Minutes of June 16, 2009

1.Farmer's Market Dates:
a)July 26
b)August 30 (To be confirmed)

2.State Budget
a)Discussed massive cuts and lack of new income tax passed
b)Budget currently in effect will leave 1.5 billion deficit and cut many state agencies by 50% or more
c)Protest scheduled for Thursday at 11:30, Thompson center (last Thursday, sorry)
d)Dave will draft an e-mail alert with a script etc
e)Letter to the Editor of The Reader, etc to encourage them to to an article on the dysfunctional budget system.

3.Gay Pride Parade
a)Pat Kelly and Jessica Dodd are organizing
b)We can get a banner for ~$100
c)We need a design
d)Beach balls, peace necklaces, condoms, need a slogan to go on whatever we hand out. “Protect your power” “Greens on Top”
e)Matt Reichel

4.Summer festivals
a)Contact Birchwood Cafe and Cafe Bella to see about hosting a wine/cheese tasting
b)Contact summer festival organizers about tabling costs/logistics (Tim is doing this)