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MINUETS OF THE GENERAL WOMEN’S CAUCUS HETING, KAY 21st

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1. Reports e a) UBC Summer School; »b) SFU Plans; oc)VCC Plans;

a) High School Seminar; e) NDY Conference at Banff and Fall

Regional Conference; f) Manpower Group; gs) Establishing a

- downtown office; h) Volunteers for working committee and vole

unteers for financial committee.
2- Panel Discussion

ee Reports: |
a) Narcy Cohen reported that the UBC summer school project has

made arrangements to visit Mrs. Thompson, who is teaching in _
the education department, to discuss the possibility of talking
about women s liberation in the classrooms. The group will be
getting a write up in the UBC student newspaper and are now

‘preparing a leaflet for the education students. Volunteers for.

this committee are urgently needed. Call

b) Dodie Weppler reported that the summer plans at SFU include
organizaing @ series of seminars dealing with the various aspects |

of the women s liberation movement. The first of these seminars  _—

Will be held on June 12th at 12:30 PM with a discussion on the
nyths surround ing women. ; ee Weis |

©) Sue Clause reported that an effort is being made to organize
the women at City College particularly around & establishing a

CO-op nursery.

a) Orleen Martin reported that six women from Simon Fraser con-

ducted a seminar at Eric Hamber school with the High School Students

Union. Pat Hoffer spoke on the dating game. A diseussion

followed. "

e) Jean Rands reported on Women's Caucus actvity at the Western
Regional New Democratic Youth Conference at Banff in May. Two
meetins at the conference produced @ valuable exchange of exper tence
and ideas. It was generally agreed by the women that a Fall |
Regional Conference on Women s Liberation should be organized

The Caucus also called a seminar on Women, Reform or Revolution”

which involved everyone at the conference. The participants felt

it was probably the best digcussion they had seen of men and women

_ together dealing with the relatonship between women s liberation ©

and the struggle for socialism.
f) Jean Rands reported that the Manpower group is considering some |

kind of demonstration at the Manpower Center for purposes of —«__
attracting attention to the Women s Caucus. A strategy for an

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effective demonstration will be discussed at future Manpower meetings.

. The strategy of registering for jobs usually reserved for men was |
tried. The result was that they will allow you to register, but will >
Simply tell you that there is now work available. Volunteers for

this committee are needed. Please call