STAND must choose between conflicts to devote resources and effort to protect the most civilians

How can we make these difficult choices?

I. Identify systematic efforts, deliberate targeting to kill civilians, severe torture, or rape on a massive scale.

II. Discover the perpetrator's degree of harm and capability.

Level 1. Harm to combatants/political leadership
Level 2. Some impact on civilians, political opponents, but largely minimizes civilian casualties
Level 3. Indifference to impact on large civilian population
Level 4. Tactical killing of civilians
Level 5. Tactically mobilizing essentialist motives of some
Level 6. Essentialist motives of primary killers

III. Measure the affect and scale of the conflict.

Very Small. Under 100 civilian fatalities, under 1,000 displaced
Small. 100-500 civilian fatalities, 1,000-10,000 displaced
Moderate. 150-250 civilian fatalities, 10,000-50,000 displaced
Large. 250-1,000 civilian fatalities, 50,000-100,000 displaced
Very Large. 1,000+ civilian fatalities, 100,000+ displaced

References
STAND Blog, Trivia and Discussion: Prioritizing Conflicts, May 2010

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Elections: Positions

Please come to vote and run for positions.
We will vote at the potluck.

STAND positions

President

-attend COLT Training w/Treas

-attend funding meetings (2/semester)

-hold UNR STAND's executive board accountable

-maintain Google/OrgSync calendars

-FWD ASUN emails to E-Board

-create meeting PPTs/agendas

-email/FB message members to remind about meetings

-attends STANDcamp in D.C. or finds someone else to

-fills out monthly form for STAND

-maintains contact with Outreach Coordinator

-maintains relationships with elected officials

-communicates advocacy successes

-works with team to form goals + general timeline for year

-(is on credit card form)

Vice President

-holds President accountable

-takes minutes every meeting, emails to listserv/Pres

-responsible for maintaining STAND materials including tabling, education, budget (suggestion: googledocs)

-maintains contact with advisor

-maintains contact w/ and outreaches to other clubs and orgs

-organizes socials

-(is on CC form)

Treasurer

-attend COLT

-attend funding meetings

-familiarize self with all funding policies

-research orgs to donate to (in addition to GI-NET) & present to group

-research successful fundraising events & present plans to group

-SFH: give input on best pricing model

-SFH: give input on art auction v. other fundraising activities; work with PR Chair to organize

-tabling events (lemonade, tea, etc. stands)

-add events to calendar
-record of money: budget copies for e-board, record of fundraisers, record of donations
-Manage travel documents (STANDcamp)

Media/PR Coordinator

-sends out media alerts

-maintains relationships with media contacts

-sends alerts to professors/community members

-aware of STAND materials re: media

-write L2Es & op-eds in coordination with STAND's efforts

-coordinates classroom presentations

-keeps Facebook/MySpace/STAND pages up to date

-creates talking points/event descriptions with E-board feedback

-create ads for use in local/school newspapers

Education Tasks

-read news updates compiled by STAND's E-Team

-keep updates on STAND's blog

-highlight important events and forward important blogs to E-board

-highlight important events for chapter

-(possible): organize social event once per month, use an e-team discussion guide

-makes copies of edu. one pagers, let's Pres/Treasurer know in advance of $ needed for copies

Everyone on E-Board

-try best to read news updates/blogs

-always read highlights sent by Edu Coordinator

-set reminders on Calendar for deadlines

-if overwhelmed, contact Pres/VP so someone can help w/ the workload

-hang out, know your shit, be responsive

-deal with the boring details before/after meetings

Needs: members

-provide constructive criticism

-participate in brainstorming

-participate in outreach (pass out fliers in classes, table, etc.)

-volunteer to chair events committees

-think about possible contributions

-attends events, bring friends, take pics, share!

Other possible tasks:

-HS outreach

-website/blog

UPDATES: UNR STAND ELECTIONS

Hey everyone!

Tonight we will have a meeting at 8 p.m. in the Rita Laden Senate Chambers. We were planning to hold elections tonight, but as a few candidates can't make it, we've decided to postpone them until our potluck.

The potluck is, as of yet, TBA--it will probably be after finals. Everyone is welcome to come! I mean everyone! If you have any friends who are interested in getting involved, or even just learning more about STAND, bring them too!

I'll see you all tonight! If you're not able to make it and you're interested in a position, please email me and I'll add you to our ballot.

-Christy

P.S. here is the link to the positions available:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhfptxr7_14gxgprjdf&btr=EmailImport