From pmyers42 at gmail.com  Tue Jan  1 14:10:30 2008
From: pmyers42 at gmail.com (Peter Myers)
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 14:10:30 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Additional item for Thursday's agenda
Message-ID: <C01A291C-DEE8-4C75-8344-2D750014BBED@gmail.com>

During Thursday's meeting, I'd like to take 10 minutes (I'll probably  
need less) to give everyone an update on my campaign.

Speaking of the campaign, the web site is now online at http:// 
www.myersforcalifornia.com/ . It's not quite finished, but my goal  
was to have a functioning site by New Year's Day, and that's been done.

See you Thursday.
	- Peter

Peter Myers
pmyers42 at gmail.com
121 Albert Ct.
Los Gatos, CA
408-242-4212


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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan  1 19:58:47 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:58:47 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: [GPCA Official Notice] Apply for a seat on
	the GPUS National Committee as a CA delegate or alternate
Message-ID: <001101c84cf3$c714c450$4101a8c0@JIMSDESKTOP>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "County Contacts" <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
To: "County Contacts" <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:27 PM
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Apply for a seat on the GPUS National 
Committee as a CA delegate or alternate


> GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE
>
> This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
> or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. 
> Follow the contact directions
> stated in the email.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The Green Party of California is always looking for interested California
> Greens to serve at the national level of the state party. The only strict
> requirement is that you be a registered Green in California.  The next
> couple of years should be a very exciting time in the Green Party at the
> national level, so it will be a very interesting time, and a good
> reason for YOUR input!!
>
> We prefer those who have served in some capacity at the state and/or
> countyparty level and will ask for a referral from a state or county
> representative, if we're not familiar with your green party activity. We
> strongly encourage those who self-identify as a minority, whether by 
> region,
> gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, or disability.
>
> California has 42 Delegate seats and 42 Alternate seats at present. We
> anticipate at least 10 open seats for delegates and about 30 open seats 
> for
> alternates.  If current alternates wish to become delegates, they need to
> submit an application as well. Several delegates and alternates will be
> needing to run for reelection if they wish to continue with the 
> delegation.
> There will be elections by the General Assembly at the GPCA Plenary in
> Alameda County on March 22-23, 2008 to fill out those seats.
>
> We need your bios/applications 60 days in advance for inclusion in the
> plenary packets.  Get your applications in NOW to 
> applications at cagreens.org.
>
> LETTERS OF APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE GPCA Coordinating Committee
> (GPCA-CC) by January 21 to be in compliance with our bylaws. An editable
> application can be found at
> http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/application_gpus_delegation.rtf
>
> We apologize for the late notice...you have less than three weeks to 
> apply.
> We have been very busy organizing the Presidential Debate in San Francisco
> on January 13.
>
> BIOGRAPHIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE GPCA-CC by that date in order to be
> forwarded to the counties, to be reviewed by the current delegation and to
> be submitted as part of the Plenary Packet. You may also submit an 
> optional
> campaign statement.  The CC announcement of these openings and relevant
> by-laws can be found at
> http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/notice_gpus_delegation_2007.php
>
>
> Please send your bio to the CA Delegation Co-chairs, as well. You can find
> find more information and a roster on the delegation's website
> http://cagreens.org/delegates/ as well as job descriptions, relevant
> by-laws, etc., links to bios of current delegates, etc. Feel free to 
> contact
> the Co-Chairs with your questions.
>
> Being a GPCA delegate to the National Committee is a two year commitment.
> Most of our business is done by email and at a monthly teleconference.  We
> also have meetings at state plenaries, usually two-three times each year 
> and
> we have a major meeting at the GPUS Annual National Meeting each year.  It
> is hoped that delegates can attend at least one if not both of the ANM 
> that
> occur during their two year term.
>
> Note that the GPUS Annual National Meeting will be held in Chicago, IL 
> July
> 10-13.  All Greens are welcome to come as observers even if you are
> not a delegate. <http://www.gpanc.org/>
>
> And don't forget that if you are elected now, you will be part of the
> delegation at the annual meeting that is part of the Presidential 
> convention
> in 2008.  However, being a delegate to the National Committee of GPUS is 
> NOT
> the same thing as being a delegate to the nominating convention, though 
> many
> on the NC delegation have also applied to be a nominating convention
> delegate.  The procedure to become a nominating convention delegate is
> described on the cagreens.org website.  There was a deadline of December 
> 7,
> 2007, but there is a possibility that more applications will be taken in
> January 2008, but approval to accept those applications still needs to be
> established either by the GPCA CC or by the General Assembly at our March
> plenary.
>
> Thank you.  We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Sanda Everette - sanda at greens.org
> Greg Jan - gregjan4 at yahoo.com
> GPCA California Delegation to GPUS, Co-Chairs
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Contacts2006 mailing list
> Contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan  1 19:59:44 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:59:44 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: [GPCA Official Notice] Invitation to GPCA
	Strategy Meeting January12th Palo Alto, CA
Message-ID: <001b01c84cf3$e94d2490$4101a8c0@JIMSDESKTOP>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "County Contacts" <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
To: "County Contacts" <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Invitation to GPCA Strategy Meeting 
January12th Palo Alto, CA


> GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE
>
> This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
> or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. 
> Follow the contact directions
> stated in the email.
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> INVITATION TO HELP THE GPCA PLAN FOR 2008
>
>
> WHEN:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 / 9 AM - 4 PM
>
> WHERE:  First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA 
> 94301
>
> WHAT:  GPCA STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS STRATEGY  MEETINGS
>
>
>
> All GPCA members are invited to a one-day meeting hosted by Standing
> Committee (SC) and Working Group (WG) Coordinators to discuss planning for
> 2008,including how different SC and WG projects can coordinate and work
> together in a presidential election year.  Also, this meeting is intended 
> to
> serve as a substitute for the strategic planning "brainstorming" session
> described in  the GPCA Bylaws.
>
>
> AGENDA:
>
>   9:00-9:45 am        Set up;  Registrations; Morning snacks and 
> beverages;
>                       socializing
>
>   9:45-10:00 am      Start-up:   Presentation on goals for the  day
>
>   10:00-12 noon       Review SC/WG purposes and  plans for 2008
>
>   12 noon-1:30 pm     Lunch Break; Optional time for SC/WG or Caucus
>                       meetings
>
>   1:30-3:50 pm      Create  monthly timeline of SC/WG 2008 projects and
>                     activities for transmittal to  the CC and display at 
> the
>                     March 2008 General Assembly
>
>   3:50-4:00 pm         Closing  Circle
>
>
> All times approximate.  $10 donation will be requested for food  expenses.
> Volunteers will be needed for:  Food setters, Time keepers, Scribes  and
> Note-takers and Vibes Watchers
>
> Please let us know if you plan to attend these working sessions by
> contacting Warner Bloomberg, CCWG Coordinator, at _wsb3attyca at aol.com_
> (mailto:wsb3attyca at aol.com)  or  (408)  295-9353.
>
> General Directions:  The site is located in the downtown Palo Alto  area
> between Highway 101 and the El Camino Real.  The Santa Clara County  VTA 
> bus
> Route 22 runs on El Camino Real and there is a Palo Alto Caltrain 
> station.
>
> GROW is reviewing redistribution of its budget for up to ten travel 
> subsidy
> reimbursements of up to $50 for those with financial need.  Applications
> will be considered in the order received, with priority to the farthest
> travel distances and to encourage participation by persons who have not
> previously attended a state meeting.  For more information, contact:
> Michael  Borenstein at _thebor at jps.net_ (mailto:thebor at jps.net)  or
> (530) 620.6659
>
>
> The persons involved in planning this event are part of an on-going  group
> of GPCA leaders working by consensus and collaboration to build the  Green
> Party of California.
>
>
> Warner Bloomberg, CCWG Coordinator
> Michael Borenstein, CC Liaison to GROW
> Ellen Maisen, GROW Coordinator
> Larry Mullen, CC Liaison to ERWG
> Jim Stauffer, IT Committee
> Shane Que Hee, Platform Committee Coordinator
> Bob Vizzard,  Finance Committee Coordinator
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Contacts2006 mailing list
> Contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 



From WB4D23 at aol.com  Tue Jan  1 20:24:42 2008
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:24:42 EST
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Additional item for Thursday's agenda/bylaws
	proposal
Message-ID: <c1b.20eb68e0.34ac6c0a@aol.com>

Oh, and that pesky bylaws proposal
 
 
PROPOSED BY-LAWS RE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE 
ARTICLE  9   ELECTION OF REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (RR) AND  ALTERNATES

9.0   Definitions in GPCA bylaws
Regional Representation on the GPCA Coordinating Committee is defined by  the 
GPCA bylaws,  
Articles 6, 7 and elsewhere.  This  bylaws article constitutes an alternative 
election process as  
provided for in the GPCA bylaws section 7-1.5.

9.1   RR Election  Meeting
RR election meetings  are considered valid if they meet the following 
conditions: 
1)  the election is authorized and called by  the County Council
2)  the meeting is open to  all county party Members and all Members present 
can vote  
in the  election,
3)  the election has been  publicly announced on county party email lists at 
least 15 days  
in advance of the election meeting and
4) where the RR Election is a preannounced agenda item for the  meeting.

9.2   Declaring  Candidacy
Candidates shall declare  their candidacy on the email lists of the counties 
of the region
prior to the RR Candidate Presentation Meetings at which a vacancy or  
replacement is  
considered.  

9.3   Presentation and Election Meetings         
The  RR election process may be conducted as part of the regular monthly 
meetings of  the 
GPSCC.  Alternately, a  special meeting may be called if so decided by the 
county council. 
Candidates shall present themselves to the electorate at a valid  meeting.  
This  presentation 
shall be at a meeting that precedes the meeting where ethe vote  occurs.   

9.4   Election Process 
This election process assumes this region  is allocated one representative.  
This section shall 
be  amended if the allocation is increased.  The Regional Representative and 
Alternate  
Representative shall be chosen by separate votes.  The Regional 
Representative shall be  
chosen first.  In an election  where there is only one declared candidate, 
the decision shall  
be  made in  Accordance Article 5 of  these bylaws.  Regional  Representative 
elections shall  
be  deemed business decisions.  If more  than one candidate has declared 
their candidacy, the  
election shall be conducted using Instant Runoff Voting, with section  7-1.9 
of the GPCA  
bylaws as guidance. 

9.5   Regional  Coordination
A candidate must be approved by all  of the county parties of the region.  If 
different candidates
are  approved by the county parties the decision(s) shall be retaken by the 
county  parties until  
agreement  on candidates between the county parties is reached.

9.6   Representational Balance in the  Region
It shall be an objective to  have the Regional Representative and the first 
Alternate Regional
representative be from different counties wherever possible.

9.7  Replacement or  Recall
A Regional Representative or an  Alternate Regional Representative may be 
replaced or recalled
using the  same process for election described here.

9.8   Effective  Date
This amendment, Article 9 of  the by-laws, shall take effect after formal 
approval by the 
GPSCC, and after the bylaws of substantially the same form have been  adopted 
by all  
counties in the region. Upon adoption, the County Council from each  county 
party  
shall separately and independently notify the GPCA of their bylaws  
amendments adding  
this  alternative election process to the default procedures provided by the 
state  
Green Party Bylaws.

9.9   Expiration of Article  9
This article 9 detailing the  selection of regional representatives to the 
GPCA Coordinating
Committee  shall expire if a county party in the region rescinds it, or if 
the region is  redefined  
and  a new county party added to the region decides not to adopt this  bylaw. 




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From mkmusic at greens.org  Thu Jan  3 01:20:39 2008
From: mkmusic at greens.org (Merriam Kathaleen)
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:20:39 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeach Demonstration at Rep. Lofgren's office
	this Fri. 1/4 3pm-515pm
Message-ID: <477CA8E7.4090708@greens.org>

Hi All

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY YEAR OF IMPEACHMENT!!!!!

We are having our 7th Impeachment demonstration at Zoe Lofgren's office 
this Friday, 1/4,  from 3:00pm - 5:00pm.  Zoe's office is at 635 N. 1st 
St., San Jose. (Between Taylor & Jackson St. across from the IHOP 
restaurant/Light Rail stop is corner of Jackson St on 1st St.)

This will be the 7th week of our ongoing weekly demonstration of 
pressuring Lofgren.  Let's begin 2008 with a bang and a huge turnout. 

RAIN OR SHINE WE WILL BE OUT IN FRONT OF REP. LOFGREN'S OFFICE.  IF IT 
IS RAINING BRING YOUR UMBRELLAS.

Please join us.  We have signs, banners and a sound system.  What we 
need is you to help uphold our Constitution by holding our signs and 
your voice to add to our chorus of chants.

Also, if you have your own Impeach Cheney sign please bring it.

TELL LOFGREN WE DEMAND SHE INSISTS THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BEGINS 
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS IMMEDIATELY!!! 

IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE, PLEASE CALL LOFGREN'S OFFICE (408-271-8700) TO 
TELL HER YOU WANT THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO BEGIN THE IMPEACHMENT 
PROCESS AGAINST CHENEY.

Please let me know if you can be there.

Thanks,
Merriam
Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition
mkmusic at greens.org
408-482-6032 (Cell)

P.S. Check out our ad about Lofgren in last weeks Metro Newspaper.  We 
will be having an ad in the Metro once a month from now on.


