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 <title>PPC Annual Meeting 2008: PPC Annual Meeting: Texas In Play with James Galbraith</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1952</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;02/23/2008 - 12:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;The Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas&amp;nbsp; Democratic Party (PPC) will hold it&amp;#39;s annual meeting on February 23, 2008. Please mark the date! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We welcome our keynote speaker, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/faculty/galbraith.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;James K. Galbraith&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James K. Galbraith&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a progressive economist who writes frequently for mainstream and liberal publications on economic topics. &lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:35:27 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>SDEC Meeting August 2007</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1815</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;08/25/2007 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p &gt;Please join us at the next upcoming SDEC meeting on August 25. &lt;br &gt;We look forward to seeing you!
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;9:00am &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;Advisory Committee in Salon B&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;Finance Committee in Salon E&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:01:09 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>PPC Steering Committee Meeting April 2007</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1615</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;04/28/2007 - 3:30pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p &gt;Agenda&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p &gt;I.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Call to Order&lt;br &gt;II.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pledge of Allegiance&lt;br &gt;III.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Verification of Quorum &lt;br &gt;IV.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reading &amp;amp; Approval of Minutes&lt;br &gt;V.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Treasurer&amp;rsquo;s Report&lt;br &gt;VI.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reports from Committees&lt;br &gt;VII.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reports from Steering Committee&lt;br &gt;VIII.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Where are we going and how are we going to get there? (Discussion led by Chair)&lt;br &gt;IX.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Announcements/New Business.&lt;br &gt;X.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Adjournment&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:48:42 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>SDEC Meeting April 2007</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1614</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;04/28/2007 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;9Am&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Advisory Committee in the Lake Austin Room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;Finance Committee in the Lake Travis Room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;Legislative Committee in the Lake L.B.J. Room
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&lt;li &gt;10AM&amp;nbsp; Grassroots Committee in the Lake Austin Room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;Sustaining Membership Committee in the Lake Travis Room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;Resolutions Committee in the Lake L.B.J. Room
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&lt;li &gt;11Am&amp;nbsp; Nominations Committee in the Lake Austin Room&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li &gt;Convention Committee in the Lake Travis Room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;Rules Committee in the Lake L.B.J. Room&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li &gt;12PM&amp;nbsp; Lunch Break&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;1PM&amp;nbsp; SDEC General session in the Highland Lakes Ballroom
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&lt;strong &gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I. Opening&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; II. Invocations &amp;amp; Pledge of Allegiance&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; III. Roll Call&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; IV. Call to Order&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; V. Reading &amp;amp; Approval of Minutes&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VI. Recognize Special Guests&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VII. Treasurer&amp;#39;s Report&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VIII. Chair&amp;#39;s Report&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; IX. Reports from Committees&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; a. Advisory&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; b. Convention&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; c. Finance&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; d. Grassroots&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; e. Legislative&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; f. Nominations&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; g. Resolutions/Communications&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; h. Rules&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i. Sustaining Membership&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; X. Old Business&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; XI. New Business&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; XII. Announcements&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; XIII. Adjournment&lt;br &gt;Following the General Session all Caucuses will meet in the Highland Lakes Ballroom.&lt;/p&gt;
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 Abigail Joffrain 
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 (512)478-9800
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 &lt;a href=&quot;&amp;#109;&amp;#97;&amp;#105;&amp;#108;&amp;#116;&amp;#111;&amp;#58;AJoffrain@txdemocrats.org&quot;&gt;AJoffrain@txdemocrats.org&lt;/a&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:40:24 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>PPC Annual Meeting 2007 with Dennis Kucinich</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1537</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;03/10/2007 - 10:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;The PPC annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2484&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Progressive Alliance Conference of Texas&lt;/a&gt;, which is an all day event designed to bring progressive organizations from around Texas to network and build alliances so we can all have a more powerful political influence, both in Texas and nationally. &lt;strong&gt;There are NO registration fees to attend the PPC annual meeting, it is open to everyone, &lt;/strong&gt;however, if you wish to attend the Progressive Action Conference of Texas, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2484&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;please register&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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 Progressive Populist Caucus
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 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:07:08 -0500</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1469</link>
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 &lt;h2 &gt;Agenda&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ol &gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Call to order - Sheril Smith, Chair&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Verification of a quorum-Linda Perez, Sgt. at Arms&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Final approval of August meeting minutes-Sarah Gonzalez, Secretary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Treasurer&amp;#39;s Report-Henry Kight (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Chair&amp;#39;s Report-Sheril Smith (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Appointment of Perry Dorrell to fill Houston Chair vacancy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Appointment of Sherry Matula as Legislative Chair&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Executive Vice Chair&amp;#39;s Report-John Behrman (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Web Page/Tech update-Sarah Gonzalez (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Membership Chair report-Lyn Wall (15 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Diversity Chair report-Linda Sandoval Foley (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Annual Meeting-discuss date/speakers/location (10 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Nominations Committee report-Linda Perez (10 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Discuss actions of the SDEC Rules Committee-Fidel Acevedo (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Other items (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;&lt;p &gt;Announcements &lt;/li&gt;
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 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1337</link>
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 &lt;p &gt;The PPC will be holding a Steering Committee meeting along with the regularly scheduled SDEC meeting. All are welcome to join us. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p &gt;If you are interested in attending the SDEC meetings / committee meetings, please &lt;a href=&quot;node/1315&quot;&gt;review the information here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p &gt;On Friday evening @ 7pm there will be a barbeque fundraiser for SDEC and other Texas Democrats at AFL-CIO building at 1106 Lavaca Street. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p &gt;Tickets are $20, and $10 for sustaining members. &lt;strong &gt;&lt;br &gt;If you sign up to be a sustaining member at the door, you&amp;#39;ll receive complimentary admission to the event!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 Tickets are $20, and $10 for sustaining members
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 <title>August 2006 SDEC Meeting</title>
 <link>http://www.texaspopulists.org/node/1315</link>
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 &lt;p &gt;SDEC Committee appointments will be proposed at the meeting. 
