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I discussed how I am opening these meetings up to all
Iraq/Afghan veterans as well as to anyone who supports IVAW and to anyone that wants
to volunteer in any way. I believe this way we'll have even more support to get
larger goals accomplished.

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I touched on the subject about how the IVAW as a whole
isn't doing too well with the national office and this is why I can't seem to
get anyone else's participation right now. Hope that will change in the coming
months.  If however, it doesn't, we need
to keep in our mind how and to what to change our organization name and also to
be thinking of a new logo.

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We’re going to try to collect email addresses and physical
addresses of past members in Denver/Colorado Springs so we can encourage more
vets to volunteer.  We'll also use the
existing MySpace profile to its full potential to track down volunteers.

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I now have access to the IVAW and Fight with Tools MySpace
profiles. Jess is going to make a Facebook profile and be in charge of keeping
it updated. I also put Rachel in charge of the IVAW MySpace profile. She is
going to help organize our friends into categories and try to find all the vets
in ....Denver.... and
message them and let them all know that the Denver IVAW is back up and running
full speed ahead.  She and jess will then
both collaborate on helping to advertise and post events and meetings.  I will of course oversee these projects to
make sure that both profiles are being managed effectively.  I will also keep the Fight with Tools profile
updated.

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I will talk with Seth, the Fight with Tools manager to see
about getting an IVAW Denver Group started. I will also brainstorm with him the
logistics involved in generating fundraising for IVAW Denver.  We discussed the possibility that any
donations made by check could be made out to “Fight with Tools” and specified
by including “IVAW Denver” in the memo section. 
This is an idea in progress for
generating funds; it hasn’t been approved yet. 

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Amber wants to do a fundraiser concert as soon as possible
(potentially in late March), which could generate cash fundraising options.

IVAW ....DENVER....
IMMEDIATE MAIN FOCUS: To help spread awareness of all the IRR MEMBERS getting
called back to duty.  We need to help
spread the message and let those people that are getting called back know they
DO NOT HAVE TO GO and they do have alternate options.  Jen agreed to make a few hundred copies of an
informational IRR pamphlet to hand out.  This pamphlet outlines IRR members’ options
should they be called back to service.

We have been offered an office in the AFSC building on
Speer and 14^th, so we will have office space, a main phone line, and
voicemail available.  We will also begin
holding weekly meetings there. 

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I have also told sarah that I want to go to the Truth in Recruitment
conference in July. I would like to combine IVAW with Truth in Recruitment.

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We discussed making our own welcome packets for new
members, which will be sent to both vets and supporters instead of just to
vets.  Jen agreed to take charge of
putting those together when we have the needed supplies.  Also, I will make DENVER IVAW vet shirts and
Denver IVAW supporter shirts and I'll either sell them AT COST, or if we could
use some money from fundraising to pay for the shirts.

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Fight with Tools will be setting up several booths at
several events this spring and summer. 
My goal is to have an IVAW booth set up right next to them each and
every time.  We’ll direct interested vets
and supporters to the Fight with Tools website to get signed up and added to
the IVAW Denver Group. I'm not directing them to IVAW.org this way I can track
every new member myself. To make sure they get a welcome packet and can stay in
touch with all the upcoming events. At these booths, I want to provide
information about the Truth in Recruitment campaign as well. We can also set
this booth up at every Fight with Food event. 
I’m also planning to set up booths at as many local shows as possible.

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Amber is setting up our first fundraiser show I was hoping
to do this on March 20^th, the day of the rally downtown.  She hopes to host this show at either the
Larimer Lounge or the Walnut Room.  She
may only be able to secure the show on the 22^nd or the 24^th,
but she’s working out the details.  She
and I would be the primary overseers for this project.  We’re also discussing postponing the show
till next month if need be.  We’d like to
plan on hosting a fundraiser show each month.