[Sosfbay-discuss] The Green Party is Coming... Volunteers Needed

[Jim Stauffer]

Santa Clara Greens:

You may have heard that the Green Party of Santa Clara County is hosting the
next state party General Assembly (GA) on March 6-7. A GA is held normally 
twice a year and is the primary decision body for the Green Party of 
California. It is the manifestation of our decentralized decision process 
where the county Locals send their delegates to the GA for collective decision 
making sessions. The GA is also the place where the various state committees 
have a chance to meet in person rather than on teleconferences.

You are all invited to come take a look at the state party in action. The GA
is mostly a business meeting so there aren't a lot of speakers or
presentations, it's mostly proposals being debated and decided. But, since
this GA is in San Jose, you have an opportunity to see how the state party
works, and to meet Greens from around the state.

One event of special interest will be the candidate forum currently scheduled
for 3:15 Saturday afternoon. This will be a panel of several Green candidates
from around the state running for local, state, and federal offices. And I
believe they're planning something of a debate between our two candidates for
Governor.

You can find all the information about the meeting at
http://cagreens.org/plenary/.

If you are just coming for a few hours, you can drop in whenever you like. But
if you want to stay for a breakfast or lunch, please register online for
planning purposes.

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In keeping with the all-volunteer nature of our party, we are also in need of
some volunteers to staff the event.

We have a number of people from the "regular crowd" that's actively involved
in our Local, but this is a big event and we need more help. Please consider
helping out with this event by volunteering:

+ Front Desk -- We need 2 or 3 people to staff the registration desk on both
mornings. Registration occurs from 8 to 9 a.m.

+ Set Up -- Setting up the meeting rooms and the kitchen on Saturday morning
is challenging. We have access to the rooms at 7:30. Registration opens at
8:00. The meeting starts at 9:00. So we have to have the table and chairs set
up in the meeting room, and the kitchen and dinning room organized within a
short timeframe on Saturday morning. Sunday morning should not be a big
problem, but clean-up on Sunday afternoon (4:00) may need some help.

+ Videographer -- We would like to record the candidates forum on Saturday
afternoon.

+ Note Taker -- This is a special position that comes with a $100 per day
stipend. It is the official minutes of the meeting, and it requires adequate
skills with a computer and the ability to accurately record the decisions,
clarifications and concerns of the proceedings. Typically a person volunteers
for a 1/2-day session, but hardier people take on a full day. There are
guidelines at http://cagreens.org/gap/NoteTaker.rtf. They're old but still
serve as a general guide for the task.

+ Homestay Hosts -- You may have seen Fred Duperrault's message recruiting
homestay hosts. Most attendees stay in motels, but there are some on tight
budgets who can attend only if they get free housing. In the current ecconomy
many more Greens are in that later category. We could get anywhere from six to
ten homestay requests. If you have a spare bed/sofa/floor-space, please
contact Fred (fredd at freeshell.org).


Reply to me personally or to the list if you can help with these tasks.


Jim Stauffer