&lt;ul &gt;
&lt;li &gt;9:00am - Resolutions/Communications will meet in the Old Pecan Street room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;9:00am - Finance Committees will meet in the Skyline room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;10:00am - A training session for new and returning SDEC members in the Austin room.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;1:00pm - SDEC General Session in the Austin room&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
On Friday evening @ 7pm there will be a barbeque fundraiser for SDEC and other Texas Democrats at AFL-CIO building at 1106 Lavaca Street. Tickets are $20, and $10 for sustaining members. If you sign up to be a sustaining member at the door, you&amp;#39;ll receive complimentary admission to the event!&lt;br &gt;
&lt;h4 &gt;Agenda:&lt;/h4&gt;
I.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Opening&lt;br &gt;II.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Invocation &amp;amp; Pledge of Allegiance&lt;br &gt;III.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Roll Call&lt;br &gt;IV.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Call to Order&lt;br &gt;V.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reading &amp;amp; Approval of Minutes&lt;br &gt;VI.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Recognize Special Guests&lt;br &gt;VII.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Treasurer&amp;rsquo;s Report&lt;br &gt;VIII.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Chair&amp;rsquo;s Report&lt;br &gt;IX.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reports from Committees&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A. Resolutions/Communications&lt;br &gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; B. Finance&lt;br &gt;X.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Appointment of Committees&lt;br &gt;XI.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Announcements&lt;br &gt;XII.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Adjournment&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;span class=&quot;label-event-contact-phone&quot;&gt;Event Contact Phone: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 (512) 478-9611 (Radisson Hotel)
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 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.radisson.com/austintx/&quot;&gt;www.radisson.com/austintx/&lt;/a&gt;
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 &lt;span class=&quot;label-event-description&quot;&gt;Event Description: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;The PPC will be holding a Steering Committee meeting along with the regularly scheduled SDEC meeting. All are welcome to join us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Progressive Populist Caucus Meeting Agenda&lt;br /&gt;  March 18, 2006, 3:30-5:30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;  Texas State University, San Marcos&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/h4&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Printable version of the agenda is &lt;a href=&quot;files/PPC_Agenda_3-18-06.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;downloadable here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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 (512) 392-3100 (phone number to the university)
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 &lt;p&gt;The SDEC is currently scheduled to meet March 18th. Typically, the committees begin early at 8:00am - noon followed by a general SDEC meeting from 1:00pm -3:00pm.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The meeting will be held on the Texas State University campus in the&amp;nbsp; J.C. Kellam Administration Building, 11th Floor. Detailed information follows:&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;div class=&quot;image&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307237346/qid=1135296981/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_bn1_xgl14/104-9365139-8090351?n=507846%26s=books%26v=glance&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;files/images/hostile_takeover.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Hostile Takeover by David Sirota Book Cover&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;153&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.davidsirota.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;David Sirota&lt;/a&gt;, author of &lt;strong class=&quot;sans&quot;&gt;Hostile Takeover : How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--and How We Take It Back&lt;/strong&gt;, will be the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Progressive Populist Caucus. We hope you will join us in Austin on April 22, 2006.&amp;nbsp; The day before, David will be doing a book signing event that will be the very first stop on his national tour for his new book, &amp;ldquo;Hostile Takeover.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;h4 &gt;Steering Committee Meeting Agenda&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;li &gt;Call to order at 3:30pm - Sheril Smith, Chair&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;Verification of quorum - Linda Perez, Sgt at Arms&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li &gt;Minutes of November 12, 2005 - Sarah Gonzales, Secretary (5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
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 &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Progressive Populist Caucus of The   Texas Democratic Party &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Steering Committee Conference Call&lt;br &gt; August 22, 2005, 8:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 &gt;Agenda&lt;br &gt;  &lt;/h4&gt;
   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I. Treasurer&amp;rsquo;s Report&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;p &gt;Please take note that our next PPC Steering Committee meeting is currently scheduled to meet November 12th in conjunction with the SDEC meeting.We wanted to give PPC members as much advanced notice as possible of the next meeting. Join us!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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 (512) 477-1234
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