[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] "News of the week" meeting format

[Barbara kessel]

Carl, et al,       I have missed two of the three (?) discussions on this
subject, but I know that the matter is not settled yet. As it is not settled
- and a general "clarification of thought session" was not an option that I
had heard of, I am hoping that for this week at the very least, you, Carl,
 will prepare and come with a ten-minute summary of all the many items that
you have put forward for reading on the subject of the Bailout. I have, or
will have read them all by 5 tonight, but a couple of people have said that
as people who work, they do not have time to do that and rely on your
summary of the news.
       This is a critical moment in our history, this bailout being a
watershed similar to 9/11, and we need to have a common grounding in What
Happened....impossible to get from NPR and CNN...even if there is a range of
opinion on what it means (not that they are completely separable). We need
to start the longer process of figuring out how we incorporate this new
reality into our anti-war(s) work.

We are a consensus organization and there is a consensus proposal still on
the table. I hope you will be guided by it. Even if we come out with the
status quo, we will have a deeper understanding of what we do and why we do
it that way. Please don't withdraw that option.
With deep respect for all who march under the AWARE banner, Barbara Kessel


On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:17 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Randall Cotton wrote:
>
>> Minutes of 9/21/08 AWARE meeting...  Old Business ********** "News of the
>> week" meeting format. Discussion of proposal for changes to format of
>> "News
>> of the Week" section that kicks off each AWARE meeting. Some agreement
>> with
>> proposal to change 10-minute reservation for Carl's news summary to a 15
>> minute reservation for anyone to contribute (with a maximum of 10 minutes
>> for
>> any one individual). But also some sentiment that a change may not be
>> really needed. More discussion next week...
>>
>
> I don't think this matter requires any more discussion.  I won't write a
> commentary as I have in the past but rather come to the meeting prepared to
> participate in a general (15-minute) "clarification of thought" discussion
> of the week's news.  --CGE
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