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GENERAL
MEETING MINUTES, 4/12/05
[Posted by Aymy]
The agenda for the April 12th general Catalyst meeting was as follows:
A. Anti-gentrification community meeting, 4/21
B. USG funding appeals
C. Springfest, 4/23
D. RHA/USG greenie resolutions
E. Announcements: Lavender Ball!
Anti-gentrificiation community meeting, 4/21
This event is intended to take place at 7 PM on the 21st somewhere off
campus that is easily accessible to community members. Jacqui has been
talking to Janis Eatman-Williams trying to find prominent community members
to come speak, and should know if there's anyone available by Thursday.
Jacqui is also asking Janis for any suggestion concerning a venue.
Steve P contacted Dean Patterson concerning having administrators as
speakers at this event. Mr. Patterson put him in contact with a Mr. Bursch
(sp?) who is the Assistant Director of Community Development (i may have
the title wrong, too). He wanted to know what time it was and for how long,
and had a few other questions concerning the nature of the event. He has
not signed on to speak for certain as of yet.
Once information about speakers and location are confirmed, Chris will be
making the flier for this event (unless he's over-worked in which case Josh
P will make it). We will be doing fliering around the community on Sunday
morning/early afternoon. Jacqui is calling around to churches in advance,
we will also be fliering at libraries, willing businesses, and so forth. If
you are interested in helping (and you should be!), contact Tiffany at
txk68@case.edu. Information about the event will also be posted on What's
Up and Cleveland Indymedia.
If you have any professors who may be interested in this event, please pass
on the information so that they may tell their classes about it - great
publicity.
USG Funding Appeals
We had to appeal because we didn't get enough signatures to be re-named
Category 3 next semester (which is a crock...)
As of 9 PM tonight, we were still a few short, so members were going to N.
Side to acquire the last few signatures, because out appeal was scheduled
for 11:20 PM this very Wednesday night (!) We will find out how this went
later ...
Springfest, 4/23
Our table has been confirmed, we will be doing a corporate pig balloon-dart
throw.
All we really need to do is buy things, make the board, and decide who will
staff the table during the day, so we intend on doing this next week.
RHA and USG greenie resolutions
On Monday, Josh G met with RHA representatives and delivered a presentation
concerning Catalyst's 7 points of labor in respect to the situation of the
greenie drivers and parking attendants, and asked them to adopt a
resolution supporting the initiative towards better wages and benefits for
these workers. Although initially there was some concern over RHA not
wanting to support Catalyst, it was explained that this is not the case,
and RHA members were generally neutral to favorable of the idea. We will
know by next Monday for certain whether a resolution will be passed.
There is one USG meeting left in this school year, next Tuesday at 7 PM.
These meetings are more formal, and require our initiative being scheduled
onto the agenda, and a willing member of USG to sponsor it. Josh G will
also be contacting the president of USG, inquiring about our prospects of
being able to be on the agenda for the last meeting. Also, he'll ask him if
he himself will sponsor our initiative, and it not, if he could direct us
to a USG member that would. We'll be presenting them wil the 7 points, a
tweaked version of the greenie resolution, and the 10-pg brief concerning
the situation with standard parking at case.
announcements: LAVENDER BALL!
This Friday, Horvorka Atrium, 8-12. Dress up, look fancy! DJ Branden, food
and drink, President Hundert with children in tow. All in all, sounds like
a worthwhile affair.
The LAST general meeting of the semester will take place on Wednesday,
4/20, a 9 PM in the Thwing Spartan Room.
(And remember, we still have consensus, too!)
General Meeting Minutes, March 16th, 2005
[Posted by Aymy]
Well, well, look who had time to post the
minutes from the March 16th general meeting!
The Agenda for the meeting was as follows:
A. Report Back: Meeting with Dick Jamieson
B. Report Back: Jobs With Justice Annual Meeting
C. Friday, March 18th:
Demonstration, 1 PM, KSL Oval
D. Sunday, March
20th: Iraqi War Rememberance, 8
PM, KSL Oval
E. Student Labor Action
Week, April 1-4
F. Springfest
G. Student
Activities Fair
H.
Announcement: CWRU ACLU
Panel Discussion on Students Bill of Rights
Thursday, March 17th, 11:30-1, Guilford
Parlor
J. Announcement: Meeting Concerning reform of
University's Sexual Misconduct Policy
Thursday, March 17th, 11:30-1, Cleveland Room (Thwing West)
K. "Sex
Signals": Skits concerning
sexual assault, gender roles on campus, March 29th
Report
Back: Meeting with Dick
Jamieson
Several Catalyst
members met with our administration's employee liasion, Dick Jamieson, over
the spring break to further discuss the situation of greenie drivers and
parking lot attendants on Case campus.
In one word, the meeting was said to be "worthless." Additionally, I've been asked to
note that he sat in a particularly obscene manner throughout the meeting,
with legs spread, groin protrubing, and I heard there was some rubbing
involved? Anyways, following is
a short summary of what was discussed in the meeting.
Dick Jamieson stated
that the school had always outsourced some of its services, basically from
its creation, and that it is a stable, enduring, successful part of the
university's tradition.
Nonetheless, he said that one of the reasons the university chooses
to outsource is to help decrease the inflating tuition costs on students.
When asked about
Hossein Sadid's comments that the University was actually making money off
this endeavor, Jamieson replied that the university has never been able to
make money off of these services - but that one way to do so is to reduce
the costs (i.e. wages and benefits received by workers).
He argued that the
grievance process for fired Bon Appetit employees was adequate. He also stated that the wages and
benefits received by greenie and parking employees are competitive with the
Cleveland
market. However, it seems he
was unable to provide sufficient evidence for either of these
statements.
He emphasized that
wages and benefits have not changed considerably. He said that 'it's a fact' that
several got pay raises. He did
admit that benefits have changed, but he declined to comment on how,
insisting that it is not an issue since many of the workers
are part-time (which is not the case).
Also, he said that everyone was offered their job back, and all
those that were re-hired were done so at the market rate.
He said our ideas
concerning a Labor Board are great, but that he isn't the one to speak to
(he isn't?). However, he
declined to give the name of who we would have to talk to about such a
proposition. Instead, he
suggested that we have our organization's adviser, Peter
McCall, try to pass something through Faculty Senate as a first step.
He felt that our use
of the term 'outsourcing' in the
7 points and resolution in support of greenie drivers connote that
outsourcing is a new phenomenon at this university, and would like us to
look into more deeply the larger history of outsourcing at CWRU.
We have decided to push off more talks with the
administration until after Student Labor Action Week, at which point we
will try to arrange an appointment with President Hundert.
Report
Back: Jobs With Justice Annual
Meeting
Basically, everyone
at JWJ was really excited to see that Case students are working on labor
issues, and are willing to support us in whatever initiatives we undertake
on these and other issues.
Additionally, we talked to several representatives of unions
and the AFL-CIO, as well as labor organizations on other campuses, that are
quite interested in collaborating with us on these issues.
