UFPJ-DVN Conference Call April 17

Present: Carol Seeley, Nina Huizinga, Bob Moore, Sue Edwards, Rich Gardner, Ken Heard, and Bob Smith (at the end of the hour)

Bob Smith (Brandywine Peace Community) has agreed to join the Coodinating Committee and took part in this Conference Call. Cathy Leary has agreed to join the Coordinating Committee, but was not able to be on this Conference Call.

Bob Moore left a message for John Braxton inviting him to join, but has not heard back yet. Bob will follow up. Ken Heard has invited both Lindsey Patterson (Steelworkers Union) and Anche Butler (Philadelphia Unemployment Project) and they said yes, but did not join us on the Conference Call. Ken will follow up. Nina will follow up with Robin Stelle.

Bob Moore invited Congresswomen Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey, and Maxine Waters (all members of the Progressive Congressional Caucus) to speak at the event. He sent them a fax and made follow-up calls. It is not very likely that they will be able to come. If one or more of them come, we need a person who can introduce them. If they do not come, we need this same person (someone knowledgable about what is happening in Congress) to present this information to the gathering.

Bob will ask Carol Tiger Allen to present (or introduce). If she can not or does not wish to do this, he will ask Irene (last name?) next.

We AGREED to change the order of the day slightly so that we have lunch from Noon to 12:30 p.m. and the What's Going on in Congress session from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Sue will contact David Gibson about the change.

Sue anticipates needing $150 for hoagies and apples. The church has water pitchers so we can provide water. Nina will supply paper plates, cups, and towels, and trash bags. Voices of a Different Dream will charge us $75. Delco Alliance for Environmental Justice will charge us $75.

We AGREED to tap the money we have in our operating fund for these costs. Sue and Carol will let Bob know how to make out and where to send the checks. Sue will send Bob an invoice for her costs in buying the hoagies and apples.

We AGREED to have a collection for the costs of the lunch and program at the end of the Music and Poetry section right before we break to go into workshops. Bob Moore will make the plea for donations.

We like the program as outlined. One workshop coordinator will bring a CD Video and needs a projector. Rich Gardner will provide the lap top and DVD projector and will help set it up.

Once the flyer is finalized, we will send it out as an attachment and also paste it into the body of the email with a link to the website. Rich will place the final flyer onto the web site. We will each send it out as widely as possible to our email lists.

Bob Moore will draft a press release and send it out to his contacts (mostly in Jersey) and Sue will draft a press release, send it to Bob Moore for suggested corrections or changes, and ask Bob Smith to send it to the contacts he has.

Nina will negotiate about the cost of printing 250 flyers/posters with the union printer she knows on Baltimore Ave. She will ask them to send the (tax-exempt) bill to Bob Moore c/o the Peace Action Educational Fund at the CFPA address in Princeton. She will pick up the flyers/posters and bring them to her house. People who want flyers/posters can arrange with Nina for a pick-up time or give Nina an address for her to mail them.

Ken will send us information about the Coalition to Save the (Philadelphia) City Services. Bob Smith will send us information about the Green Street Meeting event where Peter Lems will be speaking.

We AGREED not to hold another Conference Call, but to wait for the face-to-face UFPJ-DVN Meeting on Sunday, June 7, from 3 to 4 p.m., at Tabernacle Church, 37th and Chestnut Street.