From marnie at greenchange.com Mon Sep 7 17:56:59 2009 From: marnie at greenchange.com (Marnie Glickman) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:56:59 -0700 Subject: [Marin-annc] Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] Join the Campaigns & Candidates Working Group Monthly Conference Call References: <4AA5A946.5010005@greens.org> Message-ID: Here is an invitation for all Greens to join our state party's campaign committee. Peace, Marnie Glickman Co-chair, Marin Greens > > > Please join the Campaigns & Candidates Working Group Monthly > Conference Call > this Wednesday Sept 9th 7:30pm at 218-844-3377, access code > 22942663#. > (the conference call is free, but your long distance charges > will apply) > > I've created an Agenda of items that seem to be of the most recent > concern and related to the upcoming Plenary which is October 10th > and 11th in Cotati, Sonoma County > http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/ > > > 1) review language of the Constitutional Convention Proposal for > the > Plenary - 20 mins > 2) review proposal deadlines and the general process - 20 mins > 3) Candidates Support Fund Committee status - 20 mins > 4) create an Agenda for the Plenary - 1 hour > > We need volunteers for: > > Notetaker, vibewatcher, and timekeeper > > Please post your interest to volunteer to this listserve so we can > be better prepared for the call - since the Plenary is coming up > we > certainly need a good attendance on Wednesday and I hope that most > can attend. Thank you! > > > For Peace, > > Kendra Gonzales > www.zrii.com > www.vccool.org > www.cagreens.org/ventura > http://greencoalitionventura.ning.com > "All the energy stored in the Earth's reserves of coal, oil, and > natural gas > is matched by the energy from 20 days of sunshine" ---Union of > Concerned Scientists > > > _______________________________________________ > Contacts2006 mailing list > Contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Marnie Glickman Executive Director Green Change www.greenchange.org My Green Change page: http://network.greenchange.org/people/marnie Green Change tweets: www.twitter.com/greenchangeorg Green Change is a community of people with Green values: justice, grassroots democracy, sustainability and non-violence. We work together to share Green art, politics and culture. From marnie at greenchange.com Wed Sep 9 14:22:52 2009 From: marnie at greenchange.com (Marnie Glickman) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:22:52 -0700 Subject: [Marin-annc] Marin Greens on 9/20 Message-ID: Dear Marin Greens, Please join us for our next party meeting. Sunday, September 20th 11am - 1pm 81 Meernaa Fairfax We will discuss the next statewide CA Green Party gathering in Sonoma in October and hear presentations from the Fairfax Town Council candidates who are seeking our endorsement. Please contact me if you have any questions. Peace, Marnie Glickman Co-chair, Marin Greens 415-472-2859 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marnie at greenchange.com Wed Sep 9 14:24:59 2009 From: marnie at greenchange.com (Marnie Glickman) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:24:59 -0700 Subject: [Marin-annc] To Marin Greens who are members of KPFA References: <123389.37527.qm@web50808.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear Marin Greens, This is a note from a member of the Green Party of Alameda County who is running for the KPFA Board. Peace, Marnie Glickman Co-chair, Marin Greens 415-472-2859 > Dear Greens, > > As you all know balloting for the KPFA Local Station board has > started. > > Although most candidates running for the board claim to espouse > progressive politics, there is a clear difference in the direction > they want to take KPFA. > > The Concerned Listeners, who have held the majority on the board for > the last three years, want to make the station more 'professional' > and mainstream. They believe that the management should set station > policy and make programming decisions. In their platform they refer > to the unpaid staff which comprise 3/4 of the station as a > 'sectarian group' and say that the unpaid staff are packing their > organization with "people who have only tangential relationship to > KPFA?. But KPFA cannot exist without the unpaid staff. They are news > reporters, DJs, public-affairs hosts and members of the KPFA > Apprenticeship Program. > > The Independents for Community Radio want to put the community back > in community radio; they believe that programming decisions and > other significant station policies need to be made collaboratively. > (For more info, please see their website at: http://www.indyradio2009.org/ > ). > > I am concerned that the Concerned Listeners doctrine of concentrated > management power and its disrespect for the unpaid staff could turn > KPFA into another mainstream station and marginalize the listener > community. > > It is a critical election which will determine the direction the > station will go. Please rank vote for the candidates who are > endorsed by the ?Independents for Community Radio?. The candidates > are: Akio Tanaka, Henry Norr, Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Evelyn Sanchez, > Rahman Jamaal, Andrea Prichett, Lara Kiswani, Adam Hudson, Sasha > Futran, Shara Esbenshade, and Ann Hallet. > > Your vote is important so please vote and mail in your ballot. > > Sincerely > > Akio Tanaka > GPAC and Listener Delegate-KPFA LSB > > --------------------------------------------- > > The platform-statement of the 'Concerned Listeners' and a rebuttal > by ?Independents for Community Radio can be found at: > http://indyradio2009.org/sites/default/files/CL_Statement- > Rebuttal.html > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Marnie Glickman Executive Director Green Change www.greenchange.org My Green Change page: http://network.greenchange.org/people/marnie Green Change tweets: www.twitter.com/greenchangeorg Green Change is a community of people with Green values: justice, grassroots democracy, sustainability and non-violence. 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