University of Iowa Students For Sensible Drug Policy

10/11/10 meeting minutes

2010-10-12T18:57:00.000-07:00

1) Funding: Midwest conference-$670, LEAP--$500
2)Fundraising @ Gabe's--Nik: pay for fliers/ads, we get bands to play entire door ours. Jan 20
3)LEAP speaker: Nov 8-19th. Check 100 person IMU room--Alex
4)BUSTED event: reserve room--Chris, make FB event--Nik, flier design--Viktor
5)Conference: link down
6)Announcements/news: Ron Paul in Oct, 21 debate, MADD against prop 19, Wash U

Meeting minutes 9/16/10

2010-09-20T15:02:00.000-07:00

1) GSP->call SSDP national office: Sarah

Registering people to vote/event on pentacrest

2)Banner size-Ryan to figure out

3)Know Your Rights event
Same location as before, IMU Indiana Room if available
Bullet points--Check out other orgs/websites for previously made points
Put national logo on bullet points
Double as event ad?

4)21
Onsite voting booths

5)Midwest conference
4-5 people interested

6)Funding for
Speaker
Advertising for Speaker
Conferences

7)News/Announcements
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129930970

9/9/2010 meeting minutes

2010-09-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

1. Nik meeting w/YESS
--need manpower, door to door people
--registering people
--voting booths on campus: 20
--SSDP t-shirts
--get related events going, inform people

2. Law
--Rachel--know your Rights, mid October, get her input on enforcement, policy, mass email, handout bullet points for know your rights
--meet w/local police--Alex to contact

3. Fundraising
--bake sales
--Yacht Club, other local bars
--Marni contact

4. News
--DEA w

9/1/2010 Meeting Minutes

2010-09-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

SSDP is back in session for the academic year of 2010-2011. Permanent meeting time and location will be announced tomorrow. Here are last night's minutes.

Local police and LEAP involvement:
Chat about policy and alcohol policy alternatives with local police.
Next Semester focus on Lowest Priority

21 Ordinance:
What is the ballot, exactly
Nik to contact Yes To Entertaining Students Safely
Know Your Rights, Sensible Drinking?
Tabling--get a banner?
Registering in dorms
City Council:
Possibly will bring up 21 again in the future, ways to combat this, lots of talk/awareness campaigns, pose possible solutions to Iowa City drinking "problem"
University side:
Talk to university donors
Greeks--Sarah do outreach to mobilize, register members/donors talk to university
Intrafraternity Council

Good Samaritan Policy Changes:
Talk to Student Government
Talk to SSDP staff
Christian to email to SSDP

Gary Johnson event recap
Supplies for year: SSDP banner w/national logo, possibility of a zine?

Know Your Rights event big success

2010-04-23T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone sorry for the lack of consistent posting lately! We have been busy, busy, busy here at UIowa SSDP.

Some updates: Last night was a very successful Know Your Rights discussion. I'll have my 4 pages of notes up sometime this weekend, though perhaps in another format so no one has to scroll for days.

We will be hosting Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana this coming Tuesday, the 27th in Shambaugh Auditorium at 7:30pm. Be there!

Sadly, we've all heard about university residence hall staff's decision to bring in police and drug dogs into the dorms here. This will be addressed at next meeting Thursday 29th, 8:30 pm 51 Schaeffer Hall.

But there's some good news! Check out http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/04/23/Opinions/16910.html for some coverage on the Good Samaritan Policy!

Also: the Johnson County attorney has decided 1st time simple marijuana possession will go on a special track beginning July 1st. If these individuals complete said track in a year, their charges will be dropped from their record. Yay!

