Wisdom Council Convenors' meeting notes from May 19, 2007

Present: Caspar, Gillian, Sonya, Sherryll, Colin, Jan, Yvonne, Doug, George, Anke (minutes), Paul.

Action items in bold

1. Information meeting Friday June 8th from 7 – 8:30 p.m.
- Jan will ask Dan to facilitate again.
- Members from 1st Wisdom Council to be invited – who can do this?
- Caspar will call Wendy to ask about staffing the table again. Table had name tags, chips to go into the pot. Jan will help with parking.
- Sherryll will ask Diane to take care of tea and coffee.
- Doug will bring cookies
- Anke will donate a gift certificate for a massage therapy session as the door prize.
- all 10 of us are able to come on June 8th.

2. Phoning random invitees:
- Anke will circulate revised script.
- phoners: Paul, Anke, Yvonne, Gillian, Sherryll, Jan. Could Brigit, Diane and Robert help too?
- phoning to be done within the next few days.
- eager 16 to 18 year olds are qualified to participate as well.
- email George and Dan each time an invitee says “yes”.

3. On City Hall agenda this Thurs. May 24th:
- Sonya will call City Hall to ask approx. what time we are on the agenda and will let us all know.
- George will ask 1st Wisdom Council members AND Brigit to speak at the City Council meeting.
- name tags (with our logo?) would be good.

4. Media.
- TV media need to be targeted more this time.
- Committee: Paul, Jan, Caspar, Colin (CFUV and VIPIRG), Doug (Times Colonist), George.
- Suggested contacts: Mark Kelly, CBC TV roaming reporter; Shelagh Rogers’ Sounds Like Canada;
- Paul Hawkin speaks at the Royal Theatre June 3rd about the world-wide citizen movement – try to talk to him beforehand (Anke).

5. Venue:
Fairfield New Horizons is confirmed for Sat. June 23rd from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- Jan will ask Silk Road Teas for urn of tea.
- Anke has approached Discovery Coffee for 50 cups of coffee.
- Yvonne will ask Bubby Rosa’s bakery for goodies
- Doug will ask Cascadia bakery for treats.
An urn of hot water is included in the rental price.
- Sherryll will staff the info table at the door. Have Statement of last Wisdom Council handy. Have 2 donation jars, 1 at the door, the other on the refreshment table.
- have sandwich board outside at New Horizons for the whole Saturday.
- sponsors, including World Federalists, to be acknowledged verbally and on our publications.

6. Finances.
World federalists have approved up to $ 2,500 for Wisdom Council 2. They would like a report on Wisdom Council 1 (Dan?). They will not sponsor Wisdom Council 3.
Ideas for future funders: VanCity, the Victoria Foundation, the City of Victoria. Doug will ask fundraiser person he knows at Royal Roads for ideas.
- it costs $100 to register as a society – decided to defer this to after Wisdom Council 3.

7. Carrying names over to Wisdom Council 2 to Wisdom Council 3:
- ongoing discussion around randomness, acknowledging the balance between the work we are able to do as a small group and the ethics of being as random as possible.
- when phoners encounter an enthusiastic invitee who is not available to sit on the June Wisdom Council, it is recommended that we harness that person’s energy by inviting him/her to the conveners group.
- it was decided that there will be a fresh random selection process for the October Wisdom Council. All those who felt strongly about this are especially invited to the random selection work party in September ;>).


Next meeting Saturday May 26th, 10 – 12:30 a.m.