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<DIV>In a message dated 9/1/2007 1:34:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
civillib@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Warner,<BR><BR>Just received this info...and the good news is that
all GREENS wanting to attend will have their<BR>registration fee of $150
paid by Cal HCN, the non-profit that is co-host and one of my clients.
We<BR>were, thanks to Ken Smith and Joe Feller, one of the first
organizations to support Cal-HCN.<BR><BR>Anyway, here's the info. BTW, what
is unstated here is that there is a MAJOR FIGHT in the East Bay<BR>as well
as expected new ones in the South Bay with Wal-Mart. Discussions of that
will take place.<BR><BR>Here's a portion of the email from Cal HCN project
director Phil Tucker. - the latter part is the <BR>announcement,but add
GREENS get in free:<BR><BR>cres<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>NOTE:...Any Green
that wants to attend this conference will be offered a scholarship and Cal
HCN <BR>will take care of the $150.00 reg conference reg fee. Those
interested should send their names, <BR>phone #s and email addresses to
pgtucker@aol.com by Tuesday night, 9/3. Those wanting to stay at
<BR>the Hotel must make their own reservations and we have a special "site
fighters" conference rate of <BR>$89.00/night single occupancy. Our
main conference dinner speaker is going to be Ken Jacobs, Chair, <BR>UC
Berkeley Labor Center, a great anti-Wal-Mart advocate and
supporter.<BR><BR>Phil<BR><BR>THIRD ANNUAL SITE
FIGHTERS<BR>CONFERENCE<BR><BR>Friday and Saturday September 7th and
8th<BR>San Jose, California, at the Wyndham Hotel<BR>(1350 North First
Street, San Jose)<BR><BR>The Site Fighters Conference has been a
tremendously successful event in the past, with site<BR>fighters around the
country coming together to share information, successful strategies and
tactics,<BR>and best practices in their campaigns to fight unwanted
corporate developments.<BR><BR>Jeff Milchen, Co-founder of the American
Independent Business Alliance, will be one of our<BR>Conference Workshop
Presenters.<BR><BR>Programs and workshops to include:<BR><BR>*Holding the
Line on Big Box expansion in market areas<BR>*Land Use
Strategies<BR>*Subsidy Strategies for Social Justice<BR>*Developing
Alternative Growth Strategies<BR>*What a National Comprehensive Wal-Mart
Campaign Would Look Like<BR>*Distribution Center Campaigns<BR>*Maximizing
Leverage for local worker demands<BR><BR>Don't Delay Go to
www.sitefighters.org for more information and registration details or call
PHIL<BR>TUCKER, CAL HCN, 707-479-6000<BR>HOTEL RESERVATIONS: WYNDHAM (408)
452-8320<BR><BR>Conference Sponsors:<BR>Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)<BR>Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now
(WARN)<BR>California Healthy Communities Network (Cal
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