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Notes: Next meeting will be on Sunday, November 25th (at the
end of
Thanksgiving break) at 9pm in Carr 114 and will be facilitated
by Chris
Paul, please email him agenda items at cjp2@duke.edu.
There were 16 people present at Sunday's meeting.
Announcements:
-Workers Justice meeting, this Tuesday the 13th, 10 pm in the
Alumni Lounge.
-SOA Briefing/Non-violence workshop, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7pm Carr
114.
- Recent History of Student Mvmt at Duke Teach-in, Weds, Nov.
14, 9pm Carr
114.
-Bread not bombs Peace sit-in at West Campus bus stop from 11-1
on Thursday,
the 15th.
Come out and support the group!
-Non-profit Career Panel, Thursday, November 15, 7pm, Von Canon
C
-USSAS Planning meeting, Monday November the 19th, in Carr 114.
-Application due by Monday the 19th to fill position on WRC.
Minutes-
Congratulations to all for Duke signing onto the WRC (We're
the 89th
school), relating to a very successful meeting with Nan. Also,
as of this
past Monday, all Mount Olive products will be pulled from Duke
shelves. Look
for a celebration soon.
The USSAS Conference is being planed at full speed right now,
and is set for
Nov 30- Dec 2, to mostly be hosted in the Mary Lou Williams center.
Students
from many states have confirmed registration. Special guests will
include
workers from the Kuk ong Factory in Mexico. There will also be
a panel
discussion. Even Duke students should register- to do so, please
send an
email to Tony at oipatriotoi@hotmail.com. Please spread the word
and
encourage other students to represent us at this conference. Come
to the
planning meeting or email Jonathan if you want to present or can
host/help.
With regards to Taco Bell in the Marketplace, further dialogue
will be
conducted with Jim Wulforst, and Nan will inquire as to the reasons
for the
miscommunication.
Duke and Nan are actively moving on the New Era cap issues-
a letter is in
the works that requests more info (New Era had already sent a
letter
assuring all was well), as well as Nan threatening the issue of
contract if
New Era caps continues to show lack of fairness in their labor
policies.
Rumors have it that New Era could just decide to cut the collegiate
apparel,
as it would eliminate the need to negotiate.
On a related note, BJ&B of the Dominican Republic gain the
right to a Union,
now they must work to act on that.
The Worker's Justice Symposium will be right before the SAS
conference, on
the 28th and the 29th, in the Mary Lou Williams center, where
local leaders
will explain how students can be involved with and support the
labor
struggle. Also, on the 26th of November, there will also be a
UNC Panel
discussion about Labor issues in the south.
The teach-in to inform younger students of recent historical
student
activism at Duke is still on for Wednesday night, at 9 pm in Carr
114.
Some Duke students will be going to SOA. Please attend the
nonviolence
training on Wednesday.
Planning for Martin Luther King Day was not discussed.
The group discussed consensus decision-making and listened
to Amy's
research. It was officially decided that the group will use consensus
decision-making, using a system of thumb signals, and must be
at least 10
people to make any serious decisions. The List must be notified
ahead of
time, or if the meeting is too small, the decision must be postponed
or
referred to email. Each meeting will have at least a facilitator
and a
notetaker at each meeting, to be determined at each previous meeting.
It was
brought up that we should have/encourage facilitator training,
and that we
should keep race/gender/class/sexual orientation in mind in our
choices of
facilitator. No ideas should be marginalized by the facilitator
Note: It was brought up at a later date that maybe each issues
should have a
set yet flexible amount of time to be discussed in.
Students from Progressive will participate in the NYSDAP peace
sit-in on
Thursday at the west bus stop. There was a meeting Monday night
(the 12th).