There are also several other initiatives going
on, let me give a real quick run down
Call OH senators and tell them to vote No to CAFTA
April 12th support affordable health care in OH: Demonstration in front of state
house, Columbus
Help keep Wal-mart from coming to Cleveland
Protect social security
Support Cleveland
cinema union workers. There
will be a demonstration concerning this on Sunday, March 20th, in Public Square
downtown.
Friday,
March 18th: Demonstration, 1 PM, KSL Oval
On Friday, we will be
meeting at KSL Oval at 1 PM and having a rally, before marching to Adelbert
Hall and continuing there as we present the administration with the
petition in support of greenie drivers and parking attendants. Jacqui, the Steves, Angela,
and possibly Tiffany will be speaking, and Tiffany will be acquiring the
megaphone.
We need banners and
signs for this occassion, and since there is a St. Patrick's Day party
commencing at Angela and Aymy's apartment Thursday evening, we figure it
best to just do it there.
Angela will be home after 3 PM, so show up early and help out.
Josh G. sent out quarter sheets to the discuss
list for last minute advertising, so please print these and distribute as
widely as possible in the next 24 hours!
Whether or not the
entire march will enter Adelbert is contingent on the size of the march and
whether the administration has set any major impediments (i.e. security)
that would impinge upon the safety of those marching. On a contingency plan, the MC (Aymy)
will keep the crowd in front of Adelbert going as 4 or 5 Catalyst
representatives deliver the petition to President Hundert's office.
This is going to be fun!
Sunday,
March 20th: Iraqi War Rememberance,
8 PM, KSL Oval
On Sunday evening, we
will be meeting on the KSL Oval for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of
all those Iraqi civilians and American soldiers who have lost their lives
in the 2nd Iraq War. Lex sent out
fliers for this event several weeks ago, so please check
your e-mail and advertise for this event.
We have $60 allocated for this event, and Josh
P. will be purchasing candles and dixie cups (to protect the flame). Leftover candles and cups can be used
for the Take Back the Night vigil, since USG decided to allocate no money
for that event.
Jacqui will be getting in contact with Case For
peace and What's Up Northeast Ohio.
Also, anyone planning on attending any anti-war events over this
weekend should inform anyone interested about this event.
Student
Labor Action Week, April 1-4
We will be having 3 events this week, I have
them all laid out seperately below:
Labor
Movie Day: Friday, April 1,
9-5, Thwing Atrium
We've been collecting
movies, including "At the River I Stand" and "A Bug's
Life," sponsored by Jobs With Justice. We're looking for more films, so if
you know of any titles which have to do with labor struggle, contact Josh P
(jjp17@cwru.edu), and he'll order
it through the university.
State-wide
Student Labor Action Week Rally:
Saturday, April 2, 1 PM, KSL Oval
On April 2nd, CWRU
will be the site of a state-wide student labor rally. We will be inviting labor
organizations (not just students) from throughout Ohio to attend, so start coming up with
a list of groups for next week's meeting. In addition to deciding
upon how we will be inviting people, we need to brainstorm on what we will
do at this rally. This will all
be discussed extensively at next week's meeting.
Labor
Relations at Case Panel Discussion:
Monday, April 4th, 4 PM, 1914 Lounge
We have 5 speakers
confirmed for this discussion, which will focus on ways in which we can
make Labor relations at CWRU more just. I wasn't able to jot down names
quickly enough, but speakers include representatives from USAS, SEIU,
Hard-hatted Women, Unite, and Jobs With Justice. Unfortunately, we have been unable
to find any CWRU faculty willing to speak on this topic, so if you know of
anyone who we have yet to contact, please let Josh P know.
Springfest
We usually
participate in Springfest, and the forms are due this Friday, so we quickly
cam up with a game premise for our booth. "Pin the Tail on the Corporate
Pig" Should be fun. I don't know the date of Springfest
off-hand, I know it's at the end of April. Josh G will be taking care of forms
and e-mail contacts for this event.
Student
Activities Fair
I don't know the date of this either, haha,
it's around the same time as Springfest. We decided to do this too.
Announcement: CWRU ACLU Panel Discussion on
Students Bill of Rights
On Thursday, March
17th, from 11:30-1, Case ACLU will be hosting a panel discussion in
Guilford Parlor concerning the recently introduced Ohio "Student Bill of
Rights." Speakers include
Professors Singham, White, Sadowsky, and Durschlag, and should prove to
be quite an interesting discussion, so try to attend.
Announcement: Meeting Concerning reform of
University's Sexual Misconduct Policy
Also on Thursday, March
17th, from 11:30-1, there will be a discussion involving reforming the
University's current Sexual Misconduct Policy, which as of present is
rather ineffective. This
discussion will take place in the Cleveland Room in Thwing West, so
if you want to help contribute, please go and share your ideas.
Announcement: "Sex Signals" Skits concerning sexual assault,
gender roles on campus, March 29th
"Sex
Signals" is a series of somewhat light-hearted skits regarding issues
of gender roles and stereotyping, sexual assault, and a variety of other
gender issues in the university context. I'm sorry I don't have more
information, if you are interested contact Winnie (wsl4@cwru.edu).
The next general
Catalyst meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 23rd at 9 PM in the
Thwing Spartan Room.
General Meeting Minutes, Feb. 9th, 2005
(Posted
by Aymy)
The
agenda for the Feb. 9th meeting for Catalyst was as follows:
A. Update on Greenie outsourcing
B. Update on Jobs With Justice meeting,
Feb. 16th.
C. Social Justice Week, Feb. 21 - 25th
D. Showcase for Social Justice, Feb.
11th
E. Prospects for Peace, Axis of Evil,
Feb. 23rd.
F. Condom Week, Feb. 14 - 18th
G. Update on WRC
H. Drag Contest Feb. 25th
J. Announcements: National Student Labor Action Week;
Demonstration Feb. 11th to support local activist; Vagina Monologues
Update on Greenie
Outsourcing
Fliers,
tri-folds, and the petitions have been made, as well as a website. Talk it up.
Mr.
Sadid, the school's Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, has agreed
to meet with Catalyst once again tomorrow, Feb. 10th, at noon. We will be discussing the
discrepancies we've found in the statements of the CASE administration since
we began delving into these concerns.
To check out what was discussed with Catalyst's last meeting with
Sadid, click here. Jacqui, Steve P., and Tiffany are all
planning on attending this meeting, and will be posting what was discovered
in the near future.
We
are tabling to pass out information on this topic and to try to gain
signatures on our petitions. We
will be fliering on Feb. 10th, from 11 AM to 1 PM in Thwing Atrium and Nord
Lounge. Additionally, we will
be fliering at the dining halls on Friday, Feb. 11th from 5 - 8 PM. Aymy and Angela have promised to
take on Nord and Leutner, and Josh has promised Thwing and Fribley (with
Tiffany helping on the latter), but please stop down and visit people, take
the load off of these few for a little while.
We
plan to present the administration our petition on Feb. 18th. Lots of planning needs to be done
for this (i.e. - What do we do once we walk into Adelbert?) We should discuss this next week.
Update on Jobs With Justice
Meeting, Feb. 16th
I'm
not a broken record. If you are
interested in what this meeting is about and how Catalyst hopes to be
involved, please
click here and scroll down.