From alexcathy at aol.com  Fri Jan  4 12:31:45 2008
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:31:45 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] The Challenge of Obama
Message-ID: <8CA1D27F57A9A40-9E8-1E7D@FWM-D04.sysops.aol.com>

Dear Green Friends, 

See below a blog entry by Wes Rolley on the Obama challenge for Greens and my comment. 

Alex Walker 
Los Angeles Greens 


Posted on Green Commons, Friday, January 4, 2007? 



The Challenge of Obama



Submitted by wrolley 



Barack Obama's victory in Iowa
last night identifies a major challenge for the Green Party. He built this
election victory by appealing to the very voters that we need to attract.
People turned out in record numbers in Iowas, twice as many in the Democratic
Caucus as in the Republicans. The ones who caucused for Obama were frequently
younger, many were independents. He is the one that voters have now given the
mantle of being the agent of change. The fact that Edwards and Clinton finished
in nearly a tie indicates a repudiation of all the mainstream stuff. 



At the enviromental Gristmill
blog, Dave
Roberts wrote that "green is an issue Dems still own." To the
extent that this is true, Green have a problem. They have stolen our brand.
Roberts goes on to give Obama a coat of greenwashing. 



Do I want the tax-averse, government-averse,
war-hungry guy with a middling climate plan, or do I want the guy that's going
to go big on climate? If the election turns on green, voters might want the
real deal, not the echo. 



If Obama is the real deal on
climate change for the Democrats, then absolutely nothing has changed and all
of those who claim that there is no difference between the corporate parties
are right. The only thing that has changed is the perception of change itself. 



If our presidential candidates are
going to make any inroads into this election, they will have to make the case
that Obama is playing a shell game, letting you think he will change things
while he is still the prophet of corn based ethanol
and clean coal. It was not long ago that Grist was reaming Obama for his
support of Clean
Coal but, hey, he won in Iowa so let's get behind a winner.



Note to all our Presidential
Candidates. You have to strip Obama of his Green Jacket. He has the media focus
now and is taking away your voters. You can not even make an ethnic appeal,
because he has got you there. We need to convince that Obama is only the image
of change and not the real deal at all. It is either that or hope that Hillary
can become the second coming of the Comeback Kid. 



?



Obama Challenge Must
Be Handled with Finesse



Submitted by AlexWalker 



I agree 100% with Wes Wrolley's
analysis.? Obama's surge is at once a challenge and an opportunity for
Greens.? We have to rise to the challenge but it must be handled with
finesse (delicacy, refinement, and subtlety of performance, execution or
workmanship -- a virtue which, unfortunately, some of our most outspoken Green
activists do not have).? Obama's surge proves that there is now a huge
appetite in this country for change.? If Barack ultimately gets
"kicked to the curb" by the long knives of the Democratic Party
Establishment (and I'm willing to bet money he will be), then we need to be in
a position to capitalize on their stupidity. 



Two Points: 



(1) We must not trash Barack Obama
personally on the war or on the environment.? Now more than ever, we
should maintain our fire on the Democratic Party Machines that have mostly
lined up for Hillary. 



(2) We must pay no attention to the
Black pseudo-nationalist rap.? Cynthia McKinney has already tried
to paint Obama as an "Uncle Tom."? Elaine Brown, among other
things, trashed McKinney as a "sellout."? Jared Ball's
supporters are out waving the Red, Black, and Green colors of Black
Nationalism.? This is a big mistake.? The Obama people most likely to
lean Green are the politically sophisticated, independent-minded folks who are
also most likely to reject that tired adolescent conformist nonsense.? It
has been my experience that the folks who shout ?Amen!? to that rap are folks
who either will not vote at all or will vote for the Democrat no matter how bad
the Democratic candidate because ?Everybody?s Doing It? in their
community.? Again, the correct tactic,
in my opinion, is to keep hammering away at the Democratic Party Machine Bosses
like Los Angeles Congresswoman Laura Richardson and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
who have been shamelessly groveling for Hillary. ??



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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jan  4 15:01:43 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:01:43 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] notice re presidential debate in SF
Message-ID: <477EBAD7.7040004@sbcglobal.net>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more 
information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do 
not hit reply. Follow the contact directions
stated in the email.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GREEN PARTY
URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Greens announce Presidential Debate Jan. 13
in San Francisco; Racially diverse ballot includes
ex-congressperson, consumer icon, professor, engineer

SAN FRANCISCO ? The first, and only, live debate between candidates on the
Green Party?s California ballot for President of the United States ?
featuring a former Democratic Party member of Congress, consumer protection
icon, professor and environmental engineer ? is scheduled here January 13,
said John Morton of the Green Party Presidential Debate Committee.

The debate will be held Sunday, January 13 at 2 p.m. at the Herbst
Theater/Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue.

?Peace Mom? Cindy Sheehan ? a former Democrat - will co-moderate the debate.

Former five-time Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, longtime consumer
advocate Ralph Nader ? who is not yet an announced candidate, university
professor Jared Ball and environmental engineer Kent Mesplay will
participate in ?Campaign 2008: A Presidential Debate that Matters.?

Sheehan, running as an independent Congressional candidate against House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, will be joined by other prominent
progressive elected officials, to be announced later.

The event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $10-25. For
more information go to http://www.acgreens.org/debate.

The debate is sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County, the San
Francisco Green Party, the Sacramento County Green Party and endorsed by 
the
Green Party of San Mateo County.



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sat Jan  5 10:45:41 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:45:41 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] gp presidential debate
Message-ID: <477FD055.60905@sbcglobal.net>



*First 2008 Green Party Presidential
Debate to be held on Jan 13th*

The first Green Party debate between candidates on the Green Party's 
California ballot for President of the United States is scheduled for 
Sunday, January 13 at 2 p.m. at the Herbst Theater/Veterans Memorial 
Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, (Opposite City Hall, 3 blocks from Civic 
Center BART station)

Six-time Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, longtime consumer advocate 
Ralph Nader - who is not yet an announced candidate, university 
professor Jared Ball and environmental engineer Kent Mesplay will 
participate in "Campaign 2008: A Presidential Debate that Matters."

"Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan - a former Democrat - will co-moderate the 
debate. Sheehan, running as an independent Congressional candidate 
against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, will be joined by 
other prominent progressive elected officials, to be announced later.

The event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $10-25.

For more information go to http://www.acgreens.org/debate 
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=137988137&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acgreens.org%2Fdebate>.

The debate is sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County, the San 
Francisco Green Party, the Sacramento County Green Party and endorsed by 
the Green Party of San Mateo County.

Information on Green presidential candidates, with links to candidates' 
web sites: http://www.gp.org/committees/pcsc/index.shtml 
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=137988137&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org%2Fcommittees%2Fpcsc%2Findex.shtml>

Please help the Green Party in its efforts to elect Green Party 
Candidates to office.

Donate to the Green Party of the United States

Donate to GP Fund 
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=137988137&url_num=6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.democracyinaction.com%2Fdia%2Forganizations%2FGreens%2Fshop%2Fcustom.jsp%3Fdonate_page_KEY%3D1257>

Email: 
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=137988137&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org%2Fdonate.shtml>office at gp.org 
<mailto:office at gp.org>
Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free 
(US): 866-41GREEN




From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sat Jan  5 19:17:07 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:17:07 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fppc/rov fines
Message-ID: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>

I received a certified letter yesterday - 1/4 - which had a return 
receipt request
that had to be signed.

The registrar of voters is assessing fines of  $1,283.00 and $1,403.00
for two reporting periods:  1/1/2005 to 06/30/2005 and the period
from 07/01/2005 to 12/31/2005.

The total, $2,686.00 is due within 20 days.

These are from the Registrar of Voters office.
The person I spoke to on Friday was not aware of any fines
coming from the fppc or the political reform division of the Secretary
of State's office.



From eameece at california.com  Thu Jan  3 22:05:29 2008
From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece)
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:05:29 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fppc/rov fines
References: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <477DCCA9.4EB2@california.com>

Boy, that's terrible. What are the fines for, I wonder?

Eric M

Jim Doyle wrote:
> 
> I received a certified letter yesterday - 1/4 - which had a return
> receipt request
> that had to be signed.
> 
> The registrar of voters is assessing fines of  $1,283.00 and $1,403.00
> for two reporting periods:  1/1/2005 to 06/30/2005 and the period
> from 07/01/2005 to 12/31/2005.
> 
> The total, $2,686.00 is due within 20 days.
> 
> These are from the Registrar of Voters office.
> The person I spoke to on Friday was not aware of any fines
> coming from the fppc or the political reform division of the Secretary
> of State's office.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Sat Jan  5 22:34:50 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:34:50 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fppc/rov fines
In-Reply-To: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
References: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <4780768A.7080608@aceweb.com>

Is that the County Registrar or the State Registrar?

Jim Doyle wrote:
> I received a certified letter yesterday - 1/4 - which had a return 
> receipt request
> that had to be signed.
> 
> The registrar of voters is assessing fines of  $1,283.00 and $1,403.00
> for two reporting periods:  1/1/2005 to 06/30/2005 and the period
> from 07/01/2005 to 12/31/2005.
> 
> The total, $2,686.00 is due within 20 days.
> 
> These are from the Registrar of Voters office.
> The person I spoke to on Friday was not aware of any fines
> coming from the fppc or the political reform division of the Secretary
> of State's office.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> 

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added Students Against War pictures taken in San Jose.
NBC11 broadcast Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs saying "momentum".


From wrolley at charter.net  Sun Jan  6 12:20:07 2008
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:20:07 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Penalty Charges
Message-ID: <478137F7.8080000@charter.net>

I will donate $100 to help pay these fines.  I would hope that at least 
26 others do the same.

At the same time, I would like to have a reasonable explanation of how 
this might have occurred, who should have been paying attention to the 
necessity of filing official reports, and the assurances that we have 
protections in place to ensure that it never happens again.

If the words of John Madden, this is just blocking and tackling.  It is 
a pre-requisite to learning how to govern, starting by governing ourselves.


-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024



From green at bionictoad.com  Sun Jan  6 14:07:06 2008
From: green at bionictoad.com (Ray Tobey)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:07:06 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fppc/rov fines
In-Reply-To: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
References: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <4781510A.9090909@bionictoad.com>

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From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan  6 18:30:25 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:30:25 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] DEMOCRACY  CAFE
Message-ID: <47818EC1.5090500@greens.org>


** Please forward to other appropriate lists **


You are invited to "Democracy Cafe - a community conversation" presented by
Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association.

Saturday Jan. 19
9am - 12pm
India Community Center, 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas


Please join us to examine the question, "What actions can Milpitans take to
create better democracy for ourselves?" We will be using the World Cafe
model of rotating through small discussion groups to stimulate sharing of ideas.

For more information point your browser to:
http://www.electric-bikes.com/cafe/

Please let us know if you are coming:
408-262-0420  or sna at electric-bikes.com

-----------

Jim Stauffer





From the_alliance47 at yahoo.com  Sun Jan  6 19:56:59 2008
From: the_alliance47 at yahoo.com (Edward)
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:56:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] British Criticism of US Electoral Method
Message-ID: <298074.42223.qm@web54307.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Our friends across the pond have published a piece on the out-datedness of the Electoral College and have the courage to point out that we do not have a democracy in the United States.

It also points out a widely underappreciated fact that the POTUS is both the head of state AND head of government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7171581.stm

       
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From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan  6 20:19:09 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:19:09 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Penalty Charges
In-Reply-To: <478137F7.8080000@charter.net>
References: <478137F7.8080000@charter.net>
Message-ID: <4781A83D.1040608@greens.org>

I seriously think we can negotiate this with the Registrar. These 
regulations are aimed at the republicrats with their $multi-million slush 
funds. The affect on minor parties just collateral damage.

Jim



Wes Rolley wrote:
> I will donate $100 to help pay these fines.  I would hope that at least 
> 26 others do the same.
> 
> At the same time, I would like to have a reasonable explanation of how 
> this might have occurred, who should have been paying attention to the 
> necessity of filing official reports, and the assurances that we have 
> protections in place to ensure that it never happens again.
> 
> If the words of John Madden, this is just blocking and tackling.  It is 
> a pre-requisite to learning how to govern, starting by governing ourselves.
> 
> 


From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan  6 19:44:44 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:44:44 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fppc/rov fines
In-Reply-To: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
References: <47804833.7080901@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <4781A02C.1010609@greens.org>

We need to ask for a meeting with the Registrar Durazo.

Jim




Jim Doyle wrote:
> I received a certified letter yesterday - 1/4 - which had a return 
> receipt request
> that had to be signed.
> 
> The registrar of voters is assessing fines of  $1,283.00 and $1,403.00
> for two reporting periods:  1/1/2005 to 06/30/2005 and the period
> from 07/01/2005 to 12/31/2005.
> 
> The total, $2,686.00 is due within 20 days.
> 
> These are from the Registrar of Voters office.
> The person I spoke to on Friday was not aware of any fines
> coming from the fppc or the political reform division of the Secretary
> of State's office.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> 



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan  8 00:00:08 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:08 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] ROV fines
Message-ID: <47832D88.30503@sbcglobal.net>

Here is a copy of my response to Ray Tobey and the attachment
from Margaret Pye.

It is an attempt at a clarification of the situation.

The bottom line is that negotiations is the next step.

I did visit the Registrar of Voters office today, Monday 1/7.
The procedure is to forward a notice to the County's cashier requesting 
the cashier
to collect the amount of the fines.  A payment plan can be arranged.

