October 18 - Minutes

Lena
Wal-Mart: The High Costs of Low Prices November 14 there will be an underground grassroots screening of this documentary. Lena came to the Progressives becuase in order to make a room reservation a student organization name must be attached, they would like the help of the Progressives to make a room reservation to show this movie on November 14 and also to facilitate a discussion afterwards. We already had a room reserved for movie night, so this worked out perfectly!

Jessica
Petition initiative for troop withdrawl from Iraq, 2500 signatures from residents of the city of La Crosse are needed in order to get this question put onto the referendum in April. Jessica would love some help collecting these signatures, if you are interested she handed out petition packets, but you could stop by her office (upward bound in murphy library) or see Ryan, I think he might still have some? Also, Jessica will be canvasing on Nov. 2 before and after the RFK Jr. event, and also on that day there will be a table set up in CC for petitions to be signed. Wednesday November 9th the Progressives will be helping out by having a clocktower day to get in peoples faces, which is what we do best, and get some more petitions signed...Jessica offered donuts if you help out, so theres some incentive! If you would like more information, want to help out, or for anything else, you can contact Jessica at either thill.jess@uwlax.edu or jessica@wisconsingreenparty.org

SOA
If you are going to this event you should have already recieved an e-mail from Andrew about the specifics and the bad news of only being able to take one bus due to lack of monetary support. Fundraising for this event is essential! Think of idea, send them to Andrew, lets get this thing rolling! Right now if you are signed up, and recieved the e-mail from Andrew, he needs your check or money or however you are paying ASAP it is going to cost us $174 right now and checks can be made to the UWL Progressives. If we do enough raising of funds we can probable all be reimbursed for some of this money. If you live in the halls, please go ask your Hall Council/Exec Team for funds! For more informaiton on this you can contact Jill Hayes (she already asked and has some experience) or Jackie Jarvis...they can get you the info on how to approach your hall for funds, as it can be tricky for this kind of thing!

Movie Night
This weeks movie will be TONIGHT at 7pm in the Ward Room at CC and will be The Revolution Will Not be Televised. This is an amazing movie about the overthrow of an overthrow of Venezualan President Hugo Chavez...I suggest you go see this movie if you have not already!

RFK Jr.
Tickets are now on sale for $3 this event will again be Nov. 2 at 6pm at the REC. If you are still interested in volunteering contact Kristen Pitts pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu you can get free tickets by volunteering...

AB 343
Kapanke will be on campus TONIGHT at 6pm at the student senate meeting in room 327 CC please pack this meeting and let him know how we feel about this ban on birth control! Write him more letters and make more phone calls, he needs to know how we feel and we need to know which way he is planning on voting!

Democratizing Education
Conference in Madison. This will be a conference with people from all over the country and some from outside the country. Registration and housing is completely free. This is an excellent opportunity to creat a network and also to hold open discussions regarding affordable and accessible higher educationg. Contact Ryan ASAP if interested! schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu

Spanjar
Xcel Energy rate increase of $8.19 per month and an increase in fuel prices is going towards a horrible cause that can prevent us from ever recieving a renewable energy source! The PSC is holding a public hearing about this rate increase, but they are holding it in Madison, which is not even in Xcels customer area....they have agreed to hold a live video broadcast of this meeting in La Crosse and in Eau Clarie...we need to get them to agree to hold an actual meeting here, it is very important that they can see how many of us are opposed to this rate increase and what it means! Contact Candice Spanjar at candice.spanjar@psc.state.wi.us and tell her that we do not support the rate increase and feel strongly about having a public hearing held here in La Crosse, since we are the ones who will be affected by this rate increase...there is SOOO much more information on this subject, contact Ryan Schryver if you are interested and im sure he could go on forever about all you ever wanted to know about this horrible idea...

Anti-Racism Taskforce
There will be a meeting this Thursday at City Hall at 1pm...if interested in going or working on this issue contact Carrie Olson olson.caro2@students.uwlax.edu

Protect our Organic Foods!
www.organicconsumers.org for more information on how to do this!

Environmental Council
Meeting this Thursday at 4pm!

NEXT WEEKS MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 25 AT 7PM IN 257 CC