September 2nd Meeting Minutes

In attendance:

Patrick, Dana, Andrew, Farra, Whitney, Jill, Daniel, Cecilia, Evvie, Manley, Rachel, Daniel, Alice, Melanie, Eric, Elena, Linda, Sophia,

Meeting Restructuring:

We Will be restructuring our meetings to have an organizational meeting separate from the general meeting. The general meeting will be held once a month in a classroom and will be advertised heavily. Organizational meetings will be held once a week to discuss organizational issues, obviously.

Committee Updates:

PR:

Tabling: A signup list for market Wednesday tabling was passed around.

Catalog: Delay due to accounting (bureaucratic bullshit) issues with UPS.

Radical Advertising: We need help making flyers for Radical Rush, promoting the dance party at The Engine Room. Patrick said he would write a press release for media contacts. We will screen print t shirts on Monday (September 6^th),Whitney will make a FB group. Manley suggests contacting Limelight for coverage of Radical Rush. There will be flyers tomorrow in the office to spread across campus.

Activism:

Oct 7^th: Promoting a walkout to protest the busting of teacher unions and budget cuts. Patrick and Manley suggest a protest on the Union Green with music and food to have a place to “hangout” during classroom walkouts. This is a national event so it should be big and handled seriously, separate meetings will be needed. It should also be viewed as a springboard for generating interest in CPE and the issues that concern us.

Meeting with Doctor Roy: Conference next Monday (September 13th) to discuss teacher unions and budget cuts. Dr. Roy is a prominent figure in the movement, and Patrick will send out emails with further information.

Events:

September 11^th: No Quran burning in Gainesville. Convoy!

September 25^th: DIY Festival in Gainesville. Convoy!

Late October/November: “South of the Border” viewing in association with the Hispanic Latino Student Union which also want to have a followup speaker to discuss the film and immigration rights

ESP Mushroom walk: Rachel mentioned that the walk will meet in HCB 207 at 1pm (Saturday September 11^th). Proposal for small honorarium ($50) for the Mushroom walk lecturer approved, Patrick and Rachel will meet tomorrow to do paperwork.

Longterm Event Plans: Bill Ayers and the Beehive Collective

Dana mentioned a New Orleans’ protest against budget cuts which resulted in an altercation with the police. Perhaps this can be tied to our Day of Action plans.

Radical Rush Schedule:

Monday: Labor day! No events, but you should read about the great things that organized labor has won for us!

Tuesday: Organization Tabling on the Union Green

Wednesday: Know Your Rights Workshop

Thursday: CPE General Meeting!

Friday: CPE dance party at the Engine Room, 809 Railroad Ave

Saturday: ESP Wild Mushroom Walk

Sunday: Radical and Progressive Organization potluck and networking picnic.

Look up these events on facebook for further information.

USAS:

United Students Against Sweatshops: Nike, Russel, and Champion make FSU apparel. Most of their clothing is produced in China, Honduras, and India with child labor under harsh conditions. FSU permits these companies to produce clothing with the FSU logo. Only 1-3% of the price of a shirt goes to paying labor. Students created the Workers Right Consortium 10 years ago to monitor factories to insure collegiate apparel is not made under these harsh conditions. FSU is not affiliated with the WRC but is affiliated with the FLA. The FLA is a White House organization established to monitor these factories, but the FLA is monitored by the very same companies that utilize sweetshops to produce collegiate apparel.

Tactics for promoting USAS: President has complete control over the campus. To be a member of the FLA it costs $50,000, this is an absurd cost amid the current financial situation. Manley suggests tying in free speech zone demonstrations with the USAS. Farra suggests stickers on T- shirts in the bookstore to raise awareness. Jill suggests flyering on campus. Dana suggests kids in timeout in various locations wearing informative shirts (timeout kids). Alaina mentioned UF’s tactic of cutting out T-shirt tags and placing them on a global map to give perspective to the exploited labor. Evvie mentions a need to offer alternatives to sweatshop clothing. Email cpeactivism@gmail if interested in participating on this issue. We will form an interest meeting to further discuss strategies. Stay tuned for an email from Farra.

In Attendance:
Courtney, Annie, Manley, Dana, Michelle, Andrew, Liz, Patrick,
Evvie, Joe, Curtis, Catherine & Whitney

• Meeting Change – We are thinking of changing our meeting day, since Thursday night is so close to the weekend and we might be able to get more work done if we start earlier in the week. Proposed days – Monday or Tuesday, 7 or 8 pm. Please leave your comments stating a preference to help us decide.

