[Occupymendocino] Senior Center's next Board of Directors' meeting meets Friday, December 6 at 1

[John Fremont]

I'll see them tomorrow and will support parity. I suspect Jessie will do 
the same.

On 11/20/2013 7:01 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:
> Hi All,
>          A word from the wise Rachel Binah re lobbying two or three board
> members one-on-one before the meeting to sound out where they
> stand on the issue,of rent. This was reported to me by Rachel B.
> who is also a member of TM. She said the Toast Masters use the
> room for free and donate $100.00 at the end of the year. Maybe we
> could lobby members to allow us the same arrangement.
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>       We have a week or two  to find time and a board member to ask if we
> could have the same arrangement. She advised we send  gray haired
> persons to do the speaking. Who  would be willing to talk to
> B.Bushansky, or Syd Ballows or Claire Boudreau or even Richard Miller
> before the meeting?
>
> Agnes
>
>> Greetings, all,
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>> Just want to say that the Senior Center Board of Directors' meeting,
>> mentioned in the minutes below, has been changed from Nov. 29 (because
>> of Thanksgiving weekend) to Friday, December 6 at 1.
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:31:26 -0800
>> From: Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org>
>> Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM General Assemby Minutes 11-16-13
>> To: "occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org Serve"
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>> Occupy Mendocino General Assembly
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>> November 16, 2013
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>> Present: Agnes, Daniel, Irene, Jessie, Mark, Linda, Sheila
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>> Treasurer?s report: We have $901.52 in bank account.
>>
>> Senior Center room rental: We currently pay $20 per meeting. (Oops, we
>> forgot to pass the hat during the meeting.) We are possibly being
>> treated differently than other groups meeting at the Senior Center. We
>> were originally told that it was because (1) we were a "political"
>> group and (2) we didn't do outreach to the seniors who use the Center.
>> It was noted that the Senior Center exercise class, singing group,
>> computer room, and cribbage all include folks under 60 years old. We
>> want to be considered a regular Senior Center group and want
>> clarification on how we can reach out to the seniors who frequent the
>> Center. Is there a genuine interest in activism at the Center? If not,
>> why isn?t a political group acceptable? Linda to contact Bob Bushansky
>> and ask that OM get on their BoD November agenda to discuss this.
>>
>> Publicity/County Charter/Public Banking/Ending Foreclosures: Ellen
>> Brown will be doing a reading, December 15 at 7 pm at Crown Hall, of
>> her newest book, Public Bank Solution. Agnes contacted Charles Cresson
>> Wood; he agreed to send an email of the Ellen Brown event to his
>> Transition Town membership.
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>> Motion passed to fund publicity for this event in the amount of $50.
>>
>> Ellen Brown will be on Val Muchowsky?s Women?s Voices Dec. 2 to
>> discuss the event. The first half of the show will be on public
>> banking with Agnes and Jessie and Sheila; Ellen will be on in the
>> second half of the show.
>>
>> We need people to make goodies to sell at Crown Hall; the rent is $75.
>> Sheila to contact Syd to see if he will organize people to donate the
>> desserts.
>>
>> We will also bring Occupy hats and tee shirts to sell at the event.
>>
>> Mark will contact KZYX re: PSA.
>>
>> League of Women Voters at their Jan 7th meeting want to see the
>> current charter county PowerPoint presentation. The presentation needs
>> to be revised to match the newest charter county version (#12).
>>
>> We would like to have the county charter be on the June 2014 ballot.
>> We?ll need to do outreach to community groups like Rotary,
>> Soroptimists, etc.
>>
>> Sheila emailed Carmel Angelo re: audit in county assessor?s office.
>> She also contacted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding the
>> money from the Homeowner?s Bill of Rights, which should have gone to
>> state agencies and then to the foreclosed homeowners themselves. She
>> asked: how do people apply for restitution? 2,500 people lost their
>> homes thru foreclosure in Mendocino County.
>>
>> Robin Sunbeam is running for Mendocino County Assessor on the June
>> 2014 ballot against Susan Ranochak. Mendocino Women?s Political
>> Coalition is endorsing Robin.
>>
>> Paul Cienfuegos: Charles Cresson Wood asked if Occupy will co-sponsor
>> a Community Rights workshop led by Paul Cienfuegos on Presidents? Day
>> weekend, February 16. Motion passed for OM to co-sponsor the workshop.
>> Linda volunteered to work on it.
>>
>> OPC group will be meeting at the Fort Bragg Library Nov. 19 at 7 pm
>> re: fracking. A film on fracking will be shown at the library at 5 pm,
>> before the meeting.
>>
>> Film forum: Sheila to stop by KNYO and talk to Sean about setting up a
>> Friday film. An Occupy film might be best to begin the film series.
>>
>> Street rally: Attendance has increased since we discussed cutting down
>> the rallys to one or two a month. It was decided to keep them weekly
>> at the present time.
>>
>> Occupy listserv: How should the listserve be used? After a discussion,
>> it was decided that it?s only for relevant Occupy business, not for
>> worldwide events. There are enough other venues for worldwide events.
>> It?s still an effective way of connecting to the public.
>>
>> OM Facebook: Daniel is now posting on Facebook. Thank you, Daniel.
>>
>> Tee shirts: Agnes discussed making new tee shirts with ?We Are Working
>> for You?Occupy? on the front and a list of our accomplishments on the
>> back. Most of us agreed that since we still haven?t sold the tees and
>> hats we already have, it doesn?t make sense. Agnes countered that we
>> could perhaps make up just a dozen for core members.
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>> Important: One thing we forgot to discuss is Martin Luther King Jr.
>> Day. In 2014 it?s on January 20. Please think about organizing this
>> wonderful event. We did a great job last year! Let?s put this on our
>> agenda for the next GA meeting November 30.
>>
>> Submitted by Linda Jupiter
>> Linda
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