Meeting minutes from Oct 30 and Oct 27
Friday, 10/27/2006
Attendance: Tony, Ptah, Kalisa, Sienna, Nina, Molly, Jen, Antonia, Graham, Ben
Discussion of Past Events
• Death Penalty Debate: In the future, we must make sure our representatives are even more experienced and are presenting info that PAC agrees with as a whole
• Africa Sisters and Harold Wilson: The Locks Conference and the talk on Friday were pretty similar, but all speakers were excellent and all provided some helpful information (i.e. info about Mumia Abu-Jamal, the MOVE 9, living on death row, etc.)
• Telephone Campaign: PAC could possibly hold its own workshops to educate the community on the problems with telephone companies
Future Events
• Linda Thurston: She is a prison activist who will be giving a talk at Cornell on Wednesday, 11/8/2006 or Thursday
11/9/2206.
o The event will be held in Ujamaa and topic/title will be: “Locked Up when the Levees Broke” (the problems prisoners
faced during Hurricane Katrina)
• PAC Training: will be held on Friday, 11/3/2006
• Real Law: PAC will be helping out with promoting the event and will be facilitating a discussion with Ithaca High Schoolers
Other Information/Updates
• Lansing: the first 4 weeks of events/plans have been set; we will be going on Saturdays between 10:30am and 12:30pm; any other interested PAC women are invited to contact Antonia, Jen, or Leslie or attend our meetings
• Dinner with James Turner: still waiting to hear from our point person
• Archiving: Kalisa has our folder; we will be placing minutes, flyers, and other documents into the folder and turning it in periodically
PAC logistics
• Meetings: will now be conducted in the following format:
o 6:30pm on Mondays: PAC meeting (focusing on logistics) starts
o 7:00pm: Mac and Lansing updates
o Ben will help us facilitate the first few meetings
o We will no longer be meeting at the Green Dragon; we will most likely hold our meetings at 291 Statler.
o We will also no longer have Friday meetings. All internal education sessions will be scheduled separately
Monday, 10/30/2006
Attendance: Ben, Danielle, Antonia, Jen, Molly, Graham, Troy, Tony, Nina, Melanie, Leslie, Lindsay, Kalisa, Nick, Jack
Non-PAC Event Announcements
• Real Law: PAC should attend on campus (11/6/2006, 5-7pm, Appel Multipurpose Room) and off-campus (11/16/2006, IHS)
• Prof. Roldan will be speaking on the impact of drugs on Latin America and the US on Thursday, 11/2/2006 at 6:45 pm, Watermargin
PAC event announcements
• Linda Thurston: Jen is still confirming the location of the talk; Antonia, Ben, and Jen can help with printing out flyers; Tony is still modifying the flyer
• Next week’s meeting: will be held on North Campus so we can meet directly after Real Law – more info on location pending
• PAC Training: will happen on Friday, 11/3/2006 in 291 Statler; it is IMPERATIVE that every PAC member attend (contact someone if you cannot attend); will have refreshments
Future educational programs
• Jen is still waiting on PAC’s copies of “Are Prisons Obsolete?”
• PAC will be having more informal get-togethers to discuss issues regarding the prison-industrial complex, politics, and other issues we should be educated about
o The Linda Thurston event can be our next internal education session
MacCormick
• Map: courtesy of jack; can be used in the meeting room at Mac
• Friday: Residents were receptive but the presentation of the material could have been better; in the future, it may be helpful to present the information in a less formal manner
• Saturday: topic went much better than Friday, most likely because of the way the material was presented; could also be because the residents are a lot more enthusiastic on Saturdays
Attendance: Tony, Ptah, Kalisa, Sienna, Nina, Molly, Jen, Antonia, Graham, Ben
Discussion of Past Events
• Death Penalty Debate: In the future, we must make sure our representatives are even more experienced and are presenting info that PAC agrees with as a whole
• Africa Sisters and Harold Wilson: The Locks Conference and the talk on Friday were pretty similar, but all speakers were excellent and all provided some helpful information (i.e. info about Mumia Abu-Jamal, the MOVE 9, living on death row, etc.)
• Telephone Campaign: PAC could possibly hold its own workshops to educate the community on the problems with telephone companies
Future Events
• Linda Thurston: She is a prison activist who will be giving a talk at Cornell on Wednesday, 11/8/2006 or Thursday
11/9/2206.
o The event will be held in Ujamaa and topic/title will be: “Locked Up when the Levees Broke” (the problems prisoners
faced during Hurricane Katrina)
• PAC Training: will be held on Friday, 11/3/2006
• Real Law: PAC will be helping out with promoting the event and will be facilitating a discussion with Ithaca High Schoolers
Other Information/Updates
• Lansing: the first 4 weeks of events/plans have been set; we will be going on Saturdays between 10:30am and 12:30pm; any other interested PAC women are invited to contact Antonia, Jen, or Leslie or attend our meetings
• Dinner with James Turner: still waiting to hear from our point person
• Archiving: Kalisa has our folder; we will be placing minutes, flyers, and other documents into the folder and turning it in periodically
PAC logistics
• Meetings: will now be conducted in the following format:
o 6:30pm on Mondays: PAC meeting (focusing on logistics) starts
o 7:00pm: Mac and Lansing updates
o Ben will help us facilitate the first few meetings
o We will no longer be meeting at the Green Dragon; we will most likely hold our meetings at 291 Statler.
o We will also no longer have Friday meetings. All internal education sessions will be scheduled separately
Monday, 10/30/2006
Attendance: Ben, Danielle, Antonia, Jen, Molly, Graham, Troy, Tony, Nina, Melanie, Leslie, Lindsay, Kalisa, Nick, Jack
Non-PAC Event Announcements
• Real Law: PAC should attend on campus (11/6/2006, 5-7pm, Appel Multipurpose Room) and off-campus (11/16/2006, IHS)
• Prof. Roldan will be speaking on the impact of drugs on Latin America and the US on Thursday, 11/2/2006 at 6:45 pm, Watermargin
PAC event announcements
• Linda Thurston: Jen is still confirming the location of the talk; Antonia, Ben, and Jen can help with printing out flyers; Tony is still modifying the flyer
• Next week’s meeting: will be held on North Campus so we can meet directly after Real Law – more info on location pending
• PAC Training: will happen on Friday, 11/3/2006 in 291 Statler; it is IMPERATIVE that every PAC member attend (contact someone if you cannot attend); will have refreshments
Future educational programs
• Jen is still waiting on PAC’s copies of “Are Prisons Obsolete?”
• PAC will be having more informal get-togethers to discuss issues regarding the prison-industrial complex, politics, and other issues we should be educated about
o The Linda Thurston event can be our next internal education session
MacCormick
• Map: courtesy of jack; can be used in the meeting room at Mac
• Friday: Residents were receptive but the presentation of the material could have been better; in the future, it may be helpful to present the information in a less formal manner
• Saturday: topic went much better than Friday, most likely because of the way the material was presented; could also be because the residents are a lot more enthusiastic on Saturdays
