[Peace] Fwd: [UFPJ] Wed. Feb 7 - Emergency Briefing on Iran

Sat Feb 3 22:39:29 CST 2007

Are people interested in this teleconference on Iran by UFPJ? Kruses,  
Estabrook, Naiman, and others I'm sure would have something to  
contribute.

I won't be at the meeting tomorrow night, because of a traditional  
meeting with old friends to watch the Super Bowl---that symbol of  
macho flag-waving consumerism. My regrets.  --mkb

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Hany  Khalil" <hanykhalil at igc.org>
> Date: February 2, 2007 3:49:23 PM CST
> To: <ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org>
> Subject: [UFPJ] Wed. Feb 7 - Emergency Briefing on Iran
> Reply-To: hanykhalil at igc.org
>
> Briefing for UFPJ Member Groups on Iran
> Wednesday, February 7, 9:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm PST
> Dial 712-775-7000, access code 998100#
>
> UFPJ is sponsoring a phone briefing on the Bush Administration's moves
> toward expanding the Iraq war into Iran this coming Wednesday  
> evening (2/7).
> We hope that someone from your group will be able to participate.  
> Below is
> information on the call and conference call ground rules.
>
> Please RSVP to organizing at unitedforpeace.org so we can be sure  
> there are
> enough spaces on the conference call line. Include the name of the
> organization and participating member of your group.
>
> While we continue our efforts to end the war in Iraq, the  
> possibility of
> U.S. military attacks on Iran have dramatically escalated in the  
> past days.
> This conference call will be an opportunity to discuss questions  
> about the
> interconnections with the occupation of Iraq and the key talking  
> points that
> can be used in media work and educational discussions.
>
> During the Jan 29 UFPJ lobby on Capitol Hill, we urged that members of
> Congress sign on to legislation in both the House and the Senate to  
> prevent
> Bush from launching a war on Iran. This call will help provide the  
> arguments
> for urging immediate Congressional action now.
>
> AGENDA
> Opening by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, followed by
> questions.
>
> Phyllis Bennis is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow and is also a
> fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a  
> writer,
> analyst and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years.  
> While
> working as a journalist at the United Nations during the run-up to the
> 1990-91 Gulf War, she began working on U.S. domination of the UN,  
> and stayed
> involved in work on Iraq sanctions and disarmament, and later U.S.  
> war and
> occupation in Iraq. She also co-chairs the U.S. Campaign to End  
> Israeli
> Occupation. She works closely with the United for Peace and Justice  
> anti-war
> coalition, and since 2002 has played an active role in the growing  
> global
> peace movement.
>
> CONFERENCE CALL GROUNDRULES
> Any member of a UFPJ member group is welcome to participate in this
> conference call (though it would not be appropriate for members of  
> one group
> to dominate the Q & A section). To get on the call just dial in to the
> number at the top of this memo. The conference call hosting company  
> will
> charge you the cost of a normal long distance call, but nothing  
> more than
> that.
>
> 1. If you are not speaking or asking to speak, please mute  
> yourself. On many
> phones you can mute by pressing 6 or the mute feature. Just before  
> it is
> your turn to speak, unmute yourself by pressing 6 or the mute  
> feature again.
>
> 2. Stack: When we begin the Question & Answer section, the  
> facilitator will
> ask who would like to be on the stack. That's conference call lingo  
> for "who
> has a question?" Since she/he can't see you raise your hand, please  
> call out
> your name (e.g. "James, stack"). The facilitator will make a list  
> of people
> who want to speak, then she/he will call off names from the list.  
> When your
> name is called, it is your turn to speak. When all the people on  
> the list
> (stack) have had a chance to speak, the facilitator will ask if she/he
> should start another stack (if there is time), and we repeat the  
> process.
> The facilitator may decide to take several questions at a time  
> before asking
> panelists to respond. To ensure that a range of voices are heard  
> (race,
> gender, geography, organization, etc.), the facilitator will use her
> judgment as to whether to change the order of the stack or ask  
> people to
> step back.
>
> 3. Questions: To give the widest number of people the chance to ask
> questions, please limit your question to 30 seconds maximum. Also,  
> if it is
> your turn to ask a question, please do ask a question rather than  
> make a
> comment or launch a polemic (we've all been in meetings where that's
> happened!). The facilitator reserves the right to ask for  
> conversations
> better suited for another forum to be moved to UFPJ's discussion list.
>
> 4. Respect your facilitator: Facilitating a conference call with  
> tens of
> unseen people is not an easy task. Please support your facilitator by
> respecting his/her judgment as to how to proceed. If the  
> facilitator needs
> help and you have a suggestion as to how to proceed, please call  
> out your
> name (e.g. "James, procedural suggestion").
>
> Talk to you Wednesday!
>
> Hany Khalil
> UFPJ Organizing Coordinator, Interim Media Coordinator 
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