a number of elections taking place in
>> the month of January and a whole bunch on February 5 (Super Tuesday),
>> including MA, CA and NY.
>> 2. Mike was concerned that the candidates would be so busy campaigning
>> around the country that it would be unlikely that we could get many of
>> them to MA before February 5.
>> 3. Grace and Elie both believe that this will not be the case and
>> there will be a very good chance that we will be able to get some of
>> them up to our forums.
>>
>> III. When should we have our forums?
>>
>> A. Agreement to find our sites ASAP.
>> B. Agreement that the best dates would be the weekend (Friday-Sunday)
>> of January 26-28 (potential conflict with State Comm. meeting) or
>> February 1-3 (just before the primary).
>>
>> IV. Mike asked the question whether the GRP could raise $ at these
>> events, especially if the venue was at a public institution. We need
>> to ask Jamie O. and Dan M.
>>
>> V. We discussed the relationship between the CDLC and the 2 Regional
>> Committees (Roxbury and Springfield/Holyoke).
>>
>> VI. Elie is expecting to hear information from all of the candidates
>> by January 4.
>>
>> VII. Next meeting will be a phone conference. Sunday, January 6 at 8 
>> PM.
>>
>> Free Conference Call: Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 432-9998
>> Participant Access Code: 525338#
>>
>> VIII. Requests for Assistance from GRP Committees
>> A. Adcom
>>
>> 1. We will probably need some $ for our 2 forums.
>> 2. We will need access to lists. (Mike will e-mail Dan M for forms.)
>>
>> B. ComCom
>>
>> 1. Assistance with media coverage (PSAs, radio, etc.)
>> 2. Copies of the GRP Newspaper for the Forum
>> 3. Mike will write up a 2 paragraph article for the GRP Newspaper (To
>> be filled in later with details about the forum. (Mike expressed a
>> concern that we would not have the information in time for the
>> newspaper’s deadline.)
>> 4. (Note: The Regional Committees will be responsible for the local
>> media coverage.)
>>
>> C. Membership
>>
>> 1. GRP membership materials (membership brochure, buttons, membership
>> forms & $ envelopes, GRP sign-in sheet, etc)
>>
>> D. Tech Comm.
>>
>> 1. Keep the website updated.
>>
>> E. Statecom
>>
>> 1. Ask every Statecom member to attend at least one forum-volunteer to
>> help at the event and assist with bringing folks from their region to
>> the forum(s).
>>
>> IX. Mike will add the new people to the CDLC list and will create a
>> separate “Forum List” for those who are actively working on the 
>> forums.
>>
>> X. Restructuring CDLC
>> A. Gary was elected Male Co-Chair.
>> B. Emily declined (for now) to be elected Female Co-Chair.
>> C. Mike was elected Secretary.
>> D. Mike and Gary will serve for the next 6 weeks and then we will have
>> new elections.
>>
>> XI. $ Issues
>>
>> A. The last 2 meetings members have traveled from the eastern and more
>> western part of the state to Worcester. Today we had a dinner meeting.
>> Some of us need $ for our expenses.
>> B. Mike will ask Dan M to send him forms for reimbursement.
>>
>>
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