[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: fighting foreclosures?

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, all:


       Might the Green Party be interested in sponsoring a workshop on 
fighting foreclosures by TJ Holmes, a real estate agent in Santa Rosa 
and a founder of "Home Owners for Justice" (hofj.org), a non-profit 
devoted to this issue.  I learned about her from an interview she gave 
via David Bernstein on Flashpoints on KPFA.  She's interested in doing 
free workshops to try to help organize political action to to fight the 
banks on this issue.


       Spencer


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: fighting foreclosures?
Date: 	Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:36:14 -0700
From: 	Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
To: 	CJ Holmes <cjholmes at cjholmes.com>



On 4/23/2012 4:40 PM, CJ Holmes wrote:
>
> Aequitas did 382 foreclosures and charged 38k (I heard).  So approx 
> $100 per foreclosure examined.  I think we can "cherry pick" fraud 
> pretty cheaply with volunteers to get enough for court injunctions.  
> No reason to spend that much and still not have actual fraudulent docs 
> for a lawsuit, I think.
>

       That sounds great.

> With the advertising you suggested, what response do you think we 
> should expect?
>


       I have not organized a lot of events, so it's difficult for me to 
guess.  However, I think we can get support from multiple organizations 
and fill the Peace Center -- depending on the time, etc.


       How much time do you think is appropriate for your workshop?


       Are you looking for 2 hours (like your YouTube videos)?  Would 7 
- 9 PM some evening be appropriate?  The Peace Center is available most 
Mondays except the first Monday of each month.  Would it help if we 
found a place for you to stay the night after the event?


       Also, how much lead time do you think is appropriate?  Two months 
seems like the minimum lead time if we are to get sponsorship from 
multiple organizations, etc.  We could try to plan something with less 
lead time, but it would reduce our audience.  We could start some things 
much sooner with videoconferencing using, e.g., Skype.


       Spencer


> Then add a condo complex to the potential attendees.  From the 
> response we can better determine the venue.  Let me know.  thx, cj
>




-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
web:www.structuremonitoring.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org/attachments/20120423/dd401b4a/attachment.html>