Thus step one is to negotiate, step two is to work out a payment plan.

Jim Doyle

Response to Ray Tobey:

Thank you Ray for your attention to this matter.
There are two entities involved.
The county Resistrar of voters
and the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division.

The latter has a waiver form which I have filled out and submitted
compliments of  someone in the Political Reform Division who also informed
me of the - shall I say - proposed amounts of fines because I still have 
not received
their notice.

That same person informed me that there was a change of law in late 2005 
which
effectively classified all central committees as "state" committees for 
which there are
different filing requirements.

Prior to that law change we were classified as a "county" committee.

The fines requested by the Santa Clara county Registrar of Voters office 
were
for two reports due for the year 2005.

I have the impression from Margaret Pye's comments that her dealings 
were with the state
so I am on top of that having already filed the request for a waiver of 
fines.

Next up is to negotiate with the Registrar of Voters office in Santa 
Clara county.

Jim Doyle




From the_alliance47 at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  4 11:04:07 2008
From: the_alliance47 at yahoo.com (Edward)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:04:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposition 92: Clarifying Questions
Message-ID: <495456.25955.qm@web54304.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

I have made up my mind about all the propositions except Prop. 92. After reading the Legislative Analysis in the Official Voter Information Guide, I have come across some unclear points. It says that ?Proposition 92?s new funding [formulae] would not apply in years when K-14?s share of General Fund spending was less than? the level specified in Proposition 98 (1998), which says ?that K-14 education must receive at least a specified percentage (about 40 percent) of General Fund revenues each year.? However, if there is a minimum percentage of General Fund revenues allocated towards K-14 education, why would it ever be less than that amount? Wouldn?t this turn into a zero-sum game for K-12 and community colleges, because if K-12 receives more funding, then community colleges receive less? In 2011, Figure 2 shows that both the young adult population and K-12 enrollment is expected to grow. Does this mean that state funding will increase for both if this proposition passes? If
 so, why then does the Guide state on the following page that ?starting 2010-2011 and continuing for the near future, we do not expect that the new funding [formulae] established by Proposition 92 would be in effect??

My second concern is that of determining the funding towards community colleges. Basing funding on the growth of the young adult population is good when more young adults enroll in community colleges. It is bad when more decide to enroll in CSUs or UCs and when the growth rate of the young adult population is negative. Proposition 92 could potentially deter funds from our CSUs and UCs in the former case and not provide adequate funding for those wishing to pursue higher education in community colleges in the latter, which may deter people from enrolling altogether.

I also have some minor concerns. First, the Guide states that ?in the past decade, fee levels have fluctuated between $11 and $26 per unit.? I am assuming these are the nominal values and not real values. If we were to convert these to real values, does the correlation between year and cost remain the same? (What is the correlation even using the nominal values?)

Second, the Guide says that a family of four making $65,000 a year can qualify for a fee waiver. However, what is the total cost of attending a community college (including books & supplies, room & board, personal expenses, transportation expenses, etc)? What about independent students or students with families? Also, where do the funds for financial aid come from? By lowering student fees from $20 to $15, taxpayers save $5 per student who receives financial aid, but costs $5 for every student not receiving financial aid. This is illustrative of my larger question of the proposition fixing per capita revenue but not accounting for the highly likely scenario that per capita costs will increase.

Finally, the Guide mentions that ?the measure gives [the Board of Governors] ?full power? over how to spend funds appropriated for its administrative expenses in the annual budget.? What accountability and transparency measures are in place upon passage of this proposition? Will this turn into a body like the UC Regents, who often make decisions that benefit them and not the students?

I look forward to your response on this issue.

-Edward Chow
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3rd Year Undergraduate | International Political Economy Major
University of California, Berkeley
Stadium Rim Way & Gayley Road BO-402
Berkeley, CA 94720-2290
the_alliance47 at yahoo.com | 510.664.2497

  
       
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan  8 19:33:42 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:33:42 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] late filing fines SOS, ROV fines
Message-ID: <47844096.202@sbcglobal.net>

The Secretary of State's Political Reform Division has processed
the application for a waiver of fines.  The fines which had covered five
reporting periods were originally in the range of $1,250 to $1,920.

They have all been reduced to $25 each for a total of $125.

Whoever processed the waiver still has Eric Meese as the treasurer of 
record.
------
ReROV fines:

I have proposed to the county council that we attempt to negotiate a
reduction of the fines imposed by the Registrar of Voters and layout
a payment plan that stretches over a span of up to three years.

That will be discussed by the county council which can and must take 
action before
the 24-th of this month.

Your comments are also welcome.

Jim Doyle



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan  8 21:26:52 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:26:52 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Democracy Cafe Hosting and Tabling
Message-ID: <47845B1C.1030607@sbcglobal.net>

Rob Means has sent a reminder about hosting duties
and notes that the two hosts from the Green Party have not as
yet been designated.
Note that we could have a table at the event on Saturday the 19-th.

Originally, Fred and I had volunteered to help, so I guess he and I are
the hosts from the Green Party.

A few people indicated they would be interested in attending the 
Democracy Cafe.
Are any of them also interested in hosting or tabling?

Jim Doyle

---
Here is the email from Rob Means without the attachments:

Dear Caf? Hosts,

More people are committing to attend every day.  With 30 already saying
"Yes" they will attend and another 10 saying "Maybe", we're well on our
way to the objective of 75 participants.  Attached are two
Word-formatted files with the front and back of event invitations.

As mentioned when your organization agreed to co-sponsor the Democracy
Caf?, your two hosts are expected to learn about The World Caf? process
prior to the event.  Although Chapter 10 of the book The World Caf? is a
good introduction to hosting a Caf?, you'll find a quick and easy
introduction entitled "Caf? To Go" online at
http://theworldCaf?.com/articles/Caf?togo.pdf 
<http://theworldCaf%E9.com/articles/Caf%E9togo.pdf>
The main thing to learn is the attitude of the host; one of service and
care.
Your two hosts are expected at the event site by 8:00am on January 19.

Additionally, I'm requesting Caf? hosts to attend a 90-minute
orientation this coming Saturday, January 12, at the India Community
Center, 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas.  Starting at 9:00am, we will tour
the facility, learn logistic details (sign-in table, restroom location,
etc.), answer questions, and discuss the host's role and attitude.  Over
the past 24 hours, the event script has been revised so it's ready to
go.  For a better idea of how this Caf? will flow, look over the script
at
http://www.electric-bikes.com/Caf?/script.html 
<http://www.electric-bikes.com/Caf%E9/script.html>

A benefit to your organization for helping co-sponsor the Caf? is an
opportunity for outreach.  So, be sure to bring literature and
(hopefully) a person that can questions.  We'll have a table for each
organization at the event.
With the exception of the Green and Republican Party sponsors, I still
don't have the name of two hosts for the event.  Please provide me with
the name and e-mail addresses of both hosts.  Thanks.





From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jan  9 12:01:36 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:01:36 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] bylaws re regional rep election
Message-ID: <47852820.7060005@sbcglobal.net>

Here are the bylaw re election of regional representatives
which was approved by consensus at the general meeting
of the Green Party of Santa Clara County on Thursday January 3, 2008.

The next steps are to establish a compatible version in San Mateo County
and then for each of the two counties to report the bylaw changes to the
state party.

At the meeting on January 3-rd there was discussion which led to changes in
Article 9.7.  The words or recall were dropped form the title of Article 9.7
and in the text of Article 9.7 the words or recalled were also deleted.

In Article 9.3 the word separate was added between a and meeting in the
last sentence of that paragraph.  There was also one typo on that last 
sentence:
ethe now reads the.

The word draft has been dropped from the descriptive title of the document.

A word document has been attached for those who can access word documents.

Jim Doyle

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      BY-LAWS RE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

      ARTICLE 9   ELECTION OF REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (RR) AND ALTERNATES

 

      9.0   Definitions in GPCA bylaws

        Regional Representation on the GPCA Coordinating Committee is 
defined by      the GPCA bylaws, Articles 6, 7 and elsewhere.  This 
bylaws article            constitutes an alternative election process as 
provided for in the GPCA      bylaws section 7-1.5.

 

      9.1   RR Election Meeting

        RR election meetings are considered valid if they meet the 
following         conditions:

            1)  the election is authorized and called by the County Council

            2)  the meeting is open to all county party Members and all 
Members                     present can vote in the election,

            3)  the election has been publicly announced on county party 
email                      lists at least 15 days in advance of the 
election meeting and

            4)  where the RR Election is a preannounced agenda item for 
the                   meeting.

 

      9.2   Declaring Candidacy

            Candidates shall declare their candidacy on the email lists 
of the                  counties of the region prior to the RR Candidate 
Presentation Meetings             at which a vacancy or replacement is 
considered. 

 

      9.3   Presentation and Election Meetings       

            The RR election process may be conducted as part of the 
regular monthly             meetings of the GPSCC.  Alternately, a 
special meeting may be called if             so decided by the county 
council.  Candidates shall present themselves                 to the 
electorate at a valid meeting.  This presentation shall be at a         
      separate meeting that precedes the meeting where the vote occurs. 

 

      9.4   Election Process

            This election process assumes this region is allocated one 
                  representative.  This section shall be amended if the 
allocation is                 increased.  The Regional Representative 
and Alternate                         Representative shall be chosen by 
separate votes.  The Regional               Representative shall be 
chosen first.  In an election where there is                only one 
declared candidate, the decision shall be made in  Accordance       
      Article 5 of these bylaws.  Regional Representative elections shall

            be deemed business decisions.  If more than one candidate 
has declared             their candidacy, the election shall be 
conducted using Instant Runoff               Voting, with section 7-1.9 
of the GPCA bylaws as guidance.

 

      9.5   Regional Coordination

            A candidate must be approved by all of the county parties of 
the             region.  If different candidates are approved by the 
county parties the             decision(s) shall be retaken by the 
county parties until agreement on               candidates between the 
county parties is reached.

 

      9.6   Representational Balance in the Region

            It shall be an objective to have the Regional Representative 
and the                first Alternate Regional representative be from 
different counties                  wherever possible.

 

      9.7   Replacement      

            A Regional Representative or an Alternate Regional 
Representative may               be replaced or recalled using the same 
process for election described               here.

 

      9.8   Effective Date

            This amendment, Article 9 of the by-laws, shall take effect 
after                   formal approval by the GPSCC, and after the 
bylaws of substantially the             same form have been adopted by 
all counties in the region. Upon               adoption, the County 
Council from each county party shall separately             and 
independently notify the GPCA of their bylaws amendments adding

            this alternative election process to the default procedures 
provided by             the state Green Party Bylaws.

 

      9.9   Expiration of Article 9

            This article 9 detailing the selection of regional 
representatives to               the GPCA Coordinating Committee shall 
expire if a county party in the               region rescinds it, or if 
the region is redefined and a new county                  party added to 
the region decides not to adopt this bylaw.

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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Jan 10 15:17:19 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:17:19 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rides to Sundays Green Presidential Debate in SF.
Message-ID: <4786A77F.9040506@aceweb.com>

The basics: Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, Jared Ball, & Kent Mesplay
share the stage with Cindy Shehan, Ross Mirkarimi and others, 2PM at
Herbst Theater. If you want details of the event (including such things
as a pdf flyer you can pass around) please check the top of this page:

http://cagreens.org/

I collected a sign up list of drivers and riders to the meeting from
this area at the last County Meeting. If you want to get in on the
carpools, there is still a day or so to get involved. Let me know.

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added Walking With Dinosaurs pictures taken in San Jose.
"$147 will build a village school library in Afghanistan." Bud MacKenzie


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Jan 10 17:18:44 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:18:44 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rides to Sundays Green Presidential Debate in
 SF.
In-Reply-To: <4786A77F.9040506@aceweb.com>
References: <4786A77F.9040506@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4786C3F4.6050307@aceweb.com>

I'm told that Presidential Candidates Jesse Johnson and Kat Swift will 
also be there!

Tian Harter wrote:
> The basics: Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, Jared Ball, & Kent Mesplay
> share the stage with Cindy Shehan, Ross Mirkarimi and others, 2PM at
> Herbst Theater. If you want details of the event (including such things
> as a pdf flyer you can pass around) please check the top of this page:
> 
> http://cagreens.org/
> 
> I collected a sign up list of drivers and riders to the meeting from
> this area at the last County Meeting. If you want to get in on the
> carpools, there is still a day or so to get involved. Let me know.
> 

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added Walking With Dinosaurs pictures taken in San Jose.
"$147 will build a village school library in Afghanistan." Bud MacKenzie


From wrolley at refpub.com  Fri Jan 11 10:51:20 2008
From: wrolley at refpub.com (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:51:20 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Yet another ranking
Message-ID: <4787BAA8.7000106@refpub.com>

There are so many lists ranking cities / metropolitan areas by some 
criteria or another that it is hard to keep up with them all or to take 
any of them very seriously.  However, I did find it interesting that, in 
a ranking of the "most literate cities" in the US, San Jose comes in at 
54 in 2007, down from 50th place last year but still well ahead of 
Stockton (69).

Source: http://www.ccsu.edu/AMLC07/Overall_Rankings/Top10.htm


The methodology, mostly in terms of numbers of entities (newspapers, 
libraries, book store, etc.) are explained as well.

http://www.ccsu.edu/AMLC07/Methodology.htm

BTW, No.1 was Minneapolis, MN.  But then, what better to do in the 
Minnesota winter than to curl up with a good book. (don't answer).


