GA Notes 7/14

Attendance:

Announcements:

Ron contacted Paul about hot dogs. Will do Hot dogs either way, with steamer.
Frack No event was Thurs. Approx. 10 people showed, a lot of people did not know what Fracking was. Nationwide Insurance not insuring anyone for fracking.

OLD/NEW Business:

OWNC numbers are down. Potluck is the most active thing happening.
Foreclosure, Voter Supresion, Corp. Personhood
Peter thinks we should add voter registration.
We need to add fundraising and try some sort of recruiting.
Voter Registration- getting the vote out effort. Getting people to vote.
Gary – Drop the Banner. Nikita thinks this is perfect time for recruitment to do a “DROP THE BANNER event” Possibly the first week of new semester at UNCW or CFCC or Both.
Corp. Personhood needs approx.5500 signatures for petition.
Need to work on Stopping foreclosures, increasing the get out the vote effort.
Livestream could be a great tool to use for education, Fracking, Occupy, forclosures, voter supression, etc.
We need more self empowerment-Corp. money in politics- Military 80% goes to fund american arms, Vet supports, touch base with Homeless, many are vets. What are the issues? VA benefits,
Inclusion , empathy, generosity. * ISO* International Socialist Organization*
Chris Haggies – Harvard Prof. Our Objective take America back from Corporations.
Favorite Quote * There’s enough for human need, There’s not enough for Human greed.*
Capitalism keeps them oppressed. Issues of Debt. Key issues to focus on right now would be debt, Foreclosures, Student debt.

* Had a lot of great insight from Gary with ideas, and things to focus on.*

ADJOURN