Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. I think we're all on the same page here. The CC was well aware of the AC's emergency response plan.  The problem was that the triggering event -- as you point out -- was not dramatic enough to trigger the AC's "emergency action" plan.  However, it was a significant development -- the first U.S. involvement in ground combat and the first U.S. fatalities -- and we felt a need to acknowledge it in some way.  So we cast about for other ways to respond, but, largely due to lack of an advance plan for immediate response to less dramatic developments, ultimately did nothing. We discussed this further at the CC meeting today, and agreed that future developments in the war not constituting "emergencies" should trigger non-Action responses -- press releases, press conferences, tabling & leafletting, etc.  I think that will make things go a lot more smoothly the next time something like this happens. X ----- Original Message ----- From: "x" <X> To: <X>; <X>; <X> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [MAPC-action] 5pm Action Protesting Ground Troops > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 07:53:59 -0500, action@madpeace.org wrote: > >  I propose we just have a picket line. The following things need to > be > done: > > I missed this whole conversation but I have a comment anyway. > > With all due respect, the folks on the co-ordinating committee may not be > aware of this, but I would like to note that the action committee has a plan > for emergency actions, including each of us having specific jobs assigned > for every detail. > > If someone unilaterally comes up with a whole new plan at the last moment, > that means starting over from scratch to (1) discuss the plan and (2) assign > people to implement it--all within a few hours. In my opinion: huge waste of > time. > > If we are to have emergency actions (which I understand is an if) we need to > stick to the plan--or make a new one *in advance*--so that the only thing > left to do when the action is called, is implement it. I am not attached to > the existing plan, but whatever the plan is we shouldn't try to alter it at > the last second. > > Discussion? Disagreement? Pies in the face? My intent is not to offend but > to be efficient and avoid saddling any individual with an overwhelming > burden of organizing everything. > > Regarding the very concept of emergency actions, I think the AC was thinking > about events that would be so overwhelmingly dramatic/traumatic that there > would be an overwhelming desire to get out there and do something. I > definitely don't think anyone was imagining that there should be emergency > actions at every turn. Probably we should remove "invasion" from the list of > actions and stick to (1) extension of bombing to a new country, (2) murder > or arson in our community or (3) another massive violent attack on US soil > with instant mass casualties. I'm also open to dropping the whole concept. > Whatever you all think. > > X September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Sunday, October 21, 2001 7:59 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X; X; September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-coord] Re: [MAPC-action] 5pm Action Protesting Ground Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-coord] Re: [MAPC-action] 5pm Action Protesting Ground 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-10-21