FLAction

SpaceShare just finished the carpool & roommate match for Camp Democracy in D.C., and one of the green travelers who used the site and is part of the Florida Coalition recommended we work together...

How we can help the Florida Coalition:

SpaceShare builds ridesharing, roommate matching and host-matching systems for events -> we particularly like to work with peace rallies, so that as little oil as possible is burned while protesting oil wars.

We also build activism tools... besides connecting people for rides, we can help connect people with neighbors based on the issues they want to get involved with. This is especially useful for budding activists, who might not be comfortable being the one new person at a meeting where everyone else has been active for years.

How peace activists can help us starve the next oil war:

Encourage all the large events you attend to be green and offer carpooling! Don't just preach to the converted and to activists: geologists, nurses, professors... help us show pragmatic solutions that can spread green practices to everyone. Ask every event you attend to coordinate carpooling and to host a green event; travel green yourself!

Breathe & Create,
Stephen

Planning Committee Meeting
Sunday March 11 at 7:00 pm
5 members present
1. Registrations:.
a. Thirty seven received so far
b. One member will have time to make additional calls to encourage proposals and registrations
c. A second email blast will be previewed through the Planning List prior to sending out.
d. A message to administrators will be sent out encouraging proposals & registrations, advising about Conf Room Rate and asking for group information for handbook
e. Comped registrations
i. Iraq Vet youth speaker
ii. Fair trade coffee provider
2. Deadline for submission of Proposals was extended until March 22.
3. Conference room rate of $89 will be accorded on a space available basis since time runs out 3/15.
4. Press & media
a. Release for Tom Hayden and Conference had been forwarded by AWARE and approved by the committee.
b. Contact for Tom Hayden & radio spot will be reached
5. Conference Rules as issued were okayed unanimously with one amendment on the Proposal Presentation Process:: the phrase: "..but ICJPE itself does not.)" is substituted for "....but ICJPE itself will not.)"
6. Conference Packet: Registration team will put together the packet, an order will be obtained through Staples of items for the packet and given on the in person Planning meeting on March 24. Contents of Packet will contain
a. Rules
b. Agenda plus agenda
c. Voting dots
d. Paddles X 2
e. Committee Reports
f. Handbook of member groups
g. Lunch tickets
h. Names Badges
i. Proposals
j. Evaluation form
7. Facilitators for the morning and the afternoon were chosen.
8. A welcome address from AWARE would be explored.
9. Next meetings
a. Tele Conference meeting Sunday, March 18 at 8:30 contact admin@icjpe.org if you wish to attend
b. In person meeting Saturday March 24 to begin with a reconciliation session at 10 am followed by a Planning session at 11:00 am Riverside Public Library, One Burling Road, Riverside, IL (across the green from the Metra Aurora/Chicago Line Riverside stop).