We're
not sure, because Angela has been having problems reaching our contact,
when exactly the meeting time is, although we know it's in the early
evening. Angela will know for
sure within the next 24 hours and post the information.
Angela,
Aymy, Steve P., Josh P., and Chris W. all intend on going, and will be
meeting in the near future to discuss exact logistics.
Social Justice Week, Feb.
21 - 25th
Josh
G. is still contacting groups, and will be sending out a final e-mail by the
end of the week requesting participation in this week of activities. So far, Spectrum, FMLA, and the
Center for Women are all on board to take part in Social Justice Week.
Fliers
with a timetable of Social Justice Week events will be made and distributed
upon final confirmation of events scheduled by other organizations.
Showcase for Social
Justice, Feb.11th
Chris
U. made some fabulous fliers for this event (to view them, go
here). Center
for Women, Spectrum, and FMLA will be tabling for this event, and
individuals are personally contacting Sierra Club and ACLU to request
information to set out about their organizations as well. We realize that it's now short
notice for groups to participate (although we did send out invitations to
organizations a month ago), but it's very non-labor intensive. They just need information and an
optional one person.
There
has been a serious lack of fliering for this event, so compensate in the next
36 hours!
Prospects for Peace: Axis of Evil, Feb. 23rd
Thus
far, we have confirmed Prof. Princehouse of the philosophy department as
our moderator for the evening, and Prof. Sarma of the religion department
has agreed to speak on the topic.
Neither prof. Williams or Prof. Lee will be able to attend. Jacqui is going to try to personally
corner Prof. McHale, of political science, and request his presence. She will also be contacting Prof.
McMann, also of political science, on the issue. Additionally, Aymy will be
contacting Prof. Sadowsky of the history department.
Jacqui
is making the flier for this event over the weekend, so we can begin
advertising early.
Winnie
has put in the reservation form, but has still yet to receive a response.
Condom Week, Feb. 14 -18th
Catalyst
has agreed to tabling at Leutner Dining Hall from 5:30 - 7:30 PM, on behalf
of our co-sponsoring National Condom Week here at CWRU. Jacqui, Angela, and Aymy have all
agreed to table, and will be receiving materials from the Center for Women
shortly.
Friday,
Feb. 11th, from 11 AM - 1 PM, there will be a Condom Week preparation
meeting at the Center for Women.
We will be cutting out paper hearts, writing funny slogans on them,
and attaching to them condoms.
There will be food.
Please come help out!
Tiffany
is designing table games for this week. If you are creative and care to help
her, please meet on Saturday, Feb. 12th, at 3 PM in Thwing Atrium.
WRC Update
Lex
finished the design for the postcard drive, and Angela will be putting on
the text and posting it to the megaphone in the near future. Now we need to get these
printed. We already have found
a location and received a quote, so now it's just a matter of re-allocating
funds. Tiffany and Winnie said
this would be no problem, and that they'd take care of it.
Drag Contest, Feb. 25th
Everything's
looking awesome.
Announcement: National Student Labor Action Week
Two
graduate students, Josh P. and Chris W., discussed with us the prospects of
participating in this year's week of National student labor action. As Catalyst has traditionally
participated in this week of events, we decided we'd be more than happy to
help. We are planning an
all-day movie festival concerning labor issues for March 31st, followed by
a panel discussion on labor issues at CWRU on April 4th. Several speakers have already been
found for the latter event. We
will be reserving rooms and finalizing speakers in the near future. Look forward to this!
Announcement: Demonstration Feb. 11th to Support
Local Activist
Case
alumnus and former Catalyst member Joey Steel was arrested in Public Square
last week for 'agitation' and fliering. After conflict with police, Joey was
officially arrested for aggravated disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor which
carries up to 6 months in jail.
This Friday, individuals and organizations will be gathering in Public Square
from 3 - 5 PM, in order to create a general atmosphere of resistance to the
attacks on local activists such as Joey at the hands of local Cleveland
authorities. Everyone is
encouraged to attend and get loud!
Also, legal assistance will be necessary, so donations are greatly
appreciated.
Announcement: Vagina Monologues
The
Vagina Monologues will take place on Friday, Feb. 11th and Saturday, Feb.
12th at 8 PM, as well as Sunday, Feb. 13th at 3 PM.
All
shows will take place at the Amasa Stone Chapel (next to the Baker Hole on Euclid Ave.)
The
show is $5 for students, and $10 for everyone else.
Jacqui
says you better come every single night!
§*~~~~~*§
General Meeting Minutes, Feb. 2nd, 2005
(Posted by Aymy)
There was one helluva Agenda for the Feb. 2nd
meeting:
A. Update on University
Sub-Contracting of Transportation Services
B. Jobs With Justice
Meeting, Feb. 16th
C. Update on Labor
Conditions in Dining Halls
D. Social Justice Week
E. Social Justice Fair
w/ Food, Feb. 11th
F. Prospects for Peace
'Axis of Evil,' Feb. 23rd.
G. Update on WRC
campaign
H. Condom Week, Feb.
14th - 18th
J. Drag Contest, Feb.
25th
K. Announcements: Nawal Saadawi; new CASE LGBT
website; website how-to workshop
There's so much there it's mind-boggling. Y'all should be happy I'm such a
nice secretary. ^_^
Update
on University Sub-Contracting of Transportation Services
At a Labor planning meeting on Feb. 1st, we
decided to try to raise popular awareness and support of this issue, in able
to more effectively mobilize the University community.
I really most certainly am not going to type up
what all went on at that meeting, because I already put up minutes for
it. So if you want to know the
nitty-gritty of what's going on (and you should), then
click this link.
Fine, super quick run-down. The administration isn't telling the
story straight, but we're going in one more time to explain these contradictions
to them anyways (more on that later).
We also plan on mobilizing - getting 1000 signatures in support of
the employees. We will then
invite members of the CASE, University
Circle, and Cleveland
communities, as well as the Cleveland
media, to come with us on Feb. 18th in re-presenting the resolution and 7
points.
Tiffany will have the petition(s) and Angela
will have posted the flyer(s) about the sub-contracting, the petition, and
the event in the very near future.
We are planning on tabling in Thwing and the
Dining Halls (as well as door-to-door in the dormitories a few days later,
solicitation policies provided).
Aymy will be contacting Terri Geiger to reserve the table in Thwing. The list of these dates and who is
tabling is below:
Thursday, February 10th, 11:30 - 1:00
Thwing Atrium: Steve G.,
Sabina (probably), Chris, Josh, and Tiffany (maybe).
Nord Lounge:
Aymy, Angela, Lauren, Sabina (maybe), Tiffany (maybe).
Friday, February 11th, 5:00 - 8:00
Leutner Commons: Aymy, Erin,
Steve P., Winnie (Fribley if needed), Sabina, Josh, Lex, Tiffany (call if
needed)
Fribley Commons: Tiffany
(call if needed).
Looks like we're need more people on the 11th
down at Fribley.
Josh and Jessie will be doing press releases
for the event. If you have
potential press sources, e-mail them (josh.gohlike@case.edu). They will be posting the press
release on the megaphone as well.
