[Peace-discuss] indoor market trouble -- back out, sell nothing, argue?

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Our purpose for being at the market has never really been sales - it's been publicity. As someone put it recently, "Obama's policy depends on public ignorance."

We should find a better way to display & distribute (free) information at the market - racks of flyers, posters, etc.  

As to the bumper stickers & buttons we already have, we should simply give them away to anyone who says they'll wear/display them.  

We can always solicit contributions to support our publicity efforts, via the internet if not at the market itself.

As to the calendars & T-shirts, we should simply make a flyer available telling people where to call to get them. (It'll be our phone number/email.)   

Meanwhile, we should insist the city honor the (implied) contract with which we signed up. And sue the bastards if they don't. 

We can provide gainful employment for some young local lawyer. --CGE



On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu> wrote:

> News from the Indoor Market (Nov 10 - Dec 15):
> 
> They've had a rule on the books for some while, that only Illinois-made goods can be sold in the indoor market.   Each year, when the form asked whether we were selling things made in Illinois, we've checked that our goods weren't, and it's never made a difference.
> 
> This year, they're enforcing the rule.  Heard that they won't let us sell our non-IL bumper stickers, etc.
> 
> We have three choices that I can think of -
> 
>   - remain in the market ($30/week) for the public contact.  We're welcome to hand out flyers, etc.
>      (For that matter, we could sell buttons and so on, if they're locally made.   Our current ones haven't been, except for buttons Rohn has made in the past.)
> 
>   - back out.  We get our money back.   Our last Market day would be the end of the regular Farmer's Market, on Nov. 3rd.
> 
>   - protest against the effective rule change without notice.
>      One reason we might give: we've already spent $300+ on 2013 Peace Calendars,
>      with the understanding that we'd sell them in the indoor market,
>      as we have for the last three years at least.
>      Maybe they'll give us one final year.
> 
> Any preference, or other ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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