Thursday, May 8, 2008
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

at Maine Equal Justice office
126 Sewall St., Augusta

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Members and non-members welcome!

Snacks provided.
Travel and child care reimbursement will be available at the meeting.

Please come early to find a parking space and settle in so we can start on time.  Door prize drawing at 9:45

Catch up: Read April 10 Meeting Minutes

AGENDA 

Introductions: 9:30    Time to share a little bit about yourself, and what's going on in your life, your community, or with groups you may work with. Short announcements of events or actions are welcome!

Maine Equal Justice Legislative Update: 10:15

Maine Association for Public Charter Schools 10:45  Two representatives of this group will join us to talk about their group and its mission. www.mainecharterschools.org/

MAIN Leadership Team Report: 11:10

1.  Treasurer report. We need to keep working on fundraising.  If you can volunteer to help with fundraising in any of these ways, please contact Pam Morin at 458-2210:  help with mailings, phone calls, staffing tables, and getting donations. 

2.  Economic Human Rights (EHR) are the rights we all need to maintain a decent quality of life, including our rights to food, healthcare, housing, living wage jobs, & education - to name a few.  MAIN is working in many ways to achieve economic human rights.  Current projects that we will discuss are:

+  The new Maine Council Poverty and Economic Security;  

+  The Maine Voices grant;  and

+  Using the Internet to hold discussions.

3.  MAIN 2008 Conference - MAIN's next annual conference will take place in November.  At it, we will elect MAIN leaders and decide our legislative agenda for the next two years.  We hope to hold it at the State House to again help our members become familiar and comfortable in this building where so many decisions that affect our lives are made.

+  Volunteer are needed to help make this conference a success.

+  Share your thoughts on ways to improve how we hold elections & choose our legislative agenda.

Notes from the April 10 MAIN meeting are on our website: www.peacebreadjustice.org

Next MAIN Meeting – Thursday, June12 in Augusta. No meetings in July & August.

Heather Curtis, 899-9671  

Steve Hoad, 445-2141  

Rachael Newman, 504-2029 

Pam Morin,  458-2210

Tammy Trask, 968-2009