Another
Meeting With Mr. Hosein Sadid
For diplomatic reason, we've decided that'd be
best to arrange a meeting with the administration prior to Feb. 18th, in
order to present them with the contradictions we've collected concerning
the recent changes in working conditions for greenie drivers and parking
attendants.
We considered meeting with the employee
liaison, Dick Jameson, as Mr. Sadid had previously suggested. However, given the precedents Sadid
has left us with in our last conversation, it would be much more effective
to work from this existing base than start anew with another official. Jacqui will (hopefully) be sending
out this e-mail very soon.
And
Of Course. . .
Continue talking to employees! We need to do all of this in
collaboration with employees. Let
them know that we know what's up, in addition to asking questions. Let them know about Feb. 18th, and
that the community knows what's going on. We've dedicated a whole section of
the new Greenie site on the Catalyst page to these conversations, so do it
up!
Jobs
With Justice meeting, February 16th
Again, most of this was hashed out in the
nitty-gritty at the Feb. 1st Labor meeting. To see the notes concerning Jobs
With Justice, then
click here and scroll down.
Quick run-down? We're
planning on having a demonstration concerning the outsourcing on Friday,
March 18th,at 1:00 PM, and we're hoping Jobs With Justice will help us
mobilize the event. We will
also be asking them to help us mobilize for other events over the course of
the next year (we will be giving them approximate dates), as well as asking
for help and advice on grass-roots organizing on this issue in the
surrounding community.
This meeting is the evening of February
16th. If you want to go, e-mail
Angela (ajg16@case.edu).
Update
on Labor Conditions in Dining Halls
Although at the beginning of the school year,
labor conditions were looking relatively satisfactory within the dining
halls, we've been wondering whether this was just the sparkle and gleam of
a new service provider, and whether they've let things slip as time has
worn by.
The only real way to find these things out is
to go into the cafeterias and ask!!
Talk to the employees, find out about wages, benefits, hours,
training programs, etc, etc.
You should be friends with these employees anyways - they are your
surrogate parents here at college.
Social
Justice Week, Feb. 21st - 25th
Schedule of Events Thus Far:
Monday, Feb. 21st - FMLA:
Pot-Luck Mixer
Wednesday, Feb. 23rd - Catalyst: Prospects for Peace 'Axis of Evil'
Friday, Feb. 15th - Spectrum and Catalyst: Drag Contest
As you can see, we need events for Tuesday and
Thursday. The CASE ACLU is
thinking about having an event Feb. 22nd in collaboration with Social
justice Week, and Steve P. will be finding this out for definite soon.
We need to contact groups, and ask them to
participate in Social Justice Week by having events. Josh will be sending out this e-mail
soon, so if you have groups you'd like this sent to, e-mail him their
contact information (josh.gohlike@case.edu).
Social
Justice Fair with Food, Feb. 11th
This event will be taking place on Friday,
February 11th, from 12:30 - 1:45 in Guilford Parlor. This conflicts with several other
events on campus (see Condom Week and announcements below), but not that
many Catalyst members need to be there, so it should be fine.
Tiffany, Aymy, Angela, Lauren, Sabina, and
Jessie are all intending on attending this event. We will need to be there early
(approximately noon) to set-up.
Tiffany will be bringing the purchased food, and Angela will be
ordering vegetarian Captain Tony's in advance.
Josh's e-mail about Social Justice Week to
campus organizations (see above) will also address participation in this
event.
Chris will be making flyers, and posting them
up on the megaphone in the near future.
Prospects
for Peace, Feb. 23rd
We have to stick with the date of the 23rd, to
avoid confusion with other groups in scheduling for Social Justice
Week. Given this, Patricia
Princehouse has already agreed to moderate. However, Emery Lee will be unable to
speak. Tiffany will be contacting Professors Rhonda Williams and Deepak
Sarma as other potential speakers.
However, we are trying to keep this panel
discussion balanced, which means we need to find a conservative voice ASAP!
Please, if you know anyone at all, contact
them!
We still have no room for this event, and we
will discuss advertising at a later date.
Update
on WRC Campaign
Angela and Aymy have yet to find a potential
speaker to come to campus this spring to speak on behalf of the WRC, but
they are working on it. Angela
will be contacting the Midwest USAS coordinator in the next couple of days
for some leads.
We still intend on doing the WRC post-card
drive, and Lex has nearly completed the design. We have the quote for getting them
printed, but seeing how USG gave us no money for these, we will either have
to re-allocate or petition USG for use of their left-over funds from last
semester. Either way, it
shouldn't be that much of a problem.
Condom
Week, Feb. 14th - 18th
There will be a preparation meeting for this
event on Friday, February 11th, from 11:00 - 1:00 at the Center for Women
(on the third floor of Thwing).
During the course of condom week, we will be distributing condoms,
literature on safe sex practices, etc.
We will be tabling in Dining Halls that Monday, Feb. 14th (Catalyst
has already called dibs on Leutner - sign-up sheet next meeting), as well
as Thursday, Feb. 17th, in Thwing during Provost Hour. Tiffany is making safe sex table
games, so if you are creative and want to help her out, e-mail her (txk68@case.edu).
There will also be a movie showing some time
this week
For more information about the details of
Condom Week, e-mail Winnie (wsl4@case.edu).
Drag
Contest, Feb. 25th
This is mad complex. If you want details, contact Winnie
(wsl4@case.edu), subscribe to the
Spectrum mailing list, or go to the next Spectrum meeting (Monday, Feb. 7th,
7 PM, Thwing Spartan Room).
We went what kind of competition this will be
in last week's minutes. This week's is concerned with staffing.
There will be a host and a panel of 3 judges,
as well as 3 bartenders and 1 technical (sound and light) person.
We are looking for people to take coats before
it begins, so if you're interested, e-mail Winnie.
Note that if you're planning on entering as a
contestant, you are prohibited from claiming Spectrum as your sponsoring
organization. Because Spectrum
intends to donate half the funds collected and allow the organization with
the most contestants to donate the other half, it would be unfair for
Spectrum to compete in such a contest.
Spectrum meetings can still compete, but only as individuals or as
members of another organization.
Catalyst contestants can claim the organization, as we do not
automatically receive money.
Some of the purchasing would be good to do
whole-sale, so if anyone has a Cosco membership (Jessie's Mother,
perhaps??), then contact Tiffany (txk68@case.edu)
or Winnie.
Other needed contributions:
Blenders
Full-length mirrors
Again, if you have these items and are willing
to temporarily donate them, contact Winnie.
Other Co-Sponsors (besides Spectrum and
Catalyst): Center for Women,
Greek Life, Res. Life, Peer Helper
Those that are working as staff the night of
the contest, as well as anyone else planning on helping out, please make it
to the Thwing Ballroom no later than 7 PM so we can work out the kinks of
the evening.
Dress however you want!
The next general Spectrum meeting will be
Monday, Feb. 7th at 7 PM in Thwing Spartan Room. Logistics for the Drag Contest is
included in the agenda.
Almost Done . . .
