FW: notes, powermap, lit, etc

[Andrew Lyubarsky]

Here are Victoria's notes from the meeting today.
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> Hi people,
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> So there was not a very big turnout at today's meeting, there was a
> lot of discussion about expansion, what would like to see personally
> out of the upcoming townhall, how we feel about campus climate, and a
> campus powermap.
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> For the townhall:
> People discussed the strike and how we are going to diffuse and answer
> a lot of questions especially for the people who will say yes to being
> support, but might need some questions answered. we also discussed the
> idea of the townhall looking at how to clear up the cloudiness of this
> semester to make students ready to act strong in expansion next
> semester....sorry if this is not clear, email the group with any
> questions
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> For lit:
> Seems to be taking off well. if you are in a lit group, get in
> contact. we will be compiling a packet to give out in townhall and
> such
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> Powermap:
> attached is a document around the idea of having a web of campus
> contacts....the idea is that if you involved in the stuff listed, know
> people that you think we can get into contact with in order to better
> contact student organizations, councils, etc., then that would be
> great. we are not trying to make this like any type of undemocratic
> thing...but rather impress the importance of making personal contacts,
> outreach, and building trust so that events or actions are the result
> of community building and can be that much stronger. if you want to
> fill out/add what you can and email it back to me, that would be
> great. natalie, madeline, and hopefully some others (like you : ) )
> can step up and over break create some type of working directory.
> people made a good point that from other events and meetings we need
> to create more lines of personal communication in order to get the
> network that much more stronger.....please reply to this email if you
> have questions/concerns on this just cause i feel it can be misleading
> right now over email.
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> Other issues:
> A lot of people brought up stuff on group organization. strategy,
> framing, etc., because of the lack of people, we did not think this
> was fair to discuss to a great great extent.
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> personally, i feel we are banking on the townhall a lot right
> now...maybe even too much....what are people thinking?
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> hopefullyh we will have the lit packet by the beginning of the week to
> circulate widely....
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> please bring up this stuff in your respective groups, friends,
> classes, and strangers.
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> the end of the semester signifies a lot of us leaving the city, people
> leaving because of graduation, study abroad, etc., so it is mad
> important, as you all already know...j
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> that is all, please excuse all of the ellipses...
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> happy weekend...
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> victoria.
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