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jan 11 11:29:33 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:29:33 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] govt code re fines
Message-ID: <4787C39D.1090300@sbcglobal.net>

Here is the code section under which the fines are being imposed.

First, the crucial sentence

Liability need not be enforced by the filing officer 
  	if 
on an impartial basis he or she determines that the late filing 
was not willful 
  	and 
that enforcement of the liability will not further the purposes of the act, 
  	except
that no liability shall be waived if a statement or report is not
filed within 30 days for a statement of economic interest, ...


Then, the full text of the code section

*91013*.  (a) If any person files an original statement or report
after any deadline imposed by this act, he or she shall, in addition
to any other penalties or remedies established by this act, be liable
in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day after the deadline until
the statement or report is filed, to the officer with whom the
statement or report is required to be filed.  Liability need not be
enforced by the filing officer if on an impartial basis he or she
determines that the late filing was not willful and that enforcement
of the liability will not further the purposes of the act, except
that no liability shall be waived if a statement or report is not
filed within 30 days for a statement of economic interest, other than
a candidate's statement filed pursuant to Section 87201, five days
for a campaign statement required to be filed 12 days before an
election, and 10 days for all other statements or reports, after the
filing officer has sent specific written notice of the filing
requirement.
   (b) If any person files a copy of a statement or report after any
deadline imposed by this act, he or she shall, in addition to any
other penalties or remedies established by this chapter, be liable in
the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day, starting 10 days, or five
days in the case of a campaign statement required to be filed 12 days
before an election, after the officer has sent specific written
notice of the filing requirement and until the statement is filed.
   (c) The officer shall deposit any funds received under this
section into the general fund of the jurisdiction of which he or she
is an officer.  No liability under this section shall exceed the
cumulative amount stated in the late statement or report, or one
hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.



*91013*.5.  (a) In addition to any other available remedies, the
commission or the filing officer may bring a civil action and obtain
a judgment in superior court for the purpose of collecting any unpaid
monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties imposed pursuant to
this title.  The action may be filed as a small claims, limited
civil, or unlimited civil case, depending on the jurisdictional
amount.  The venue for this action shall be in the county where the
monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties were imposed by the
commission or the filing officer.  In order to obtain a judgment in a
proceeding under this section, the commission or filing officer
shall show, following the procedures and rules of evidence as applied
in ordinary civil actions, all of the following:
   (1) That the monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties were
imposed following the procedures set forth in this title and
implementing regulations.
   (2) That the defendant or defendants in the action were notified,
by actual or constructive notice, of the imposition of the monetary
penalties, fees, or civil penalties.
   (3) That a demand for payment has been made by the commission or
the filing officer and full payment has not been received.
   (b) A civil action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
commenced within four years after the date on which the monetary
penalty, fee, or civil penalty was imposed.



91014.  Nothing in this chapter shall exempt any person from
applicable provisions of any other laws of this state.




From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jan 11 12:07:51 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:07:51 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Democracy Cafe notice and needs
Message-ID: <4787CC97.8000101@sbcglobal.net>

Here is an opportunity for tabling on Saturday January 19-th
as indicated in the last paragraph below.
Please let me know if you are interested in tabling at this event.

On Monday, Rob Means wrote

Dear Caf? Hosts,

More people are committing to attend every day.  With 30 already saying
"Yes" they will attend and another 10 saying "Maybe", we're well on our
way to the objective of 75 participants. 

As mentioned when your organization agreed to co-sponsor the Democracy
Caf?, your two hosts are expected to learn about The World Caf? process
prior to the event.  Although Chapter 10 of the book The World Caf? is a
good introduction to hosting a Caf?, you'll find a quick and easy
introduction entitled "Caf? To Go" online at
http://theworldCaf?.com/articles/Caf?togo.pdf 
<http://theworldCaf%E9.com/articles/Caf%E9togo.pdf>
The main thing to learn is the attitude of the host; one of service and
care.
Your two hosts are expected at the event site by 8:00am on January 19.

Additionally, I'm requesting Caf? hosts to attend a 90-minute
orientation this coming Saturday, January 12, at the India Community
Center, 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas.  Starting at 9:00am, we will tour
the facility, learn logistic details (sign-in table, restroom location,
etc.), answer questions, and discuss the host's role and attitude.  Over
the past 24 hours, the event script has been revised so it's ready to
go.  For a better idea of how this Caf? will flow, look over the script
at
http://www.electric-bikes.com/Caf?/script.html 
<http://www.electric-bikes.com/Caf%E9/script.html>

A benefit to your organization for helping co-sponsor the Caf? is an
opportunity for outreach.  So, be sure to bring literature and
(hopefully) a person that can questions.  We'll have a table for each
organization at the event.
-----



From JGSHURT69 at aol.com  Fri Jan 11 22:35:26 2008
From: JGSHURT69 at aol.com (JGSHURT69 at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:35:26 EST
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] NO..NOT..Stop the LANTOS TUNNEL !!!
Message-ID: <bbf.2238b197.34b9b9ae@aol.com>

There is a move to name the Devil's Slide Tunnel Bypass for TOM LANTOS.  
NO...NEVER..Just contact
LTE...Letters to the Editor..for all local papers..your paper..Chron,  Merc, 
Times, Journal, TV..KQED, KCSM,
KTSF, KGO, KRON, KPIX, but...let your voice be heard. TOM LANTOS does NOT  
represent us. NO..on the TOM LANTOS TUNNEL.... Contact Leland  
Yee..unfortunately.. still a demo good guy..usually.
 
sorry
 
Jeffrey in San Bruno
 



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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jan 14 14:44:11 2008
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:44:11 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] forum on veterans
Message-ID: <478BE5BB.4090604@sbcglobal.net>

This from the Veterans for Peace:
Forum at Moffett field on Tuesday January 22-nd re treatment of veterans 
at 10 am.

This is being forwarded to you on behalf of Terry McKinney, the 
President of the United Veterans Council of Santa Cruz. Thank you for 
helping veterans.  Peace,  Daniel Young

We are always looking to add more to our list...so please feel free to 
let someone know about this collaboration to lift the voices of our 
veterans and their families.
 
The CA Statewide Collaborative will meet at 10 am on Tuesday, Jan 22 at the
Moffett Field Clubhouse.  We will meet until noon.
 
Light refreshments are served and if you would like to bring some drinks 
or food, please let me know.  Sharing is always appreciated.  

The purpose of this statewide Collaborative is to be a strong voice 
advocating for a wholistic, compassionate, continuum of services, 
treatment and care for our veterans and their families.
 
It provides a forum to share information and education, raise awareness, 
and promote strategic partnerships that will streamline and improve 
access to health and human services for our veterans and their families.
 
We have Kathy Pearce from Arizona and Vicky Field from Texas as special 
guests and presenters.  Both Kathy and Vicky are mothers of severely 
injured OIF soldiers and both are Department of Defense Advocates, 
Military Severely Injured Representatives and Kathy also is with the 
Heroes to Hometowns Program. 
Kathy's son is Brent Bretz and Vicky's son is Chad Snowden.
 
 From US 101 take the Moffett/NASA Parkway exit, then turn right and 
proceed through the security gate where you will need to show a driver's 
license and tell them you are going to the Clubhouse for the 
Collaborative meeting.
 
Make a right turn at the first circle and the Clubhouse will be on the 
right side of the street on Westcoat Road. Green and white banners 
advertising the facilities will mark the way.  The Clubhouse is Building 
#48 and is adobe red with white pillars. Parking is close by.  A marque 
is in front with "Westcoat Village at Moffett Field".  Chaplain Fred 
Tittle's phone will be on, in case you get lost.  You can reach him at 
609 802 3492.
 
Mary Ellen Salzano, Certified Professional Coach
408 779 6916 or 408 489 0911 cell
Proud Parent of  Cpl.. Salzano, USMC, OIF 2 and 3 and Philippines
California Statewide Collaborative for our Veterans and Families
The price of freedom is visible at any VA hospital

Partial list of invited:
 
Military:  enlisted, officers, retired, reserve, currently serving, 
wounded, families and their caregivers.
Blue Star mothers/Family
Gold Star mothers/Family
Heroes to Hometwons
Soldier's Angels
Wounded Warrior Project
Representatives from political offices
Physicians, doctors, mental health providers, caregivers
Non profits with special emphasis on military needs
Women veteran groups
Employment services with military emphasis
Faith Belief systems
Journalists
AM VETS
Coming Home Project
Staff and volunteers at VA Hospitals
Swords to Plowshares
Vet Centers..those I know...
Military Chaplains and Law Enforcement Chaplains
Veterans Village
Housing Representatives...and the list goes on....
 
 
I would suggest adding the Green Party to the list.
Is there someone who has the time and interest to attend?
If so, let me know,or just go to the event.


From alexcathy at aol.com  Tue Jan 15 11:10:05 2008
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:10:05 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] L.A. Times Poll -- Hillary Leads Big in California
Message-ID: <8CA25C15F490089-F54-184E@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>


Los Angeles Times Poll - Hillary Leads Big in California

Submitted by AlexWalker on Tue, 01/15/2008

?

The Los Angeles Times?published the results of their latest opinion poll in this morning's paper: 

In California, it's Clinton and McCain
by Cathleen Decker
Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a commanding lead over Barack Obama in California as the Democratic presidential contest heads toward the Feb. 5 primary, a new statewide poll has found. John McCain's resurgent campaign claimed a slim lead among Republicans, with a trio of candidates competing to challenge him.

The L.A. Times/CNN/Politico poll, conducted by Opinion Research Corp., showed that the race remains extremely fluid, even as voters in the state are casting mail-in ballots. Six in 10 Republican primary voters said they might change candidates in the next three weeks. Among Democrats, four in 10 said they could still change their minds.

As things stand now, Clinton leads Obama 47% to 31% among voters judged likely to cast ballots in California. A third candidate, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, was a distant third with 10%.

The poll provides the first public glimpse of the race in the nation's largest state since the initial round of contests in Iowa and New Hampshire began to winnow the field.

As she did in New Hampshire, where she eked out a win over Obama last week, Clinton held on to a sturdy margin among registered Democrats. But the New York senator also opened a strong lead over her colleague from Illinois among independent voters. Registered voters who have declined to state a party will be able to cast ballots in California's Democratic primary but not in the GOP contest.

Those planning to vote in the Democratic primary here, as in Iowa and New Hampshire, embraced the notion of "change" as more crucial than "experience" in deciding which candidate to support. Obama led among voters who said change was their top priority.





At the risk of sounding like a cynical politician, this is great news for the California Green Party.? Most of the leading California Democratic Party Establishment Hacks have endorsed Hillary.? If?Barack Obama and John Edwrads get "kicked to the curb" by the California Democratic Party Hackarama, The California Green Party must be prepared to hit hard the next day with a message: 


We Told You So!? The Democratic Party Will Never Be the Party of Change.? The So-Called Progressive Democrats, the Brothas & Sistahs for Barack, the Edwards People, the Kucinich People all Suckered You Back Into the Working with the Donkey Party Only to be Frustrated Again. 




We Told You So!? The Democratic Party Will Never Be the Party of Change.? The So-Called Progressive Democrats, the Brothas & Sistahs for Barack, the Edwards People, the Kucinich People all Suckered You Back Into the Working with the Donkey Party Only to be Frustrated Again. 



I say again, Greens should leave Obama, Edwards, and Kucinich alone.? I cannot overemphasize what a disaster it would be for Euro-American "White" Greens to run around badmouthing Barack Obama now for not being "politically correct" on every issue.? 

Let the Demoblicans self-destruct and then our time will come.? 


By the way, my strategy applies regardless of which Green candidate wins our primary in February.? 

?

Leave a Comment on Green Commons at: 

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http://www.greencommons.org/node/933 

?

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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Jan 15 11:25:42 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:25:42 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [G-C-F] Green Debate replay TONIGHT - 7 PM
	- KPFA]
Message-ID: <478D08B6.3060701@aceweb.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [G-C-F] Green Debate replay TONIGHT - 7 PM  -  KPFA
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:41:16 -0800 (PST)
From: John Morton <jlm108 at yahoo.com>
To: CAL-Forum <cal-forum at cagreens.org>

DONT MISS THIS:

Tuesday, January 15th, 7:00 ? 10:00 pm

In the Bay Area: KPFA radio  -  94.1 FM

Outside the Bay Area: other Pacifica network stations,
or
Online at www.KPFA.org

THE KPFA SPECIAL RE-BROADCAST OF
THE GREEN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

With hosts Larry Bensky and Aimee Allison

Two hours of edited debate moments
And one hour of direct listener call-ins
>From anywhere in the world

Spread the Word!

GREEN CAMPAIGN 2008:  A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT MATTERS
January 13th, 2 pm, at San Francisco's Herbst Theater
www.acgreens.org/debate




 
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Latest change: Added Walking With Dinosaurs pictures taken in San Jose.
I saw all sixish Green Presidental Candidates debate. Cynthia McKinney!


From ryanfrazierwg at hotmail.com  Tue Jan 15 11:55:03 2008
From: ryanfrazierwg at hotmail.com (Ryan Frazier)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:55:03 +0000
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Intiative for Farm Animal Cruelty - Please Read!
Message-ID: <BAY114-W3093068554A8BF7E7425A1AA470@phx.gbl>


Hello all,
As a registered green party voter, I knew this would be a good place to inform you about a California initiative to end the intense confinement of farm animals.  
 
