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Peace and Justice Commission

 

North Berkeley Senior Center        
1901 Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA

Monday
February 6, 2006

7:00 PM

 

MINUTES

 

The meeting convened at 7:03 pm with Chairperson Steve Freedkin presiding.

 

ROLL CALL

 

Present:            Diana Bohn, Donald Brody, Elliot Cohen, Steve Freedkin, Jane Litman, Mark McDonald, Bob Meola, Michael Sherman, PhoeBe ANNE (sorgen), Anne Wagley, Megan Winkelman, Jonathan Wornick

 

Absent: Thom Seaton

 

LOA:               Elisabeth Kashner

 

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

 

1.      Pamela Sihvola regarding LBNL/Bevatron.

2.      Russell Kilday-Hicks, Commission on Labor, regarding Sweat-free Berkeley.

 

ACTION ON MINUTES

 

None, approval of minutes for January 2006 meeting carried over to March 2006 meeting.

 

ACTIONS TAKEN

 

Denying the Historical Truth of Holocaust

None, item carried over to March 2006 meeting.

 

Development of a Work Program

M/S/F (Cohen, Bohn) that the discussion to formulate a work plan was useful but that we not produce a formal work plan document.  Ayes: Bohn, Cohen, Meola, sorgen, Wagley, Wornick; Noes: Brody, McDonald, Sherman, Winkelman; Abstain: Freedkin, Litman; Absent: Seaton.

 

Commission Litman abstained because she would rather see the draft before precluding an action plan.

 

Commission Freedkin abstained because he’s agnostic about whether proceeding to develop a formal written work plan will be useful at this point.

 

Election of Officers

M/S/C (Litman, Sherman) move to table the item to elect officers to the March 2006 meeting.  Ayes: Bohn, Brody, Litman, Meola, Sherman, Winkelman, Wornick; Noes: Cohen, Freedkin, McDonald, sorgen, Wagley; Absent: Seaton.

 

NEXT MEETING

 

The next regular meeting will be on Monday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the North Berkeley Senior Center.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

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Manuel Hector Jr., Secretary

Peace and Justice Commission