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Vancouver for Peace meeting Minutes February 12, 2007 Next meeting date will be March 20th , the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Location will be announced later. Due to the upcoming events, it was felt we needed a meeting next month. Gary Cotton will call Den Mark Wichar about availability of St. Luke's, several people offered their homes as well. General Peter Pace for Marshall Lecture, Wednesday Feb 21 at Hudson's Bay High School, 11 AM. Genny Kortes ( gekortes617@hotmail.com ) will protest outside the school and invites others to join her as per her email earlier today. Payment for film nights to be legal. - Don Steiger, our film night coordinator has expressed concern about copyright law. We honor Don's efforts in arranging the next film. For this film, we are willing to pay the $55 to show it. The film for Feb. 27 is still being finalized. However, it was felt that in the future we would like to use videos instead that we would have free permission from the producers. 40th Anniversary of Israeli Occupation - Lorie Wood asked for us to endorse End the Occupation 2007, which we approved. Lorie will do this for us on-line. Endorsements can also be done individually at www.endtheoccupation.org Lorie also had information about an event on March 7 of Palestinians visiting from Hebron and Bel'in, which is now on the website,. Vigil to remember Rachel Corrie on March 16 th is being arranged by Wilbur Wood to meet at the Esther Short Park clock tower at sunset. People are invited to bring flashlights with cups on top instead of candles, as candles cannot be burned in the park. Wilbur will send the information to Mike for the website. 4th Anniwarsary of latest phase of Iraq war events Sunday March 18 afternoon at Pioneer Courthouse Square - Peace Festival, Activism Fair and March. Angie Lindquist requested that VFP endorse the march, which was approved with $50 to support the march as well as to secure a table. Mike Ellison will find people to be at the table. Monday March 19 4-6:30 visibility action at Terry Schrunk Plaza organized by Peace and Justice Works. The Columbian Editorial Board will be contacted by Edie Cotton, who would like to arrange a forum with them. Other agenda items were postponed until our next meeting since they were not time-sensitive.
- decided to do advance call-out to meet at 4pm in Howard House parking lot if Iran is attacked with any form of armament, same day if news breaks before 4pm, next day if news breaks after 4pm Minutes of November 15th, 2005 Vancouver for Peace Meeting Meeting was attended by John Howes, Bob Fizzell, Lorie Wood, Wilbur Wood, Jo’an Sterr, Marion Ward, Mike Ellison and Kay Ellison. (Did we forget anyone??) 1. After a lengthy discussion of the pros and cons of Vancouver for Peace becoming an official 501c3 non-profit organization, it was decided for Vancouver for Peace to do the paperwork for this to happen. This would not affect what Vancouver for Peace is able to do, as our policies have been from the beginning in alignment to requirements for 501c3’s: not to campaign for any candidates, but instead to be involved with issues. (Since the meeting in November, we have been issued our ID number. We will need to do by-laws, create a board of directors, and fill out either articles of incorporation or association. These documents can be generically done, and just one official board meeting needs to be done each year.) 2. It was decided to give Matt Chandler a $100 honorarium when he will speak at the library on December 6 th. We want to support Matt in his peacemaking efforts with Christian Peacemakers Teams in Iraq and Palestine. 3. It was also decided to support Channel 11 by paying for Democracy Now! through Alicia Balassa. We will reimburse Alicia for the $75 she paid for this to happen for 2005, and give her another $75 for 2006. Technical note about this issue: Alicia is a FVTV member, thus able to sponsor a show. 4. Cindi Fisher asked Vancouver for Peace to help print color copies of posters to promote the Marathon Peace Jubilee on December 30. Marion Ward has kindly agreed to make color copies of the 8 l/2 x 11 posters for Cindi. 5. There is considerable interest in paying for bus signs for peace. This will be brought up at another Vancouver for Peace business meeting. ========================================================= VFP General Mtg Tuesday Oct 4- 7PM, St. Luke’s Episcopal (bold face is the results of the meeting - other is the outline of the meeting agenda) Announcement from Danny Nichols about his group at his high school, showing Hotel Rwanda. Announcement from Genny Kortes about Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast for October 5 th. Announcements from Den Mark Wichar:
Announcement from WSU: Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility invites you to a workshop on October 15 in Portland, 9:30 AM to 12 noon. 921 SW Morrison, Suite 310 “How to talk to Americans about Global Issues: Iraq, Nuclear Terrorism and Global Warming.” Vancouver for Peace Monthly Film Night: Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land, Wednesday, October 12 Treasurers report:Current balance: $1800.91 Plus $260 from Fair exhibit registrations and donation Plus $15.20 from tabling. Total is: $2076.11 We collected $134 at VFP table at Fair and sent to NW Medical Teams and NAACP Disaster Relief fund. Reimbursement of Lorie and Wilbur Wood for $300 in buttons and bumper stickers from FCNL was approved, and a check was written to them during the meeting. A report for the Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair was given, the fair paying for itself, and in fact, making $445! It was agreed for the money to be pooled for next year’s fair. Reimbursement of Edie and Gary Cotton for signs for Fair was approved for when they give us the receipt.
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