[Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: [GPCA Official Notice] Apply for a seat on the GPUS National Committee as a CA delegate or alternate

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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
>
>
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