Group interest survey

We had a productive meeting on Saturday, June 13: we identified quite a few activities we would like to pursue with GGO. Since many of you were not at the event, we would like to get your input via a web-based survey.

Please go to the below link now and let us know what you would like to do with the Golden Gate Objectivists. This will help us get the group more interesting and relevant to your needs.

Click Here to take survey


Please respond by July 3 so we can plan our activities.

Please also mark your calendar: September 5 will be a Bay-Area wide Tea Party – and given the success of the April 15 event for GGO, we want to make a big impact with lots of people, posters, and handouts. More information about this event and the Tea Party Movement in the Bay Area to follow separately.

Also, if you are interested in doing something related to the Tea Parties on July 4th/July 5th (not a big GGO effort), there will be a few events in the near future. They are organized or coordinated by the people who brought you the April 15 Tea Party. You can learn more on their web group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BayAreaPatriots/

This is also a good forum to peruse for opportunities to bring Objectivist principles into the Tea Party discussions. You'll see that some GGO members posted, and were well received.

Tea Party Follow-Up - Notes from organizers

The Tea Party organizers are planning a number of upcoming events. Since we had a good showing on April 15th, and people had fun (and impact, I think!) I hope we can participate in some of the upcoming events as well.

Please let us know your interest level - or contact the organizer directly (esp. for the July 4th event - I don't think we'll do a big GGO effort for that one.)

The organizer is Sally Zelikovsky, her e-mail is sallyzelcomcastnet.

Post from Sally follows below:
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July 4th:

I want to invite as many of you as possible to participate, if you have time, to march as a group (bay area patriots)in the Novato Parade from 10-noon on the 4th.

The parade has about 15,000 to 20,000 attendants so it is great exposure for us. This is not so much a protest as it is a chance for us to get exposure and Novato tends to be more conservative than the rest of Marin, so folks shouldn't be worried about being in "liberal" Marin.

It's a short amount of time. You can always make a day of it and go to the Marin County Fair afterwards and watch the fireworks that evening...or just continue on your merry ways w/ your personal plans.

I know it is a long distance for many of you, but for those who can make it, shoot me an email and let me know: sallyzel@comcast.net. Please put July 4th in the subject heading.

We will not be having a booth at the Fair. We are only doing the parade.

We have a lot of fun things planned for the "march" as it is a light, fun parade.

Thanks to some very generous donations, we will also be giving away those fun silicon wrist bands that will say "Join the Tea Party" and list our website...which I'm working on.

Beyond:

Sept 5th and Oct. 10-11th (tentative):

Please mark your calendars for Sept 5th when we are hoping to have a huge Bay Area Wide Tea Party style event and Oct. 10-11 when the Blue Angels are in town--we hope to do something that shows support for the Blue Angels/military and gives us exposure but isn't a protest. I'd like us all to wear the same T-shirts for that event--how cool if a thousand of us show up all in bright red shirts that advertise Bay Area Patriots? These dates are tentative...but I really hope the majority of you can make them happen. I'll do the planning...w/ some help...you just show up.

Meeting this Saturday, June 13 - 10 am, Doylestreet Cafe Emeryville

As planned, we will have our next bi-monthly casual brunch get-together coming up this Saturday. Here are the details:

Bi-monthly brunch meeting - every 2nd Saturday, even months, 10 am. Location: Doyle Street Cafe, Emeryville - www.doylestreetcafe.com

Do let me know by tomorrow afternoon if you plan to come, so I can ask them for a table to seat all that may appear.

Our agenda – beyond socializing: I would love to understand better what people would like to do with GGO. I am also looking for volunteers to help with organizing any new things we may do. Our mailing list now has over 60 people on it, so we have a nice critical mass – provided we can find enough people to chip in with organizing efforts and activities that people are excited about.

See those of you who can make it on Saturday!