1)  Review of possible upcoming events.
Cherry Muhanji is interested in presenting a reading.  Early fall seems like a good time.

Larry Orr has given us a few videos that would be of interest (especially perhaps to people who have lived in the area for awhile). John Shumaker has offered to come down to facilitate discussions after other films similar to the one seen last month.

We missed the July 19th "Dirty Coal Plant" event, where we had been offered a table space by New Pi Co-op.  Too many of our active members were either swamped with work or in transit/away. Nevertheless, it was good to be included in the list of invitees. We would like someone to help out as Events Coordinator.

2) Review of Just-Finished Secretary of State settlement which will allow third party members to register party affiliation. More information will be forthcoming, as soon as we get the official forms. We hope these will appear sometime this coming week. Forms for both the Green and Libertarian Parties will be posted on each others' websites.  This opportunity is available for other third parties, as well.  More petitioning at the pedestrian mall - stay tuned....!

3) Gail Ardery relayed some of the responses to various environmental questions that had been sent to city councillors Regenia Bailey and Amy Correia.  Information provided by Regenia:
      The Iowa City recycling coordinator is John Jordan.  The city must recycle all compact flourescents.  Citizens are exempt, but encouraged to do so, as best practice, through the city.  Members expressed concern/annoyance with the inconvenience of having to cart things to the landfill (not so easy for some of us).  There was also concern about the disposals of used needles; elderly or ill diabetics may have difficulty in getting to the landfill.
     Fuel used in city vehicles: 10% bio-diesel blend for all transit busses; 5% for all other diesel-powered city vehicles.  There is no storage capacity for E85.

The meeting was followed by a showing of "An Unreasonable Man," a film documentary about Ralph Nader.  There have been some requests from people who weren't able to attend, so it might be worth scheduling another showing.  The DVD set includes several short features on things like "Why Third Parties Are Needed," which might also be an interesting showing.

In the meantime, also check out the videos and reports from the Green Party-US national meeting.  Thanks to Ron Kinum, who stepped in as delegate, attended several workshops and took extensive notes.  There are also videos of some of the presentations (International; Presidential candidates forum, etc).

Holly Hart
Secretary, Johnson County Green Party
7/22/07