The Humane Society, Farm Sanctuary, and Californians for Humane Farms have drafted a California initiative that will require the meat and dairy producers to allow animals the ability to:
-Stand up
-Lie down
-Fully extend limbs
-Turn around freely
 
It is currently legal to keep veal calves, pregnant pigs, and egg laying hens in crates and cages that deny them these most basic freedoms of nature. The animals experience dementia and an array of damaging physical effects. 
 
Similar initiatives were passed in Florida, Arizona, and Oregon - as well as the entire European Union.  Colorado is currently working on it also.
 
We need all the help we can get to gather signatures - we have only 4 weeks left to gather the 650,000 signatures required to get it on the ballot in November. We are doing well, but we need more help to ensure we will reach the goal. Unfortunately, all of the signatures must be collected by hand - the state would not permit an online version.
 
Every signature is important - the only requirement for collecting signatures is being a registered voter. If you can collect ANY signatures, please go to WWW.HUMANECALIFORNIA.ORG for the information.  Feel free to call the number at the bottom of that page if you have any questions.  Be sure to ask them to send out your signature sheets ASAP.
 
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Together we can make this happen!
Ryan
 
If you would like to gather signatures with me - email me directly.
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From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Jan 15 14:09:22 2008
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:09:22 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: local food]
Message-ID: <478D2F12.5060303@charter.net>

Here is an opportunity that we can't miss.  Tony Eulo is the Program 
Administrator for Environmental Programs at Morgan Hill City Hall.   He 
was commenting about a column 
<http://morganhilltimes.com/opinion/233916-buy-locally-grown-food> of 
mine in the Morgan Hill Times today.

I have followed up with questions about the "Eco Forum" on St. Patrick's 
day.  It sounds like another opportunity to do something useful. 

Which reminds me that I had made a fund raising suggestion for last 
year.  Maybe there is time to do something this year. 

The Green Party, Wearin' o' the Green, St. Patrick's Day, Green Beer, 
collecting some Green.

Just A Green Gathering somewhere like Katie Blooms (Campbell).   
Contributions collected, fun for all.

Wes

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	local food
Date: 	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:00:33 -0800
From: 	Anthony Eulo <Anthony.Eulo at morganhill.ca.gov>
To: 	<wrolley at charter.net>
CC: 	Andi Borowski <Andi.Borowski at morganhill.ca.gov>



Nice article in today?s paper.

 

Glad we are thinking alike. ?Buying Local? is one of our six new 
programs we are rolling out to support the City?s Environmental Agenda.

 

Andi will be taking up this issue after Earth Day. She?ll contact you to 
see if you?d like to get further involved.

 

By the way, we are having a Green Forum on March 17^th at 7 pm at the 
CCC. It will be sort of a Eco-Town Hall?.complete with Green Punch and 
Cookies.

 

//Anthony Eulo//

//Program Administrator//

//City of ////Morgan Hill//

//17555 Peak Ave.//

//Morgan Hill////, ////CA////  ////95037//

//408-779-7247//

 

                                           

 

 


-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Jan 15 22:30:02 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:30:02 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] L.A. Times Poll -- Hillary Leads Big in
	California
In-Reply-To: <8CA25C15F490089-F54-184E@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CA25C15F490089-F54-184E@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <478DA46A.1000101@aceweb.com>

I tried to leave this comment:
 >
 >I'm constantly telling people that ask me my feelings
 >about the primary "I feel like commenting on the Republicrats
 >is walking on other people's food. Since seeing the Green Party
 >Candidates debate I've been telling people I'm backing
 >Cynthia McKinney."
 >
Unfortunately, the thing thinks my answer to the question
"what is six plus eight" of 14 was wrong so I couldn't leave it.

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change Added Presidential Debate pictures taken in San Francisco.
Having seen that I now recommend voting for Cynthia McKinney on Feb 5th!


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Jan 15 23:36:56 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:36:56 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Presidential Primary Debate
Message-ID: <478DB418.9030804@aceweb.com>

Sunday we had a historic first. Something like 900 people watched a big
field of Candidates for the Green Party Presidential Nomination fight 
for votes. Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Kat Swift, Jesse Johnson, and 
Jared Ball shared the stage and put on a show worth seeing. Check out my 
take on it here:

http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/PrimaryDebate08/index.html

To make a long story short, it seems to me that Cynthia McKinney is the
best candidate to support now. I'm dithering about what to do to get the 
word out. If you'd like to help with that please let me know. We have 
three weeks before California makes up her mind to do something.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change Added Presidential Debate pictures taken in San Francisco.
Having seen that I now recommend voting for Cynthia McKinney on Feb 5th!


From andid at cagreens.org  Thu Jan 17 08:17:06 2008
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:17:06 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] =?windows-1252?q?OFF_SUBJECT=97SOS_to_catlovers?=
	=?windows-1252?q?=2E=2E=2E?=
Message-ID: <65251649-E8CB-4AC8-88B2-B7748D6D99D1@cagreens.org>

I've lost contact with a few of you, but here's the pitch:

My cute little Tortoiseshell once-feral cat *needs* a home quickly!   
She was part of a 7-cat feral litter, 5 of whom have been adopted.

She is newly gentled, shy, playful, and very pet-able.

I can't keep her safe any longer as the house she's being kept in  
temporarily is going to have serious work done on it and then  
rented.  And the rural area I live in has a cat-killer.

She's a shorthair with beautiful facial markings?has all the  
necessary shots  and has been spayed since a little kitten.

The Sunnyvale vet who gave the shots also gave her a *complete* exam  
and she was pronounced the healthiest little feral she has ever  
seen.  The vet also told me that she is obviously going to be a  
wonderful pet due to her personality.  She's recently became used to  
being in a house for long periods of time.

Uses her litterbox unfailingly. She could also be an indoor-outdoor  
pet, if preferred.

Andrea
cell phone (VOICE messages only; I try to check daily)
408-306-1900
(email faster until the 21st; I check 4X/day)
andi at wrytor.com

From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Jan 17 11:22:08 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:22:08 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Afghanistan and The War for Hearts and Minds
Message-ID: <478FAAE0.4090303@aceweb.com>

 > Budd MacKenzie 

 >
 > Afghanistan and The War for Hearts and Minds
 >
 >
 > Budd MacKenzie is the founder of Trust in Education (TIE) a grass
 > roots, non-profit organization founded in May 2003 to provide health
 > care, education and economic development programs in Afghanistan, the
 > fifth poorest country in the world, with a per capita yearly income
 > of $200. TIE (www.trustineducation.org) is also devoted to educating
 > Americans about US involvement in Afghanistan, past, present and
 > future.
 >
 > Budd will describe TIE?s programs, including raising funds for a
 > secular school for boys and girls in the village of Lalander,
 > assisting economic development by providing over 140 micro-credit
 > loans, expanding agricultural production, and improving irrigation
 > systems, and teaching farming techniques. Budd will also describe
 > TIE?s belief in the power of American and Afghan communities working
 > together, and TIE's efforts to make direct connections between
 > American communities and Afghan villages. He will also examine the war
 > for hearts and minds and provide insights into why we may be losing
 > the war. He is convinced, however, that it's far from over and can be
 > won.

Budd began by saying he found out about the aftermath of the war in
Afghanistan by reading about a guy that was trying to clean up the
situation in the Sunday paper. It took him six weeks to get through to
the guy, but when he did he found out that directly helping out in
Afghanistan is so affordable that he signed up to take care of the
village of Lalander. Since then he has learned so much about
international aid and the roles of the various players in the game
that he has become committed to changing things.

The first project he did was to build a school for the kids of Lalander.
Budd was showing pictures of that to people here when he realized there
was no playground. On his next trip to Afghanistan he had swings,
slides, and a soccer field installed. While he was there he realized
they had no paper, pens, or books at the school. He got those and then
learned they had no running water. After that they needed a school
library. He has found financial resources to enable local contractors
to provide all these things. The school is now a going part of the
village, and the kids are getting a lot out of it.

Also while Budd was in Afghanistan he learned that during the 1980s war
their irrigation had been cut off. (It's that old military strategy, to
kill a farmer, cut off his water.) Since then he has worked with the
Polytechnic University in Kabul to develop ram pumps that will provide
it without using electricity or gasoline. Once water was flowing TIE
began supporting the planting of fruit trees and vegetables. They have
also worked with the village to build a cold cellar for storing potatoes
for sale during the off season, making them a much more profitable cash
crop. These programs he finances with microcredit loans because it works
out better when the farmer knows he is responsible for the money he is
given.

MacKenzie attributed part of his success to the fact he was not
representing the government, the army, or any other big institution.
A measure of his success is that lots of other villages in the area now
want to follow the same kind of development strategy. However, this
requires many more boomers with time on their hands that want to make
a difference. He finished his talk by urging us all to get involved in
some project like TIE.

Things found out during Q&A:

One lucky break MacKenzie got was that after he had picked Lalander as
his development target, he met a cabbie from the area who was able to
introduce him to the elders of the town. Without that break his efforts
could easily have been much less effective.

Lalander is about fifteen miles outside Kabul, which means it's an hour
away because the roads are so bad.

Afghanistan still has a lot of land mines scattered about. You hear
another one going off every now and then. Usually kids playing are the
victims.

To find out more or to donate, please visit:

http://www.trustineducation.org


-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
"$147 will build a village school library in Afghanistan." Bud MacKenzie


From alexcathy at aol.com  Fri Jan 18 08:04:57 2008
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:04:57 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] What Did Brent McMillan ACTUALLY Write About
	Elaine Brown?
In-Reply-To: <251825.82606.qm@web30115.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <251825.82606.qm@web30115.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <8CA2803018C4CB4-1370-762@mblk-d51.sysops.aol.com>

Dear Green Friends,

I am sorry to say, this silly business between Elaine Brown and Brent McMillan refuses to go away (is it possible Greens are even sillier than Hillary-Barack Democrats?). 

Does anyone here know where I can find the text of what Brent McMillan actually wrote about Elaine Brown (not just excerpts)?? 

Does anyone here directly communicate with Brent? 

I would like to see the original text for myself.? I hate it when somebody says it's my duty to be "outraged" about something I know nothing about. 


Alex Walker


-----Original Message-----
From: J Peress <jperessfreed at yahoo.com>
To: Green Party Black Caucus <gpbc at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 6:41 pm
Subject: [GPBC] Fwd: Fess up dudes



Unless the thought police have censored Liz.

?

Here is something? for those on the national what they are doing to her.

?

Jeff

Elizabeth Arnone <larnone47 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:32:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Elizabeth Arnone <larnone47 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Fess up dudes
To: henry duke <henryduke2004 at yahoo.com>
CC: jperessfreed at yahoo.com

I don't know if this will get past the net nannies. 
But since I'm being moderated, the gang of usual
suspects are having a field day with their
distortions.

.? .? .

Don't let the net nannies bury this one.

Thanks,
Liz


Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:27:36 -0800 (PST)
From: "Elizabeth Arnone" 
Subject: 'Fess up dudes'
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org
CC: gpus_freespeech at yahoogroups.com

What Dean is saying here does not excuse for one
moment what Brent did. Shame on you Dean.

.? .? .

Elaine has yet to receive an apology, that's
reprehensible!
Racism and white privilege is not acceptable in the
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From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:09:36 -0800
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The Electoral Reform Working Group is sponsoring an online >>ranked ballot
voting<< demonstration using the Presidential Primary candidates.

http://cagreens.org/erwg/irvdemo/pres08.html

The official election gives you just one choice with your vote. But the
Green Party advocates a ranked ballot system where you can tell us how feel
about all the candidates by ranking them in order of your preference.

See how a ranked ballot election works by participating in our online demo!!!

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From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:27:13 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] MARTIN LUTHER KING -- BEYOND VIETNAM
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MARTIN LUTHER KING: BEYOND VIETNAM




APRIL 4, 1967






Prophetic words spoken almost forty-one years ago.







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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Jan 21 14:20:18 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:20:18 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: The Coup d'Etat against Bush
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Coup d'Etat against Bush

William Pfaff

Paris, January 17, 2008 ? The conspicuous irrelevance of George W. 
Bush's tour of the Middle East to any of the real forces and interests 
of the region, as well as the spooky irrelevance of nearly everything he 
said there about the alleged menace of Iran, Israel-Palestine peace, his 
fancied notions of Iraq's democratic development, and even about oil 
prices and the American economy, embarrassed his Arab hosts as well as 
the American officials and press accompanying him.

The tour ? his farewell to the Middle East? -- lent weight to the 
judgment many abroad have already reached, that he no longer governs the 
United States, and indeed does not even understand its present foreign 
relationships. It is widely felt that what amounts to a coup d'etat has 
taken place in the United States, removing George Bush, without his even 
recognizing this (or at least admitting that it has occurred) from 
control over the principal issues of war and peace.

This coup has taken the form of what amounts to a mutiny of the 
professional foreign policy services of the U.S. government, acquiesced 
in by the new Secretary of Defense, the service chiefs, and Director of 
Central Intelligence Bush has himself appointed.

It was specifically carried out by the 16 recognized intelligence 
services in the American government, not as an act of law defiance, but 
by faithful execution of their duty as required by law, which is to form 
a common judgment, free from partisan pressure or interest, on matters 
vital to the nation.

