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‐ Taking personal responsibility for growing the membership, activism, and finances of AIANZPage 16 of 17‐ Seeking to engage as well as to confront through respect, tolerance, patience and pursuit of thoserights that unite us as people, irrespective of political belief, ethnicity, religious affiliation or culturaldifference‐ Being brave to explore relationships that Amnesty needs to create in New Zealand, especially withtangata whenua.In short: Use Your Freedom.Kia KahaThe AIANZ Governance TeamWRAP UPClosing comments by Nicola:Nicola thanked Mr Pattrick Smellie for his work on the Governance Team.Go forward with hope that• the spotlight on China provided by the Olympics will enable greater respect for human rights• that Guantanamo Bay will be closed, abusers brought to justice• that NZ will use its influence with the humanitarian crisis in MyanmarJulianne thanked Margaret, Megan Scherer, interns, volunteers, Phil and Juliette as tellers, Olivia for minutes,Asha, Stephanie for merchandise, Nic Cave-Lynch for audio-visual set-up, Viv for IT, Christine Richardson forvenue contact, AM Steering Committee, Pattrick and especially Joanne , our guests Terry Hicks, Mary Gray andall of the participants.Joanne presented flowers to Julianne for being a fantastic chair and a wonderful mentor.Margaret presented flowers to Linda Worner as thanks for her work on Dear To Me book and a leaving gift.Stefanie presented flowers to Nicola Mutch for her work as the GT Chair.Margaret presented flowers to Joanne Looyen as thanks for being deputy chair.Julianne extinguished the candle and Nicola declared the Annual Meeting closed at 4.20 p.m.These minutes approved by:Julianne Leggott, Chair, 18 th June 2008
Page 17 of 17APPENDIX ONENATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSORAL QUESTONSFrom Pamela TreanarQ For Internet appeals it can be hard to find physical addressesA For world wide addresses we have the addresses however for some appeals we only have email addresses. Wewill look further into this (MT, VC)Dawn IbbotsonQ What is the high donor policy,From the database there are high donors – but there needs to stretch and broaden bases. We need to craftquestions to these people that will be part of our overall strategy to increase the income baseQ What is the minimum classification? This does not matter – it is only an internal labelQ Does this need to be reviewed in terms of the tax debate? This is a very pertinent point in regards to tax rebateincentives (PH)Nick Cave-LynchQ What would Dawn like to see as a minimum?$5000 (DI)It has been $1000 and we are thinking around pitching requests around projectsHigh donors should not be sent appealsLast year the Freedom Foundation people were sent appeals and we had some positive repliesWe have to treat high donors appropriately (LW)Murray BruceQ With regard to stun guns, Tasers are stun guns and as such are designated as legal – what is amnesty’s view?Amnesty is not opposed to stun guns but in Canada and the USA have caused the death of 290 people – thequestion we have not have answered is why is this?Stun guns should be introduced and have a moratorium placed on them until independent research has beendone to look into the deaths and all other concerns. They are weapons of lethal force when abusedBetty Mason-ParkerQ What is happening with regard to the position of campaign managerCandidates have been shortlisted.
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