c.a.m.t.a. minutes: wed16may'12

[mr. g]

Hi, 

Here are the notes that I got from the last meeting.  Please feel free to correct any inadvertent errors or add any missed information.

Thanks!

Geoff

p.s.:  nicer pdf attached

C.A.M.T.A. minutes: 7 p.m. Wednesday 16 May 2012

Attendance:  Bob & Rachel O., Bart B., Maynard F., Dana A., Karen T., John R., George & Connor H., and Jean T.

Scribe:  Geoff F.

• Announcement:  Bob and Rachel will be unable to attend c.a.m.t.a. gatherings until after 2 July.

• A.Q. Status:  Ordinances would be necessary for the placement of an A.Q. on the county ballot; therefore, placement on the November ballot isn’t likely to be possible.

• there may also be confusion with the city A.Q.
• concern about effects of a potential loss expressed
• petition to be turned-in when ~2,200 signatures gathered
• may be wise to mention to folks that the A.Q. won’t be on this November’s ballot
• agreed that the asterisk and footnote regarding contact information should be removed from the petition
• agreed that wording regarding the timing of submission of petition signatures for ballot consideration should be open-ended (i.e. no specific date as of yet).

• Rural Organizing Project annual event report:  Bob and Rachel attended.  Common Cause rep.-mediated ‘break-out’ (small group) discussions regarding the ‘Citizens United’ Supreme Court decision.  Bob and Rachel distributed M.T.A. hand-outs.

• Steering Committee idea:  whoever shows-up to our meetings helps to steer the C.A.M.T.A. 

• Committees:  possibly take-up timelines for goals at the next meeting

• Tasks:

• Tabling:  

• a schedule of tabling staffing needs to be posted (Bart has since created one at:  http://tinyurl.com/camtatable).
• post known tabling opportunities on C.A.M.T.A. googlegroup
• would be nice to begin consideration of/work on new signage with broad appeal

• Outreach:  

• potluck to be planned
• expression of the desire to wait until schools are out for the summer (~17 June) so that more people can attend (Karen T. and family have since offered to host one at their home.  Scheduling link:  http://www.doodle.com/w2dqaiq4bws8tuuk)

•   T-shirt:  Geoff will research costs more.

• Announcements and meetings:

• Bart and Maynard have agreed to form a Campaign and Publicity Committee
• Maynard will send announcements of future C.A.M.T.A. meetings to the G.T.
• Bart will notify the ‘Co-op Thymes’ of future C.A.M.T.A. meetings
• Perhaps all in C.A.M.T.A. can put up announcements of future meetings where and whenever they can -- Bart says that flyers are available (??) 
• agreed that, henceforth, C.A.M.T.A. is to meet every first and third Wednesdays at 7 pm -- still at the U.U. for the foreseeable future.
• agreed to welcome/check-in with new people who attend C.A.M.T.A. meetings 

• ‘GMO-Free Benton County’:  Dana, who is actively organizing with the ‘GMO-Free Benton Co.’ effort , provided an update:

• ‘GMO-Free Benton Co.’ will state that Corporate powers are subordinate to natural people’s rights
• a ‘Benton Co. Bill of Rights’ campaign effort to place an (initiative?) on the county ballot in May 2013

• Agenda proposals for the next meeting (Wed. 6 June):

• Finance update (Dana)
• Values Statement proposal (Karen)
• Considerations of future strategy for county effort

Next Meeting:

7 p.m. Wednesday 6 June

U.U. Fellowship of Corvallis, 2945 N.W. Circle Blvd. 

[Maynard Freemole]

Hey, Geoff--

 

Good notes, thanks. A couple points that I think need changing, but you might want to wait for further confirmation. I think Rachel and Bob will return 2 June. Bart and I didn't form the Publicity & Campaign committee; it was one already formed last meeting. Bart and I just agreed to take on some of the tasks in that committee's description. I think part of the result of the steering committee being whoever shows up is that the committees formed at the 2 May meeting (like Publicity and Campaign) are now made up of whoever takes on those tasks meeting-by-meeting. That's pretty fluid, but I think that's what we decided. Let's see what other camta-ites remember.

Thanks again.

 

Maynard

[Dana Allen]

I pretty much agree with Maynard's memory of things.

 

Dana

 

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[chep...@gmail.com]

Maynard,

Thanks!  I also got Karen's last initial wrong -- should have been 'Karen J.'. Apologies for any confusion and, again, thanks for helping with mine.

~ Geoff

[chep...@gmail.com]

Additional correction: Corvallis Schools (at least my kid's classes) won't be out for summer 'til 20 June.  I'll be out of town next week, so, unfortunately, I won't be able to table 'til I get back -- need to take care of stuff before leaving.

~ g

On May 22, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Maynard Freemole <maynard...@gmail.com> wrote: