[Peace-discuss] conference planning

Sun Jun 1 12:27:22 CDT 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Evans" <veganlinda at yahoo.com>
To: <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] conference planning

> Randall,
>
> I think you have some really interesting thoughts on
> this and I appreciate you organizing it in this
> manner.  I thought we had a working group for the
> conferences/teach-ins...correct?  Are you in the
> working group?  I would like to hear what they have
> already discussed or what they feel the focus might be
> (as well as diverse people outside the working group).
>  I just don't want to redo work that may have already
> been done.
>
> From my records, I have Lois/Carl facilitating a
> working group for a conference teach-in and Lisa
> facilitating a working group for a fall study group.
> Is this still current?  Is there a third working goup?

Nope. Carl and Lois are working on a separate "external" conference, which
has a different purpose and audience from the "internal" idea. Carl and I
have discussed this (Lois has been out of the country) - and by the way, the
two conferences would not interfere or compete with each other, of course.

My impression is that Lisa's study group idea was entirely internal to
AWARE, though I could be wrong.

So far, the "internal" conference idea has been my own tentative concept
which may or may not actually take off. It was originally based on a
suggestion by Robert at the April 27 AWARE meeting. So far, I've not seen
much enthusiasm for the concept from AWARE folks I've talked to, so I've not
proposed a working group. My thinking these days is that I would have to
flesh out this idea quite a bit for it to have a chance of taking hold
within AWARE. Robert's question presented an opportunity to do a little of
that, but as you can see, the concept is still pretty nascent.

R

P.S. - Regarding the following idea for a conference session:

> > 8. What should an "external" conference look like?

I rushed that one because I was late for P4P - it came out wrong and it
looks bad. It suggests I think there should be an "internal" conference
session to discuss what the Carl/Lois' "external" conference should look
like, which is preposterous. I meant to say something more like:

8. What should "outreach" efforts look like - how can we best effect
positive change outside the activist community?

P.P.S. - Another idea for a session, which is obvious in retrospect, is:

9. Street demonstration strategies and experiences.

Lord knows we would have plenty to say on that =8-)

R

> --- Randall Cotton <recotton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > In response to Robert's message:
> >
> > For either of the prospective conferences/tech-ins
> > ("internal" or
> > "external"), the first steps in my opinion should be
> > to establish, in the
> > following order:
> >
> > 1. the audience
> > 2. the purpose
> > 3. the content (consistent with 1. and 2.)
> >
> > It seems to me that if you do that well, additional
> > supporters will jump on
> > board to help and as long as we get the word out to
> > the prospective
> > audience, they'll show. Ideally, it seems to me
> > particularly important to
> > lock down, early on, at least half of the event's
> > content with strong,
> > universally attractive sessions and speakers who
> > explicitly commit to do
> > them.
> >
> > My interest would be in an "internal" conference,
> > where the audience is
> > local progressive and anti-war groups such as:
> >
> > Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
> > Student Peace Action
> > Black Radical Congress
> > Teachers for Peace and Justice
> > CU Progressives
> > Physicians for Social Responsibility
> > Muslim Student Association
> > Independent Media Center
> > Greens (of all shades, Prairie, Campus, etc.)
> > (Who else?)
> >
> > And where the purpose is:
> >
> > To provide these groups with:
> > 1. Informative sessions of strong, broad interest
> > 2. Rich opportunites to establish greater ties and
> > solidarity among the
> > audience groups
> >
> > Now, how exactly to accomplish this is still unclear
> > to me (and may
> > ultimately prove to stop me in my tracks).
> >
> > Ideas for sessions I've had include:
> > 1. A session where each invited group presents
> > themselves to all others, so
> > we get to know each other better.
> > 2. A session on specific ways some or all of the
> > invited groups can join
> > together to share resources?
> >     a couple "seed" ideas:
> >     a. Pooling resources to establish something like
> > a "universal flyering
> > route"
> >     b. Establishing a universal, low-traffic
> > "umbrella" announcement mailing
> > list?
> > 3. An instructive session on how to best get our
> > messages out via the local
> > media (PSA's, press releases, etc.)
> > 4. A session on how to best get your organization on
> > the web and do it on
> > the cheap (Prairienet, groogroo, etc.)
> > 5. An introduction to non-violence training and what
> > options are available
> > for full training.
> > 6. Door-to-door canvassing strategies and
> > experiences
> > 7. Leafletting strategies and experiences
> >
> > R
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Robert Dunn
> > To: recotton at earthlink.net ;
> > peace at lists.groogroo.com
> > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Peace] second draft agenda for 6/1/03
> > AWARE meeting
> >
> > should we start planning for the fall teach-in,
> > internal  and external.
> > I think it would be  better so we can get as many
> > people  as posible.
> > Robert
> >
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