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Thanks for the minutes. We have omitted them for too long. <br>
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On 12/12/10 7:49 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">AWARE meeting minutes, Sunday December 12,
2010</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6 Attendees: Rob K., Stuart L., Charlie,
Karen M., Don M.,
Ron S.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Discussion of the
peace demonstration:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A week ago, the regular demonstration was
cancelled because
of the street closings (Champaign was having a parade) and the
weather (cold).
At the December 5<sup>th</sup> meeting, we discussed having a
demonstration
Saturday December 18<sup>th</sup> 2-4pm in solidarity with the
demonstration in
D.C. of the veteran-led civil resistance to the wars that
“ANSWER” and “Stop
the Wars” are having on Thursday, December 16<sup>th</sup>,
2010.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We discussed whether people would show up for
a December 18<sup>th</sup>
demonstration and four people at the meeting said they would be
there for it. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The group shot down a suggestion of having a
noon
demonstration on the 16<sup>th</sup> in front of a local federal
building. It
is hard for people to leave work in the middle of the day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stuart will put together a flier based on the
“Stop the
Wars” website. Don suggested that the content be kept to about
half a page and
then to have links to more information – people would be less
intimidated by
the amount of text and it would save paper.<span style=""> </span>The
group agreed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Final decision: There will be a demonstration
on Saturday,
December 18<sup>th</sup>, from 2pm to 4pm. If it has to be
called off for weather
reasons, Karen Medina will be “dictator for 18 minutes.” A
weather threshold
was not set, though 20 degrees Fahrenheit might seem reasonable.
Ron reminded
us that he and others are getting old and infirmed. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, see <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.stopthesewars.org/">http://www.stopthesewars.org/</a>
(note that the www is important, otherwise you get the Boston
area group, not
the national group).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Discussion of AWARE
meetings over the Winter Break:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">McKinley Foundation building will be closed
for three weeks
of AWARE meetings: namely December 26<sup>th</sup>, January 2<sup>nd</sup>,
January 12<sup>th</sup>. They have offered a key to us, if we
give a security
deposit of $200. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The following decisions were made:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>December 19<sup>th</sup> meeting will
be a
social meeting and will be held at the Esquire Lounge (106 North
Walnut, Champaign
Illinois). They do serve vegan Black Bean Veggie Burger. (see
menu: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.esquirelounge.com/menu.html">http://www.esquirelounge.com/menu.html</a>
)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>December 26<sup>th</sup> meeting will
be at Carl
Estabrook’s house, no dogs allowed. I don’t want to make his
address public
here. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>January 2nd and January 9<sup>th</sup>
meetings
will be at McKinley Foundation. Stuart wrote a personal check
for the key
deposit. Karen will give it to McKinley secretary, Amy, on
Monday. Stuart will
hold the key.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Bars were preferable to a coffee house
based on
the people at the meeting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Discussion Peace Calendar
and Women Artists Datebook:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Karen will post to the peace list that people
can purchase Peace
Calendars and Women Artists Datebooks directly from AWARE, they
don’t have to
buy them from the AWARE table at the Farmer’s Market. $12.
Contact Stuart if
you would like to purchase a calendar: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu">slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">AWARE on the Air</b> (UPTV)
invites people to participate this Tuesday, December 14, 2010,
1pm; 400 South
Vine Street, Urbana, Illinois. Possible topics mentioned: Cancun
Climate Change
Summit from last week; why we might fight in the future article
in the New York
Times (“natural defense”). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discussion of Farmer’s Market: a sign up
sheet was passed
around. We still have calendars! Great gifts.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discussion of inviting Brian Terrell to come
to speak about
his trip to Afghanistan: see the letter from Brian thanking
AWARE for the money
(peace-discuss post by Stuart Levy dated November 21<sup>st</sup>,
2010 -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2010-November/029643.html">http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2010-November/029643.html</a>
)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Past Events:</b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Salt of the Earth showing earlier today
(AWARE
Films). Small attendance (the weather was cold and slick, so it
may have been
due to this). Two people attended who heard about it from a
friend who read
about it in the newspaper. The film was great. Karen Medina
said, “It is better
to touch a few people than no people”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Upcoming events:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is rumored that the Coffee Party of
Greater
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois will have their Holiday Meeting next
Saturday,
December 18<sup>th</sup>, 2010. They postponed from yesterday.
[I was unable to
verify the new date via the coffee party’s facebook account.] </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Peace Demonstration, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday, December 18, 2010 – our monthly
demonstration was postponed
earlier this month; this date chosen so we would be in
solidarity with the
veterans marching on D.C. to end the wars (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.stopthesewars.org/">http://www.stopthesewars.org/</a>).
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2-4pm</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>at the corner
of Main St. and Neil St. in downtown Champaign, Illinois</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[If someone can volunteer to pick up the
signs from Stuart’s
house, you should contact <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu">slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu</a>
]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The People Speak – a community reading in
Champaign-Urbana</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">January 27<sup>th</sup> 2011(on the first
anniversary of
Howard Zinn’s death).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organizers: International Socialist
Organization at the
University of Illinois</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[I will try to find out where this will be]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Non-peace related,
but still interesting: </b></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">Total lunar
eclipse on the
Winter Solstice night (shortly after midnight the night of
December 20<sup>th</sup>
to December 21<sup>st</sup>) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eclip">http://www.eclip</a></span>
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