>Mobilization for Global Justice >Tuesday - February 15, 2000 >Big Meeting Notes > >1. Ground Rules for Meetings (suggested): >- be concise >- speak loudly >- be respectful / don't interrupt >- don't repeat >- speak constructively >- speak for yourself (not others) >Will be open for amendments when we go to SpokesCouncil > >2. On Consensus process: encourage everyone to attend Facilitation Training. >Hand signals gone over. > >3. Nonviolence guidelines read (SpokesCouncil will decide if we continue >to >do >this at each meeting) > >4. Proposed agenda: >Intros, accepting ground rules >NV guidelines >Budget >Media Access >Endorsements (call to action) >Peacekeepers and police liaisons >Media >Other groups' participation >Meetings: have general and spokescouncil meetings at same time? Set next >meeting > >5. Reportbacks from WGs: if what you have to say would be compromised by >media, >say so. > >Legal: Mark Goldstone - Natl Lawyers Guild to have 10 lawyers and at least >10 observers. Lots of energy. Zack is going to be heading legal observer >team. Will have trial run-through with Mumia demo on 2/28. Legal observer >training during morning of 2/26 at NLG conference. > >Scenario: Sarah - research and recognizance is one group; other is planning >actual events. > >Training: Liz Butler - skill-share for experienced trainers at AFSC office >tomorrow night. Training of trainers will happen soon. NV training for >March 4 and 11. Looking for space for Convergence during "week of." If >you >know of something, let Liz or Nadine know. Next meeting prob. Luna Books >next Monday. > >Outreach: Melinda - meeting tomorrow night. Subgroups dealing with >student, teach-ins (will have materials complete by next week, which will >be >available next week), local DC (focusing on church and community >connections), labor (Metro Council on board, working with national unions, >beginning to schedule presentations at union locals). Meeting tomorrow is >here at 7 pm. > >Logistics: Amy - leads on office and meeting spaces, but always looking for >more. Contacting churches, etc. for space. Need summaries with contact >people - gotta be able to give something to people they're asking for >space. >Food: have some commitments, some leads - money issues. Again, please >share >leads. Meeting on the 22nd at Luna Books. The Housing Form is on the web >- >for both offering and seeking space. On www.a16.org <http://www.a16.org> > >Fundraising: Grahame - a little behind the game. Tomorrow on listserv and >web will be brainstorming sheet, with criteria. The AGJ is accepting >contributions; hat will be passed tonight. They are setting up bank >account >for this. Next meeting on Thursday at 6 pm. Please start implementing >ideas that are going around. For different working groups, if you think >budget is ok, fine, but please update if needs change. > >Arts in Action: Sprout - split into 4 wgs: puppets (need donations of >paint, >cardboard, fabric); local music acts; other arts shows (theater, dance, >etc.); roadshow/caravan - more or less set for 3/23-4/7, working down from >Montreal. Need contacts on East Coast. There is also a Festival Group >led by Vladimir, which will organize bourgeois hedonism on 18th Street, >working with Merchants Group - wants to form a Commercialism WG. Want >booths to be sold with proceeds going to Mobilization. Looking for vacant >space on 18th Street. Next A in A meeting is Monday the 27th. > >Propaganda/Message - Soren - have proposed call for >commitments/endorsements >we hope to have approved tonight. Also will be reviewing draft list of >demands. Working on honing message for media and on editing materials for >specific constituencies. > >Media - Laura - posters designed by Mike will be up for approval tonight, >hope to start using them next week. Also working on parody newspaper, >probably for April 9, tho poss. April 16. Working on expert list that can >be used for media. Drafted a press release, to be put forth tonight for >approval. Would like to get it out asap. Talked about press conferences, >etc. Trying to set up an Independent Media Center, looking for space. > >Communications - Dan - website up and running; have calendar for non-A16 >events (to keep posted to avoid conflict/overlap). In touch with IGC to >have additional website with more content and disc. Forums. Also in touch >with Oneworld, which has expressed interest. Will be dealing with >communications week-of, such as handheld radios. No time set for next >meeting. > >Medical - Nadine - coordinator now in Montreal - request into DC Nurses >Assn >to help. If you have specific skills, contact Nadine who will hook you up >with Scott. (she is an EMT) > >Fellow identifying himself as head of security asks for list of trained >peacekeepers. > >Clarification on how SpokesCouncil works. > >Next big meeting: we have this space every other Tuesday. Next meeting is >Feb. 29 @ SEIU > > >Notes from the spokescouncil: > >1. Introductions > >2. Ground rules accepted > >3. Media discussion: Can outside media (photo, video, audio, written) be >present at the big meetings and the spokescouncil meetings? > >After each spokesperson gave their group's position, the spokescouncil >came >to the following decisions: >-print media allowed in big meetings and in spokescouncil meetings with >the >condition that they could be asked to leave if anyone felt uncomfortable with >their presence (it should be noted that the comms group had reservations >about having print media in the spokescouncil meetings, but did not move >to >block the decision) >-video, audio, photo not allowed in big meetings or in spokescouncil >meetings > >4. Sprout brought up the issue of how a16 can mobilize within the >nonviolence guidelines without explicitly marginalizing the folks who want to >target property. It was decided that working groups should discuss this >issue in their next meeting and report back their decisions at the next >big >meeting. > >5. Alternative media should work with messaging. Nadine made the point that >folks working on alternative media plans should limit their discussions to >small groups if there is a question of legality. > >6. It was decided that the endorsement letter can be used the way it is. >Groups can tailor the letter as long as the "guts" stay the same >(particularly don't take out the stuff about "not endorsing any particular >action"). Any groups that sign on should be put to the listserv and don't >forget to ask them for $$$! > >7. Since we had to leave the room at 9, all of the agenda items were not >covered. It was decided that the spokescouncil group would meet again to >finish on Fri. 2/18/00 @ 6pm at Alliance for Global Justice. > >8. Spokescouncil meetings are now going to be weekly and will happen at a >different time from the big meetings. Big meetings will now be just for >reportbacks and interaction between groups. The following spokescouncil >meeting will be next Tuesday. 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