Structure Proposals!!!
This is just a summary of the proposals we’ve received as of Monday, June 23! Soon we will release a report with the full proposals!
1. SDS National Structure Proposal – by Rachel Haut, progressneeded@yahoo.com, New York City SDS
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
2. National Working Committee Proposal – by Freddy Bastone, shinethepath@gmail.com, CUNY Hunter SDS
- A proposal to create a group to make needed decisions in between National Conventions.
3. Proposal for Creating Horizontal, Accessible, Non-Governing Emergent Structure (Proposal for CHANGES) – by Kevin Hachey, anriar@ufl.edu, and Richard Gutierrez, University of Florida SDS
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
4. National Structure Proposal – by ACTIVATE, sds@activategr.org, (Grand Rapids SDS)
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
5. Participatory Democracy through the creation of an SDS National Council – by Philly SDS (phillysds@gmail.com)
- Creation of an SDS National Council
6. Creation of National Organizational Constitution – by Aric Miller, miller.aric@gmail.com, Detroit SDS
- A proposal to create a working group that will draft a new SDS constitution.
7. SDS Constitution (1962) – Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington chapter/Fredericksburg, Virginia and Alex Stamm, stamm_17@hotmail.com, Nebraskans For Peace/SDS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Throw out all the work we’ve done so far and all our prior National Convention ratified documents and start over with the 1962 SDS Constitution!
8. Process for the Removal of Individual Members from affiliation with National Students for a Democratic Society – by Jeff May, jmayx9ns@umw.edu, Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, and Jason Walsh, jwals6aj@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington SDS
- Proposal for a way to democratically ask troublemakers and oppressive folks to leave.
9. Membership in Students for a Democratic Society – by Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington SDS and Adam Wiese, wiesead@mnstate.edu, Fargo-Moorhead SDS
- Who is a member?
10. Proposal to Establish a Website Working Group (WWG) - by Ben Privot, bprivotsds@gmail.com, Philadelphia SDS, and Robin Markle, Philadelphia SDS
- Create a working group to manage the SDS website.
11. Proposal to Establish a Budgetary Working Group – by Tristan K. Husby, tristan.husby@gmail.com, – Connecticut College SDS
- Pay for our projects
12. Proposal to Establish Chapter Dues – by Robin Markle, robinmarkle@gmail.com, Philly SDS, and 9 other authors from different chapters
- A proposal for chapters to contribute dues to fund SDS.
13. Proposal for an SDS Theory Journal – by Josh Sykes, joshua.ganryu@gmail.com, UNC-Asheville SDS
- Chat about theory!
14. Proposal for Field Organizers – by Tracy Sachs – UCLA SDS (tsachs@ucla.edu) and Dave Shukla – UCLA SDS (st.coltrane@gmail.com)
- SDS Organizers travel to “meet people where they’re at”.
15. Facebook Advertising Working Group - by Will Klatt, wk938905@ohio.edu, Athens SDS, Athens Ohio
- Spread the love on facebook!
16. Proposal to Receive Anonymous Help and Advice – by Ramiz Andoni, ramiz.sds@gmail.com, GMU and DC SDS
- Receive anonymous help and advice!
17. Statement of Pluralism – by Eric Gardner – UCLA SDS (gardner.ec@gmail.com) and Will Klatt, Athens SDS
- A statement on the politics and constituencies of SDS.
18. Proposal for Ratification - by Adam Wiese, (wiesead@mnstate.edu), Fargo-Moorhead SDS, Moorhead Minnesota
- A proposal to ratify all the other proposals after the convention.
Campaign Proposals!!!
This is just a summary of the proposals we’ve received as of Thursday, June 26! Soon we will release a report with the full proposals!
1. SDS Promotion Tour + Training for Trainers proposal – by Legba Carrefour, legba.carrefour@gmail.com, DC-SDS
- For regional tours to promote SDS and start new chapters, culminating in a training for trainers.
2. Student Power for Accessible Education – by Chloe Briedé, zoetalysse@gmail.com, GMU SDS + 5 other SDSers from different chapters
- A student power and accessible education campaign to target student debt.
3. Protest McCain! – by Chapin Gray, chapinrose@gmail.com, and Tom Keenan, SDS-Tuscaloosa, AL
- A campaign to protest McCain..and rhyme.
4. Don’t Just Vote: Get Active – by ACTIVATE, sds@activategr.org, Grand Rapids, MI
- A campaign encouraging action beyond the electoral system.
5. National Week of Action and Campus Conversation on Social Priorities – by Prerna Nadathur, pnadathur@uchicago.edu, Chicago SDS and affiliated chapters
- A campaign based around community conversations and creating a social conciousness.
