[Peace] December 12th AWARE meeting minutes

Sun Dec 12 20:03:11 CST 2010

Thanks for the minutes.  We have omitted them for too long.

On 12/12/10 7:49 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
>
> AWARE meeting minutes, Sunday December 12, 2010
>
> 6 Attendees: Rob K., Stuart L., Charlie, Karen M., Don M., Ron S.
>
> *Discussion of the peace demonstration:*
>
> A week ago, the regular demonstration was cancelled because of the street 
> closings (Champaign was having a parade) and the weather (cold). At the 
> December 5^th meeting, we discussed having a demonstration Saturday December 
> 18^th 2-4pm in solidarity with the demonstration in D.C. of the veteran-led 
> civil resistance to the wars that “ANSWER” and “Stop the Wars” are having on 
> Thursday, December 16^th , 2010.
>
> We discussed whether people would show up for a December 18^th demonstration 
> and four people at the meeting said they would be there for it.
>
> The group shot down a suggestion of having a noon demonstration on the 16^th 
> in front of a local federal building. It is hard for people to leave work in 
> the middle of the day.
>
> Stuart will put together a flier based on the “Stop the Wars” website. Don 
> suggested that the content be kept to about half a page and then to have links 
> to more information – people would be less intimidated by the amount of text 
> and it would save paper.The group agreed.
>
> Final decision: There will be a demonstration on Saturday, December 18^th , 
> from 2pm to 4pm. If it has to be called off for weather reasons, Karen Medina 
> will be “dictator for 18 minutes.” A weather threshold was not set, though 20 
> degrees Fahrenheit might seem reasonable. Ron reminded us that he and others 
> are getting old and infirmed.
>
> For more information, see http://www.stopthesewars.org/ (note that the www is 
> important, otherwise you get the Boston area group, not the national group).
>
> *Discussion of AWARE meetings over the Winter Break:*
>
> McKinley Foundation building will be closed for three weeks of AWARE meetings: 
> namely December 26^th , January 2^nd , January 12^th . They have offered a key 
> to us, if we give a security deposit of $200.
>
> The following decisions were made:
>
> ·December 19^th meeting will be a social meeting and will be held at the 
> Esquire Lounge (106 North Walnut, Champaign Illinois). They do serve vegan 
> Black Bean Veggie Burger. (see menu: http://www.esquirelounge.com/menu.html )
>
> ·December 26^th meeting will be at Carl Estabrook’s house, no dogs allowed. I 
> don’t want to make his address public here.
>
> ·January 2nd and January 9^th meetings will be at McKinley Foundation. Stuart 
> wrote a personal check for the key deposit. Karen will give it to McKinley 
> secretary, Amy, on Monday. Stuart will hold the key.
>
> ·Bars were preferable to a coffee house based on the people at the meeting.
>
> *Discussion Peace Calendar and Women Artists Datebook:*
>
> Karen will post to the peace list that people can purchase Peace Calendars and 
> Women Artists Datebooks directly from AWARE, they don’t have to buy them from 
> the AWARE table at the Farmer’s Market. $12. Contact Stuart if you would like 
> to purchase a calendar: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu <mailto:slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu>
>
> *AWARE on the Air* (UPTV) invites people to participate this Tuesday, December 
> 14, 2010, 1pm; 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, Illinois. Possible topics 
> mentioned: Cancun Climate Change Summit from last week; why we might fight in 
> the future article in the New York Times (“natural defense”).
>
> Discussion of Farmer’s Market: a sign up sheet was passed around. We still 
> have calendars! Great gifts.
>
> Discussion of inviting Brian Terrell to come to speak about his trip to 
> Afghanistan: see the letter from Brian thanking AWARE for the money 
> (peace-discuss post by Stuart Levy dated November 21^st , 2010 -- 
> http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2010-November/029643.html )
>
> *Past Events:*
>
> ·Salt of the Earth showing earlier today (AWARE Films). Small attendance (the 
> weather was cold and slick, so it may have been due to this). Two people 
> attended who heard about it from a friend who read about it in the newspaper. 
> The film was great. Karen Medina said, “It is better to touch a few people 
> than no people”
>
> *Upcoming events:*
>
> It is rumored that the Coffee Party of Greater Champaign-Urbana, Illinois will 
> have their Holiday Meeting next Saturday, December 18^th , 2010. They 
> postponed from yesterday. [I was unable to verify the new date via the coffee 
> party’s facebook account.]
>
> Peace Demonstration,
>
> Saturday, December 18, 2010 – our monthly demonstration was postponed earlier 
> this month; this date chosen so we would be in solidarity with the veterans 
> marching on D.C. to end the wars (http://www.stopthesewars.org/).
>
> 2-4pm
>
> at the corner of Main St. and Neil St. in downtown Champaign, Illinois
>
> [If someone can volunteer to pick up the signs from Stuart’s house, you should 
> contact slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu <mailto:slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu> ]
>
> The People Speak – a community reading in Champaign-Urbana
>
> January 27^th 2011(on the first anniversary of Howard Zinn’s death).
>
> Organizers: International Socialist Organization at the University of Illinois
>
> [I will try to find out where this will be]
>
> *Non-peace related, but still interesting: *
>
> Total lunar eclipse on the Winter Solstice night (shortly after midnight the 
> night of December 20^th to December 21^st ) http://www.eclip
>
>
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