3/25/10 notes

2010-03-28T13:37:00.001-07:00

City 2010 ballot instead of 2011 in favour of ordinance. So now motivated to fight status quo. Decent amount of people speaking against it. Few more opportunities to do so. Television air time. Council made obvious not change minds. Hayek biggest surprise, unintended consequences. Introduced at work session though Current law: 19 yr olds+can go into after 10pm, ordinance making it 21, some already voluntarily. Couple bars will def go out of business/cut back staff. 19 keeps out high school age. Ordinance is indiscriminate against any drinking establishment/music venues. Blanket, what constitutes bar. Definitions exists already. Establishment that serves drinks past midnight. Primarily alcohol after 10 cutoff. Probably no exceptions. Find sally mason letter to. 14 million dollar in cameras. Camera issue related to downtown, student government. Police can monitor in live time. Business+government. Student government used 2,000 for that. Provost Loh press conference. Willing to put into. Casino surveillance: state of the art may have some sort of, pan tilt zoom. 1500 a pop. Student government, look up on daily Iowan tomorrow. Letters to editor. GSP, Rocklin had emailed that on board, couple months. Were supposedly going to write and implement next year. Alcohol education. Letter to editor writing thing decent strategy. Helpful to come up with strategies to curb. Meeting on march 29th at 8pm, go and get media. One more after on april 6th. 29th special, april 6th regular. Mike Porter doing referendum. 2100 sigs for 18 ordinance. Collecting to amend, file before april 8th. Make friends w/Mike Porter Letters to editors 2nd most read. Monday: Ryan Allured, Chris St Peter Tuesday: Sam Khan, Alex Earl Wednesday: Andrew, Sarah Thursday: Marni Steadham, Friday: Greek Community: Board outreach. Ryan interested in chapters, members. Alumni: UDems: into 21 ordinance. Republicans: Combine secretary and treasurer into just secretary. Marni president VP: Andrew Secretary: Chris Jeff: no collaboration on, how weed won the west about, how DEA guns Conference attended conference: attending lectures on workshops, everything. A lot on marijuana big thing, visited dispensary. Harborside, non-profits, go to community. Or helping people who cannot afford medicine. Few lectures, some on lobbying and event planning, heard from LEAP presentation, Sam: couple people put out presentation on using media how you want to approach people who don’t know about drug policy. Assume they don’t know anything. Reporters come and ask questions, might end up quoting you. How to organize within college through flyers. Message got: if look like stoner no one will believe you. People pay attention if suit, organize professional group. Media and contacts in check. Definitely not get arrested for anything. Stressed follow ups w/good Samaritan policy, keep in contact with Rocklin. Drop in reminders. Do follow ups after passed. Try to get word out there that there is good Samaritan policy going. Ryan follow up w/staffer. Sam doing opinion pieces, series talking about how iowa is affected by drug war. Conference in cali, how matter here. Local union 13, growers produces distributors. National union of growers. People who grow are farmers, cash crop. Sooner or later iowa will get on. Announcements: Ryan—benefit show, white tornado. Gabe’s possible dates, end of april preferred. Try and get venue set up then go after bands, dead larry uniphonics. Cornmeal, any local any friendlies. Try to iron out w/gabes. Once happens then grab bands. Alex: meeting w/lawyer friend on Tuesday to figure out when able and willing to put on know your rights, still down for presentation. Let us know whenever available. Get fleshed out. Sam: April 2nd fiesta, from 6:30 to 7:30 free food, trance to 1 am, in between talent show. Doing play that spans entire two hours. Play is called victim of fun. Students going through faces of education. 1 alcohol, 2 sports, 3 study no good grades, 4 more balanced. One scene overdose and ppl leaving. Getting censored by board members/org committee, argument that no actors yet. Have 8 and if all, looking for 16 or 20 trying to create bar scene, another where drunk guy talking to toilet. Push on drug education. Show up or volunteer, event april 2nd. Starts at 7:30, Announcements:

3/4 21 ordinance notes

2010-03-10T12:47:00.001-08:00

Why is this ordinance a bad thing?
-criminalizing students
-does it actually solve anything?
-organizations lose out on fundraising
-dangerous situations
Want
A safer approach to use and medical attention

How to fight it
Tabling with email and phone
Canvassing
Community outreach
Attending city council meetings
Contact previous organizers and people who support our effort
-take suggestions from the group

Logistics and Email
-Assign who is doing what from above

Mayor Hayek March 22th work session, could vote on 23rd formal meeting, takes 3 readings of an ordinance to become law

Amend existing or create new one altogether—if amend can collect signatures now, or have to wait if it’s a new one. Middle March, meeting on April 13th, one towards end of April. Final passage around there.

Public comment or on agenda at 23rd meeting

Different this time, 2007 didn’t have enough votes on council, now have enough votes on council. Now council will pass and we must collect signatures to overturn 2500 signatures. If get signatures likely vote would be in November.

Why bad? Bars are social place for students, more comfortable otherwise go to house parties. Down at bars don’t drink as much b/c costs more money, more binge drinking off campus. Same rational as why drinking age should be lowered. Busineses have a lot to lose.

Some opposed who are now in favour, PAS have been emailing about this. Maybe sway council members. Regina baily against, chamblin on fence, terry dickens,

Burn and Hayek, Mims all for it. Mike White probably in favour.
First go to meeting then consistently harass then have meeting 2/report back on 25th

*VEISHA research

*Fundraising. Usually have higher covers for anyone under 21.
*rational is to curb underage drinking will not work
*some bars may go out of business
*Safer considerations
*How affect servers
*PAULAs better than fake IDs
*food shops possibly hurt
*bootlegging charges would obviously go up.
*policing?
*residential people are opposed to 21 b/c don’t want house parties

*Iowa city bigger than residential area

Main point is many small negative effects and no clear positive.