The National Intelligence Estimate made known December 3, after an 
elaborate civilian and military interagency consultation, carefully 
walled off from interference by the politically partisan figures in the 
Bush administration, was presented as a fait accompli to the White 
House, the press and the nation as a whole. Its finding was that the 
claims made by the White House and others that Iran was actively 
developing nuclear weapons were untrue, contradicted by the consensus 
judgment of all the American government's intelligence agencies.

Implicit in this was a threat. This threat was that the main military 
service chiefs and their Department of Defense superiors would not act 
on a presidential order to attack Iran. This decision would not take the 
form of direct and insubordinate refusal of orders. It would be a 
refusal by the military and their chiefs to act on such an order until 
Congress had been informed and consulted, and had performed its 
constitutional duty to give formal legislative consent to acts of war.

The pathetic and pusillanimous refusal of recent American Congresses ? 
and we are not simply speaking about the Congress now in office, but of 
practically every Congress since the beginning of the cold war ? to 
fulfill their constitutional responsibilities with respect to the 
declaration and financing of wars, has now generated its own rebuke from 
within the executive branch of government.

Leaders in the executive branch are unwilling to act on presidential 
orders that do not carry with them the constitutionally mandated 
authority of the representative branch of government.

This is a response by the executive branch to the insistent efforts of 
the Bush White House, acting on a novel and controversial theory of 
supreme executive authority in matters of national security, to 
permanently alter the practice and disarm the legal precedents of 
American government.

This effort has thus far met little effective opposition in the 
Congress, and has in general been abetted by a judiciary intimidated by 
the powers of the Bush Justice Department, and by administration federal 
and supreme court appointments that imply that this novel theory will 
become permanently installed as the law of the land.

Judicial resistance has been rare to the administration's defiance of 
what until now have been all but universally accepted as fundamental 
norms of American government and justice: of respect for humanitarian 
precedent and treaty obligation under international law concerning 
wartime conduct towards civilians, the seizure and treatment of 
prisoners or 'detainees,' and deference to what the American Declaration 
of Independence describes as a 'decent respect to the opinions of mankind.'

The matter might also be described as a mutiny by what it is now 
customary to call the civil society, that minority of responsible 
leaders of important institutions in society itself -- the professions, 
the university, the clergy ? who are willing to demand accountability of 
American government and defend American society's traditional norms of 
justice and decency.

It seems reasonable to say that as the irresponsibility of the 
Bush-Cheney government has become increasingly apparent, and in the past 
year its seeming determination to initiate another war of aggressive 
intervention in the Middle East became evident, with manifest risk of 
provoking regional conflict embroiling the United States for years to 
come, a consensus has emerged in American elite opinion that has lent 
authority to mutiny inside the government.

I am perhaps taking a romantic and unjustified view of what has 
happened. I hope not. I believe that only grave malfeasance in 
government and unconstitutional conduct justify an executive 'coup 
d'etat' ? however 'postmodern' the form that it assumes, and however 
elevated its motives.

However I would suggest that the present election campaign demonstrates 
that powerful forces in the Washington political and foreign policy 
communities, reinforced by financial and industrial interests, are 
committed to suppressing all challenge to policies that already have 
altered the political character of the United States. The American form 
of government itself needs to be defended.

? Copyright 2008 by Tribune Media Services International. All Rights 
Reserved.
http://snuffysmithsblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/coup-detat-against-bush-by-william.html

Posted by Snuffysmith at 8:57 AM
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From fredd at freeshell.org  Fri Jan 25 15:15:55 2008
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:15:55 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [Fwd: Senator Gravel calls for Impeaching
	Cheney & Bush]]
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Gravel Eloquently Adds His  Support for Impeachment Hearings

Fred

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Date: 	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:11:56 -0800
From: 	Fred Duperrault <fredd at freeshell.org>
To: 	Alan <alandupe at yahoo.com>, Jean <jeansbeans03 at aol.com>, David 
<dvd at svlg.com>, Julia <BlueWhiteStar at aol.com>, Michelle 
<lilmzshout at yahoo.com>, Jane <jane.duperrault at stanford.edu>, Graciela 
<gracieladuper at aol.com>, F & L <fredd at freeshell.org>, Cheri 
<cduperrault at sbcglobal.net>



Mike Gravel eloquently reiterates, below, reasons why holding 
impeachment hearings are so critical.

Please sign Congressman Robert Wexler's petition calling for impeachment 
hearings.
The Democrat from Florida has gotten more than 200,000 signatures via 
his web site.

Dad/Grandpa/Fritz


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Subject: 	Senator Gravel calls for Impeaching Cheney & Bush
Date: 	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:08:25 -0800
From: 	John O Sutter <josutter at juno.com>
To: 	dwfed at dwfed.org



 
 Are American citizens giving up their sovereign authority to require the
executive and legislative branches in Washington, DC to abide by the Rule
of Law and to recommend that their Representatives in Congress impeach
the leaders of the Cheney-Bush regime for violating their civil rights
and the rule of law?  Senator Gravel calls for action, including signing
the petition of Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida to start hearings by
the House Judiciary Committee on the impeachment of Cheney.
Impeachment Statement by Presidential Candidate Senator Mike Gravel
January 25th, 2008 by J. Skyler McKinley 
 While I've been outspoken in favor of the Impeachment of Vice President
Cheney and President Bush since last July, today I'm announcing my very
strong and unqualified support for Impeachment.
I want to very clearly and emphatically affirm the imperative of
Impeachment as the Presidential Campaign begins to move into high gear
and as the media is busy anointing the "front runners."
  
As a Candidate for President, and most importantly as an American, I
firmly believe that our most important and highest priority, both as
individual American citizens and as a whole Nation, is to protect,
defend, and nourish the foundation of American Democracy: the US
Constitution and Bill of Rights. Every other issue is of secondary
importance.

I've chosen to run for President to effect what I consider to be much
needed change. When people go to Internet websites that match them with
the candidates that best reflect their own concerns and priorities, a
very large number of voters find that I am the candidate best advocating
the issues they most care about.

However, today I want to unequivocally state: without Impeachment first, 
what I or any other worthy Presidential candidate wants to accomplish is
very unlikely to happen. Our words will in fact become another empty
campaign promise and another sad political fantasy.

Why am I making such a statement? 

Let's review a few supremely important and disturbing facts:

Without Impeachment before we choose the next Administration, we as a
Nation will be setting a legal precedent. We will be saying yes to the
systematic destruction of the Constitution and Bill of Rights engineered
by Vice President Cheney and President Bush, and will be formally
agreeing to the end of American Democracy. We, as Americans, will be
giving our approval and consent to the idea that the Vice President and
President are indeed above the law, that they are in fact a law unto
themselves. 

Cheney and Bush have openly boasted about their supposed right to break
the law. This administration has claimed that it has the right to spy on
Americans without a warrant. This administration has decided that it has
no obligation to respond to any lawful subpoenas from Congress, and that
it may invoke Presidential signing statements to declare its right to
ignore any Federal Law. This administration thinks it has the authority
to arbitrarily strip any American of his or her citizenship.

This administration has illegally declared that it has supreme overriding
authority. The Vice President and the President have accumulated and
consolidated unprecedented power that has replaced the co-equal system of
checks and balances mandated by the Constitution with a new Imperial
Presidency. This imperialism has given the President far-reaching powers
that our founding fathers would quickly recognize as tyranny.

The illegitimate authority of this newly constructed imperial Presidency
- this Supreme Commander-in-Chief created by Cheney and Bush - has
replaced the Rule-of-Law based on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Our system of co-equal branches of government, the unique and
revolutionary principle of American Democracy, the great leap of faith
that people could actually govern themselves, has been subverted.  It is
now almost dead. 

America, the world's oldest Democracy, is an astonishingly brilliant
system of government based on carefully crafted and refined checks and
balances between co-equal branches of government. The civil liberties
given birth by this revolutionary form of government over 200 years ago
are rapidly ending.

Our political elite, those we have entrusted to be the people's
representatives, have failed.  Their oath of office, to protect and
defend the Constitution, has been disregarded in the light of political
power.

When we have a Vice President and President who openly declare they are
above the law of the land, above the Constitution, how can we as
Americans pretend that we live in a Democracy?

If We The People do not take action to demand accountability in the form
of Impeachment, we become passive accomplices to the silent overthrow of
American Democracy.

It is now time for the People to become leaders. We must teach our
elected representatives to act in accordance with their oath of office
and effect immediate impeachment of those who have committed these crimes
against the Constitution. 

If we do not act now we are all personally endorsing, sanctioning, and
indeed celebrating, the end of the Bill of Rights, Habeas Corpus and all
other fundamental civil liberties and democratic values. Such values have
been the foundation of American Democracy for over 200 years. 

The media-anointed "front-running" Presidential Candidates simply do not
have the courage to tell the American public the truth. 

If we elect any candidate from any party without first impeaching this
outlaw Administration, we endorse and elect a new Imperial President of
the United States. This cements into place a failed Democracy whose
citizens have passively chosen to relinquish the cherished freedoms
millions have fought and died to protect. 

Do we really believe that we can trust the next President to give back
the dramatically expanded power of the Unitary Executive? Once absolute
power has been granted, it is never relinquished voluntarily.

We need to stop kidding ourselves.  Let us summon 1% of the courage that
those who landed on the beaches of Normandy had and recognize what is
painfully obvious to the rest of the World: we are rapidly losing every
fundamental freedom we thought we were fighting the "terrorists" to
protect.

In six short years, the Vice President and the President have actively
conspired to commit the most grievous crimes against our Constitution and
the personal freedoms it guarantees. America has gone from being perhaps
the most admired and respected nation on the planet to becoming the
ultimate rogue state. The world's only remaining superpower is now feared
as the greatest threat to world peace.  

The Constitutional system of checks and balances that are the foundation
of our civil liberties have been gutted.  America has become the only
"civilized" state to declare its right to arbitrarily imprison, torture,
and spy on anyone it chooses to, including its own citizens.  We are also
the only state to officially declare a right to wage lethal preemptive
war on any nation that dares to threaten its exclusive superpower status.
Every democratic nation has the government that is created by active
participation of its citizens.  Impeachment is the only option for us, as
Americans, to effectively wake ourselves up from this collective
nightmare.  It is the only way for us to demonstrate to ourselves and the
rest of the world that we are the Americans we like to believe we are. We
need to demonstrate that we actually can summon the courage to live up to
our self-proclaimed ideals.   

Enough is enough. This is NOT allowed.

There is a lot of very good news that makes me tremendously hopeful that
we as a nation are starting to wake up and insist our Congressional
representatives act to make Impeachment happen now.

Our corporate controlled media works very hard to portray impeachment as
a fringe issue not worthy of serious consideration, even though polls
show the negative approval ratings  of this administration have surpassed
all historic records. Reputable national polling shows that 54% want the
Vice President impeached and 45% of voters favor Impeachment for the
President. 

We The People are indeed waking up - we have learned not to rely on the
old top-down corporate media dinosaurs to tell us what they have decided
is "the news."  Fortunately, We The People have an amazing network of
online alternative information sources. These rapidly evolving
reality-based, user-driven, independent media sites have made us our own
news editors. 

We The People are now realizing that we must act now to take the
initiative to demand that our elected representatives in Congress
initiate immediate Impeachment hearings. From the bottom-up, we have
begun the process to restore the Rule-of-Law in America.

Here's what we can all do now to take effective action:
Join your fellow Americans and Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), a member
of the House Judiciary committee, by signing his petition that asks all
other members of the Judiciary Committee to join his call for immediate
hearings on the Impeachment of the Vice President.
Support and donate to these Impeachment Groups:
Impeach Bush
The World Can't Wait
Code Pink
Support and donate to my campaign and tell your friends.
Support and donate to the other Presidential candidates who are also
publicly and courageously calling for Impeachment.
Let the other Presidential Candidates know why you are not willing to
support or contribute to their campaign: that you refuse to support
anyone who isn't willing to tell the truth to the American people about
what has happened to their Democracy. 
Join together to organize and petition your Congressperson to be true to
their oath office: to uphold their most fundamental and sacred duty to
protect and defend the Constitution by Impeaching the Vice President and
President.  Together we will restore the Rule-of-Law in America.
Senator Mike Gravel
Candidate for President



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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri Jan 25 17:33:04 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:33:04 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Election night party invite and other things
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I made a postcard that I would like to mail to as many Greens as 
possible next week. You can see the art at:

http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/My/LivingRoom/PostcardArtJan08.html

I would love to read suggestions on how to make it better. Tell me.

My budget for the project will probably cover mailing to Mountain View 
and half of Palo Alto. If you want to donate to send it to more 
addresses, please let me know. I have to order and get them printed 
Monday morning at the latest. I'd be glad to send it to more Greens!

Also, I'd like to hold a mailing party Tuesday evening. If you are 
interested please let me know!

In any case, please put the election night party listed on your calendar!
-- 
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From: wrolley at refpub.com (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:34:35 -0800
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From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:39:23 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Let's Talk About Race?  NO!  Let's Not
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Dear Friends, 

See below excerpts and a link to my blog post. 


Let's Talk About Race? NO! Let's Not
by Alex Walker 
Sat, 01/26/2008 - 7:26pm.
    





    
Barack
Obama says: "The press has been focused, almost, you know, maniacally,
on the issue of race." Meanwhile, a chorus of self-serving, neurotic
black intellectuals who supposedly love Brother Barack, bleat: "Let's
talk about race!"


No.  Let's not.  


