Meeting Minutes: May 5, 2007

Draft Minutes, to be approved June 16, 2007

Members Present: Clem Freeman, Hannah Clapsadle, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, David Cobb, Heidi Calton

1. Adoption of March Meeting Minutes
Minutes approved with unanimous consensus.

2. Treasurer’s Report
Bank account amount: $673.65
($300 is allocated to the County for their mailing, so we have $373.65 available)

3. County Council Report
The County Council has been preparing for the General Assembly and the State Plenary. The County is hoping that the Eureka Greens will make a report at the General Assembly.

4. General Assembly
The Eureka Greens support the resolution opposing a preemptive attack on Iran and the resolution to prohibit military recruitment of people under 21 in Arcata, both of which will be on the agenda at the General Assembly. (unanimous consensus)

5. Old Business
A. Eureka Greens Website
Clem will write the company who the domain was purchased from with a eurekagreens.com email address (that Kaitlin will set up for him), Jared has said that he will help get a signature from Xandra if needed. Clem will ask the company what the process is to change the agent for the site.

6. New Business
A. Publicity/Voter Registration/Fundraising Brainstorm

• Work with the County GROW Committee (which is Dana Silvernale & David Blatte)
• Table at the 4th of July event, table/register voters at Arts Alive
• Clem has some interest in helping with outreach, but he isn’t sure if he can join the GROW Committee, also kind of interested in Communications.
• Hannah could use some help on the Communications Committee to let people know about upcoming meetings and events.
• Musical event to publicize General Assemblies.
• We could make a poster for our meetings each time and also include the other County functions (upcoming County Council meetings, General Assemblies, Northern Humboldt meetings)
• Another yard sale this summer on Saturday, July 28th – Clem has a good location (8th & I Street) – David would be willing to help with this (his house would work to store stuff, Clem will ask his housemates if his house would work. If we make it a Humboldt County Green Party Yard Sale and ask others to help us staff and bring items. Clem will email out a list of tasks and deadlines so we can start to plug people in.

7. Next Meeting: June 16th 3:30-5pm at 321 Coffee

Submitted by Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Secretary