Dear Che Cafe Support Network (CCSN), · Using the California Public Records Act, CCSN has obtained from UCSD a list of alumni and other donors. It is about 1000 pages and cost a bit over $200 in copy fees. We will be getting a larger list, covering more years, shortly. The list gives names and dollar amounts. No contact info. We need volunteers to help "google" names and dig up contact info for people on the list. We are/will be asking donors to STOP -- to join the Alumni Boycott of UCSD Donations (see http://newindicator.com/wp/?page_id=171 ). We announced the boycott with 700 leaflets handed out at the 2015 Alumni Weekend. It will take time to grow the boycott, but few tactics have more influence on the UCSD administrators than this one. · We need everybody who is an artist or who knows one to join, or recruit them to join the Artists Boycott of UCSD. All of the arts. Not just punk bands. Know any symphony conductors? poets? actors? choreographers? ... To learn more or to join the boycott, go to https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artist-Statement-of-Boycott-in-Support-of-the-Che-Cafe/381173525380791 Anytime we get a "heavyweight" artist to join the boycott, we can issue a new press release. The growing boycott by members of the arts community is an embarrassment to the University administration and an important form of pressure. · CCSN has various work groups that all need more volunteers. You? Most of us are volunteers in the Save the Che Cafe campaign. Two lawyers and one historic site preservation expert are the exceptions - paid very discount rates. We have been going for over a year now and people step up and step back. We have constant need of NEW people to keep all the work going. Please look over the work groups (see below) and pick ONE. (The Alumni Boycott work group is a new addition to the list.) These are CCSN committees NOT committees of the Che Cafe Collective. If you want to help run the Cafe, staff shows or the kitchen, work on the financial records and statements, etc., attend a meeting of the collective, Monday nights at 7 PM at the Cafe. · The CCSN work group on the preservation of the Che Cafe as an historic site is nearing completion of the legally required report and documentation for nomination for the state and National Register designations. The Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO) of San Diego has listed the Che Cafe on it's 2015 Top 10 Most Endangered Sites. (See more at http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/06/c-h-e-cafe-makes-soho-10-most-endangered-list-for-2015/ ) · Finally, literally, the "bottom line" -- FUND RASING. Legal expenses have topped $20K, so far. We expect that, at some point, in order to secure a new long term lease for the Cafe building, we may have to pay ourselves for some (long) deferred maintenance costs on the Cafe building. We have to continue to do fund raising for that, too. If we don't, the UCSD administration can continue to pretend "there's no money" and use the repairs as an excuse for not negotiating a new lease. About a year ago the collective agreed to set a fund raising goal of about $125K, to include both legal costs and potential repairs costs. People can donate online at http://thechecafe.blogspot.com/ (scroll down and click on the "Donate" button) or send a check or money order made out to the Che Cafe to CHE Café, 9500 Gilman Drive M/C 0323, La Jolla, CA 92093-0323. The Che Cafe is a 501c(3) non-profit organization and donations ARE tax-deductible. Alumni looking for someplace OTHER than UCSD to donate, please take note. Contact thechecafe@gmail.com for more information about tax deductions. THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES! WE WILL WIN! Monty Kroopkin, CCSN Organizers C.H.E. Cafe Support Network (CCSN) Save the C.H.E. Cafe campaign Work Groups: 1. Fundraising The members of this group are responsible for organizing ongoing fundraisers to support the CHE's legal and other expenses. This includes benefits and appeals to individual donors and to unions and organizations. They are also responsible for organizing a bail fund as a back up contingency. 2. Artists' Boycott of UCSD The members of this group are responsible for reaching out to all kinds of artists, musicians, and bands to support the boycott. 3. Recruitment The members of this group are responsible for bringing new volunteers into the CCSN work groups and into the collective. 4. Protest Mobilization The members of this group are responsible for organizing ongoing protests as well as the crisis mobilization plan. Members will monitor the UCSD events calendars and identify protest opportunity "targets" (e.g., Founders Day, etc.) and creative tactics for making our message clear. The crisis mobilization plan ALSO includes: recruiting people to sign on to the Rapid Response Team list, finding members who will volunteer to occupy the CHE on a 24/7 basis if necessary, gathering a list of members willing to be arrested for civil disobedience, and coordinating with attorneys, and the fundraising group for bail plans. 5. Press The members of this group are responsible for creating press releases for our review/approval and distribution of releases and making contact and answering questions by the press. 6. Outreach The members of this group are responsible for education, updating and agitation of campus and community support. Closely related to Press Work Group. 7. Historical Site Preservation: The members of this group are responsible for researching and compiling on the google doc the political, cultural and social significance of the space that is now the CHE over the last 50 years. The group is to work closely with Historical Preservationist Jaye MacAskill in her bid to have the CHE designated as a state and national place of historic interest AKA state and national historic landmark. 8. Student Governments AS and GSA council elections, finding and supporting good candidates. The members of this group are also responsible for attending and/or speaking at AS and GSA and UCAB meetings, and recruiting people to do this, and reporting back to the support network and collective. Some members are to be liaisons with committees of the AS and GSA and UCAB. Some members will work on drafting/reviewing documents/proposals. 9. CHE Cafe OPEN HOURS and Services The members of this group are responsible for exploring ways for the CHE to be open and accessible as a community center (and show "signs of life"). Daytime open hours are a priority. Offering coffee, tea and a wi-fi study space is a minimum goal. We started doing this Fall Quarter 2014 and as staffing allows, we continue and hope to expand it. 10. Legal Support Fronts The members of this group are responsible for litigation and negotiation work and for recruiting attorneys, paralegals and law students to volunteer time. Also, documents research, public records act requests and writing. 11. Alumni Boycott of UCSD Donations (See above.) To join a CCSN work group or for more info: (858) 373-7018