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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Notes From GPSCC October 4, 2005
General Monthly Meeting</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Warner Bloomberg volunteers to be
facilitator; No volunteer for note taker; Facilitator's very minimal notes are
as follows:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Introductions and short
introductions; Agenda suggestions and discussion</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>1. Fund Raising Letter
Project. Jim Stauffer and Ed Blackmun ask for group activity for
addressing envelopes for the local fund raising letter. Completed during
the meeting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>2. Reports from September 15-16th
Gathering in Oakland, CA. Warner: Attended the Saturday morning
spirituality session -- interesting and enjoyable opportunity to hear about
individuals' backgrounds; Also led three CCWG sessions.
Cameron: Had criticisms of quality of discussion at Sunday morning forum
featuring Peter Camejo and Michael Feinstein. Jim Stauffer: Report
on status of Minimum Wage Initiative campaign.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>3. Propositions Leaflet.
Discussions about how should it be distributed. <BR>Individuals to
download and print for decentralized distribution at tabling activities.
Volunteers requested for envelope stuffing for fund raising letter
enclosure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>4. Meeting Issues.
Night: Suggestion to move to first Wednesday of the month. Proposal
to be posted on email list (or matrix to poll for other choices?).
Suggestion to move location to Old Middlefield Road in Mountain View -- Concerns
that it would not be near public transportation routes and would be moving the
location further into north County rather than to a more central
location.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Announcement: Next Plenary
December 10-11th (Saturday-Sunday) at UC Davis (Yolo County)<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Additional Note: Apparently,
before the meeting, Tian left sheets with button proposals and
a stack of Green Focus. No one put discussion of these items on
the agenda.</FONT></DIV>
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