[Peace] AWARE minutes 6-27-04 -- No Meeting Next Week!

[Ricky Baldwin]

AWARE minutes 6-27-04

**Special Note: NO AWARE MEETING NEXT WEEK JULY 4!**

The Honorable Randall Cotton facilitating.
Attendance: 17 counting Demetrius.

Introductions as usual.

News of the Week by Carl (interrupted briefly by
insecticide).

Reports:

-Prospect for Peace - demonstrating this Saturday,
July 3 from 2-4 pm as always, on the west side of
Prospect Ave across from Lowe’s.

-Legal Issues - Meeting with police scheduled with
atty Bob Finch (see separate post).

- July Fourth parade - Float looking good, thanks to
lots of help, papier-mâché done, painting and details
needed.  Advance media coverage for the first time!
We need folks to carry signs in the parade!
Work parties Mon 3:30-7pm, Wed 5-7pm, Thursday 5-7pm. 
Working group needs to meet briefly after meeting.
Participants gather at 12:30 at Lincoln and Nevada
unless & until further notice.  (One of us will be
there to redirect you.)

-Tabling/Taste of Champaign - No table at Farmers’
Market because of Taste of Champaign.  Almost $700
collected, Fahrenheit 9/11 tickets raffled off,
bumperstickers and buttons need replenishing, War
Times all distributed  - approved $15 to publishers. 
Nicky working on stencils for signs at future tabling
events.
Kerry postcards also popular, as well as Democracy Now
petition (see below), and AWARE contact sign-up. 
About 10 people registered to vote.  
We should consider tabling at upcoming movies, such as
The Corporation and Control Room.

-WILL Commentaries - No development on suggested
special slot for national and international
commentaries: stalled by Jay Pierce at the moment. 
Randall will follow up.  Jan received a fundraising
letter from WILL, and called & argued over the policy
prohibited national/international commentaries. 
Pierce adamant over policy and said he’d never approve
Democracy Now!  He said DN claims to be a news
program, not commentary, but standards not high
enough!  Jan included a note on this with her response
to fundraiser; others encouraged to do the same.

-DN!/UPTV - Randall attended public meeting, addressed
the stalling, provided info.  Still pursuing the UPTV
commission angle, but discouraging signs: mayor kicked
Danielle Chynoweth and Urbana Free library rep off the
commission.
Petition for DN is in full swing, though: over 200
signatures, more by July 12 meeting.
Help needed collecting organizational cosponsors.  See
Randall.

-Fahrenheit 9/11 - Moviegoers lined up several deep
just to see our table.  Some donations.  Lots signed
up for more info.  Plenty of literature left but
almost no buttons and bumperstickers.  Kruses announce
new AWARE banner and tee-shirts!

-Finances - $1,733.97 balance, not including income
from Taste and F911 approx. $700.  Linda notes: About
$500 spent on buttons and bumperstickers to get that
$700.  Not a big fundraiser, but worthwhile for our
purposes.

New Ideas:
CCHCC dinner - About $50 approved for ad; Ricky and
Linda will look for old one.  No AWARE tickets/table
this time; individuals encouraged to attend.

Events of the Past Week:  No report.

Upcoming Events:

-Prospect for Peace on July 3, 2-4 pm, North Prospect
and Marketview, across the street from our usual
location.

-UC Progressives Picnic on July 3, 5-8pm, at Crystal
Lake Park, $5 donation and bring a dish if possible.

-Annual July Fourth parade on, well, July 4.  Gather
at 12:30 at Lincoln and Nevada unless and until
further notice.  (One of us will meet you there to
tell you how to find our spot.)

-Signmaking party at 7pm on July 16, Jay Mittenthal’s
house, 605 W Oregon St, Urbana, for Quakers’ Hiroshima
Day anti-nuclear demo (scheduled for Aug. 6 at UIUC
Alma Mater).

***Don’t forget: NO AWARE MEETING NEXT WEEK JULY
4!!!***



	
		
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