[Peace-discuss] Proposal for Progressive Quad Day

[Karen Medina]

Flower seeds?
-karen medina
Karen Medina wrote:
> Frisbees would be fantastic!!!!!
> 
> How about flowers?
> 
> In the past, balloons were decided against because of the environmental 
> issues (they are a hazard to wildlife, have a short use and then go to 
> landfills where they do not decompose readily, and are considered a 
> non-renewable resource).
> 
> My $.02, which is worth very little.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> Ricky Baldwin wrote:
>> Proposal for Progressive Quad Day
>> (and beyond)
>>
>> We can get 9" frisbees printed for $1.19 apiece if we
>> order 250, $35 per color.  I'd suggest a design
>> similar to the original AWARE buttons: "WAR" with a
>> slash through it, our name and website address printed
>> around the edge.  We need 10 business days, which we
>> have if we act this weekend.  What do you think?
>>
>> We can use them again and again, for the Sweet Corn
>> Festival, Farmers' Market, etc., etc.  They'll be
>> around for YEARS, too, not like the balloons.  And
>> they won't pop and startle children or get made into
>> bird nests or caught in squirrels' throats or go wrong
>> in any of the other ways they people worried about
>> when we discussed balloons.  Yes?
>>
>> We could also get 9" balloons for 19 cents apiece if
>> we get 1000, plus $40 per color.  We'd also need 10
>> business days.  Or we can get yo-yos, 250 for $1.29
>> apiece.  Or ... though it hardly seems the season for
>> it ... we could get ice scrapers for $1.99 if we order
>> 300 - $35 per side.
>> Frisbees seem good for the Quad.  Spring is here!
>>
>> Ricky
>>
>> [from AWARE minutes, April 16]
>>> Progressive Quad Day on Tuesday, April 18, 11am-3pm,
>>> sponsored by a
>>> coalition of progressive campus groups (Andrea
>>> Brandon), will include an
>>> AWARE table, staffed by our usual stalwarts.  Karen
>>> Medina will arrange
>>> the schedule.