[MCAEnews] MCAE Public Policy Meeting November 14 - first 3-way teleconferenced MCAE meeting

[The MCAE Advocate]

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members and supporters of MCAE and members of the MCAE Public Policy
Committee,
 The MCAE Public Policy Committee will have its first 3-way
teleconferenced meeting on Friday, November 14 from 10am to 12noon.
The three locations of this meeting will be: in Boston, at World
Education, 44 Farnsworth Street; in Holyoke, at Holyoke Community
College, 303 Homestead Avenue, and in Fall River at Bristol Community
College, 777 Elsbree St. If you plan to attend the meeting, please
RSVP to me and to the local meeting coordinator. If you will attend at
the Boston location, contact Steve Reuys at steve.reuys at umb.edu. If
you will attend at the Holyoke location, contact George Kohout at
gkohout at hcc.mass.edu. If you will attend at the Fall River location,
contact Annemarie Espindola at annemarie.espindola at bristolcc.edu. 
 Following is our Public Policy Meeting Agenda
 1. De-brief on Network advocacy efforts and workshops
 2. VERA 2008 Campaign 
 3. Online Advocacy Database update
 4. Federal Update including report on the Honda-Clinton bill
 5. Communicating priorities to the Obama Transition Team
 6. Welcome to newly elected legislators with MCAE fact sheet,
meetings
 7. Contacting legislators re: Ways and Means wish lists. 
 8. Nellie Mae proposal update
 9. Meeting scheduled with Secretary Reville 
 Thanks to SABES and World Education, whose cooperation makes this
videoconferencing opportunity possible. 
 More detailed directions will be sent to the Public Policy Committee
distribution list. Please contact me if you want to be added to that
list. I hope to hear from you.
 Kenny Tamarkin 
 Executive Director 
 MCAE 
 KTamarkin at mcae.net 
 978-979-1906
 
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