[Garden] WPIRG Action Groups - Winter 09

[Evan Coole]

Hello everyone,

Before we get into another term at WPIRG so there's some housekeeping 
stuff to take care of.

To start off, I wanted to welcome all of the new folks on the list. 
For all of you new to WPIRG, I wanted to provide a "user's guide" to 
the listserves. Action group lists are used for communication outside 
of meetings (such as coordinating activities, giving updates, etc). 
They shouldn't be used for major decisions but can be helpful for 
making sure information you want to share reaches everyone in the 
group. Sending off-topic stuff (such as invitations to related 
events, articles, links etc) is okay, but do so sparingly, label it 
as such and try to keep the volume of off-topic stuff down so not to 
spam unsuspecting fellow volunteers.

For those of you new to WPIRG (and even some of you who are 
returning), you may be interested in our Introductory Leadership 
Training happening this weekend. This workshop will cover Consensus 
Decision Making and Anti-Oppression. As these are the core principles 
of WPIRG (and just useful information), we require that at least one 
person from each action group attend. It's happening 10am-4pm this 
Saturday and RSVPs can be sent to me at evan at wpirg.org.

If your action group doesn't have a first meeting time, it's probably 
a good idea to get one scheduled. There are many times already booked 
in the WPIRG office but there is some flexibility in our schedule and 
there's always the option of booking another room in the SLC.

Finally, if you're getting email from this list and no longer wish to 
be please let me know and I'll remove you.

Have a great term everyone,

Evan Coole
Programming and Volunteer Support Coordinator
Waterloo Public Interest Research Group

Celebrating 35 years of students making change

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