January 2010 Local Meeting
From SP Boston
The Socialist Party met at 5:30 pm on Sunday, 17 January 2010 in the Lucy Parsons Center. We continued organizing a series of events for the coming weeks and months, leading in to International Women's Day on 8 March, the 20 March National March on Washington, and on to May Day.
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
- National Report
- Elect representative to next national organizing conference call, Thursday 4 February.
- National Office news
- Volunteer opportunities and deadlines
- Review Organizing Conference proposal
- State and Local Organizing Campaigns
- State Convention
- Confirm date/time (Sunday 28 February, 1 pm?)
- Confirm location (AFSC?)
- Antiwar
- New England United report
- NEU Conference 30 January -- discuss endorsing and donating
- Stop the Wars Coalition
- Honduras Solidarity Campaign update
- MassCare Coalition (health care reform)
- Electoral update
- Michael Engel for Congress in Western MA
- Boston area candidates?
- State Convention
- Logistics and Scheduling
- Fundraising and SPMA raffle
- February discussion meeting on Gaza in the first week of the month
- February social on the 10th
- February SPMA conference call 8 pm on Sunday, 7 February
- Policy on endorsing events