2/25/10 minutes

2010-02-26T08:52:00.001-08:00

Fundraising: national t-shirt bulk ordering, look into bulk ordering SSDP stuff. Picador’s out. Ryan talk to White Tornado. Zyca in old capitol mall

Open lawyer thing to public, cheapest thing possible, contact CAB. Preferably around 7
on Thursday night. OISS—marketing always goes out to locals, laws apply to everyone

Ideas: crack/powder disparity. Drug policies. LEAP’s website.
UK group thing. Transform, look at post-prohibitionist society. Google transform/report.
Note our main issues. Higher Education act, good Samaritan policy.
Chris do one, Ryan do one,

Democrat q and a with candidates in public. Good publicity. Ask and see what they think.

Tom Rocklin’s underling on good Samaritan policy. PAS, talked about in past, talk about again, no hear back, underling said there’s now a task force put together by Tom Rocklin. In the works, ride their asses.

Every other week instead of every week, if something pressing emails.

Meeting this Thursday delayed

2010-02-25T12:25:00.001-08:00

Due to the lecture committee scheduling Lt. Dan Choi from 7-8pm, our meeting tonight will still be taking place but will be delayed until 8:30pm. As always, we will be meeting in 51 Schaeffer Hall

2/11/10 minutes

2010-02-16T18:04:00.001-08:00

Fundraising-DP advertising before any other events.

Tom Rocklin GSP PAS, who sets policy

Loh might be more open to work w/policy

First Informational meeting on 1/28

2010-01-25T13:12:00.000-08:00

SSDP will be having its first informational meeting for new members on 1/28 in 51 Schaeffer Hall at 8pm. If you have suggestions/comments, post them in the comments section or on the facebook page. Here are some suggestions:
http://groups.google.com/group/ssdptalk/web/first-meeting-tips?pli=1

Organization fair on 1/26

2010-01-25T10:42:00.001-08:00

Come out to the IMU main ballroom this Tuesday, 1/26 from 11-3 and stop by to see SSDP

First semester meeting Thursday

2010-01-19T10:54:00.001-08:00

Our first planning meeting will be this Thursday 1/21 in 51 Schaeffer Hall at 8pm. This is the same room we had last semester. We will be discussing our first informational meeting agenda and planning for the student organization fair. The student org fair is held on Monday 1/26 from 10:15 AM--3:00 PM. We must have someone present at our table the entire time or we will not be allowed to participate in the next organization fair. If you are unable to make Thursday's meeting and are able to volunteer for the student org fair, please email marni-steadham@uiowa.edu with your name, number, and times that you are available.

12/3 meeting minutes

2009-12-05T15:00:00.000-08:00

+Good Samaritan Policy
+PAS meeting sometime next week
++Open to public?
++Letter to PAS =Ryan send to PAS, UISG pres
+++Explain GSP, how it coincides w/mission statement, why necessary
++Include all drugs but focus on alcohol
+Public forum at City Council meeting Monday at 7pm (double check, will post)

+T-shirt
++Graphic Printing: $5?
++Change design, possibly w/Einstein quote

+Banner
++$100, could move some from advertising if necessary
++Funds transfer over winter break but not summer
++Extra advertisement money=lighters?

+Open discussion/drug war teach-ins beginning next semester

+Mass email for this semester
++Advertise good samaritan Policy
++Introduce Chapter
++drug war a failure--reasons
++Link to facebook group and blog

+Events
++fundraising event
++magician?
++film screenings

March 12-14 SSDP International Conference In San Francisco

11/19/09 meeting minutes, 12/3/09 agenda

2009-12-03T10:36:00.000-08:00

11/19 minutes:
Good Samaritan Policy: contact administration, perhaps through PAS
Email for an appointment: Alex, Ryan, Marni
--update: waiting on Jeff Shipley to send contact info

T-shirts: everyone present wants. Alex to get figures. Old Capitol Screenprinters/Sports Impressions. Collect $ before ordering

Open to public teach-ins next semester?

Student org fair in January

Order banner.

12/3/09 agenda:

Good Samaritan Policy, Banner and t-shirt update, event ideas.

Thursday November 12, 2009

2009-11-12T18:50:00.000-08:00

Watch part 1 of Never Get Busted Again

Daily Iowan Opinion Piece regarding alcohol policy on campus

Good Samaritan update: SSDP talk google group suggests going through university administration first.

UISSDP op-ed piece will run Saturday in the Des Moines Register and Iowa City Press Citizen.

