First Coffee Party Meeting

Chrissy and I went to our first Coffee Party Movement meeting last Sunday. There were about 25 people there, which was about what I expected. This weekend's meeting was not a special kick-off meeting so I didn't expect the same number of people as reported on March 13th.

I also expected most, if not all, the attendees to be left-leaning, and it seemed like they were. At least the ones that spoke up and expressed opinions.

I brought my video camera expecting to tape a good portion (or at least the interesting portions) of the meeting, but I didn't feel comfortable doing so. When I asked around to see how people felt about me recording video I got a number of "depends on what you want to do with it" kinds of answers. At least one person asked not to be filmed (and I honored that request). Perhaps they will feel more comfortable with me recording video after they get to know me and I get to know them.

The meeting began with everyone introducing themselves, saying what part of town they are from, then describing briefly why they have come to the meeting. Then, unlike the March 13th meetings where people broke into small groups and created a poster that completed the phrase "Coffee and...", the facilitator discussed how to form a new Coffee Party 'chapter' and what to do during next week's Nation Coffee Summit meetings. They (we) also reviewed a handout from the March 13th meeting. I think the handout is excellent and I hope the above scan of it shows up well.

All-in-all I enjoyed going to the meeting and plan to go to more.