Meeting notes, 4/14/2010

[Kim]

Hi all:

I'm just getting the notes from last meeting out now due to a
technical error! Sorry ;)
See you all at the meeting tonight.
k

MSC/May Day Meeting Notes
4/14/10

Jay offered to facilitate the meeting, and proposed our agenda for the
meeting: work to develop and define the message we want to present for
May Day, and then assign tasks, organizing everyone around defined
actions.

To help define the message, he asked everybody to answer the
following:

a. What two ideals or purposes do each of you envision for this May
Day event? What do you want to accomplish with this event?

Answers included: Celebration & protest, bringing people
together, empowerment

b. What are we protesting??

Workers in crisis

Theme: May Day! May Day! Workers in Crisis! The Boat’s going down!

Preparation:

1. The march

2. The boat

3. Stage

4. Food

5. Organizing the Space

6. Message

7. Speakers

1. The March

The plan is to organize the march between noon and 1:00pm.

Route: up Higgens to the XXs, stage the takeover at the XXs in front
of the Farmers Market, workers march triumphantly back down Higgens
once they have taken ownership of the Boat. Pass through Caras Park
and River Farmers Market for renaming celebration, and lead the way to
the Workers’ Picnic in Kiwanis Park.

Stage boat in Kiwanis

Workers pull the boat up to the XXs

Takeover occurs at the XXs

Smurfitt & Whitecollars pull the boat back to Caras Park

At Caras, we have a second spectacle to celebrate the renaming of the
Boat

Continue march to Kiwanis and the workers celebration.

PARTY!

Nick is writing the script for the takeover spectacle.

Everyone can hand out leaflets/flyers inviting people to the park
afterwards, explaining the boat, etc.

2. The Boat

Material gathering Thursday and Friday, Max and Murphy will help
Steven

Construction on Sunday

3. Stage: Equipment and sound

Steven will talk to Boy Howdy

Nick will talk to River Creek Stream

Jay will talk to Taj

Steven said he can get a PA

Laura will facilitate the music once everyone has been contacted

4. Food

Seeds and Food not Bombs will facilitate

Drinks: Water - alcohol is allowed, BYO, but no sales of alcohol

5. Organizing the Space

Tabling:

MAC, NRRT, IWW, SSEEJ, CLC, USW (Roy Houseman?)

6. Field Day Games: “Challenge a Socialist!”

Kickball (Katie has kickballs we can use)

Volleyball

Horseshoes

Free market/Swap meet

7. Message

Press Release (Katie will start it and send it to Jay for first edit
and distribution for to group for suggestions.

All literature (flyers, press release, etc) should be kept in the
voice of workers, communiqués form workers

Thankyoumissoula.com can serve as the event website, and everything
can be posted there and and direct people there.

8. Speakers

Plant takeover by workers

Skit, poem: SSEEJ

Mark Anderlich, Roy

Macy’s Reps

Michel: May day history

NRRT: Murphy




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