[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Strategy for next Monday's Council Meeting

[Ricky Baldwin]

Great work, everybody!

Coverage was good, as usual, on WICD at 10 pm.  I
didn't see WAND, but I'd guess it was good, too.

Thanks to evrybody for all your hard work!

Ricky

--- "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>
wrote:
> Our great turn-out was impressive tonight!  We need
> a small, much smaller
> turn-out, but a turn-out none-the-less.
> 
> We will want to thank City Council for its 5-1 vote
> in favor of the
> resolution tonight at next Monday's meeting.  This
> is also another
> opportunity to make sure that the anti-war message
> gets out. Something very
> visual with 8-10 people in the audience should do.  
> 
> We should say during the public comment section at
> next Monday's meeting
> that 96 people spoke in favor of the resoultion last
> week out of  a room of
> 100 people and that more than 400 people went on
> record in support of this
> anti-war resolution!
> 
> What if we picked one person as a spokeperson for
> the public comment section
> and had 8- 10 supporters in the audience? The speech
> should be very brief
> and should contain some visual element.  Perhaps a
> giant heart or some
> Valentine's day candy that is literally given to
> each council member, even
> Mr. Otto who voted against it and Mr. Whelan who was
> a no show and will vote
> against it next week (so the resolution should pass
> by a 5-2 margin next
> Monday). 
> 
> I am happy to brainstorm with folks but will not be
> able to be at the meting
> next Monday.
> 
> Could someone forward this message on to peace
> discuss where it should have
> been posted in the first place. I am at a different
> computer than my home
> computer and don't have that address.
> 
> I hope someone will run with this idea.  We don't
> want a no show for the
> binding vote next week and it would be a shame to
> miss this second
> opportunity to get the anti-war message out in the
> media.
> 
> Kimberlie
> 
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