From: rscotttoo@hotmail.com ("scotty")
To: aapjevents@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [aapjevents] meeting notes 11/17
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:48:24 -0700


Meeting began approx. 3:45 with five members in attendance.  Richard Scott 
facilitated.  

We discussed the Charlie King Concert the details of which are almost completed.
 The Concert will be held at McClintock High Auditorium on Saturday, 
January 18th.  Please save the date.  Larry West with Tempe Parks and Recreation
is on the Tempe MLK Committee and has succeeded in getting the City of
Tempe Human Relations Office to co-sponsor Charlie King as part of the Tempe
MLK Birthday Celebrations.  Charlie will do a Civil Rights Songs workshop
at 3 - 4:30 on the same day.  The concert will be promoted by the City and
all promotions will include reference to AAPJ as a co-sponsor.  Larry, Jeannie
and Victor are checking on the Black Student Union at McClintock High
to see if they want to sell tickets?  Several smaller details are being worked
out and AAPJ should know by Sunday if any problems remain.

NEEDS:  1) you to sell tickets  2) people to get businesses to sell tickets
 3)  someone to create a flyer  4)  Press release  5)  people to create a 
diversity brochure, using MLK quotes, to promote AAPJ for distribution during
all MLK events  6)  people to sign up in advance to work the evening of 
the event.

We continued the meeting by talking about the A mountain sign and Monday's 
vigil - no one present had participated in either activity.  So we moved on
to talk about creating a "Peace On Earth" action/protest/rally/vigil on Sunday,
December 22nd. (People have questioned this date - please let me know
if this date doesn't work for you).  The intent of the action was to use the
holiday to talk about Peace and also, to focus on children.  The action 
would gather at 3 PM at Tempe Beach Park with a procession South on Mill, then
East on the South side of University, then across the foot bridge, back
to College and North to the parking lot at Forest and 5th Street, where we
would regather to light candles and go up A mountain.  A team would be just
under the A with a large banner saying either "? WAR"  or "WAR" with a red
slash through it.  The sign would be done in both black paint and "glow in
the dark" paint.  The focus of this event is to remind people of the cost
of war on children and signage should be done to reflect the focus of the 
event.  Celebration of AAPJ anniversary was on the OC agenda and it is suggested
that following this vigil we regather (?where?) and to then take time
to celebrate an amazing year of working together for Peace.

NEEDS:  1) the large glow-in-the-dark sign,  2) other signs 3) people to speak
to the issue of children and war  4) outreach to other groups 5) press 
release  6) flyer. 

This event and Charlie King has yet to be approved by GA and is on the agenda
for the next GA meeting.