August meeting minutes

People For Peace Minutes

August 17, 2006


‘Acting’ chair for the evening was Jane.
The meeting began at 7:15pm at the Chez.

Those present: Priscilla, Charlie, Larry, Steve, Debbie, John, Jane, and later, Bonnie.

Treasurer’s Report: Pat reported (in absentia) we had between $500-600 in our checking account. Recent income: $372 from pancake feed, and $73 from Peace Day donations.

Old Business:
Peace Day.
All concurred the evening was a success. People commented on newspaper coverage. People were pleased to see the two photos in the paper. There was some discussion of how we could get a bigger turn-out next year. Jane said she was considering inviting the Central American & Caribbean (C.A.S.S.) students from Fox Valley Tech. next year.

T-Shirt Sales.
It was discussed and decided that the T-shirts left over from last year should be marked down to $10 at upcoming events until they’re gone. This year’s style should not be reduced.

History of Nobel Peace Prize Exhibit.
The exhibit which we are sponsoring will be at the library beginning Sept 4th. Joseph Elder, PhD., UW Madison, will be the featured Winchester Academy speaker October 16th. His presentation is titled “Nobel Peace Prize Winners”.

New Business:
It was discussed and decided we would not participate in this year’s Fall-O-Rama.

New Fund Raising Ideas.
It was discussed and decided that next year we should sell sponsorships of lanterns for Peace Day. It was felt we could local businesses to participate and generate some additional revenue.

It was agreed that fund raising is easier if the money goes “toward” something specific. For example, if we told donors our goal was to double our scholarship fund for next year, all agreed that money would be relatively easy to raise. It was felt we may wish to identify these ‘projects’ to help with fund raising. One suggestion was to help implement the “Teaching Tolerance” program in our schools.

Organizational Structure
There was extensive discussion on the pros/cons of becoming a membership organization. The discussion was interesting, but there was no consensus to change anything.

Jamie Wall House Party.
All were invited to attend a Jamie Wall house party being held at John & Deb Skyrms’ home Sunday, August 27th at 6:30pm.

Respectfully submitted,
John Skyrms