Notes from meeting of Focus the Nation July 22 2007 547 Marsh St.
A. present: chad, nancy, matt, Justin, ken smokoska, eric, steven marx
B. 1/31/08 hall reservation
1. chumash auditorium still up in the air; we have it until 4 pm
2. nancy will reserve spanos for after 4 in case we have to move
C. fund raising
1. tax id # needed for applications—contact chad to get it
2. matt will draft letter
3. post application prose on website
4. possible sources
a) home depot for prizes
b) pg and e for money
c) wind turbine company
d) rrm
e) usgbc
f) apcd
5. job fair/trade show—get businesses to make donation
6. get contributions for t shirt logo
D. Evening program schedule
1. theme: importance of electing officials making climate change a central concern
2. 6:30-7:30—local elected officials panel
3. 7:30-7:45—plenary speaker 1--Lois Capps and or Jerry McNerny—
4. 7:45-7:50--transition
5. 7:50-8:30—Two cal poly political science professors—Republican and Democrat—to present and evaluate the presidential candidates positions on global warming
6. 8:30-9:00—plenary speaker 2 (Sam Blakeslee) Steven will contact again to try to confirm
E. Food–discussion of presentation of “local-organic” box lunches.
F. Other:
1. provost’s reimbursement for Las Vegas travel to go to Empower account. It’s club account # 76040
2. other events for the week: poetry slam, religious approaches to climate change
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