March 2010 Local Meeting
From SP Boston
The Socialist Party met at 5:30 pm on Sunday, 28 March 2010 in the Lucy Parsons Center. Heading into the busy spring, we reviewed International Women's Day events and demonstrations in Washington on 20-21 March, and worked on organizing upcoming events, especially May Day, and our fundraiser, Marx in Soho. Full minutes will soon be posted below.
[edit] Agenda
- Introductions
- Credentials
- Elect a facilitator
- Elect a note-taker
- Adopt an agenda
- Membership and development
- Evaluate new applications
- Reports from local Secretary and Treasurer
- Assign follow-up to new contacts, absent members, expiring members
- National Report
- Distribute the National Office's organizer
- Action Report-backs
- International Women's Day
- Anti-war Protest DC, March 20th
- AIPAC Protest DC, March 21st
- Immigration Reform march DC, March 21st
- Upcoming National Organizing Conference Call, April 8th
- Volunteer opportunities and deadlines
- Non-English language correspondents
- Organizing Campaigns
- Obama visit to Boston, April 1st
- Howard Zinn Memorial
- Jerry Levy performance of Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn, April 24th
- A People's Celebration of Howard Zinn, May 15th
- May Day
- Boston May Day Committee update
- Sacco & Vanzetti feeder march
- Labor Solidarity work
- Other Coalitions
- Stop the Wars Coalition update
- Honduras Solidarity Campaign update
- MassCare Coalition (single-payer health care) update
- Consider joining the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL)
- Logistics and Scheduling
- April Educational Discussion (topic, location, date)
- Socializing for Socialism (The Otherside Cafe, Wed, 4/14)
- Next Local Meeting (Are Sunday evenings still best?)
[edit] Minutes
- Coming soon