Announcement: Nawal Saadawi
On Friday, February 11th, at 12:30, Nawal
Saadawi will be speaking on women's health issues. Saadawi is Egyptian, Muslim, and a
Feminist, and has not only worked for the UN, but is currently running for
President in Egypt
to serve a point concerning women's issues in the area. From what I've heard, Nawal Saadawi
is an amazing human being, and you should definitely consider checking this
out. Unfortunately, I don't
have the place, but check flyers around campus or e-mail Erin
(eee3@case.edu).
Announcement: New CASE LGBT site
This should've come in everyone's e-mail, but
in case you missed it, here is
the link. We are astounded
by this leap of acknowledgement that the university has given is LGBT
community, and we highly encourage you to check out this new age to the
fullest!
In addition, if you are happy with this
recognition, please contact Lynn
Singer, the Deputy Provost and Vice President of Academic Programs, and
thank her!!
Announcement: Website How-To Workshop
Because several members have expressed interest
in learning how to alter the Catalyst webpage, Steve G. is offering to do a
workshop on the matter. He will
be posting something up about this shortly, so please comment back to this
with available times when we could have this workshop.
And that's it!!!
The next general Catalyst meeting will take
place on Feb. 9th at 9:00 PM in the Thwing Spartan Room.
§~~*******~~§
General Meeting Minutes, Jan. 26th, 2005
(Posted by Aymy)
Agenda for the Jan. 26th meeting:
A. Food and information
event (Jan. 27th) - Postponed
B. Outsourcing of Greenie
and parking attendant services
C. Jobs With Justice
meeting, Feb. 16th.
D. Social Justice Week -
Prospects for Peace, Feb. 23rd.
E. Drag Contest, Feb.
25th
F. Timeline of upcoming
events
G. Other Issues: WRC Speaker; megaphone
H.
Announcements: Sexual Assault flyer mtg.; Condom
Week planning; Hallinan Project.
Food
and information event (Jan. 27th) – Postponed
Due to unfortunate circumstances, we've had to
postpone the food event and re-schedule it in the near future. We were unable to find an
appropriate room (we could have used the basement of Crawford, but no one
would've came). Since Social
Justice Week is the last full week of February, we assume that postponing
this event until a week or two before then would give us a good opportunity
to advertise for SJ week.
Therefore, Winnie has contacted Terri Geiger,
who is trying very hard to find us an appropriate setting for this event
(right now, its looking like maybe Guilford Parlor). We have told her that we would like
to re-schedule this event for Feb. 10th or Feb. 17th, depending on
availability. After this date
is known, Josh will be re-contacting various campus organizations, due to
the lack of previous responses.
He'll be posting a draft of this e-mail up on the megaphone for
comments.
Due to the re-schedulings of this event, the
funds we have for this event have been diminished somewhat, care of
USG. We have $200 for this
event (as opposed to the original $250), so we still have ample funds available
to finance this event. However,
because almost $160 in food has already been purchased for this event (ala
super Target), we will not be ordering from Mi Pueblo as we had originally
intended. Angela will still
call and order pizza from Captain Tony's for the event.
Outsourcing
of Greenie and parking attendant services
Jacqui was contacted Wednesday morning and told
that we had a meeting the following afternoon (Jan. 27th) with the
university's Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Hossein
Sadid. Angela, Aymy, Steve
(younger), and Tiffany will be attending this meeting. The goal of this meeting is not to
change the decision to outsource to Standard Parking, but together as much
information from the university's position as possible. The Catalyst representatives
attending this meeting will discuss the resolutions we crafted at the end
of last semester, and we have decided not to alter our demands being made
on the university, as we feel they are still realistic, despite the
decision having already taken effect (to see the resolution in question,
simply scroll down on the Megaphone main page). The results of this meeting will be
posted to the megaphone.
Students on the CASE FaceBook have erected a
group site entitled "Save Dean," dedicated to preserving the job
of at least one greenie driver.
There are 78 members of this group, and Angela and others are
intending on alerting these students to Catalyst's initiatives, in order to
foster support for the issue among the student body. To view the "Save Dean"
site, click here.
Josh has submitted a letter to the editor to
the Observer, and hopefully it will be ran soon. As of yet, there have been no
conversations with greenie drivers, but Sabina is intending to do so
tonight and tomorrow morning.
Jobs
With Justice meeting, Feb. 16th
Cleveland Jobs With Justice will be having its
annual planning meeting on Feb. 16th to decide how they’re
going to devote their energy over the next year. After contacting them about the
decision to outsource to Standard Parking, JWJ has invited us to attend
this meeting, in order to figure out ways that JWJ can aid us in organizing
around this event.
Consequently, Catalyst needs to prepare for
this meeting. We intend on
coming to the meeting with information on what we have done so far, what we
intend to do, and how Jobs With Justice fits into this picture. These are some very big questions,
so we will be having a planning meeting to address these issues on Monday,
Feb. 1st, at Angela and Aymy’s apartment (if you need
directions, e-mail alb18@cwru.edu).
Social
Justice Week – Prospects for Peace, February 23rd
So far, we have attempted to contact several
speakers: Professors McHale,
Emery Lee, Williams, and Princehouse.
We have yet to hear back from McHale or Lee, Tiffany was waiting to
contact Williams, and Princehouse said she’d be willing to moderate
the event if we could mover the event up one day, to Wednesday, Feb. 23rd. As this doesn’t seem to be a
big conflict, and we have ample time to change the date, we will
accommodate this scheduling conflict.
Patricia also gave us the names of some other
professors that we might contact.
However, these professors would tend to lead towards the side we
assume will be already over-represented. Therefore, if any of you know of any
right or moderate professors, please e-mail them and ask them if
they’re interested in speaking at this event. If you need help writing this e-mail,
contact Aymy or Jacqui (alb18 or jcg24). Law School
professors are a good idea.
Angela will try to find someone in economics.
Drag
Contest, Feb. 25th
Catalyst will be co-sponsoring this event with
Spectrum, and we have been allocated $200 to help out with this event. We were originally intending to use
this money in order to hire a DJ for the evening, but we’ve decided
to go a bit more low-tech and use this money for prizes instead.
The plan for the evening is to have 4
categories for which contestants may win: the Drag King and Queen of
Lip-Syncing, and the Drag King and Queen of Modeling. Finalists will be selected by a
panel of judges, and the winner will be decided by the audience, via voting
through dollars. The contestant
who earns the most money is the winner. The first prize winner will receive
a new iPod.
In addition, the funds collected through this
event will be divided in half between Spectrum and whichever other
organization enters the most number of contestants. Both halves will be donated to the
group’s charity of choice.
This contest is open to any one affiliated with
CASE (students, faculty, staff)
Attendance and help with set-up is especially
needed from the members of Catalyst.
We will also be needed for labor, such as collecting money and (dry)
bartending. Angela and Aymy
want to bartend. Of course,
those who are entering can’t help out, so figure it out soon!
The event will take place starting at 7:00 PM
in the Thwing Ballroom, and we have this room reserved for the entire
evening. Please circulate
information about this event widely, as contestants are needed!! Flyers will be made available soon,
care of Spectrum.
Timeline of Upcoming Events
This is merely to avoid any future confusion as
to when future Catalyst events are occurring.
