[Peace] AWARE Minutes - October 16th

[Durl Kruse]

Notetaker: Carol McKusick

Minutes of 10/15/05 AWARE Meeting

1.	News of the Week – cge

2.	Introductions

3.	New Ideas, Working Groups, Past Weeks Events, or Upcoming Events
a.	Barnraising at post office Nov. 11 – 13 will be a collaboration of 
IMC and Prometheus Radio Project volunteers from around the country who 
will construct the WRFU studio and antenna and set up access points for 
the Community Wireless Network.  The contact is 
Lynsee at illinoisalumni.org.  They need all kinds of help.  If you are 
receiving these minutes you have  received an appeal from Danielle 
Chynoweth (sent to multiple IMC listservs, uc progressives, as well as 
Peace) asking for volunteers Oct.19 thru Nov. 9 to provide support to 
construction workers.
b.	There has been a lone man keeping a vigil with a sign “Impeach 
Bush,” and “End the war” after church services at the Assembly of God 
on Race at Windsor.   Randall proposes that the 3rd Sunday of the month 
beginning in November there be a church focused assembly at noon 
instead of a demonstration at Neil and Main.  This proposal was 
accepted as the basis for sending around a sign up sheet for a working 
group to further these plans.  There was a lot of interest.  One person 
said she would not be comfortable speaking to churches and this was not 
critical for consensus for a working group.
c.	Ricky Baldwin and Annette ? will be planning locations to gather 
signatures for a statement (on a 8-1/2 x 11 papers) that could be 
reproduced  into a large sign or turned into government like a 
petition.  The statement reads:  “We, the undersigned, oppose the 
ongoing war in Iraq and hereby call for an immediate withdrawal of all 
US troops stationed in Iraq.”
d.	There were a supply of half pages which were AWARE identified 
counter recruitment pieces.  Noone attending knew who had produced 
them.  (They were found sitting on top of the public use computer on 
October 8.)  Durl will take them for the farmers market.
e.	Dave Greene will be will continue the scheduling for Farmer’s Market 
and Durl Kruse will  be applying to bring the AWARE to the Mall for 
December.  AWARE will also have a card table display at the Dec. 3rd 
Peace Bazaar at the UCC church.
f.	Main Event Oct. 15.  Ricky Baldwin.  Good outreach by mere thirty 
demonstrators .  Could have used more leaflets to pass out.  Third 
Saturday 6 to 8 p.m. will be suspended in November—too dark.  There 
will be Main Events on Nov. 5 and Dec. 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.
g.	Aware Presents will meet with Interfaith Alliance to see about 
alternate locations but they have secured the UFL for a program on 
Wed.,Nov.16, 7p.m.with three Iraq eye witnesses from recent travel:  
Bushra Al-Heeti, Peggy Gish, and the son of the imam Tahla.  The 
working group is working on newspaper and radio publicity.
h.	Jamie Storms is moving ahead with getting Anthony Shadid author of 
Night Draws Near interviewed on commercial radio stations and she 
together with Belden Fields is formulating questions for an e-mail 
interview that may be published in the upcoming issue of Public i.
i.	Durl Kruse reported that Piatt County has requested an eloquent 
speaker on Iraq for a Veterans Day event in Monticello.  Meg Miner and 
Paul King are known to do this and well.
j.	Durl Kruse reported that the counter recruitment working group has a 
draft prepared for a scholarship for a Parkland student.    The 
amount-$250-has already been approved by us.
k.	Bob Illyes reported that the Patrick Thompson defense fund has $1000.
l.	Ricky Baldwin reported on Citizen Police Review Board Task Force.  
What are the upcoming calendar items for CPRB?
m.	Spoken word artist Chris Chandler will be at Channing Murray on Oct. 
24 at 8 p.m.
n.	Bob Illyes agreed to facilitate next Sunday.

Submitted by Carol M
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