MINUTES::: 13 OCTOBER 2005 In attendance: Sean (facilitator), Kris, Mike, Jack, Jose, Rudy, Xochitl, Connie, Lamya, Chris C., Elisa, Democratic Candidate- Peter Mathews. AGENDA: 1. CFA says: No on props 75 and 76. 76 gives the governor too much authority over the budget, and screws schools out of $4 billion; 75 weaken Unions by limiting the way money is spent. Although members should have the right to consent where union dues go, no similar provisions exist for corporations. Volunteers to table for "stand-up for CSU" CFA campaign? Survey passed around. 2. Conservative Article: bashing protestors. "Why no protests against jihadist...Suicide Bombers...?" Should people condemn Al-Qaeda along with Bush? Jose thinks it would be productive for protestors to take a centrist role, while Lamya and I agreed that the article was a straw man to begin with and does not qualify as a reason to change a protestor’s stance, but your call when you go out and do your thing. 3. The 49er: "UC Davis students, give congress a call" to stop this HR 609? Bill to cut federal student loan programs by $9 billion. A decision will be reached on the 19th next week on October, call your reps was Xochitl's idea, just don't bug me at Boxer's office (I know firsthand it will do little good), call your local reps, the bill is on congress floor anyways. Any other options? The bill is opposed by the Cal PIRGs campaign. 4. 9/11 Commission Report: Or omissions and distortions (a book by David Ray Griffin a repudiated source). The whole ball of crap unravels when there's no mention of Tower 7 collapse, vigilant guardian/warrior NORAD hijacking simulation war games, faulty timing for Rumsfeld, Guiliani, Bush (long drive to that Kinder garden), and Cheney, 12 steel columns collapse under fire? No, it was a demolition. The real conspiracy theory as Jack mentioned was that 19 brown dudes with box cutters overthrew the US military. Correlations with: Loose Change, we will have a screening on-campus when? Next meeting perhaps discuss. Crossing the Rubicon by Mike Ruppert, the bible timeline for the 9/11 events, a much disorganized book otherwise, but informative, some 500+ pages. Electile Dysfunction, diebold and their war on freedom and democracy in voting. 5. Lamya brought the good news that the MSA are sponsoring the Fast-A-Thon Ramadan Thursday @ 6:05 and is forcing us to fast that day too. MSA meets from 4-5pm on Thursdays in the USU 305/or 304. +- grading system was discussed briefly. 6. Lamya brought up Chaplain James Yee will speak on his experience at Gitmo on Tuesday Oct. 25th 12-130pm USU ballroom B, so much good stuff. 7. The next congressman of the 37th California district (which includes LB, Compton, Dominguez, Watts, Carson, and Willowbrook) this upcoming 2006 primary season, paid us a visit thanks to Chris Chavez, in a stop from his grass roots campaign to oust his corporate lobbied opponent (BP, Texaco, big Tobacco) who also never showed up for a passed debate, McDonald. 2/3 of his brochures went missing from PO log books, hmmm. Peter is a professor at Cypress college, a modo of "no justice, no peace." Influenced by Marx, Tubman, Jesus, and MLK. He explained 50 mil w/o health care is deplorable, no text books for poor kids but $300 billion to kill them over seas is nuts (all my words, just his sentiments), expand Medicare, close tax loopholes, universal education back to the days of $37 a semester at Berkley, environment, renewable energy, endangered species, will investigate Katrina BS, and Cheney energy commission, has won past Democratic nominations, is on LA18, visited 8,000 homes, including some in Compton. LOOKING for: door-to-door aid, and maybe a blogger to set up a myspace account or keep it up. Contact Mathews campaign: go2mathews@msn.com, 562-427-9886, 562-438-0505, cell# 562 234-3319, PO box 2857 Long Beach, CA 90801. 8. Tabling, anyone available? Still at the MCC, Xochitl has the shift after Mike on Tues. from 1230-130pm, mike tth 1045-1215pm, and Elisa T-4pm. 9. Progressives submit your entries to the Union, briefly discussed the possibility of a Progressive column in the Union (instead of flooding them with manifestos that they may not print) and the potential Nat’l progressive paper. 10. Mujeres de Juarez, I sent out this thing earlier today, just contact Dr. Ramos if you're interested in attending this Saturday at 2... Contact me (Sean) if you didn't receive the details (not on me this very moment) 11. Iraq Open Mic, I will go to SLD tomorrow hopefully, I have filled out the PRC and the date for Iraq OPEN MIC is now reserved at the Student Platform on November 29th from 10-2pm, 4 minute speak out about Iraq, bring poetry, quotes, rap it out if you need to, if it's on, YOU BETTER BE OOOAAANNN. Or not 12. International Education Week, uh-oh is it interfering w/Iraq OM? We will see, Nov. 13-17 Connie thinks at book store podium. 13. Arlington West screening? Didn't get the date on this one. 14. Magical Garden Project-to expand green zones, plot plants, organic partnership. Info at- info@gaian-mind.org, www.gaian-mind.org, 562-552-9930. 15. Make A Difference Day, sat. Oct 22nd, sign up at SLD USU-rm 206. Something about washing the old people. Ask Connie. 16. Slam Poetry Oct. 20th Ballroom A USU 8pm, probably has something to do with poetry. 17. ASI archives, ok, this one-accumulated "WF"CP stuff in some storage unit somewhere; do we give the ASI our documented history? Or do we let it collect more cyberspace dust? :::
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