February 2010 Local Meeting
From SP Boston
The Socialist Party met at 5:30 pm on Sunday, 21 February 2010 in the Lucy Parsons Center. We finalized plans for International Women's Day on 8 March, and also organized for our state convention in Cambridge, the 20 March National March on Washington, and on to May Day.
[edit] Agenda
- Introductions and adopting the agenda
- Membership and development
- Reports from local Secretary and Treasurer
- Card-check current members, evaluate new applications
- Assign follow-up to new contacts, absent members, expiring members
- Update from the SPMA State Executive Committee
- National Report
- Report from 11 February national organizing conference call
- Request from NC to share fundraising contacts
- National Office news
- Volunteer opportunities and deadlines
- Organizing Campaigns
- Final organizing for the SPMA State Convention
- Howard Zinn Memorial Committee, initial event March 6th
- Jerry Levy performance of Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn
- International Women's Day, March 8th
- Antiwar
- Report from the SPUSA Anti-Imperialism Committee (MRA)
- Report from 30 January New England United regional conference
- Stop the Wars Coalition update
- March 20th endorsement, National Assembly, ANSWER
- Boston May Day Committee update
- Honduras Solidarity Campaign update
- MassCare Coalition (single-payer health care) update
- Consider joining the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL)
- Electoral update
- Michael Engel for Congress in Western MA
- Boston area candidates
- Logistics and Scheduling
- Fundraising for Zinn Memorial Ad and the SPMA raffle
- Socializing for Socialism, review February 10th, plan for March 10th
- March SPMA conference call 8 pm on Sunday, 7 February
- March educational discussion, topic, location, date (or combine with state convention?)