SSDP national scholarship opportunities for 11th Annual International Conference to be posted.

11/5/09 minutes

2009-11-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

Grassley Fail
Op-ed piece
--vote to leave as is

Funding now approved and available

Banner--looking up prices and SSDP design. have $100 for banner

Good Samaritan policy update--guest ops available in DI

10/15/09 meeting minutes

2009-10-20T21:25:00.000-07:00

Possible benefit show in the future: White tornado
UNI has good Samaritan policy
T-shirt quote: PJ O'Rourke
Jeff Shipley, election November 3rd
Send written testimony to Iowa Board of Pharmacy by November 4th

10/8/09 meeting minutes

2009-10-12T09:27:00.000-07:00

SSDP endorses city council candidate Jeff Shipley

Drug war News--Canada limits drug dog searches

Hearings report back: SSDP testified

Rest of semester plan: Good samaritan policy, last year's failed, meet w/university officials
--May 5th marijuana march--obtain waiver from university
--Change school dorm policy: currently students get kicked out

LEAP reportback: event went well
--advertising--no known reputation
--mass email
--DI t.v.
--phone poles instead of downtown, crosswalks
--businesses are good
--handing out 1/4: do in partners and outside of concert venues ei--picador, yacht club
--facebook
--advertise free food for people to show up

General advertisement
--meetings at food places, ei--pizza on dubuque
--bar benefit show

Next week
--written testimony for hearings 10/15/09 & email listserve
--send in emails separately
--t-shirt designs
--Alex to write in to papers
--Officer elections

Information for written comments via Iowa Board of Pharmacy website: The deadline for submitting written comments is Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Written comments should include your name and address may be sent via e-mail to debbie.jorgenson@ibpe.state.ia.us or via regular mail to: Iowa Board of Pharmacy, RiverPoint Business Park, 400 SW 8th Street, Suite E, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-4688. All oral testimony and written comments received by the Board will be public information.

LEAP/Medical Marijuana

2009-10-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

On 10/7/09 we will be hosting LEAP speaker Jim Gierach in Shambaugh Auditorium at 8pm

10/7/09 updates
10:50 am: SSDP radio interview with KRUI

12:00pm-7pm Medical Marijuana Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing at Bowen Science Building http://www.uiowa.edu/~maps/b/bsb1.htm
--SSDP oral testimony times available 12:40, 1:00, 1:10, 1:20, anytime between 2:10 and 4:10, and anytime between 4:30 and 6:40.
--Jim Gierach's testimony: 6pm

10/1/09 meeting minutes

2009-10-02T11:06:00.000-07:00

LEAP
--Advertising left: fliering, going to businesses, talk to professors, facebook
--Pentacrest fliering: Jon, Marni
--Posting--Ryan Tuesday, Marni and Alex before
--Business to talk to: hookah bar, co-op, konnextion, tobacco bowl, hall mall
LEAP event:
--Introduction and closing shpiel/group plug: Alex

Medical Marijuana update
--anti-DARE-esque statement for hearing, discuss on facebook group

Next Week 10/8/09
--Finish Never Talk to Cops
--Drug War News: Kathrine
--Bring t-shirt designs
--Report back on LEAP event

9/17 minutes

2009-09-22T15:00:00.001-07:00

SSDP forced Souder to withdraw his amendment! Currently HEA changes are being debated in committee

LEAP--Publicity
--Daily Iowan--interview before LEAP on issues related to SSDP/LEAP/Iowa Board of Pharmacy medical marijuana/Show up to event and report. Write in an editorial if their coverage is not favorable. Advertise with the DI or announce event in event listing? Jon contact
--Advertising on Cambus--Viktor contact
--KRUI announcement (email to be forwarded via listserve, KRUI sent out some info pertaining to this)--Kathe
--Dorm advertisements (need volunteer)
--Posting on telephone polls and the like
--Hed shops/bars--Alex contact

SSDP shirts
--Include: SSDP, drug facts/slogans go to http://ssdp.org/index.php for more ideas
--Note: the athletic department will be theiving use of the Hawk logo for themselves and no other organization may use it

Funding:
We have requested the following amounts from the university
--Honorarium: $1000
--Paper supplies: $200
--t-shirts
--Vinyl banner: $100

Email from Carl Olsen to be forwarded on listserve

Next Meeting
Movie
Bring t-shirt designs

9/17 updates

2009-09-17T14:31:00.000-07:00

HUGE WIN today! SSDP forced Souder to withdraw his amendment. Great work everyone!! The fight still isn't over though - we have one final
battle in conference committee.

via SSDP

Meeting at 8 pm, Schaffer Hall, Rm #51

Tonight's meeting will cover:
LEAP updates: funding and publicity assignments
T-shirt designs
10pm Illinois Room @ IMU American Drug War screening
Medical Marijuana update

URGENT ACTION NEEDED

2009-09-16T15:40:00.000-07:00

Urgent action needed to reinstate financial aid to students with drug possession convictions.
However, Aid Elimination author Mark Souder is attempting to keep students from receiving financial aid.
Call your representative Thursday morning and tell them to vote no on Souder's amendment to SAFRA.

