[GPSCC-chat] Minutes of the GPSCC General Meeting on October 27, 2011
Spencer Graves
spencer.graves at prodsyse.com
Thu Oct 27 22:14:21 PDT 2011
Additions, corrections: Please post to this list. Thanks. Spencer
On 10/26/2011 8:00 PM, Valerie D. Face wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's a draft agenda that includes all of the items posted to this list as of 7:30 PM today. This is what I'm bringing to the meeting, but note that we have time scheduled to revise and affirm the agenda if you want to make changes.
>
>
> === Draft Agenda for GPSCC General Meeting on October 27, 2011 ===
>
> Location: San Jose Peace& Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
>
> 7:00 PM Social time: practice one-minute speeches, eat, chat, etc.
>
> 7:30 PM Begin meeting
>
> * Choose
> facilitator: Tian
> , note taker: Spencer
> , timekeeper, Jim
> vibes watcher, Fred
> November agenda preparer, Caroline
> November one-minute speakers: Jim Doyle, Merriam Kathleen
> 2 min
>
> * Introductions
> 3 min
Fred Duperault, Mt. View
Betsy Wolf-Graves
Spencer Graves
John Thielkin
Amy Samualson
Valerie Face
Jim Doyle, Treasurer
Tian Harter
Merriam Kathleen
Caroline Yacoub
Drew Johnson
Isabela Lamar, been involved in CFJ
Rosa de Leon, Californians for Justice
>
> * Guest speaker from Californians for Justice
> 15 min (total, including Q& A)
A community based organizations primarily High School Students,
Oakland, Longview, ... working with 4 High Schools. Have worked to get
official certificates to acknowledge bilingual students. "pushed out"
NOT "dropped out". A through G campaign = provide college prep
education to all students. Summer Youth Leadership Academy. 1700
responses to a survey. Campaign for Quality Eduction = coalition of
other groups
Perpatorio = 12th grade in Mexico: graduating means you are ready for
college. You can get a high school diploma in the US without the
ability to apply to college.
California Dream Act: a very important thing for students who
want to go to college.
>
> * Short announcements
> 7 min
* Treasurer's report: $2,757.28. Paid $100 for a tile for the
Peace Center $150 for our rent here + a couple of phone bills. Bank is
now charging a monthly fee.
** The Green now banks with BBVA bank that charges a
monthly fee. Jim tried Provident CU, Wells Fargo. Jim wants to find a
credit union that offers free checking.
* Tabling: Fall Junior State, Sat., Nov. 19. Need a lead for
Junior State = Caroline. Tian will help.
** Sat. Dec. 3, Holiday Peace Center: Approve $40 tabling
fee and recruit volunteers. Lead = Caroline with help from Merriam.
Need someone to attend the next meeting either Nov. 10 or 15, ~noon.
Tian may attend the next planning meeting.
Willow Glen United Methodist Church.
** Protesting Bank of America at Cesar Chavez Park.
Thursday, Nov. 3, noon-2 PM.
*** Delegates for the Green Party General Assembly in
Southern California. (It's the same weekend as the Peace Fair.) We
need premeeting on the agenda. Tian will be a delegate.
Caroline will try to get her Grandson to help with the Peace Fair.
Merriam will be a delegate.
* Registrar of voters & electing County Council:
** Proposal to join county council meeting with monthly
meeting. If an agenda item requires a decision of the County Council,
we can adjourn temporarily while the County Council makes their
decision. Put it back in next month.
* Movie Night: No one showed up last month. For the future, we
might co-sponsor with Occupy San Jose. We will do Network in November.
If we have poor attendance again, we must revisit the Movie Night idea.
* Sherry Hankala (sp) event planned for next week, Friday, Nov.
4. Sandy Perry is organizing this event. The Green Party and DeBug are
co-sponsoring. Proposed: Green Party of Santa Clara county endorse
Sherry Hankala for Sheriff of Philadelphia. Approved. Tian to notifiy
Sandy Perry.
* November Speaker: Masao Suzuki. Or Committee against
Political Repression:
Latino teaching American History at Yerba Buena High School. Merriam to
get a November speaker.
* two endorsements:
** The Disclose Act.
** Move to Amend (as long as we are clear that we are
endorsing a movement but not any specific language). Right now it's
about education. Later, they will develop specific language.
Endorsed. Merriam and Caroline will tell Richard Hobbs.
* Occupy San Jose: There is an Occupy group on the campus of
DeAnza. donation + buttons: Proposed: Tian to make 25 buttons, offer
them to Occupy San Jose and see what happens. If they like them, he can
do more. Accepted.
* Heathrow & Benton Harbor
* Palo Alto Measure E.
** Announcements:
** Betsy: Invites us this Saturday, Oct. 29: Annual ACLU
meeting at the Santa Clara Library, 2 PM: Don Edwards Award, LaDoris
Cordell, Independent Police Auditor of San Jose.
** John T.: Rally at Occupy San Jose at 4 PM tomorrow.
** Merriam. Her laptop died. Merriam to get a Kindle.
** Merriam wants volunteers for Junior State, Sat. Nov.
19: Tian and Drew.
** Fred: There will be a huge demonstration of "Tax the
Rich" Saturday, starting at noon.
>
> * Revise and affirm agenda
> 4 min
>
> * Treasurer's report, pass the hat
> 4 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Movie Night
> 6 min, Merriam Kathaleen
>
> * Make a decision on a speaker for November meeting
> 4 min, group
>
> * Campaign finance reform (carried over from September agenda) / Proposal to Endorse the California Disclose Act
> 5 min, Jim Doyle and Brian Good
>
> * Fair and equitable taxation (carried over from September agenda)
> 3 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Select delegates& alternates for GPCA General Assembly December 3-4; schedule packet review meeting
> 10 min, Warner Bloomberg
>
> * Move To Amend: Do we want to sign on?
> 5 min, Merriam Kathaleen and Caroline Yacoub
>
> * Bank of America: Let's do it again on Friday, November 4.
> 5 min, Merriam Kathaleen and Caroline Yacoub
>
> * Election year infrastructure planning
> 20 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Getting recent contacts (13) involved
> 10 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Electing County Council
> 5 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Report on the Registrar of Voters
> 1 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Report on creative actions to stop an additional runway at London's Heathrow airport
> 1 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Report on creative actions to stop purchase of public property, to call for impeachment, community organizing to get a recall on the ballot and to win the recall
> 2 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Should we demonstrate at Bank of America or Wells Fargo?
> 5 min, Caroline Yacoub and Spencer Graves
>
> * Greens doing buttons for Occupy movement
> _____ ?? min, Merriam Kathaleen
>
> * Move to Amend
> _____ ?? min, Merriam Kathaleen
>
> * Holiday Peace Fair, Saturday, December 3: Approve $40 table fee and recruit volunteers
> 4 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Participating in this year's fall state convention of Junior State of America on Saturday, November 19
> 3 min, Jim Doyle
>
> * Discussion of Occupy San Jose, including proposal for GPSCC to pay for some or all of the incremental insurance for vacant lot owned by San Jose First United Methodists
> 10 min, Merriam Kathaleen and Spencer Graves
>
> * Discussion of "Four Puppet Politics" bookmark
> 5 min, Spencer Graves
>
>
> TOTAL TIME: at least 139 minutes
> (Merriam's two items without times are not included in the total.)
>
>
> Respectfully,
> Valerie Face
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