Thursday, October 4, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Minutes of 9/20/2006 JCDFA Meeting
Jersey City DFA Agenda and Minutes
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Location: Brownstone Diner, Jersey Ave @ Grand Ave.
Attendees: Cheryl, Christian, Gina, Leila, Tavie
Meeting called to order at: 7:00 PM
1) Agenda items:
A) DFA-Link Usage/Blog Usage/Yahoo Groups Usage
Christian suggests that the DFA-Link is just for strictly DFA-related business, whereas the blog and Yahoo email group are for more general purposes. Why are both a blog and Yahoo group need?
1) A blog is more public and doesn’t clog people’s inboxes, and
2) Visiting a blog more voluntary, whereas a Yahoogroup can get messages out to many people at once.
B) Webmaster of the three sites - Tabled
C) JC-DFA Policies and Procedures
The meeting minutes should be typed and submitted to the Yahoo group by the Secretary. It will be open to the entire group for corrections and updates.
D) Dennis Kucinich Signature Drive
Christian pointed out that this is not to be equated with JC-DFA’s “official support” for Kucinich, but everyone present agreed that he should be represented on the ballot.
Christian reports that the contact info in Dale’s email about this was incorrect; he will ask Dale to re-post the correct info.
E) October 3, 2007 Matt Linfante – Union County DFA Monthly Meeting at Rockin Joe’s 20 Prospect Street, Westfield NJ
Christian suggested that events such as these be posted to DFA-Link as events. Gina suggests that they also should be emailed to the Yahoo group.
F) Gina Genovese needs help defeating Tom Kean
Gina volunteered to contact her.
G) Status of Meeting/Town Hall with Albio Sires
Leila suggests we go down to DC for the day. She will research logistics of a possible group excursion.
H) Status of Health Care Town Hall
Tabled
I) Strategy & Tactics to Speak with Reluctant Reps
Christian suggests we all create our own lists of strategies and discuss them in person or over email to combine them into a coherent plan; see what other DFA groups have done and discuss what we can do.
2) Tabled:
A) Status of Health Care Town Hall is unknown. Christian will get an update from Dale.
B) Gina mentioned a peace march in DC in October, but more information is needed.
3) Committee reports:
A) Cheryl suggested we contact Steve Fulop to see if he needs our help with his Ethics Resolution. Link.
It was suggested that Steve be invited to attend a JC-DFA meeting to share and receive input.
4) Summary of resolutions and assignments:
A) Tavie will put together a simple tutorial for logging in and using the blog and send out the common login info for all to use.
B) Gina will call Gina Genovese, find out what she needs and email the group.
C) Leila will research the logistics involved in an office walk-in (office hours for Sires and Lautenberg)
D) Gina will contact Steve Fulop to discuss our involvement in his Ethics Resolution. Steve is collecting signatures and needs our help.
E) Christian will contact Dale to find out the correct contact info for the Kucinich signature drive.
F) The need to set a firm time and date for our meetings was discussed and a time proposed and agreed upon by all present: JC-DFA meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. The permanent location of the meetings is yet to be determined. Possible choices, depending on how large the group gets, include the Brownstone Diner and the common room at 100 Dudley Street (Gina, Tavie & Cheryl’s building.)
G) The need to publicize the group was discussed and it was agreed we would post about it on JC List and send email invitations to other nearby DFA groups. The blog and DFA-Link page should be posted and shared to all possible interested parties.
5) Business to carry over to next meeting:
A) Webmaster of the sites – no one expressed a preference. Will put the question to the group at large and seek a volunteer.
B) Health Care Town Hall – pending Dale’s report.
End time: 8:20 PM
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Location: Brownstone Diner, Jersey Ave @ Grand Ave.
Attendees: Cheryl, Christian, Gina, Leila, Tavie
Meeting called to order at: 7:00 PM
1) Agenda items:
A) DFA-Link Usage/Blog Usage/Yahoo Groups Usage
Christian suggests that the DFA-Link is just for strictly DFA-related business, whereas the blog and Yahoo email group are for more general purposes. Why are both a blog and Yahoo group need?
1) A blog is more public and doesn’t clog people’s inboxes, and
2) Visiting a blog more voluntary, whereas a Yahoogroup can get messages out to many people at once.
B) Webmaster of the three sites - Tabled
C) JC-DFA Policies and Procedures
The meeting minutes should be typed and submitted to the Yahoo group by the Secretary. It will be open to the entire group for corrections and updates.
D) Dennis Kucinich Signature Drive
Christian pointed out that this is not to be equated with JC-DFA’s “official support” for Kucinich, but everyone present agreed that he should be represented on the ballot.
Christian reports that the contact info in Dale’s email about this was incorrect; he will ask Dale to re-post the correct info.
E) October 3, 2007 Matt Linfante – Union County DFA Monthly Meeting at Rockin Joe’s 20 Prospect Street, Westfield NJ
Christian suggested that events such as these be posted to DFA-Link as events. Gina suggests that they also should be emailed to the Yahoo group.
F) Gina Genovese needs help defeating Tom Kean
Gina volunteered to contact her.
G) Status of Meeting/Town Hall with Albio Sires
Leila suggests we go down to DC for the day. She will research logistics of a possible group excursion.
H) Status of Health Care Town Hall
Tabled
I) Strategy & Tactics to Speak with Reluctant Reps
Christian suggests we all create our own lists of strategies and discuss them in person or over email to combine them into a coherent plan; see what other DFA groups have done and discuss what we can do.
2) Tabled:
A) Status of Health Care Town Hall is unknown. Christian will get an update from Dale.
B) Gina mentioned a peace march in DC in October, but more information is needed.
3) Committee reports:
A) Cheryl suggested we contact Steve Fulop to see if he needs our help with his Ethics Resolution. Link.
It was suggested that Steve be invited to attend a JC-DFA meeting to share and receive input.
4) Summary of resolutions and assignments:
A) Tavie will put together a simple tutorial for logging in and using the blog and send out the common login info for all to use.
B) Gina will call Gina Genovese, find out what she needs and email the group.
C) Leila will research the logistics involved in an office walk-in (office hours for Sires and Lautenberg)
D) Gina will contact Steve Fulop to discuss our involvement in his Ethics Resolution. Steve is collecting signatures and needs our help.
E) Christian will contact Dale to find out the correct contact info for the Kucinich signature drive.
F) The need to set a firm time and date for our meetings was discussed and a time proposed and agreed upon by all present: JC-DFA meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. The permanent location of the meetings is yet to be determined. Possible choices, depending on how large the group gets, include the Brownstone Diner and the common room at 100 Dudley Street (Gina, Tavie & Cheryl’s building.)
G) The need to publicize the group was discussed and it was agreed we would post about it on JC List and send email invitations to other nearby DFA groups. The blog and DFA-Link page should be posted and shared to all possible interested parties.
5) Business to carry over to next meeting:
A) Webmaster of the sites – no one expressed a preference. Will put the question to the group at large and seek a volunteer.
B) Health Care Town Hall – pending Dale’s report.
End time: 8:20 PM
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