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Hello, all: <br>
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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. <br>
<br>
<br>
Spencer <br>
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On 4/23/2012 4:40 PM, CJ Holmes wrote:
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73, 125);">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.<br>
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That sounds great. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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73, 125);">With the advertising you suggested, what response
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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. <br>
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How much time do you think is appropriate for your workshop?
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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? <br>
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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. <br>
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Spencer <br>
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add a condo complex to the potential attendees. From the
response we can better determine the venue. Let me know.
thx, cj<br>
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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
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