More Info and phone script: http://ssdp.org/urgent/
Find your representative: http://whoismyrepresentative.com/

meeting notes, location

2009-09-09T16:16:00.000-07:00

ALL MEETINGS WILL NOW BE HELD AT 51 SCHAFFER HALL BEGINNING AT 8PM EACH THURSDAY

9/3/09 Meeting notes follow:
LEAP
Shambaugh Auditorium 8 pm
Advertising: Cambus fliers
-contact DI editors for possible interviews
-mass email: forms 1 week in advance
-Residence Halls
Funding: Due 18th
-Anyone with funding experience
Medical Marijuana update:
-October 7th Bowen Science Bldg noon-7 approx
-SSDP prepare and submit a statement to be recorded at Iowa Board of
Pharmacy meeting
-Alex contact Carl Olsen of Iowans for Med. Marijuana
Shirts: hemp
-bring shirt designs to meeting
-ordering shirt prints?
Sept 17th:
10pm Illinois Room @ IMU cosponsor American Drug War screening w/PNAC
Facebook advertising
Contact person: Jeff Shipley

Sept 10th meeting: watch Grass: The History of American Marijuana

Slide show points will be updated in the next post

Sept 3rd Meeting announcement

2009-08-31T15:15:00.000-07:00

Next Meeting is Thursday Sept 3rd from 8-9pm. 51 Schaffer Hall

Tentative agenda:
Drug war news
teach-in
LEAP update
Midwest camping excursion
administrative update

aug 27 minutes

2009-08-30T11:30:00.001-07:00

Movies:
Sept 17th--another org is screening American Drug War in Illinois Room at 10 pm. Open to collaboration
BUSTED--talk to smaller orgs like sororities and frats
Barry Cooper DVD Never get Busted Again

LEAP speaker:
Wednesday October 7th (schedule speaker for on or around that date)
Jim Geirach, former DA
Questions for Iowa Board of Pharmacy
Need: funding request, one time funding or group funding
Secure auditorium space: Ryan talk to Office of Student life
Publicity: Campus wide email 1 week before LEAP
-talk to bars, hedshops about putting up quarter sheets/flyers
-Look up more on bill and bring to meeting

SSDP webpage: Facebook group/SSDP blog.
University webpage to link to blog/facebook-Ryan

Weekly meetings: 8 pm
-Drug war news, teach-ins
-hookah-ing
-hemp activities
-film nights
-going out after meetings

Sept 3 meeting:
Drug war news--Alex
Teach in--Ryan
Funding update--Marni

Sept 10: movie night?

Camping: labor day weekend midwest camping excursion

T-shirts: hemp t-shirts to sell and be awesome with

Represent at homecoming parade? Yes/No

Links: Drugwarrant.com

Meetin Time!

2009-08-27T02:38:00.000-07:00

Organizational Fair turn out was awesome with around 15 people signing up for the email list and more still grabbing meeting info. Let's keep it up!

Once again first informational meeting for the semester is Thursday August 27 from 5-6:30 pm. Meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of the Iowa Memorial Union Room #259 Miller Room. There will be food of some sort.

Meeting minutes will be posted to the blog and to the facebook group.

2009 Semester Begins

2009-08-24T13:23:00.000-07:00

We have a spot reserved for the Fall Student Organization Fair. Wednesday, August 26, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Hubbard Park.

First Informational meeting: Thursday August 27th IMU 2nd floor #259 Miller Room 5-6:30 pm.

Leave any questions in the comments section.

Update

2009-04-27T20:56:00.001-07:00

Well, we're recognized by the school and all that jazz, which means next step is to get the organization recognition.

Since it's so close to the end of the year, meetings will start up at the beginning of next year

here's hopin

2009-03-09T14:59:00.001-07:00

Paperwork is submitted! Now we just gotta hope we get the go-ahead to be officially recognized by the school. I'll keep ya posted.

Seeking Official Status

2009-03-05T15:50:00.000-08:00

First blog post of the brand new UI SSDP blog. We now have enough members information in order to seek official status through the university. I'll be putting in the request tomorrow! First meeting will be announced here and around campus shortly thereafter.