Feb. 10th or 17th –
Food and information event
Feb. 23rd -
Prospects for Peace: Axis of Evil
Feb. 25th -
Drag Contest
Mar. 20th -
Iraq
War Anniversary Candlelight Vigil
Apr. 5th -
Panel Discussion
Apr. 21st -
Anti-Oppression Panel Discussion
In addition, Catalyst is supposed to be
bringing a speaker to discuss the WRC to campus. This will be addressed in the next
section. We had also scheduled
an anti-gentrification event and a WRC postcard drive, but as we received
no funds for these events, they are not bound by dates.
Other
Issues
WRC
Speaker
Catalyst had planned on arranging a speaker to
come to campus to discuss the Workers Rights Consortium on March 3rd. However, considering how close in
proximity this date is to Social Justice Week, we have decided to move the
date. This new date will be
decided once Angela and Aymy begin to find potential people to bring to
campus.
Megaphone
(Angela’s making me put this in
here). Aymy suggested that more
people besides herself begin regularly posting to the megaphone, so that
Catalyst members can keep posted on what each other are working on throughout
the week. Please don’t make
Aymy sad, because Angela has to deal with it.
Announcements
Sexual
Assault Flyer Meeting
The Center for Women will be drafting a new
informational flyer about sexual assault to post in dormitory
bathrooms. They’re requesting
fresh ideas, so if you have any, please show up! Food will be available. This meeting will take place at the
Center for Women (3rd floor of Thwing) at 12:30 on Friday, Jan.
28th. If you plan on
attending, please contact Winnie at wsl4.
Condom
Week planning meeting
Condom Week occurs every year on CWRU campus
the week of Valentine’s Day in order to promote safe sex. This year, the Center for Women is
trying to get as many student organizations as possible to participate. There will be a planning meeting to
brainstorm distribution methods and such at the Center for Women at 6:00 PM
on Monday, Jan. 31st.
It is important that (especially non-FMLA/non-Spectrum) Catalyst
members attend this meeting, as we are intending to be involved in these activities,
and we need to let the Center for Women know how.
Hallinan
Project
CWRU will be hosting a 2-day series of
workshops dedicated to peace and justice work. These workshops will be led by
founders and activists of Jonah House, a renowned community dedicated to
faith, non-violence, and resistance.
For more information, please contact Winnie at wsl4.
The next General
meeting will take place on Feb. 2nd at 9:00 PM in Thwing Spartan Room.
General Meeting, Monday, January 18, 2005
(Posted by Aymy)
Agenda for the January 17th general Catalyst meeting:
A. Sub-contracting of Greenie and Parking attendant services
B. January 20th Presidential inauguration in Washington D.C.
C. Food and information distribution event January 27th
D. Upcoming Events: Drag Contest Feb. 25th
E. Upcoming events: Prospects for Peace - "Axis of Evil", Feb.
24th
F. Announcements: Demo. 1/18 concerning construction of Collinwood HS by
non-community members
Sub-contracting of Greenies and Parking Attendant services
Updates:
Jacqui called Mr. Sadid's office on Friday (Jan. 14th) afternoon, but has
still not received any response. If no response is received by Tuesday
during lunch, Jacqui will be calling again.
As you can see, no one has commented yet concerning conversations with
Greenie drivers regarding this issue. This is very important!! This
initiative will never be able to go anywhere without constant dialog and
the backing of the workers.
Josh will be admitting an editorial letter to the Observer in time for this
Friday's deadline (Jan. 21st). I'm not sure when this means the letter will
come out (if it makes it). Most likely next week or the one following.
The annual agenda meeting of Jobs With Justice is February 16th. As a
group, we need to decide how we want JWJ to help us in this campaign. If
you want to attend this JWJ meeting, or if you want to know more about the
organization, contact Angela (ajg16).
Aymy, Angela, and Tiffany will be doing research during the next couple
days concerning Standard Parking Company, it's policies, and past
incidences of unfair labor practices.
We want to do something concrete, but first (and most importantly!!!) we
need to get out there and talk to those people who have been directly
affected from this change!
January 20th Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C.
As planned, members of Catalyst fliered both the North and South
residential villages last Friday afternoon (Jan. 14th). These fliers direct
those interested to visit our website, which then supplies them with a direct
link to NOAC's e-mail. At this point, we are unaware of how many CASE
people have actually signed up to ride the NOAC buses.
Due to weather conditions and lack of fliers (places where we could print
were closed or broken), fliering did not occur on Monday night. However,
Winnie will be sending the flier out to the list very shortly, and it is
encouraged that people try to post them up around campus Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Food and information distribution event, January 27th
Although this event was originally scheduled to occur on January 20th, we
don't think this reallocation will mess anything up too bad.
We have been allocated $250 for this event, all of this comprising of food
and beverages. We plan to order trays from Mi Pueblo, as well as pizza from
Captain Tony's. Jacqui will be trays ordering from Mi Pueblo, and Angela
and Aymy will take care of pizza. Besides the tray, we are planning on
ordering vegan, cheese, and pepperoni pizzas, so if you want anything
special, e-mail Angela (ajg16). In addition, Aymy, Lauren, and possibly
Tiffany will be purchasing drinks and other non-food items for the event.
We are planning on spending $130 on all non-food items, with $40 going
towards pizza and another $80 for Mi Pueblo.
We need someone (with a car)to pick up the food from Mi Pueblo at 1:45 AM
on the day of the event!!!
Winnie has the list of contact information for other campus groups and her
and Josh will be e-mailing people in the very near future.
Winnie has put in the room reservation form, but as of present we have
heard no response back yet. Tentatively, this event will occur in the 1914
Lounge or the Spartan Room of the Thwing building during Provost Hour
(11:15 - 1:15).
Jacqui is planning on making the flier for this event, which will be completed
by this weekend. We are planning to do group fliering next Monday night
(Jan. 24th). In addition, Angela will be making quarter sheet fliers that
we can hand out on the KSL Oval the Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons before
the event.
As this event is, in part, information distribution, we need our own
information to distribute. We already have information concerning the WRC
campaign. Aymy will be making something concerning the sub-contracting of
the greenie drivers, Winnie will bring information concerning Issue 1, and Erin will find a flier or zine concerning local
anti-gentrification efforts and our initiatives concerning the matter. In
addition, jacqui will be making a quarter sheet for the event giving our
website address, and instructions on how to post to the megaphone and how
to subscribe to our mailing list.
Also, Angela and Aymy will be rummaging through their closets for an
appropriate Catalyst banner.
Aymy and Angela will be at the event early to set-up. Anyone else who is
free before 11 AM is also encouraged to come help.
Upcoming events: Drag Contest, Feb. 25th
This event is being co-sponsored with Spectrum. We have been allocated $200
for the purposes of acquiring a DJ for this event (which isn't to say, of
course, that Spectrum doesn't have a big wad of cash lined up for the
occasion).
This is an easy one. All those who are interested in helping out on this
event, please attend Spectrum meetings! The first one for this semester is
Jan. 24th (for more information, e-mail Winnie - wsl4). This is the only
real and effective way Catalyst can help in organizing this event, so do it
up!