• Tabling – We will be tabling at this Sunday’s Involvement Fair/Taste of Tally (Aug 22nd, 7 to 9pm) happening in the Union. We need CPE members to come out and reprazent. It’s fun and there’s free foods.

We also need volunteers to table for Market Wednesdays (10 – 2pm) throughout the fall. There is a sign-up sheet in the office. If you’d like to volunteer for the first Market Wednesday of the school year, please e-mail us ASAP: fsucpe@gmail.com.
We need your help!

• Committee Updates –

Classes Committee (headed up by Andrew S) –
- Andrew received an e-mail asking when we are going to post fall schedule?
- Mike wants to teach a class mid September on Marxism. This proposal received approval.
- The Antiracism/Citizenship class has been cancelled.

Events Committee (headed up by Dana D) –
- Beehive is coming to Tallahassee as part of the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Lecture series.
- Tonight we proposed the we bring Iraq war vet Michael Prysner to FSU. He is a member of the PSL and he can talk about racism in the Middle East and his experiences as a solider in iraq. Here is a video of a fairly popular anti-war & racism speech he gave a while back.
- A former student body president wants to organize a “Know Your Rights” class for Radical Rush. Trying to get an attorney (Bill Davis or John Humphrey) to teach it for free. Need to reserve a room for it.
- We want to screen Oliver Stone’s South of the Border at FSU. Can we host a film Q&A? Speak with Hispanic Student Union.

Activism Committee (Committee head not present)–
Liz would like to organize an SB1070 protest in the Fall. Mike C and Liz are currently cowriting an article about SB1070 and the Florida elections to appear in the FSView and on the brand new Tallahassee Indy Media site.

Public Relations Committee (headed up by Whitney N) -
Working on the catalog. Need submissions NOW!!!

• Radical Rush – RadRush is happening the week of September 7 – 11th (Monday through Saturday). We don’t have other organizations signed on right now, but will invite some during the Involvement Fair. Manley will be DJing Tuesday’s event on the Union Green. Here is a tentative schedule of events:
-Tabling Tuesday (Sept. 7^th) on Union Green. Manley DJing
- Dance Party at Engine Room Friday (Sept. 10^th)
- Parade of Homes Saturday (Sept. 11^th)
- Know Your Rights Seminar – TBA

We might be planning an Action about the Free Speech Zones. Liz & Manley have been assigned to work on this.
We would also like to have a film screening or two. John Carpenter’s “They Live” or “Wetback – the Undocumented Documentary” ; We can also explore options in Strozier’s video reserves (which we already have the rights for.)

• Tally IMC – The Tally Indy Media site is up and running. If you’d like to become a contributor, writer, administrator, editor, etcetera, contact Patrick at fsucpe@gmail.com.

CPE is planning the fall 2010 RADICAL RUSH WEEK

SEPTEMBER 6TH THRU 11TH

Email fsucpeevents@gmail.com if you’d like to table, help out, plan a workshop, show a movie, etc.
So far we have a night at the Engine Room planned for the 10th, a few workshops, and LOADS OF FUN… maybe even a PARADE OF HOMES

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CPE Meeting Minutes
8.12.10

Intros

-demonstration: rescheduled? Liz

-Radical Rush
Engine room: sep 10th dance party/local bands to entice the older generation
Krishna lunch?
Consensus workshop-Cecilia
Tabling: have a sit down and start sending emails to everyone
Itinerary to put up on site
Weather underground movie showing/advertise for bill ayers?
Esp workshop
Parade of homes
Free speech
Crisis in higher education funding: teacher’s union panel

-BIZ cards
free printing

-also condoms asap

-FNB
1814 Sharon Rd — cooking starting at 12.30
Rachel Walsh 850.321.4993

-Point people emails: fsucpePR@gmail.com
fsucpeevents@gmail.com
cpeclasses@gmail.com
fsucpe@gmail.com
fsucpeactivism@gmail.com

-Free Speech Stuff:
flash mob first day of school
chalking on the non-free speech zones
do it radical rush week
press release for it

-Political Discussion Nights each week
Patrick

Perhaps change the meeting time to Monday at 7 for the next semester?