Meeting 2009-08-03
From Cannabis Defense Coalition
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Case Tracking
CDC has been failing on its primary mission (tracking and attending medical marijuana cases) for the past month or two. We need to get back on track, and discuss how to effectively distribute this labor amongst our volunteers.
Office Space
We are looking for office/retail space in Seattle. We believe this will help us fulfil these primary duties by creating a physical space for cannabis activists to congregate and work. We've identified a number of spots, but finding a landlord comfortable with renting to us has been a challenge. We could use more help securing commercial space.
IRS Determination Letter
The IRS made a positive determination on our application for 501(c)(3) status. The CDC is now a federally-recognized tax exempt nonprofit organization. Hooha.
DOC Update
The state Dept. of Corrections has some fucked up medical marijuana policies. The CDC filed a public disclosure request seeking all documents related to these policies, in hopes of finding out who, why or how we got such fucked up policies. DOC has responded, and the ball is in our court. We need to get to Olympia soon and pound through the hundreds or thousands of pages of documents they've collected for us.
Courtroom Observation Companion
We've compiled many useful resources about medical marijuana in Washington State and put them in a printed zine for our volunteers. This guide will likely be useful to others including attorneys, doctors, patients, and the everyday pot activist. We're about to print our first big batch, around 4000 copies, which will cost ~$1500. We have numerous pledges for this project, but no donations yet.
- C.O.C. viewable version: http://cdc.coop/docs/coc-noprint.pdf
- C.O.C. printer version: http://cdc.coop/docs/coc-print.pdf
Printed Schwag
We're almost out of our STOP ARRESTING stickers. We've got more coming (3000 stickers for $300, which came out of the CDC general fund). We're printing a bunch of t-shirts to sell at Hempfest, and maybe panties, baby onesies, and doggy tees. We're looking at around $3000 for printed schwag, which we hope will pay for itself in short order. We are looking for donations (and loans) to pay the printer.