The New York Times
endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination. This
pompous, condescending, intellectually-dishonest, hypocritical
editorial reminded me of all the things I disliked about New York
"liberals" when I lived in New York through the "Reagan Revolution." It
reminded me of Murray Kempton's observation about New York Times
editors waiting "till after the battle to come down from the hills to
shoot the wounded." While gently urging Clinton "to take the lead in
changing the tone of the campaign," the supposedly "ultra-liberal" NYT
sneered at the "raw populism" of John Edwards and contrasted the
"incandescent" Obama with the "brilliant" Clinton. Never mind that
Hillary may be the most polarizing, hate-inspiring politician today,
the NYT says "We know" Clinton is "capable of both uniting and leading." 


One of the juiciest parts was the way the New York Times trashed Rudy Giuliani:



The real Mr. Giuliani, whom many New Yorkers came
to know and mistrust, is a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive
man who saw no need to limit police power. Racial polarization was as
much a legacy of his tenure as the rebirth of Times Square. 


Almost eight years after Giuliani left
office as Mayor and more than ten years after they enthusiastically
endorsed Rudy for reelection in 1997, the so-called Newspaper of Record
finally discovered that a crypto-fascist was running their own city for
eight years. 

.? .? .

We know we cannot trust the media to deal fairly with the race
question within this context because of the way they continue to
indulge their irrational hatred of Jesse Jackson.

.? .? .


In 1988 Jesse Jackson won 11 primaries and 4 caucuses,
including a 55% landslide in Michigan. On "Super Tuesday" Jackson won
Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. His second
place showing in Wisconsin, a state with a small black population,
garnered more votes than Gary Hart's win in 1984. At one point Jackson
led in delegates and in the polls. Jesse stirred white farmers in
Minnesota, white miners in West Virginia, and Latino trade unionists in
Colorado, another state with few blacks. Gentle reader, here's a good
rule: Whenever a media blowhard says Jesse was "just a black leader"
and Barack is "the first serious black candidate" you know this is a
person too blinded by prejudice and ideology to deal honestly with the
race question in America.






I have pondered this while considered Uzodinma Iweala's Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times criticizing the "media-concocted fiction" that "not speaking about race is the equivalent of making progress" in race relations

. . .


US Income inequality has reached the highest
levels since the 1920s. The US today is the most unequal society in the
industrialized West. Funny, that even though class matters the media never trots out bloviators crying "Let's talk about class." 





The awful truth is nearly 100%
of prominent black intellectuals advocate "race talk" because they all
rose to prominence doing "race talk" (including "color-blind"
conservative hypocrites like Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele). Los
Angeles journalist Larry Aubry and his daughter Erin Aubry-Kaplan are
two generations of race-talkers. The "media-concocted fiction" is that
superficial "race talk" is good for you. 





One of the definitions of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over expecting a different result and in recent
years we've been led down this same path a dozen times: 



1992 Rodney King violence.  

1994 Anti-immigrant Proposition 187. 

1995 O. J. Simpson case.

1996 Anti-affirmative action Proposition 209.  

1998 President Clinton's "Conversation About Race." 

1999 Amadou Diallo, unarmed innocent man, killed by 41-shots from N.Y.P.D.

1999 Ramparts scandal at L.A.P.D.  

2000 Election in Florida - massive black disenfranchisement.   

2001 September 11th attack --- Our national slogan: "United We Stand." 

2005 Hurricane Katrina destroys New Orleans. 

2006 Immigration issue draws thousands into the streets.  

2008 L.A.F.D. discrimination case; L.A.P.D. MacArthur Park police riot.  




Each time "race talk" quickly degenerated into a bunch of clich?s and stereotypes.

.? .? .


As a black active Green Party man, I have no
dog in this Barack - Hillary fight. It's true Hillary shilled for
Wal-Mart like Inglewood, California's black Democratic Mayor Roosevelt
Dorn. It's true Barack carried water for a slumlord like Los Angeles
Democratic State Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas carried water for Anschutz
Entertainment Group. You can't be a successful Democratic politician in
Little Rock or Chicago or New Orleans (or San Francisco or Los Angeles)
without playing ball with sleazy interests. 




Hillary and Barack agree with McCain and
Romney about maintaining a permanent US military presence in Iraq,
which is all about our planet-killing oil addiction. 




Hillary, Barack, and California Democrat
Fabian N??ez agree with McCain, Romney, and California Republican
Arnold Schwarzenegger that the first principle of health care is profit.




Talk about ?change? and the Democratic Party
in one-party Democratic Los Angeles is a contradiction in terms. The
Establishment is, sure enough, kicking Barack Obama to the curb, but
not because of his race or his radicalism. The main "threat" from Obama
is the independent young voters he inspires which strikes terror into
the bipartisan Establishment. 




Let's talk about race?  




No.





Let's not. 





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From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:01:04 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] You're Invited to an Evening with Naomi Klein,
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 Dear Green Friends, 

Cathy and I just returned from this event.? 

It was interesting. 

Richard Kim, correctly in my view, compared Barack Obama unfavorably with Jesse Jackson.? He said he was "excited" about the prospect of electing one of these Democrats but said it was analogous to "looking forward to New Year's Eve knowing you're going to wake up with a hangover the next day -- and then you've got to go to work." 

Naomi Klein observed that people were "pre-disillusioned" about the prospect of a Democratic administration.? One African-American woman in the audience made a very emotional statement about her recent trip to New Orleans and Naomi Klein picked up on the theme of New Orleans as an example of this sicko "market fundamentalist" ideology and how you're not supposed to say Katrina was a catastropic failure of "market fundamentalism." 

Patricia Williams observed that some people love Barack Obama because "he's not Jesse Jackson" and other people love Barack Obama because they think he is another Martin Luther King.? She says a lot of people are going to be disappointed when they realize that Barack Obama "is just a mainstream Democrat and definitely no Martin Luther King."? 

Robert Scheer kept insisting that this is a great "progressive moment."? He was the one who was most apologetic about the Democratic Party and he kept reminding people that "we don't have to choose" between supporting Democrats for national office and "doing other things" (though of course he had nothing good to say about the "G-word" ).? 

Most of the people in the audience were P.D.A. types.? They hate Bush and the war, but I suspect every single woman and man in the room knows in their heart that the Democrats ain't shit.? I think it is very significant that these hard-core Democratic apologists at The Nation mostly share our pessimism about these Democrats.? 

They all said they would vote for "any Democrat" to being an end to the Bush Regime.? 

Here is the $64,000 Question for Greens: How can we best position ourselves (in a nice way) to capitalize on the *INEVITABLE* disillusionment of these folks?? 

The debate was framed as an either-or proposition:? Either you are optimistic about this being a "progressive moment" in American politics... OR... you are pessimistic about the Democratic Party and conventional liberalism as an agent for change.? 

If I had had a chance to get in my question I would have said I am optimistic about this being a "progressive moment"... AND... I am pessimistic about the Democratic Party Hackarama as an agent for change.? 

Almost two years ago I heard Peter Camejo say that he expected the Democrats to get back into power in 2008... AND THEN... the moment would come for the Green Party to strike with our full radical fury.? 

Alex Walker 



 

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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Jan 28 21:16:25 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:16:25 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Found in a church newsletter,
	somewhere near Harrisonburg, Virginia
Message-ID: <479EB6A9.8040903@aceweb.com>

My sister forwarded this to me. The denomination of the church is Menonite.

Tian
_____________Forward follows:

House-to-House
Family of Hope House Church                                January 2008


Less Oil for Lent

During Lent (begins this year on Ash Wednesday, February 6), Christians 
have traditionally practiced 40 days of doing justice towards God, 
(prayer), justice towards self (fasting), and justice towards neighbor 
(giving money to the poor). In modern times this has changed to giving 
up or sacrificing something that we enjoy or perceive that we can?t do 
without during Lent.  The intention is that our desire for something 
remind us of our desire for God and how Jesus sacrificed his life for 
the world.
      As the war in Iraq continues, and concern for global climate 
change increases, we invite you to participate in Less Oil for Lent. 
Make Lent a time to reflect and participate in positive actions that 
call for an end to the Iraq War and reduce the impacts of Climate 
Change. During the six weeks of Lent each of us in our own way can make 
a pledge to reduce our use of oil and gas. It is a chance to work 
together and share ideas. Below are several ways in which you can choose 
to participate:

?     Travel to church by bicycle or walking each Sunday of Lent
?     Better insulate and caulk your home
      Change all light bulbs from incandescent to compact fluorescent
?     Eat only locally grown food on Sundays of Lent
?     Walk, bike or carpool to work each week (or use the bus)
      Any trip under a mile will be done by bicycle or walking
?     Light your home by candle light on Sundays instead of electricity
?     Burn scrap wood for heat instead of fossil fuels
?     Insulate the first six feet of your hot water pipes
?     Be a vegetarian for six weeks of Lent
?     Turn down your hot water heater to 115 degrees F
?     Install a programmable thermostat
?     Install an efficient shower head

      We also invite you to contact your elected officials or write a 
letter to the editor to explain why you are participating in Less Oil 
for Lent. If you have more questions or are interested in helping 
organize and promote Less Oil for Lent please call phone number above.

_____________End Forward

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
I recommend voting for Cynthia McKinney on Feb 5th in the Green Primary!
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." Jack E. 
Leonard


From alexcathy at aol.com  Tue Jan 29 06:42:48 2008
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:42:48 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Found in a church newsletter,
	somewhere near Harrisonburg, Virginia
In-Reply-To: <479EB6A9.8040903@aceweb.com>
References: <479EB6A9.8040903@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <8CA309C5A65EAC2-CC4-3B6A@webmail-stg-d05.sysops.aol.com>

Dear Tian,? 



Thanks for posting this.? I am forwarding it to some folks who may be interested. 



Alex Walker 



P.S.:? Don't underestimate good folks back home in Virginia 

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From fredd at freeshell.org  Tue Jan 29 12:39:13 2008
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:39:13 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "Boycotting" on the Agenda
Message-ID: <479F8EF1.2080808@freeshell.org>

Let's put "Boycotting" on the Feb. 7th Agenda.

One good tool to make some inroads to corporate America's ear and mind 
is by building successful boycotts.

The Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, the labor parties, the 
organized Democratic Progressives, certain unions, and NGOs like 
Rainforest Action, Global Exchange, ACLU, Acterra, the Sierra Club and 
others, could, if they made the effort to coalesce, generate some 
effective power.

GE, GM, Ford, GF, Proctor and Gamble, particular oil companies, Safeway, 
Kroger, Coca- Cola, the TV networks, Campbells, Del Monte, to name a 
few, could all be on a boycott list for various reasons.

A huge coalition representing millions of consumers could raise some hell.

Fred D.






From rob.means at electric-bikes.com  Tue Jan 29 19:54:13 2008
From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (Rob Means)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:54:13 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] sosfbay-discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <mailman.23.1201636807.10719.sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org>
Message-ID: <000201c862f3$c8ea9190$6501a8c0@INTERBIKE06>

Hi Folks,

Recently, I received from Common Cause of California a newsletter
containing a petition for the California Voters FIRST initiative that
they hope to place on the November 2008 ballot.  It's a plan for fair
redistricting.  It seems like something Greens would likely support.
Here's the website and an introduction:
http://www.commoncause.org/ca

California Voters FIRST is will create a truly independent and open
citizen's commission to draw legislative districts, putting an end to
political gerrymandering. 

Sign up now to volunteer with the California Voters FIRST Campaign! We
need help gathering petition signatures, talking to other organizations
and just spreading the word! Please let us know how you can help!

If you'd like to collect petitions and you have a printer can print on
legal size paper and on both sides of the page, please email us at
ca-info at commoncause.org and we will email you a petition to print out.


Rob Means, Electro Ride Bikes and Scooters
408-262-8975    rob.means at electric-bikes.com
1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913
Discover cycling that's Easy, Safe, Fast - and FUN!
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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Tue Jan 29 20:30:54 2008
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:30:54 EST
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] sosfbay-discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 21
Message-ID: <cbd.25eac9c3.34d1577e@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/29/2008 7:54:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
rob.means at electric-bikes.com writes:

Recently, I received from Common Cause of California a  newsletter
containing a petition for the California Voters FIRST initiative  that
they hope to place on the November 2008 ballot.  It's a plan for  fair
redistricting.  It seems like something Greens would likely  support.
Here's the website and an  introduction:
http://www.commoncause.org/ca




This is the proposal that excludes congressional districts as  part of its 
"reform".  Warner



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From alexcathy at aol.com  Wed Jan 30 09:23:11 2008
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:23:11 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] THIS IS IT -- Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary
Message-ID: <8CA317BEC6E0238-3FC-B29@WEBMAIL-DF06.sysops.aol.com>

My Dear Green Friends, 

THIS IS IT!? The Good Lord moved me to Los Angeles two years ago for this moment.? 

Los Angeles distinguished African-American Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.? 
I thought this moment would come, which is why I have been pleading with Greens to go easy on Barack Obama (special note to Wes Rolley: Please forward this e-mail to your friend, Lorna Saltzman).? 

Maxine Waters, leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus, leader of the Progressive Caucus, leader of the Out of Iraq Caucus, one of the earliest and strongest advocates for impeachment of Bush and Cheney, has joined Rep. Diane Watson, the mediocre Rep. Laura Richardson, Reps. Jane Harman,
Lucille Roybal-Allard, Grace Napolitano, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez in the Clinton camp.? 