Upcoming events: Prospects for Peace - "Axis of Evil", Feb.
24th
This event was originally scheduled for April, during Social Justice Week.
However, Social Justice Week has been moved to the last week of February
and so, accordingly, has this event. We have been allocated $150 for this
event.
The basic goal of this is to bring in speakers of several differing
viewpoints to discuss what the meaning is behind the designation of of Iran and North Korea as members of the
"Axis of Evil." More specifically, how does this change their
role to the United
States and why are these countries
important within our national dialog?
Partially due to the fact that we have significantly less time to arrange
speakers, we will be asking several CASE professors to join us. These
professors are Vincent McHale and Emery Lee of the political science
department, and Rhonda Williams of the history department. In addition, we will
be asking Professor Patricia Princehouse to moderate. Jacqui will be
contacting Prof. Lee, Tiffany will e-mail Prof. Williams, and Aymy will
contact Profs. McHale and Princehouse.
The tentative date/time for this event is 7 PM, February 24th, some place
in the Thwing building.
Announcement: Demo. 1/18 concerning construction of Collinwood HS by
non-community members
There will be a demonstration tomorrow (Jan. 18th) at Collinwood
High School in East Cleveland regarding the nature of
the new high school's construction. These construction jobs has gone to
workers who are not local residents, effectively transporting tax payer's
money out of the neighborhood. Given the impoverished nature of much of
this neighborhood, construction jobs such as these are potential extra
wages for those poorer residents.
The demonstration will last from 6 AM until noon, however people are
welcome to show up at any point during this time. If you need
transportation, please contact Joey (his phone number is 650.6671)
The next general meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 26th, at 9 PM
in Thwing Spartan Room.
General Meeting, Wednesday, January 12, 2005
(Taken by Aymy)
The complete details of Catalyst's first meeting this semester are posted
in the LJ cut below.
The agenda for the Jan. 12 Meeting was as follows:
A. Sub-contracting out of shuttle bus and parking attendant services
B. Organizing travel to DC for Pres. Bush's inauguration Jan. 20th
C. Food and distribution event January 27th
D. Discussion on evolution workshops in local schools
E. Announcement: Spanish speakers needed for tutoring
Sub-contracting out of shuttle bus and parking attendant services
What's Happened So Far:
Upon the university's announcement of its decision to sub-contract the jobs
of current shuttle bus drivers and parking lot attendants, Catalyst
prepared a resolution supporting that the university ensure the same wages
and benefits previously held by these employees. A small group of Catalyst
members then visited the third floor of Adelbert on December 20th in order
to meet with the university's President Hundert or Provost Anderson, and
pass on this resolution. Unfortunately, none of these administrators were
available, and the resolution and corresponding information was passed onto
their appointment secretary, Diane Farkas. This woman advised that Catalyst
send an e-mail in order to schedule an appointment, which Jacqui did almost
immediately. Eventually, Ms. Farkas responded, stating that both the
school's president and provost are currently unavailable, and suggesting
that we speak with Hossein Sadid, the university's Chief Financial and
Administrative Officer. Catalyst has talked to him previously concerning
health care issues. Jacqui contacted him shortly thereafter. However, Mr.
Sadid replied January 4th. Due to technical difficulties, this information
went unshared. However, she is in the process of scheduling a meeting with
him.
So far, Jacqui has rode the Greenie and has noticed that at least one
previous employee has retained his position.
Angela has contracted Cleveland Jobs With Justice, and they are pleased to
work with Catalyst on this issue. They are holding their yearly meeting to
set the organization's agenda sometime in mid-February, and they have
suggested that members of Catalyst attend so that this issue may receive
adequate attention in their organizing. For those interested in attendance,
Angela will post the exact date of this meeting in the near future.
Next Steps:
Members of Catalyst will be continuously riding and conversing with Greenie
drivers, in order to adequately gauge the circumstances at hand. Several
have already signed up to ride the Greenies throughout the remainder of
this week (Winnie, Lex, Sabina, and the elder Steve), and others are also
encouraged to do so. Important points brought up in these discussions
should be posted to the MegaPhone, so that they can be discussed by the
group at the next meeting.
As stated above, Jacqui will be e-mailing Hossein Sadid for an appointment
by the end of this week. After this date is set, we will need people to go.
Josh is writing a letter to the Observer discussing the present situation,
in order being to raise student consciousness on the matter.
Organizing travel to DC for Pres. Bush's inauguration Jan. 20th
Due to issues arranging group tickets and buses for rides to the
inauguration event, as well as to the general current lack of student
awareness of the matter, it is unlikely that we will be attempting to
organize a bus of Case students to attend the event. However, we will still
be flyering campus, trying to reach as many interested students as
possible. This flyer will offer directions, via our website, on how to
register for a bus ticket online. Winnie will make this flyer and post it
by Thursday, for individual flyering. In addition, there will be 2 group
flyerings, covering both sides of campus.
Flyering Schedule:
Friday, Jan. 14th 1:00 PM Meet @ KSL Oval Flyering Residential campuses
Monday, Jan. 17th 9:00 PM After Meeting Flyering Mather and Case Quads
We have heard that there should be extra space available on the buses, and
that NOAC will most likely accept registrations until next Wednesday night
(Jan. 19th). The younger Steve will be finding out the buses' times of
departure and arrival, as well as other details, and posting them in the
near future. If anyone gives you money for a bus ticket, bring it to the
next general Catalyst meeting (Monday).
Food and distribution event January 27th
The original intention of this event was to organize a luncheon with other
campus groups, where we would feed lunch to Case students as well as
disseminate information concerning our various organizations. USG has given
us $250 for this event.
Winnie (I think) is reserving an available room for this event.
Aymy is planning a trip to the department store to purchase non-food items
for this event sometime in the near future.
Tiffany or Winnie are contacting a lengthy list of campus organizations
dealing with cultural as well as social justice issues. Hopefully these
groups will want to participate in this event.
Exact details concerning food ordering and pick-up, as well as flyering,
will be discussed at the next general Catalyst meeting.
Discussion on evolution workshops in local schools
Simon discussed an idea he had previously e-mailed out concerning a local
event for January 20th for those of us unable to attend the inauguration
event in DC. Given our current administration's negative attitudes towards
the teaching of the theory of evolution in American public schools, it has
been proposed that we organize workshops on evolution for local students,
not only in order to directly build bonds with our surrounding community,
but also as a direct and overt means of political protest. Simon currently
has several vague sources, and he will be more directly researching these
and other contacts, for the next Catalyst meeting.
Due to lack of time, as well as the shortage of Catalyst members who will
be here for Jan. 20th, it is unlikely that we would be able to organize
adequate evolution workshops, as well as arrange these events with local
schools. However, Catalyst is interested in pursuing this endeavor, and we
are tentatively setting March 21st as our launching date for such a
program.
Announcement: Spanish speakers needed for tutoring
The Case Latino organization, Laianza, is looking for fluent Spanish
speakers to tutor doctors of the Cleveland Clinic in Spanish. They are
meeting with all those interested Sunday. If you or anyone you know are
interested, e-mail Erin (eee3).
