[mgj-discuss] Meeting minutes 6/12/2007

[Basav Sen]

Meeting on October 19-21 Mobilization against IMF/World Bank
Minutes from 6/12/2007

A. Call to Action

1. Endorsing organizations – contact all groups with representatives at this and the previous meeting to sign on. 
(a) Basav to contact Fondasyon Mapou and Friends of the Congo.
(b) Ruth to contact DC Immigrants Rights Coalition and Fellowship of Reconciliation.

2. Text – will get feedback from all endorsing organizations and on mgj-lists, have final text done by Saturday. (Ruth/Basav)

3. Translation – Marco will translate into Spanish. Get text to him on Saturday. 

4. Format/layout:
(a) Flyer with Call to Action on one side, current Save the Date flyer on the other.
(b) Layout change on current Save the Date flyer – make text a little more readable.
(c) Added text on current Save the Date flyer – names and contact info on pointpersons for specific components of actions (see under “Targets and Actions” below), so people who see the flyer can plug into specific parts of the mobilization.
Ruth to work with Craig on layout/design – AFTER we have final text. Craig can do both an English and Spanish version (same layout).

5. Dissemination
(a) Indymedia centers throughout North America. We split them acc. to first letters of the IMCs. 
	A-D: Nicole
	E-H: Ruth
	I-L: Oscar
	M-P: Basav
	Q-T: Roxanne
	U-Z: Jesse
(b) Listserves – we all post on local and national listserves.

B. Targets and Actions

1. Types of actions we’ve (tentatively) planned to do, along with “pointpersons” listed on the flyer:
(a) Direct action		Nicole
(b) March and rally		Roxanne
(c) Mock trial (media event)	Jesse
(d) Gentrification tour and radical history tour		Ruth
(e) Teachins/educational events			Basav
Note, the “pointperson” is not a “convenor” but just a point of contact for people who want to get involved, but don’t feel like they can plunge in head first, and want to be involved in only a bite-sized piecce of the mobilization.

2. For gentrification and radical history tour: get in touch with One DC and Empower DC et. al. to see if they want to do a tour with out-of-town (as well as local) activists. We can have people RSVP/sign up. 

C. Outreach

For today, we focused on outreach to organizations to get them involved in these meetings. Later, with more organizations involved, we will talk more in-depth about outreach beyond activist circles.

1. “Ask” for organizations we talk to:
(a) Briefly inform them about what we are planning.
(b) Ask them if there are ways to integrate our actions with what they are working on, i.e. if we can tailor our actions in ways that support their struggles.
(c) Ask them to come to planning meetings if they can – no pressure!
(d) Ask if we can send 1-2 people to their meeting to do a brief presentation and answer questions about our October activities. (Shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes of their meeting time in total.)
(e) Ask them if they want to do a joint workshop/teach-in with us.
(f) Ask them if they can help with outreach for October – if we send them electronic announcements, flyers, etc., can they help circulate them?
(g) Ask them what else they think they can do to assist with the October mobilization.

2. Local outreach (based on the above “asks”):
Oscar		Empower DC, Save Our Schools
Luke		SDS
Marco		Mexicanos sin Fronteras, DC FMLN
Ruth		African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation, Luci Murphy
Jesse		Plymouth UCC, One DC
Basav		COPPAC, Katarungan, KAWAN, Jobs with Justice, SHAII
Nicole		UMD Media Collective, Committee to Save Franklin Shelter

D. USSF
1. Ruth to talk to Korean Americans for Fair Trade/KAWAN and Friends of the Congo about workshop.
2. We will focus next MGJ meeting (Wednesday 6/20) largely on preparation for USSF.

E. Next MGJ meeting
When: Wednesday June 20, 7 pm.
Where: 50 Years is Enough office, 3628 12th St. NE, near Brookland metro
Basav facilitates.

F. Next coalition meeting
When: Saturday July 7, 2 – 4 pm.
Where: 50 Years is Enough office, 3628 12th St. NE, near Brookland metro