2005 12 07 - group meeting minutes

Attending:

Donna,
Jana (new),
Joe (new),
John,
Matt,
Mitchell (minutes-taker),
Sean


There were a lot of things to talk about. We simply discussed as much as possible from about 6:45pm until about 8pm.

(1) We discussed parecon for about 20 minutes. Mitchell provided a summary of parecon. Matt provided explanatory commentary about the model. Lots of questions; lots of good exchange.

(2) Update of recent outreach: Sean distributed flyers at Fort Benning (for the annual School of the Americas protest) and at Maxwell Street. We also gave an endorsement to the flyer's use, and to Maxwell Street flyerings. Joe offered one idea for further outreach: the Pilsen Neighborhood Council.

(3) College of complexes. We agreed to pursue this to see if we can get a presentation as soon as possible (probably not until March at the earliest); we can work on the presentation and who'll give it in the meantime. Lloyd: Can you notify the College of Complexes when you get the chance?

(4) December 10 event. We have an opportunity to table at a Chicago Indymedia fundraiser on December 10. Sean agreed to attend; Matt might be able to come.

(5) Website uploads: Lloyd says that the file upload capability of the website is broken; he's not sure why but he says that he'll investigate why and fix it. However, Sean said that he was able to upload the flyer he made. We'll have to figure out what's going on.

(6) Voicemail. Sean suggested that CAPES get a voicemail account. Mitchell said that Chicago Media Action has a voicemail account; he can bring info about that at the next meeting to consider.

(7) Next meeting place and time. We agreed to meet again on Wednesday, January 11, 6:30pm at Gourmand. We did agree to investigate other possible meeting venues (examples include: Harold Washing Library, Harold Washington College, DePaul downtown, Chicago Temple, and any other ideas other people may get).

We'll save the remaining topics for a subsequent meeting or meetings.

Thanks.