GMO Campaign
Meeting Notes
August 25, 2014
Newcomer introductions.
Review of OSC meeting schedule, Occupy hand signals and our consensus model for the newcomer.
Reports Back
•: reported on flyer printing.
•: is continuing to work on Move to Amend – participated in street theater, also mentioned CA Supreme court decision to remove Prop 49 from ballot.
•: looking for GMO films in Spanish with English
subtitles, issued a solidarity statement press release from Occupy National
Gathering in support of the people of Palestine, organized Oppression teach-in.
Asked about volunteers for tabling at the Petaluma Progressive Festival.
•: posting petitions on OSC-GMO site.
•: showing The World According to Monsanto film on 9.27.14 @ SR Creek Commons at 7pm.
OSC will be tabling at the Progressive Festival in Petaluma on September 28. We have three confirmed volunteers for that tabling and would like to have a few more to make this easy on everyone.
GMO labeling initiatives are on the ballots in Oregon & Colorado and different local counties.
OSC Teach-in Monday, January 26, 7-9 at the UU: Social Change Movement History
Agenda
Bilingual Teach-in
We are still looking for the right film to show. The World According To Monsanto has been translated into Spanish and is available on Youtube. It is unknown if there are subtitles in English on that version or how to buy a copy of that film.
To be ready for this teach-in we need to:
• have our website partially translated into Spanish.
• have GMO literature in Spanish.
• have a bilingual emcee.
• find a co-sponsoring group from the bilingual community.
We are not ready to put on this teach-in but it is a
priority. We are actively working
on creating this teach-in.
GMO OMG Film Showing
We have a copy of this film.
We discussed location options, free versus request for suggested donation (ie. $5), fundraising/plant sales, best locations for the biggest numbers, suitable sites.
Locations discussed:
Sebastopol Grange, Environmental
Center, PJC, UU.
Considerations:
We reached unanimous consensus that the UU Social Hall is the best choice of
the options considered.
Proposal with unanimous
consensus:
GMO OMG film showing teach-in on Monday, Nov. 3rd in UUC,SR Social Hall.
Current update:
Meeting ended at 9:15
Next GMO Campaign
meeting: Monday, September 22 at UU.
Next OSC meeting: Media & Publicity, Monday, September 1, Peace &
Justice Center.