Agenda Items for our regular WED Conference call (Noon Eastern, 9 am Pacific)

Please join us for our regular WEDNESDAY group conference calls.

This broader conversation welcomes ALL members of our planning group for the Poto Mitan: Rebuilding Haiti - a global solidarity initiative to support Haitian women and girls, the Haitian women's movement, and grassroots community groups engaged in the challenge of Rebuilding Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.

Please send me any proposed agenda items by tomorrow. Here's what we have for the draft agenda this week:

On the agenda for this week:

• Welcome new members, quick intros

-Brief report back from CWS- Hemanie/Taina (5 mins) - AND plannning for a Haiti Women's Summit -- how to beging follow up steps to begin working with women at CSW, etc.. broader planning group..

-Our proposed Launch and meeting in NY /.at Donor's Conf. Oct 31: who, what, where -- steps to launch/make calendar - (10 min/delegate tasks) - Anne-c, Janet, Leonie, others

-Update on logo, website development- Julie/Anne-c\\

• Outreach updates




• proposed newsletter update (Anne-c)




• News from OTHER GROUPS - and any other news.




• POSSIBLE CALL WITH HAITIAN WOMEN - NEXT WEEK?




• Media research/outreach list: Martha Wallner

TASKS - for all to do:
-Calendar updates - share/update
- Fill in your contact information on Google Doc

AND THEN: TO DO:

-We might consider need to Provide women's input NOW /.next week to the draft National Plan - prior to March 15 technical mtg in Santo Domingo (*who has seen plan, how do we get it, etc., who's on review group, etc.)

• Look ahead: Ask for strategic docs from Leonie H- begin to share/review/read. Soon: Make list of priorities from Haitian women's ASKS, then begin drafting our own strategic document/wish list of activities, and prioritize. ie: What do we want to do, when/why? ideas, goals big and little... (for example: help establish transitional women's multiservice centers, linked to mobile clinics, etc., with GBV support, legal, training, etc... place where twinning projects could happen...

PLEASE SEND ME ANY OTHER PEOPLE TO INVITE BY TOMORROW IF YOU WANT THEM ON THE CALL. List them here please, and include email contact. Merci!

NOTE: WE CAN SCHEDULE A CONF CALL AND INCLUDE HAITIAN/OUTSIDE CANADA
AND US PARTICIPANTS .. THIS WILL INVOLVE USING A DIFF TEL LINE, MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT I WISH TO PROPOSE THAT WE DO THAT ONCE A MONTH STARTING BEFORE MARCH 31 MEETING IF WE ARE READY WITH HAITI/EURO /CARIBBEAN PARTICIPANTS