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Return to E-mail Discussion page Hi,Here's is more detailed information about the plans for the town meetings as well as location information about the Portland gathering Take care, Angela Begin forwarded message: > From: "Richard Brenne" <rabrenne at hotmail.com> > Date: July 26, 2007 3:47:45 AM PDT > To: angela at scienceintegration.org, > Subject: Portland 8/1 and Beaverton 8/2 evening town meetings > > Angela and others: > > Thanks for your interest and for spreading the word about what we feel > will be very special and worthwhile town meetings! > > The program in Portland is Wednesday, August 1 from 6 to 7:45 pm in > the U.S. Bank Room (large meeting room to the right as you go through > the first doors) at the Central Library on 10th Street in Downtown > Portland. > > It is the same agenda as the Beaverton meeting, with a talk (by me), > then panel discussion then town meeting where the audience is invited > to ask brief questions, make brief comments (as moderator I'll give > more time to someone who makes an especially creative point, including > asking them a follow-up question) and then join us to get something to > eat. > > The Portland panel includes glaciologist Andrew Fountain (discussing > climate more than glaciers), Portland Permaculture Institute > Co-Founder Pam Leitch (discussing sustainable living). Both of them > are also on the Beaverton panel. > > Political Scientist, activist, Alternative Radio host and U23 U.S. > National Team soccer player Jules Boykoff will be on the Portland > panel, but not Beaverton. > > Environmental Historian Bill Lange is probable for both panels. We > were holding a spot open for former Governor John Kitzhaber on both > panels but after many discussions he finally told me he had to leave > town, and thus the delay in firming up the panels. > > The panelists will be responding to the material I present in my talk > and/or to questions asked of them, so they don't have to make formal > presentations. > > The public and of course all SII members are invited to participate. > > After each program a group including any panelists, SII members and > anyone else who would like to join us is invited to an informal > gathering at a nearby restaurant/bar that is open late. Any > suggestions here? > > Angela or anyone else, do you know of any other organizations, groups > or individuals who might be interested in attending? > > Our primary topics include climate change, peak oil and related energy > issues, population growth and social justice. Obviously these are all > big topics so we're discussing how they relate to each other, though > people seeking peace, universal health care, political, economic and > social change, as well as change resulting from the most sincere and > sophisticated applications of spirituality would also be interested. > > Plus anyone who likes humor, though there's precious little of that in > this e-mail. > > So spread the word, because this is very inclusive. And getting > citizens to listen to the best science and integrating that into their > lives is also a big goal I share with SII. > > Thanks again for spreading the word! > > - Richard Brenne |
