[Peace-discuss] Proposal for Progressive Quad Day

[Morton K. Brussel]

I can't imagine that old balloons are are a real problem for waste  
disposal sites.
Minimal volume, and it does eventually corrode away.  --mkb
On Mar 31, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> 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.
>
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