May 2013 Meeting Recap

from John Debus

Hi Everyone,

Another good event at our new location at the American Legion. The documentary was very educational and the discussion informing. I was told that the beginning of the meeting was taking to much time with our general information. I agree and will start giving the general information out in e-mails before and after meetings. We will start our Events with new people introductions, group introductions and information/petitions, then straight into our program to give us more time at the end for discussions and feed-back.  

We've make a book with information on minutes from last board meeting, financial statement, and state and federal corporate papers for any member to review at the meeting. We also have a book with the occucards for you to check out, guarantee to turn Tea Party people into Progressive people. These are a collection of 18 cards on progressive issues, that are free with minimum donation of $3.00 toward our brochure fund. They are normally sold for $5.00 a set on line and a great gift for friends and family or for yourself. We have used the information on the back for flyers to inform people on the issues. 

The bad news is our attendance has fallen again for the second month in a row and have not expanded our membership during that time. We were doing well through March with attendance growing every month and signing up new members. Our membership fees and donations are what pays our rent and keeps us going. I hope that it is just the Florida summer and that we are not losing our passion and focus. I'm hoping that we can grow large enough to pack a meeting room and invite leaders to come and talk issues where we can make a difference and be a voice, as well as put out information to help educate the public as well as ourselves. I'm asking all of you who haven't been to our Events, to come out and help us make a difference, get involved, make suggestions, and become part of our progressive family. I'm also asking everyone to help market our organization. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, etc. about us and encourage then to come and watch a movie or listen to a speaker. We are not able to get speakers like David Cobb or Sister Patricia Siemen every month so, some Events issues may not perk your interest as much as others, but I do guarantee you will still learn/pick-up something and still request your attendance and support. I also want to thank all whom have been supporting us and want you to know we really appreciate your dedication, passion and participation.

Our next Event will be a documentary; "Capitalism Hits The Fan" about the Economic Meltdown. We will be at the American Legion Post #40, 810 S. US1, Fort Pierce Fl. 34950. our new start time is 6:30 pm. Come on out and bring a friend.