Minutes of Charlotte Area Green Party's Meeting of 10-13-01

• Kajur reads last month's minutes
• Alan gives update on the statewide gathering
• It is said, Bruce Henderson from the Observer says keep contacting him
• Growing session: We need to learn from our mistakes:
• we need more people and more time to promote events
• we need to eat when we meet at minority businesses
• we need accurate petition taking
• know when to fall back on going for write-in access rather than ballot access
• Mark reports: CAGs have $268.11; $11.61 is in our cashbox
• Reimbursements will be made to:
• Steve Tafel = $25
• Alan Burns = $125
• We are getting charged a $7.50 service fee if our account balance is less than $1,000.
• Mark offers switching $1,000 of his money to our account to save the service fee and although we don't have a quorum, this isn't a money expenditure so it is left up to Mark
• The idea of having a yard sale to raise money:
• Find out if Chuck's place is okay
• What date would he like to have it?
• Coalition building brought up again and discussed
• Sierra Club a likely coalition building candidate
• Brainstorming on September 11:
• Best defense is offense? Or defense?
• Defend against terrorism
• Change roles in Iraq, Israel
• Newspapers are selective even in respect to reporters
• Our administration should admit mistakes
• Are the CIA's "lions" behind this?
• Is this a war? Is this a war crime? Is this a holy war?
• Mostly agreed upon steps to include in our position paper:
• Independent thinking
• Due process of law rather than rash revenge
• No curtailment of civil liberties
• No draft
• No more wars for oil
• Revising foreign policy
• Bringing back forces abroad and leaving foreign policy to U.N.
• No "carte blanche" for Bush
• Mark will draft a position paper, Kathryn will help
• Attempts to adopt a stream and highway will further
• Stream = Little Sugar Creek from Fourth St. to Baxter St.
• Highways = I-77 from Woodlawn to Tyvola, Moose or Turkey, and Sam Black.