Dennis Kucinch is out and now John Edwards is out.? The two most progressive Dem candidates have already been kicked to the curb.? 

If Hillary wins in California or if Barack wins and it's really nasty there will be hell to pay in inner-city Los Angeles.? 


=? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? 


Posted on Hillary Clinton Campaign
Web Site, January 29, 2007 



California Rep.
Maxine Waters Endorses Clinton






The Clinton Campaign today
announced the endorsement of California Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35).



"At a time when the economy
continues to worsen and so many of my constituents are losing their homes and
their jobs, we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in
on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing," said
Congresswoman Waters. "The voices of so many struggling families have gone
unheard for long enough. Hillary understands the daily challenges that people
are facing and she will fight for them everyday she is in the White
House."



Waters is serving her 9th term in
Congress where she has been a leader on many issues such as expanding access to
health care services and affordable housing, fairness in the criminal justice
system and the War in Iraq. She spearheaded the development of the Minority
AIDS Initiative in 1998 to address the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS among
African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities. She is also the author of
legislation to expand health services for patients with diabetes, cancer and
Alzheimer?s disease. During her career in Congress, Rep. Waters has been
responsible for shaping housing policy, including legislation to reform the FHA
program, improve the Section 8 Program and revamp the Hope VI Program. She is
also the founder and Chairwoman of the Out of Iraq Caucus. 



Prior to serving in Congress,
Waters served 14 years in the California State Assembly, where she rose to the
powerful position of Democratic Caucus Chair. She was responsible for some of
the toughest legislation in California including the largest divestment of
state pension funds from South Africa; landmark affirmative action legislation;
and the nation's first statewide Child Abuse Prevention Training Program.



Waters is currently a member of
the House Committee on Financial Services and the Chairwoman of its
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. She also serves on the
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, the Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations, and the Subcommittee on Domestic and
International Monetary Policy, Trade, Technology.



She also continues to serve on the
Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittees on Crime, Terrorism, and
Homeland Security, and on Immigration, Border Security and Claims.



"Maxine has spent a lifetime
fighting for change and delivering results. She has been a leader on all of the
biggest challenges we face ? from housing, to the economy, to Iraq and I?m so
honored to have her support in this campaign," said Senator Clinton.
"Maxine is known and respected from the grassroots to the world stage as a
voice for justice, for opportunity, and for peace and I am honored to have her
support."





URL: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=5584




=? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? =? 





We could talk about issues like global warming, single-payer health care, and US imperialism all day, but I can't think of anything we could possibly say to my neighbors that reveals in such a dramatic fashion as this how even the best of these Democrats really do constitute the Los Angeles Democratic Party Machine Bosses just like I always say.? This will do more to helping Green Party recruitment among young brothers and sisters in Los Angeles than Elaine Brown reminiscing about her adventures from 30 years ago in the Black Panther Party.? I mean, if people like Maxine Waters and Diane Watson, for whatever reason, cannot stand against the Democratic Party Establishment, then what chance does a guy like Peter Thottam and his friends in the Westside P.D.A. have?? 

Remember, they are *NOT* rejecting Barack Obama because he's so radical, because he's not.? They are rejecting Barack because he's not one of the "Good 'ole Boys" and because the Clintons know "where the bodies are buried" in a place like Los Angeles.? 

If Alex Walker was a rich man, I'd be buying television ads for the Green Party right now asking L.A. voters "Had Enough?"? 

Of course, if I were rich, I'd probably be supporting Hillary. 


Alex Walker 
Los Angeles Greens 

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From jims at greens.org  Thu Jan 31 19:01:56 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:01:56 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] Ranked Ballot Voting
	Demonstration]
Message-ID: <47A28BA4.6040503@greens.org>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Ranked Ballot Voting Demonstration
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:49:16 -0800
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. 
Follow the contact directions
stated in the email.




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The Electoral Reform Working Group is sponsoring an online >>ranked ballot
voting<< demonstration using the Presidential Primary candidates.

http://cagreens.org/erwg/irvdemo/pres08.html

The official election gives you just one choice with your vote. But the
Green Party advocates a ranked ballot system where you can tell us how feel
about all the candidates by ranking them in order of your preference.

See how a ranked ballot election works by participating in our online demo!!!

We'll post the results after the primary.



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From jims at greens.org  Thu Jan 31 19:02:39 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:02:39 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] =?windows-1252?q?=5BGPCA_Official_Notice=5D_ANN?=
 =?windows-1252?q?OUNCEMENT=3A_Second_Global_Greens_Congress=3B_1=974_May_?=
 =?windows-1252?q?2008=2C_S=E3o_Paulo=2C_Brazil?=
Message-ID: <47A28BCF.2010707@greens.org>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] ANNOUNCEMENT: Second Global Greens Congress; 
1?4 May 2008, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:13:18 -0800
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. 
Follow the contact directions
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_______________________________________

Second Global Greens Congress
1?4 May 2008, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Think and act globally and locally

http://www.globalgreens.org/brazil2008
http://www.globalgreens.org.br
________________________________________

Please forward to all Greens

1 January 2008

Global letter to Green parties and political movements


Dear Friends

As we count down to the Second Global Greens Congress in S?o Paulo
Brazil, we are writing to provide you with some important planning
information and to ask for your help in preparing for the meeting.
Specifically, we are asking Green parties and political movements to
help by publicizing the congress, by contributing funds and by
facilitating a direct fundraising appeal to individual Greens supporters.

Our aim for the Second Global Greens Congress is to take another big
step towards building the Greens into a global political force. In
Canberra in 2001 we agreed on the Global Greens Charter.  In Brazil
2008, the main outcome will be 21 Points for the 21st Century: Global
Greens Climate Action Plan, the basis for coordinated action by Greens
globally in the coming five years.

We will shortly be calling for ideas to feed into the plan covering all
the ways in which we can meet the climate crisis:  political, social,
environmental, cultural, economic and more. The ideas should be
action-oriented, they may be local or global, and they must be
consistent with the Principles of the Global Greens Charter. We will be
setting up a computer register so that everyone can see the ideas as
they are proposed and use them to develop their own plans.  In a very
short time, we will start drafting the 21 Points ? short, sharp and
effective!

There will also be texts on the Greens? post-Kyoto proposals, a Green
charter for sustainable cities, biodiversity and forests, and the next
steps for the Global Greens. Delegates also have the opportunity to
present resolutions for consideration.

To make Global Greens 2008 as inclusive as possible, we will be raising
funds to enable participants from low income countries to attend. We
will also be encouraging delegations to be gender balanced and where
possible to give preference to young people and Indigenous people.

To make it as environmentally responsible as possible, we encourage all
those who attend in person to offset the climate impact of their travel.

We will also be doing our best to provide access to the conference
over the internet and, of course, everyone will be able to help develop
the 21 Points electronically.

We are planning a fantastic congress that sets high standards for
inclusiveness and environmental responsibility and gives Greens from all
over the world the chance to consolidate friendships and working
relationships.

For all this to happen, we need your help. We would be very grateful if
you could

* Help us send a letter to all Greens members and supporters around the
world asking them to donate to Global Green 2008. Please email a
member of the Steering Group below to indicate your participation.
* Make a financial contribution to Global Greens 2008. Donation details
are attached, or go directly to
http://brazil2008.globalgreens.org/supporters.cgi.
* Publicize Global Greens 2008 to your members and supporters
* Send delegates from your national party to participate in the Global
Greens Congress.

We rarely meet as a Global Greens family and we appreciate everyone?s
cooperation in making Global Greens 2008 a big success and a milestone
in expanding our political strength. If you have any questions, please
do not hesitate to contact one of us. We look forward to meeting you in
S?o Paulo.

With best Green wishes

Global Greens Steering Group

* Leonardo Alvarez, M?xico, Greens of the Americas, lalvarezromo at yahoo.com
* Juan Behrend, Belgium, European Greens, Juan.behrend at europeangreens.org
* Margaret Blakers, Australia, Asia Pacific Greens,
margaret.blakers at bigpond.com
* S?rgio Dialetechi, Brazil, Brazilian Greens, sergiodialetachi at ig.com.br
* Thomas Fatheuer, Brazil, Heinrich Boell Foundation,
thomas.fatheuer at boell.org.br
* Mike Feinstein, United States, Global Greens Webmaster,
mfeinstein at feinstein.org
* Solomone Fifita, Samoa, Asia Pacific Greens, solomonefifita at yahoo.com
* Ralf F?cks, Germany, Heinrich Boell Foundation, fuecks at boell.de
* Eva Go?s, Sweden, Green Forum, eva.goes at mp.se
* Catherine Gr?ze, France, European Greens, cgreze at lesverts.fr
* Johan Hamels, Belgium, European Greens, johanhamels at yahoo.com
* Gaby K?ppers, Gabriele.Kueppers at europarl.europa.eu
* Lena Lindstr?m, Sweden, Green Forum, lena.lindstrom at mp.se
* Marco Antonio Mroz, Brazil, Brazilian Greens, mrozverde at uol.com.br
* Janna Sch?nfeld, Germany, Global Young Greens,
frithjof.schmidt-assistant at europarl.europa.eu
* Satoko Watanabe, Japan, Asia Pacific Greens, satoko.watanabe at nifty.com
* Julia Willebrand, United States, Greens of the Americas,
julia.willebrand at verizon.net

Documents with this letter (in .pdf. .doc and .html format)

******************
List Admin Note:

The documents listed below can be downloaded in Zip files from the following
links:

MS Word format (DOC) --
          http://cagreens.org/intl/Global08/GlobalGreen_DOC.zip

Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) --
          http://cagreens.org/intl/Global08/GlobalGreen_PDF.zip
*******************



Fundraising letter for Green members and supporters around the world
http://www.globalgreens.org/brazil2008/please_donate

On-Line Donations
http://brazil2008.globalgreens.org/supporters.cgi

Donation form for postal mail
http://www.globalgreens.org/brazil2008/donationform

Working draft program, Second Global Greens Congress
http://www.globalgreens.org/working_draft_program

Important information, Second Global Greens Congress
http://www.globalgreens.org/brazil2008/important_information

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From jims at greens.org  Thu Jan 31 19:02:59 2008
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:02:59 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] Feb 1 Delegate Submission
	Deadline Extension
Message-ID: <47A28BE3.9040506@greens.org>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Feb 1 Delegate Submission Deadline Extension
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:39:54 -0800
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. 
Follow the contact directions
stated in the email.





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Delegate Selection Committee (DSC) has provisionally extended the
deadline for the Presidential Nominating Convention Delegate Slate
submission until February 1, 2008, pending ratification by the General
Assembly at the March plenary in Alameda County.

This means that all recognized counties and diversity caucuses still have an
opportunity to submit delegates for the Presidential Nominating Convention
in Chicago, IL July 10-13.  But please keep in mind that this extension is
not yet approved.  Therefore, delegate names submitted after the original
Dec. 7 deadline are not guaranteed to be recognized at this time. Please
address questions on this matter to the DSC at gpca-dsc at cagreens.org.

Please note that delegates may be on both a county slate and a candidate
slate, but cannot be on more than one candidates' slate.

Delegates must be GPCA members. GPCA members are either registered as Green
or "ineligible to vote but have been extended Green Party membership by
their county."

Please submit the following information for each new delegate to
gpca-dsc at cagreens.org:
1) Full name as registered to vote
2) Phone number
3) Email
4) Mailing address
5) County of residence
6) Gender and any minority diversity group with which delegate identifies,
in order to aid the selection of a gender-balanced and diverse delegation.

Thank you,

Jane Rands
Liaison, GPCA


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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Jan 31 21:35:28 2008
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:35:28 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] Feb 1 Delegate
 SubmissionDeadline Extension
In-Reply-To: <47A28BE3.9040506@greens.org>
References: <47A28BE3.9040506@greens.org>
Message-ID: <47A2AFA0.8010907@aceweb.com>

Ummm... Can I get my name on the delegate list?

Jim Stauffer wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Feb 1 Delegate Submission Deadline Extension
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:39:54 -0800
> From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org>
> Reply-To: contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org
> To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
> 
> GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE
> 
> This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more information, 
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> The Delegate Selection Committee (DSC) has provisionally extended the
> deadline for the Presidential Nominating Convention Delegate Slate
> submission until February 1, 2008, pending ratification by the General
> Assembly at the March plenary in Alameda County.
> 
> This means that all recognized counties and diversity caucuses still have an
> opportunity to submit delegates for the Presidential Nominating Convention
> in Chicago, IL July 10-13.  But please keep in mind that this extension is
> not yet approved.  Therefore, delegate names submitted after the original
> Dec. 7 deadline are not guaranteed to be recognized at this time. Please
> address questions on this matter to the DSC at gpca-dsc at cagreens.org.
> 
> Please note that delegates may be on both a county slate and a candidate
> slate, but cannot be on more than one candidates' slate.
> 
> Delegates must be GPCA members. GPCA members are either registered as Green
> or "ineligible to vote but have been extended Green Party membership by
> their county."
> 
> Please submit the following information for each new delegate to
> gpca-dsc at cagreens.org:
> 1) Full name as registered to vote
> 2) Phone number
> 3) Email
> 4) Mailing address
> 5) County of residence
> 6) Gender and any minority diversity group with which delegate identifies,
> in order to aid the selection of a gender-balanced and diverse delegation.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jane Rands
> Liaison, GPCA
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I recommend voting for Cynthia McKinney on Feb 5th in the Green Primary!