We will be meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109 - corner of Franklin and Geary in San Francisco. Doors open at 5:30, meeting begins at 6:00 and ends at 8:00. Please bring potluck.
Our UU hosts will tell us about the UU United Nations Office and then we will introduce ourselves and our organizations at our separate tables and take some time to become better acquainted.
In the third part of the evening we will break out into work-groups. Please come prepared to roll up your sleeves! Just as good as jumping in yourself, please bring someone from your organization to roll up *their sleeves* (;-). We will have four tables, one for each of the following areas:
* UN 69th - this is a definite event to take place at the UU church on October 19th with the theme of Human Rights. There is a committee already but we need more people to sign on. There is plenty to do to fill the room and have an enjoyable lunch and discussions around the theme.
* Fundraising for UN 70th in connection with UN 69th. We are at the idea stage on this one and need to form a committee to carry it through. The idea is to have a fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in the Garden Room (capacity 80), where the UN Charter was drafted, on UN Day October 24. To incentivize our separate organizations to help with the event, proceeds will be split 50/50 between the COO and the organizations proportionate to the number of attendees brought in by each organization. There is plenty to do here and we need to get started.
* UN 70th. We have a number of ideas and expect to make a preliminary visit to City Hall.
a) An NGO conference for October 2015.
b) Historical Exhibits at the downtown Library and StoryCorps recordings of SF residents’ stories about their UN experiences.
c) A Green Labor - Capital Conference in October 2015.
d) A push to bring existing City plans for a UN Global Compact Sustainability Center to life again, possibly by catalyzing a High Level Committee for UN Offices in San Francisco and/or encouraging a Fall 2015 meeting of the UN Global Compact’s US Network. We have a list of candidates for the High - Level committee and want to discuss the possibility with the Mayor’s Office.
e) October 2014 and 2015 San Francisco Social Good Summits parallel to the New York events of the same name.
f) And of course, the big event at the War Memorial. We are also looking to talk with the War Memorial Board about adding an outside plaque about the UN Charter and possibly a UN flagpole.
We need to prioritize and each of these possibilities needs a committee of its own.
* Outreach for the COO and the closely related requirement to have a committee to handle our bi-monthly meetings. This is a critical need, so if you can join up here, or if you think you can find someone from your organization to play a role, please do. We are at a point where we must bring in a lot more people for our next meeting in July.
Thanks all. See you Thursday.
-- Roger Eaton
rogerweaton@gmail.com
415 933 0153
