Projects
From Cannabis Defense Coalition
Medical Marijuana Tenth Anniversary Party
- When: December 2008
- Where: Seattle
- What: Party to celebrate the tenth anniversary of I-692
- Why: Celebration, community, presence
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $2,000-$8,000
- Estimated income: $5,000-$15,000
Cannabis 'zine
- When: Once per quarter, or semi-annual
- Where: Seattle
- What: Pot-related magazine, full color, small in size and pages
- Why: Cannabis normalization and desensitization, community outreach, edification, public presence, fundraising
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $1,000-$5,000 per issue
- Estimated income: ?
Radio program
- When: Once per week, or once per month
- Where: Distributed online
- What: Radio show, 5 minutes, drug policy news, etc.
- Why: Cannabis normalization and desensitization, community outreach, edification, public presence, fundraising
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $100 (?) and much time
- Estimated income: $100 (?)
Stop arresting signs and stickers
- When: Now
- Where: Printed at stickerguy.com, distributed locally
- What: "STOP ARRESTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS" signs and stickers
- Why: Cannabis normalization and desensitization, public presence
- Realized costs: $50
- Estimated costs: $500 (?)
- Estimated income: $100 (?)
Display Ad: West Coast Leaf
- When: Monthly
- Where: West Coast Leaf Magazine
- What: Display ad
- Why: Public presence, membership outreach
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $150 per month
- Estimated income: $80 per month in new membership fees?
Classified Ad: Legal Observers
- When: Weekly
- Where: Targeted Little Nickels, maybe others
- What: Classified ad, something like "Volunteer legal observers wanted for medical marijuana trials in Kitsap, Pierce, Mason counties. Gas money available. www.cdc.coop, 888-208-5332."
- Why: Volunteer outreach, presence, public awareness
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $100 per month
- Estimated income: $40 per month in new membership fees
Classified Ad: Jury Nullification
- When: Weekly or so
- Where: Targeted newspapers "of record"
- What: Legal announcement classified ad explaining one's right to nullify marijuana laws in the jury room
- Why: Edification, power to the people, presence
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $100 per month
- Estimated income: $80 per month in new membership fees
Adopt A Highway
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- Where: Interstate 5
- What: Adopt-A-Highway
- Why: Presence
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $0?
- Estimated income: $40 month in membership fees
Potline Translation
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Printing: Shirts: CDC
- When: Now
- Where: Vera Project?
- What: CDC logo shirts
- Why: Branding, presence, fundraising
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $100-300
- Estimated income: lots
Let's narrow down which brands and types of shirts on which we are willing to print. Then maybe let's just print these ourselves at Vera Project. Super cheap that way, only costs the price of the shirts plus ink.
Printing: Shirts: Nullify!
- When: 2008?
- Where: Vera Project?
- What: "Nullify!" t-shirts for our jury nullification campaign
- Why: Presence, edification
- Realized costs: $0
- Estimated costs: $100
- Estimated income: $40/month
Let's narrow down which brands and types of shirts on which we are willing to print. Then maybe let's just print these ourselves at Vera Project. Super cheap that way, only costs the price of the shirts plus ink.
Mailing: Doctors
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Local Initiative Project
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Homegrown Tomato
- When: No timeline
- Where: Seattle
- What: Cooperative, worker-owned cafe
- Why: Community outreach, support new ownership models, healthy living, public presence, financial sustenance
- Realized costs: $15
- Estimated costs: $150,000
- Estimated income: $120,000/year
Recycle Grow Bulbs
Town Project
RCW 35 Cities and Towns.
Small towns in King, Snohomish or Skagit counties:
| Population | City | County | Density |
| 356 | Hamilton | Skagit | 313/mi |
| 166 | Index | Snohomish | 620/mi |
| 208 | Skykomish | King | 623/mi |
| 408 | Lyman | Skagit | 621/mi |
Small cities:
| Population | City | County | Density |
| 2,347 | Granite Falls | Snohomish | 1373/mi |
| 2,014 | Gold Bar | Snohomish | 1,887/mi |
| 960 | Ilwaco | Pacific | 462/mi |
| 950 | Sumas | Whatcom | 688/mi |
