Meeting Minutes & Agendas

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2009

December 2009

December 2, 2009 Meetup, featuring Green Shopping & Blanket Drive
"Ecological Transparency," a talk by Joseph Breighner
Word document
Powerpoint presentation

December 16, 2009
Steering Committee Minutes
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

October 2009

October 21, 2009
Steering Committee Agenda
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

October 7, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup Agenda
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

September 2009

September 16, 2009
Steering Committee Agenda & Meeting Minutes
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

September 2, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup Agenda
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

May 2009

May 6, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

April 2009
April 15, 2009
Steering Committee Agenda
Valentine Hall, Room 314, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

April 1, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

March 2009

March 4, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Valentine Hall, Room 206, Gettysburg Theological Seminary - 7 PM

March 18, 2009
Steering Committee Agenda
Home of Bob Knight - 7 PM

February 2009

February 4, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
“How Can We Encourage More Progressive Candidates to Run in Adams County?”
with Roger Lund, Chairman of the Adams County Democratic Committee

January 2009

January 21, 2009
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

January 20, 2009
Gettysburg'a Inaugural Ball
A grand Inaugural Ball was held at the Mott Farm in Gettysburg with an evening of live music, dancing, and celebration!

January 7, 2009
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Film: Who Killed the Electric Car

2008

December 2008

December 17, 2008
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

December 3, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Open Discussion
Some questions we considered:
-Is our mission to “take back our country” still relevant or should we describe our new purpose as working with Obama to “transform” our country?
-How can we tap into the local energy generated by Obama’s Campaign and Election to help our new President get enough votes to pass our legislative priorities?
-Should working to pass PA legislation to provide Health Care for ALL Pennsylvania (Single Payer) become our first priority?
-Should we adopt a local goal (like banning plastic bags as they did in San Francisco) to significantly protect the environment?
-How do we get a head start on finding and developing progressive candidates for 2010?
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November 2008

November 19, 2008
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

November 5, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
DFA Pot Luck Dinner to celebrate the election.

October 2008

October 1, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Open Mike : Presentation and discussion on Important Election Issues.
Assessing the true costs of war in Iraq.
The Health Care crisis.
Abuse of Executive Power.
Moderated by Thomas Jurney, professor at Gettysburg College.
Also other topics for the Election Agenda.

September 2008

September 3, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Lauren Coletta from Common Cause spoke on "Democracy in Distress"
Lauren Coletta, a senior staff member of Common Cause since 2001, has a master's degree in public policy and has recently focused her attention on the international dimentions of the abuse of power such as torture and the denial of the accused to a fair trial.
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For more information on Recapture the Flag
For more information on Common Cause

August 2008

August 20, 2008
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
Issues and actions

August 6, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Candidate Forum. Read their Bios

* Phil Avillo, Congress, 19th CD (Democrat)
* Todd Platts, Congress, 19th CD (Republican) http://www.peopleforplatts.com/
* Bruce Tushingham, Senate, PA-33rd (Democrat)
* Neil Clifford, House, PA-193 (Democrat) http://neilclifford.com/

June 2008

June 18, 2008
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
Issues and actions

June 4, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
“The Iraq Experience, A Veteran’s View.”
by Nick Morgan, Mid-Atlantic Regional coordinator of Iraq Veterans Against the War, and veteran of 12 months duty in Iraq.

May 2008

May 21, 2008
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
What is the role of DFA? Issues and actions.

March 2008

March 5, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
A Presentation by Jan Jarrett
"You can help stop global warming now, here's how."
Jan Jarrett spoke about PennFuture. Prior to taking the position at PennFuture, Jarrett was the coordinator for the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Affordable Energy.
PennFuture, which is about to mark the tenth anniversary of the organization's founding, is a statewide public interest membership organization that advances policies to protect and improve the state's environment and economy. With offices in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and West Chester.
For more on PennFuture

February 2008

February 6, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
Chuck Pennacchio spoke to our February 6 meetup. Mr. Pennacchio gave a convincing endorsement of a single payer health system for Pennsylvania. For more information see PENNACHIO TALK

January 2008

January 2, 2008
Gettysburg Area DFA Meetup
By a vote of 27 to 5 at our January 2 meetup, the Gettysburg Area DFA voted to endorse the impeachment of Vice President Cheney. Below is the news release that went out, followed by the language of the endorsement itself. For more discussion of this and other issues before us, please contact Sandra Mackie
Thanks to all who participated in an intelligent, enlightening program.
More on the Kucinich bill
Gettysburg Area DFA Press Release

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. - Meetup discussion: "Affordable Health Coverage for All Pennsylvanians: Closer than We Think?”

With apparent gridlock in Washington and health insurance premiums rising dramatically almost everywhere, what are the prospects now for Pennsylvanians without health care coverage or at risk for losing what they have? On Wednesday, March 3, Gettysburg Area Democracy for America will host a panel discussion on Affordable Health Coverage for All Pennsylvanians: Closer than We Think? in Room 206 of Valentine Hall at the Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg. The program begins at 7:00 PM, and the public is invited to attend.

Panelists for the evening include Dr. Dwight Michael, a Gettysburg family physician and advocate for health care reform; and Chuck Pennacchio, Executive Director of Health Care for All PA. Their focus will be on the Family and Business Health Care Security Act of 2009, a bill offering comprehensive health coverage to all Pennsylvanians. The act (HB 1160, SB 400) is currently co-sponsored by thirty-five state house members (31 Democrats and 4 Republicans) and eleven members of the senate and has been endorsed by numerous state and local groups.

“I’m involved in reform because the current system is just not working,” said Michael, a lifelong Republican who has practiced medicine in Gettysburg for over twenty-five years. “I have become increasingly frustrated with the private insurance industry’s interference with the care of my patients. With this reform we can provide affordable, high quality care to all Pennsylvanians while lowering costs for individuals and employers.”

Pennacchio, as director of a state-wide effort, has been reaching out for several years to what he calls “conscience” Republicans and Democrats along with political independents to build a coalition for meaningful reform. “We can do this!” he commented recently. “Good people everywhere are waking up. We’re really much closer than we think.”

Check our Events Calendar for more!