minutes of the annual meeting held from may 9-11, 2008 - Amnesty ...

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.