Next Meeting: Monday, January 17th, 8 PM Erin/Chris/Jacqui's House (for
directions, e-mail eee3)
P.S. - If you get your stuff done, I'll give you a cookie ^_^
General Meeting, Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Taken by Josh Gohlike
1. Funding and next semester events We are asking for
$3050.
Our events include the following (Dates TBA):
-a town hall meeting dealing with
gentrification
-having a WRC speaker
-Prospects for Peace
-co-sponsoring the Spectrum drag
pageant
-the WRC post-card drive
-March 20 candle-light vigil
-anti-oppression panel discussion
-Eat for Justice, 2nd semester
welcome back
2. The WRC meeting is Thursday (11/4) at 7 pm in the Guilford Parlor
3. Group Dynamics
-There's is a meeting next
Wednesday at 9 pm
in the Spartan Room
to discuss Catalyst group dynamics. it's very important that everyone show
up to this meeting
-Tiffany will be facilitating, so if you want to see anything particular on
the agenda e-mail her at txk68
4. Retreat
-Will be November 13
at 8 pm to November 14 at 1 pm
-We have 4 possible drivers, Steve, Josh, Winnie, and Tiffany
-We're meeting in the Silver
Spartan parking lot at 7 pm on the 13th.
-As for food, we'll talk about it at the Group Dynamics meeting.
BRING MONEY to
the meeting so we know what we have to work with. And Tiffany is getting
vegan marshmellows.
5. What to do now?
-Networking with other campus groups to arrange a trip to D.C. for Bush's
reinauguration.
-Completely covering KSL Oval
with art about the social issues of the moment. Banners
between every light post, art and music, patches and buttons. The date we
set is Thursday, November 18
during Provost Hour.
we're going to work on things at the retreat and do outreach to CIA and
CIM. there's a lot to get done in a short amount of time.
Winnie is going to go shopping Sunday for supplies, book the
Oval and find out about getting AV equipment. We may need the Catalyst
bullhorns, so if anyone has them, try to get them to the next meeting.
Announcement:
11/4 at 6 pm, the Angela
Shelton film is being shown at Wade Fireside. Remember that
the WRC meeting is
at 7 pm.
General Meeting, Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Taken by Josh Gohlike
There will be a meeting on October 26th at 7 pm with all
campus organization leaders to form a coalition to have CASE join the WRC. Jessi is sending the information out to the
groups. We also are planning on making post cards for people to sign that
will be mass mailed to the administration.
There will be a USG mass funding meeting Tuesday at 11:30. Tiffany has
volunteered to go, and if anyone else would like to, e-mail Christina.
For Issue 1: Next Thursday from 11-1 we are going to have people on
the Oval as
either couples, or pretend couples to show how Issue 1 affects everybody.
There will be three groups, the homosexual couples, the younger
heterosexual couples and the older heterosexual couples, each with a banner
describing how the issue will affect them. There will be an art night at Winnie's to make these banners and one more
general banner Sunday at 6. We will also have people handing out literature
on the path at the same time.
Christina
will create and submit a proposal about his creative dissent group, Genie.
The O-22 Protest against police brutality is tomorrow
at 3:30 at Public Square. Anyone
interested in going can meet at the Rapid
Station on the North
Side (E-120th) at 3:00.
The tentative Retreat date of November 5th may not work. More possible dates
for the retreat will be sent out to the list, and those wishing to go need
to e-mail Jacqui and let her know what
works best so she can book the farm.
Other announcements...
- Anyone who wants to work on the website, e-mail Christina and send him your case
id so he can give you access.
- Next weekend there is a NEMA workshop.
Help for the event is needed. Contact Erin
or go to the Food
Not Bombs website.
- There is a Group Dynamics meeting next Wednesday at 9 pm.
- Erin still wants to do movie nights, but she
needs dates that they can be done.
- We are a part of the Campus Anti-War Network (CAN),
and there is a conference
in New York
from November 13-14.
Tiffany is going. Contanct her if
you'd like to participate.
- On Wednesday
Oct. 27, there is a Laroosh Youth Movement meeting at the Wyndham Hotel.
- Tonight there is an open forum about Cleveland education at the Mount Zion Baptist Church
at 7.
General Meeting, Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Taken by Josh Gohlike
Tonight we started off with a review
of the VP Debate events.
The consensus was that the marches were successful, and it turned out
pretty well. If anyone wants to write letters to the editor about the event, feel free.
Some upcoming campaigns were discussed
at the meeting. Labor issues
was the first talked about. Aymy and Angela talked about the Workers Rights Consortum. If
you have any questions about it, contact them. There will also be a meeting at Arabica on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 9 pm to discuss events that can
be done this year relating to labor.
An anti-oppression campaign was also suggested by Erin. She'd like to see us network with other groups
and expand off of campus in the Universtiy
Circle area. Study groups for us were also
suggested, so that we could learn about what oppresion really is. A meeting
is being planned, Erin will send out
possible dates to the list so we can contact her and decide on one.
An event before the election about Iraq has also
been suggested. The discussion about this will be next week, so bring ideas
to the meeting. There are two things we want to possibly do for Issue 1, the "protection of marriage act".
Number 1 is to continue educating the
campus. Number 2 is to
join other groups. Tri-C
is holding a demonstration at some point, and we want other
campus groups and people, ACLU, Spectrum, and grad students, to be involved
also. Winnie will send out an e-mail about a meeting.
Finally, Erin
wants people to help out with Food Not Bombs.
Contact her for more info or if you want to help at eee3. Erin
is also having a showing of "Bamboozled"
at her place next Wednesday.
General Meeting, Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Taken by Josh Gohlike
The showing of Roger & Me will not be
shown next Tuesday as planned due to copyright issues. Outsourcing Week will also be
postponed until after the VP
Debates are over and there is time for discussion.
Ideas for raising awareness about Issue 1, the attempt to ban
civil unions of any kind in Ohio,
on campus are welcome at any time.
The ACLU is
possibly doing a campaign about the Abu
Gharib Prison and wants to know if Catalyst wants to co-sponsor.
Here is what is going on with the VP Debates as of now. There
will be at least 3 and maybe 4 feeder marches that will conjoin on the KSL Oval at 7:30 the night of
the debate.
The question now is whether Catalyst will participate in
the Free Speech Zone.
We are allowed to have 15 members
represent the group and have 5 speakers talk for 15 minutes. The deadline
to register for a time is October
1st. If we do something for the zone, we need to decide
what.
Jacqui is looking for the Catalyst
bull horns, so if anyone knows where they are, let her know.
There will be a meeting at Thwing Saturday at 5 to discuss
publicizing what we're doing for the debate.
Monday night at
8:30 there will be a meeting about legal/security/medical issues
in the Spartan Room.
There will also be a security
meeting Tuesday in the Cleveland Room at 7:30.
Communication between the Feeder
Marches and the free speech zone is important and I believe it is being
taken care of.
Our faithful moderator Jacqui is
looking to reserve the Pink Pig for Saturday, October 23 for the Catalyst Retreat.
The Catalyst meeting on October 6 will be in Guilford.
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