Hi
All,
Here
are the joint
RS and DM meeting notes from our last meeting on August 14th 2013
1. Adapting Gene Sharp's
work to use in U.S. Plutocracy into
Democracy campaigns
a. Spencer and Bruce
discussed a project approach using Wikimedia and crowdsourcing and proposed
to develop a framework and
strategies/tactics for Turning Plutocracy into Democracy, using the principles
from Gene Sharp's book Dictatorship to Democracy, which the group is reading.
b. There were some
limitations in using Sharp's
book noted
by group members, as there are differences between a dictatorship and a
plutocracy.
Georgia suggested
supplementing the examination of Sharp's wisdom with the problem/strategy
definition tools from the RESULTS conference presentation, which she sent out.
ACTION: Review ppt and suggest which tools to use.
Georgia has a workshop for us.
2. Common Cause
collaboration
a. We will be shooing
United States of ALEC at the SJ Peace & Justice Center at 2-4:30pm on Sun
Oct 13. 40 S. 7th Street in San Jose
ACTION: Pablo to check
out availability, cost, and capacity of Cambrian library for future
use.