Progressive Democrats of Buncombe Co meeting

Progressive Democrats of Buncombe County meeting/Kucinich Meetup on 01/22/08

Attending: 6 people

JP, Isaac, Eve, Paulina, Connie and Susan

Minutes taken by Susan

Susan gave a financial report for the Progressive Democrats of Buncombe County. We have $65 dollars in membership fees (including four donations for low income membership). We paid $20 for room rent for February for the Progressive Democrats of Buncombe County.

Eve and Paulina and Susan reported that they went to Greenville, South Carolina on MLK day and distributed a large pile of literature on Kucinich. This was the “Peace through Strength” brochure.

Upcoming events include the NC Democratic Party State Executive Committee meeting in Hamlet NC (on January 26), the Buncombe County Democratic Party Chili Cook off (on February 2) and the precinct meetings on March 11, 2008. We will not hold a meetup for Kucinich on March 11, 2008. There is a fund-raiser for the Iraq Vets Against the War on January 31, 2008 at UNCA. Contact Connie at newlease7@ yahoo.com if you would like to table at this event. Historic Thousands on Jones Street (H K on J) is in Raleigh on February 9, 2008. There will be two buses going from Asheville. Directions to Chili Cook off and information on H K on J march will be in next email.

Isaac said that the Republicans in NC are challenging the primary, so the date may get pushed back. We had a discussion around how the corporate media is keeping Kucinich out of televised debates, and how they are not presenting his positions. One person suggested that we develop a handout on how our tax money is spent and show how much is going for militarism and war. Another suggested that we should be able to delegate (via check offs on our tax forms) how that money is spent. The big primary day is February 2, 2008 and Tennessee is one of the states that has a primary. There was some talk about going up to Tennessee to hand out information on Kucinich. Susan can get more flyers from the state coordinator and signs this weekend. We did not break into committees since there were so few people attending. Our next meeting is February 12, 2008.

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Next meeting of the Progressive Democrats of Buncombe County is February 12, 2008. This will be held at 7 PM at North Asheville Library.