6. Stop Prisons, Stop Deportation - by Alex Lotorto, al233881@muhlenberg.edu, and Muhlenberg College members of SDS
- A campaign targetting local prison profiteers on college campuses, like Sodexho.
7. Resolution on Housing Crisis - by Nathan Coe, NJCOE@fortlewis.edu, Animas SDS (Ft. Lewis College, Durango, Colorado) and Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington SDS
- An endorsement of a union’s housing crisis statement.
8. DNC Actions and Tent State Music Festival - by Jojo Pease, jojo@denversds.org ,and Josh Kappel, Denver SDS
9. Proposal for Chapters to Plug into Tent State University at the Democratic National Convention – by Andrea Mueller, andrea.m.mueller@gmail.com, and Yael Bromberg (on behalf on Rutgers TSU/SDS) **to be linked to Denver SDS proposal on DNC**
- A youth music festival and community space around the DNC
10. STOP I-69: Attacking Capitalism At Its Roots – by Guy Dobyns, gdobyns@lclark.edu, and Mary Sackley, marysackley@gmail.com, Lewis and Clark SDS/Little Beirut SDS – Portland, OR
- A campaign targetting the I-69 “NAFTA Superhighway”
11. Proposal for the Hundred Days Campaign – by Dave Shukla, st.coltrane@gmail.com, UCLA SDS, Raychel Haut, NYC SDS and Atlee McFellin, New School SDS
- A campaign to put pressure on the new Presidential administration in their first 100 days.
Workshop Proposal Form! sdsagenda2008@gmail.com
This is the form for submitting a Workshop proposal for the 2008 SDS National Convention.
Your workshop must fit into one of three categories:
1. relevant organizing skills
2. sds’s politics and culture
3. collective liberation
Workshops are scheduled to be no longer than 1hr 15min. please plan accordingly.
Questions to answer:
What category does your workshop fit into and why?
What is the subject of your workshop?
How will your workshop engage the audience and be a participatory discussion?
How is your workshop relevant to the local work and campaigns of our chapters across the country?
What specific experience do you have doing the work that your workshop is about?
What experience do you have giving this workshop?
Who is facilitating it?
What materials do you need ? (Poster Paper, Chalkboard, Projector)
Do you need more time than 1hr 15min?
Thank you!
Please email these proposals to sdsagenda2008@gmail.com, or submit online at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xKXKvjlVhXmjRG2iywyQGg_3d_3d
National Campaign Proposals
If you have a proposal for a National Campaign, please submit it by filling out the following form! Email it to sdsagenda2008@gmail.com!
Title:
Author(s):
SDS Chapter/Location:
1) What is the goal of this campaign?
(200 words max)
2) How does this campaign grow/build SDS on a national level?
(300 words max)
3) How will it be implemented/organized?
(Who will be involved? How will they be selected? When will it meet?
No max!)
You can also submit this proposal online!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=c40cKgWpa8g_2fcesE9b0icQ_3d_3d
Guidelines for Structure Proposals! sdsagenda2008@gmail.com
Please fill out this form to make structure proposals for the National Convention. Submit proposals or questions to sdsagenda2008@gmail.com! Your proposal should be as short and simple as possible. Use no jargon or slang or technical language! Write with everyday speech! Explain what you would add or subtract to our structure in the simplest, most straightforward way possible.
Make your structure simple and PRACTICAL. We need structures that we can fill with people immediately, structures that can start accomplishing work right away.
Proposals submitted before the June 15th deadline will enter into the “collaboration” period, where the Agenda group will help proposal authors edit and clarify their proposals to mesh well with the convention process. We will also create space for authors with similar proposals to collaborate and combine proposals, or make sure they are very different from one another.
Check out the Working Group Visibility Project to get a sense of where our National Structure is at right now: www. newsds.org/visibility
What does SDS need on a national level? (Please answer in short short bullet point or list form – no sentences!)
What structure(s) are you proposing to accomplish some of those needs? Describe your structure and the national needs it will fulfill.
Who will be on it? How will they be selected? When will it meet? How will it make decisions?
(600 words max)
How would that structure(s) relate to what already exists? How would it compliment or replace current National Working Groups, Conventions, or other parts of our national structure? (400 words max)
How will it be implimented? Who will be responsible for initiating it at the National Convention and starting it up afterwards? When will it start functioning, and how? (No max! Spill your guts and flesh it out!)
Submit completed proposals before JUNE 15th to sdsagenda2008@gmail.com!
