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Textbook Boycott Roundup
Ok, so here's a roundup of the discussion so far:
People seem game to do this so long as it doesn't jeopardize their academic standing (i.e., they fail the course for not having the textbook). It has been suggested that professors need to be invited to be a part of this, and ways of distributing course materials amongst students need to be devised.
Here's my idea for figuring out which publisher to go after:
- Between now and Christmas, take a look at who published your first semester textbooks, especially the new editions.
- Figure out what each book cost you, and make a note somewhere
- Come back here starting next Monday, where I will have a poll up for you to mark which publishers cost you the most money. There'll also be a discussion thread so that we can figure out if a particular publisher partakes in price gouging or other unfriendly practices.
- Whoever has the most votes and/or gripes by Christmas is the target of our boycott.
Does this make sense to everyone? Is there anything painfully obvious that I'm missing?
Meeting Outline
Before a brief discussion about Economics, the LtL core members came up with a To-Do list:
1) Projects
Updates from the Projects
Here's what's going on with some projects Lose the Label members are working on:
- Antiwar Concert Tour 07: Final draft proposal is posted. If there are any edits you'd like to see, now's the time. Next, the promotion/broadcast stage of the project starts. -Jake
- Expanding (RED): In contact with (RED) directors. Today I'll have a post about what I need you to do. -Tricia
- Black Armbands - May 1st: Started LtL group to help organize some promotion. Facebook group currently at 916 members. -Jerome