Organizers Network - Agenda - 20030101

	Thursday, January 2, 2003, 5:15 PM, 
	WNY Peace Center, 2123 Bailey Avenue, 894-2013


	- Must conclude by 6:50 PM

	- Introductions & Gathering:  What does peace mean to 
		you and when have you recently experienced it?

	- Distribution of meeting materials & agenda bashing

	- Organizers' Network Recruiting (notes attached)
		- Policy, brainstorming, contacts & help

	- Buffalo Peace People On-line Support Facilities:		
		- Mailman email listserv discussion groups
		- Web pages & sites, controlled access pages next
		- Additional collaboration support tools ATP
		- Safe Email accounts for activists who need them
		- Ask editors or techies for anything you might want		

	- Draft Planning Calendar: 						
		- Additions, corrections, restructuring
		- Update process, secure drafts, approvals for contacts
		- Descriptive pages for each activist group (draft attached)

	- Near-future Opportunities for Collaboration:
		1/02	  - WIB - every Saturday
		1/04	  - CD Workshop
		1/06	  - UB Faculty/Staff for Peace
		1/18	  - Washington, DC, IAC/ANSWER- MLK Day 
		1/18	  - Buffalo - MLK Day - Collaborative Events?
		1/24-1/26 - Pittsburg Regional Anti-war Weekend
		1/30-2/02 - Pan Canadian Student Anti-war Conference
		2/10-1/14 - NYS Higher-Ed Call-to-Action Week
		Spring	  - Buffalo Full Regalia Peace Rally

	- Recent brainstorming - collaborative action suggestions (attached).

	- How shall we do all this when we're on overload already?
		- Periodic meetings: strategy, general planning, group
			policy issues, coordination and progress review
		- Workgroups: for those willing/able to invest in action
			items and tasks
		- Proposed workgroup definitions and tasking (draft attached)
		- Solicitation of volunteers for workgroups 				 

	- Next full Organizers' Group Meeting
		- Proposed location: UB South Campus, media and network 
		  equipped facility, specific location TBD.  Newman Center
		  and UB Faculty/Staff for Peace to host.

	- Closing: 							
		Look around, shake hands, hug.  
		War is not inevitable 
			but peace inherently is. 
		We can do this!  And, together, we will.



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Attachments:
	Notes on recruiting
	Planning Calendar
	Draft Descriptive Content Outline for Activist Groups
	Brainstorming
	Proposed Workgroup Definitions and Tasking
	Open Items