Meeting minutes for July 2017

Meeting minutes for Wednesday, 19 July 2017
In attendance: Struan, Barbara, Bob, Gina, Marsha, Seretha, Christina


Welcome and Introductions



Reports

• Organizer's report [Jeff]: Jeff is out of town, so Barb is running today's meeting
• Social media director's report [Tilo]: Barbara will prepare a summary of social media activities since March for the September meeting

Updates and Actions

• AI report: At Any Cost: The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul
• Atrocities committed by both sides, including the U.S.-led coalition
• AI representative interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! [video and transcript]
• AI statement on July 2017 tour of Evin Prison by representatives of 45 diplomatic missions: "a crude PR stunt"
• Uighur students in Egypt at risk of forcible return to China (Egypt): UA 168/17
• Death penalty (Iran)
• Death penalty for juveniles (Iran)
• Death penalty in Ohio (USA): online petition
• "I Want Those Addresses": revised version of Jeff's letter to AIUSA main office

Presentation

5-Minute University: Bob will discuss activist tools at the September meeting


New Business

• Marsha will send an e-mail to Group 342 to plan our participation in the Malvern Harvest Oktoberfest
• Marsha will register our group for a table at the West Chester Growers' Market

Upcoming Events

Next meeting: Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 7:30 p.m., Wegman's Cafe in Malvern

Malvern Harvest Oktoberfest tabling: Sunday, 10 September 2017, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.