[Oct. 17 Seattle] Draft: Meeting Report (09/16/2009)

[iskra at riseup.net]

...and, of course, the following belongs at the end of the report:

"NEXT MEETING: Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 
30, 7:00 pm at the Panama Hotel Tea & Coffee House (607 South Main, 
Seattle)."

--Edward

iskra at riseup.net wrote:
> Comrades,
> 
> Here is a draft meeting report.  Please let me know if there are any 
> objections/suggestions/etc.  If I don't hear anything by tomorrow 
> morning, I'll post it on the Indymedia thread, the blog, etc.
> 
> --Edward
> 
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> 
> The Seattle O17 Anti-War Mobilization working group met on Thursday, 
> September 16.  Here is a brief summary of the meeting.
> 
> PERMIT: The march permit has been filed with the Parks Department and we 
> are waiting to hear back from the Seattle Police Department.  We do not 
> anticipate any issues.  Also, a permit has been obtained for the use of 
> Westlake Park.
> 
> LEGAL: An activist with the working group has volunteered to contact the 
> National Lawyers Guild for legal observers.
> 
> SOUND: We still need a sound system, preferably one that's small, 
> portable and battery-operated.  Ideally this would be something between 
> a megaphone and a standard sound system.  If you or someone you know can 
> help out with this, please email october17antiwar [at] gmail [dot] com.
> 
> POSTER: Organizations and individuals are free to build for the 
> demonstration with their own posters and literature.  However, the 
> working group will collectively release a poster for the demonstration. 
>   The poster will also advertise an ANSWER-led action on October 7 (and 
> any other anti-war mass actions scheduled for around this time period, 
> as they are announced).  The poster will list initiating and endorsing 
> organizations.  If your organization would like to endorse the October 
> 17 demonstration, please email october17antiwar [at] gmail [dot] com.
> 
> OUTREACH: Activists will carpool to Tacoma on Saturday, September 26 and 
> Thursday, October 1 to put up posters and distribute flyers advertising 
> the demonstration.  This, of course, is in addition to the ongoing mass 
> work in the Seattle area.  For carpool information, or to otherwise get 
> involved, please email october17antiwar [at] gmail [dot] com.
> 
> The working group has been building for the demonstration with the 
> following half-sheet flyer: 
> http://www.seattleaic.org/files/oct17halfsheet.pdf
> 
> Activists with the working group are contacting various media outlets in 
> order to spread the word about the demonstration.
> 
> INTERNET: In addition to the blog 
> (http://october17antiwarseattle.blogspot.com) and organizing listserv, 
> there is now a new email list for announcements.  To subscribe, visit 
> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/antiwar-announce
> 
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