June 2, 2007 Meeting Notes

The monthly meeting on Saturday, June 2nd started with a review of recent accomplishments (since the last monthly meeting on May 5, 2007). 

       May 7, 2007 - Noon presentation and discussion at Davis High School.

       May 8, 2007 - A 7 p.m. showing of the movie What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy in the Davis Library Blanchard Room at 315 E 14th Street.

       May 10, 2007 - A 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Unity Week Student Facilitation, Ohlone College in Fremont.

       May 11-13 - The Whole Earth Festival in Davis, California. The booth will be staffed by TPF volunteers including students from our Leaders Club program.

       May 12, 2007 - A 6:30 - 7 p.m. "Teach Peace" presentation at Whole Earth by Dave Dionisi.

       May 12, 2007 - A Teach Peace concert by Judy Fjell. This 5 p.m. sing-along is followed by a potluck and a concert at 7:30pm in the Redwood Community Park Building at 1001 Anderson Road.

       May 14, 2007 - A 12:15 p.m. "Teach Peace" presentation at 3636 Airway Drive in North Highlands, CA by Dave Dionisi.

       May 17, 2007 - A 7 p.m. showing of the movie Improbable Collapse in the Davis Library Blanchard Room at 315 E 14th Street.

       May 20, 2007 - Sacramento Peace Festival - Noon to 6 p.m. at the Village Green in William Land Park. See http://www.sacpeacefest.com/ for more information.

       May 20, 2007 - A 3 p.m. presentation on preventing war with Iran at the Humanist Association of Greater Sacramento. The location is the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento at 2425 Sierra Blvd.

       May 25, 2007 - The first Teach Peace class for children in Africa was delivered to war orphans and other poor children in Liberia.

       June 2, 2007 - Arsenal of Hypocrisy film showing and presentation in Fremont at 1 p.m.

We reviewed the successful Whole Earth event and that it enabled us to distribute over 1,500 handouts. In addition, a presentation on the main stage enabled Teach Peace to reach many new people.

The group was updated on other publicity that had been arranged to include a request for two radio interviews on 1240 AM. Several attendees noted that they had contacted their personal e-mail lists to help get the word out. Dave updated the group that approximately 50 online tickets had been purchased. Dave said he felt we were guaranteed to have at least 100 people attend and additional publicity efforts are needed to fill the remaining 100 available seats.

The June 8th meeting enables us to launch the match offer by restructuring the agenda to have the final segment a call to join the match offer. Since Dr. Bowman is paid a speaking fee to attend, the ticket sales are intended to cover the costs of the event. By distributing Teach Peace donation envelopes at the event we can increase the match pool from $14,000 to a much higher number. Then the amount of the funds established for the match would help Teach Peace in a much more significant way. Hank started the match idea and he observed that he was very happy that Teach Peace was taking full advantage of the match idea by launching it this way at the Take Back America event.

We discussed the need for volunteers to help at the June 8th event. A mailing will be constructed to invite members to volunteer to assist with setup, registration, seating, and other event related tasks.

The meeting concluded with a reminder that the next monthly meeting is July 7th.

PS. To get connected with one of our programs, you can also call 530-204-7227 or send an e-mail to contact@teachpeace.com.

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