January 12, 2011 Steering Committee Minutes

Present: Ed Fire, Ray Kolcaba, Judy Kramer, Elliott Berenson, Lori Zaim, Bill Rowe, Debi Thomas, Becky Thomas, Kathy Kolcaba, Lori O’Neill

1. CALL TO ORDER. 10:07am

2. TREASURER'S AND PAID MEMBERS REPORT: KATHY KOLCABA.

·   Year-end balance: $12,202.24.  99 paid members thus far.

3. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT: RAY KOLCABA. 

·   An email letter will be sent to those who haven’t paid. Then phone calls will be made.

 4. EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT: JUDY KRAMER. 

• ·       Jan 29^th Jerry Graham to speak @ Solon Library
• ·       Feb 19 Book Talk: The Life & Death of the Great American School System
• ·       April 16 Panel discussion on Education

 5. ADVOCACY COMMITTEE REPORT: BECKY THOMAS.

·       Lawrence Lessig, March 28: Event will take place in the CSU moot court room.  CSU may also help   with a hotel discount.  There will be a panel discussion to follow the talk.

·       Send any advocacy items to Becky from now on. 

6. JANUARY 15 MEMBERSHIP MEETING PLANS.

·   Brainstorm issues for the year. 

·   Get into small groups to prioritize the steps needed. 

·   Elliott will give a talk on writing letters to the editor. 

·   Lori O’Neill will talk about gun violence. 

6. OLD BUSINESS. Website discussion.

7. NEW BUSINESS.  In light of the recent tragedy in Tucson, Lori O’Neill spoke to us about gun violence in the U.S.   She will speak at the Jan 15 Membership Meeting.  Lori stressed the importance of visiting legislators on a regular basis. 

8. ADJOURNMENT. 12:00pm

Respectfully submitted,

Lori M. Zaim, Secretary