Agenda for 5/10 Meeting 7 pm at St. Mary's

Ernest Gruening Chapter (Southcentral Alaska), Meeting Agenda

Thursday, May 10, 7 pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Tudor & Lake Otis, Room 3 (downstairs)

1. Introductions & Discuss Agenda
2. Chapter Business-Finances
3. Recent Events
1. Peace Coalition – Update from May 5th meeting
4. Upcoming Events
1. Peace Pie, May 11 http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/297/36/

i. Folks will be taking pies to the offices of our congressional delegation early Friday afternoon.

ii. Statewide coordinator is Lori Draper from Seward. You can contact her thru the web link above.

iii. Proposal: connect with regular Friday vigil from noon till 1:00 pm. at the Federal Bldg. Go to Sen. Stevens’ office. Then go to Peterson building (Murkowski and Young).

2. Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) petition drive, May 12

i. Banners have been made

ii. Call press contacts

iii. Food/Drink?

iv. Donation for yellow carnations

v. Bumper stickers

5. Pressure on Congressional Delegation- What can we do?

i. KEEP IT UP

ii. Collecting Signatures?

6. Sponsorship of Films-Sub-committee
1. "Taking the Hill" (http://www.dctvny.org/productions/TTH.html)

i. About 50 vets who ran for congress in 2004

ii. Proposal for joint sponsorship with the Democratic Party on May 22 or 24

iii. Invited speaker: Larry Sequist (http://www.larryseaquist.com/)

7. Next Meeting on May.24 (2^nd and 4^th Thursday of every month)

Jon Lockert

Jon4Paz@AcsAlaska.net