BNCPJ regular meeting 8/01
    Unitarian Universalist Church

1. Introductions and greetings
		
2. Scott Reynen and Jessica Montgomerie explained how to do voter registration.  Questions were asked, and mostly answered.
    
3. Door-to-door voter registration.

    - in pairs.
	- We went to 88 houses.
	- Only 34 were home.
	- 26 of those were already registered at their current address.
	- We left forms for 4 people.
	- We did change-of-address forms for the other 4 so they could vote after recently moving.

4. Discussion of voter registration.

    - Everyone seemed to enjoy the activity.
	- But we weren't as effective as we might have been in another neighborhood, because nearly everyone was already registered.
	- We made plans to try to do this again in other neighborhoods (though not during a regular BNCPJ meeting).
	- We also hope to do voter registration at Culture Fest.
	- Many other locations and events were suggested.
	- If anyone want to join the Electoral Politics (i.e. voter registration) Committee:
        - Send an email to BNCPJ-democracy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com if you are interested in regular participation.
		- If you are only interested in a single event (e.g. Culture Fest), email Scott Reynen at scott@randomchaos.com.
    
5. Announcements

	- The Peace is Cool Club is still planning a camp for this summer.
	- In place of the normal BNCPJ meeting, we will be marching in the labor day parade with a banner.
		- We'll meet between 9 and 10am on September 6 at the corner of Front and Center in Bloomington.
		- Wearing your BNCPJ shirt is encouraged, and there will be shirts for sale there.
	- The Fun Committee hopes to have a third BNCPJ party, as a fundraiser for our own third party (pun intended) candidate, Phil Huckleberry, but we can't do a political fundraiser in a church (where we regularly meet), so we need another location.  We also need a time.
		- Send suggestions to Bob Broad at bob.broad@ilstu.edu.