From jims at greens.org Fri Apr 1 17:27:38 2011 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:27:38 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Numbers Trivia In-Reply-To: <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com> References: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org> <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <4D966D7A.2040203@greens.org> As a point of info, I do not spend my time looking for odd numerology in the calendar. This was an email circulating around and I thought it was interesting enough to forward. Jim On 3/31/2011 7:57 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: > > > > On 3/31/2011 7:50 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote: >> This year we're going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 1/11/11, >> 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all... >> Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born -now add the age >> you will be this year, and the result will be 111 for everyone...!! >> This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays. > > > 111 is NOT a prime number (i.e., is not divisible by any integers other than 1 > and itself). This is easily seen, because the sum of the digits 1+1+1 = 3. > This means it is divisible by 3. Indeed, 111 = 3*37. This is less interesting > than Jim's observations, but answers a question that Jim's observations > brought to my mind. > > > Spencer > > >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> > > From carolineyacoub at att.net Sat Apr 2 22:00:25 2011 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Can we get info about our GP 4/8 movie nite on the website? Message-ID: <430055.56784.qm@web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- On Sat, 4/2/11, Caroline Yacoub wrote: ? Hi All, ? ? Movie Night Friday 4/8, 2011 ? We invite you to our movie night Friday, 4/8 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St. (between E. Santa Clara St. & E. San Fernando St.) in downtown San Jose. Our topic is nuclear power plants and we are showing The China Syndrome.? We will be having a discussion afterwards on how we can address the nuclear power crisis that is growing today. ? Refreshments:? 6:30pm - 7:00pm Movie:????????????? 7:00pm Donation:????????? $5 - $10 (all proceeds?to be?? donated to a peace organization in Japan ????????????????????????????????????? that is helping the Japanese people in their hour of need) ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Sun Apr 3 14:11:24 2011 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:11:24 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] This Friday, April 8: China Syndrome @ SJ Peace Center; benefit for Japan In-Reply-To: <430055.56784.qm@web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <430055.56784.qm@web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4D98E27C.4080002@structuremonitoring.com> Hello, All: Information on the movie this Friday evening is now on our web site, "http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/". Hope to see you there. Best Wishes, Spencer p.s. Thanks to Caroline and Merriam for organizing this event and Cameron for helping me get the info on the web. On 4/2/2011 10:00 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > > > --- On *Sat, 4/2/11, Caroline Yacoub //* wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > Movie Night Friday 4/8, 2011 > We invite you to our movie night Friday, 4/8 at the San Jose Peace > and Justice Center, > 48 S. 7th St. (between E. Santa Clara St. & E. San Fernando St.) > in downtown San Jose. > Our topic is nuclear power plants and we are showing The China > Syndrome. We will be having a discussion afterwards on how we can > address the nuclear power crisis that is growing today. > Refreshments: 6:30pm - 7:00pm > Movie: 7:00pm > Donation: $5 - $10 (all proceeds to be donated to a > peace organization in Japan > that is helping the Japanese > people in their hour of need) > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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URL: From tnharter at aceweb.com Mon Apr 4 21:10:16 2011 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:10:16 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] The China Syndrome Friday 4/8 @ SJ Peace Center, 6:30 food 7 PM show Message-ID: <4D9A9628.1010804@aceweb.com> Green Party Movie Night Friday 4/8, 2011 We invite you to our movie night Friday, 4/8 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St. (between E. Santa Clara St. & E. San Fernando St.) in downtown San Jose. Our topic is nuclear power plants and we are showing The China Syndrome. We will be having a discussion afterwards on how we can address the nuclear power crisis that is growing today. Refreshments: 6:30pm - 7:00pm Movie: 7:00pm Donation: $5 - $10 (all proceeds to be donated to a peace organization in Japan that is helping the Japanese people in their hour of need) -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest addition: Pictures of and words about Saturdays SF Peace March. The red security brick is on an AS quarter as of 4/4. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Apr 5 11:54:22 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:54:22 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bank Protest on April 15th Message-ID: <4D9B655E.4080407@earthlink.net> FYI, Chris Hedges has written an article called "This Is What Resistance Looks Like" at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_is_what_resistance_looks_like_20110403/ It calls for protest against Bank of America, asking everyone to protest at their local branch. It also refers to a website: "It's our economy" http://itsoureconomy.us/ Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Apr 5 12:13:01 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:13:01 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Inside Job Screening & Panel Discussion. And more Message-ID: <4D9B69BD.3000403@earthlink.net> TONIGHT, Stanford is showing "Inside Job". Tomorrow, Stanford is having a panel discussion about it with the writer, producer, and director, Charles Ferguson. http://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu/ Gerry From jgshurt69 at aol.com Tue Apr 5 20:50:33 2011 From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:50:33 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Join us at the anti-war march this Sunday, 11am at Dolores Park, SF! Make art for Bradley at our tent! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CDC224EA547335-1A78-694C@webmail-d092.sysops.aol.com> -----Original Message----- From: Courage to Resist To: jgshurt69 at aol.com Sent: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:14 pm Subject: Join us at the anti-war march this Sunday, 11am at Dolores Park, SF! Make art for Bradley at our tent! Join Courage to Resist and the Bradley Manning Support Network at the anti-war march this Sunday, April 10th at 11am in Dolores Park, San Francisco! Make art for Bradley at our tent! San Francisco, Sunday, April 10th Gatherat Dolores Park at 11am?(18th Street and Dolores Street) Rallyat 12pm???March at 1:30pm THEY?are thegovernment, corporate, and financial powers that wage war, ravage theenvironment and the economy and trample on our democratic rights and liberties. WE?are the vastmajority of humanity who want peace, a healthy planet and a society thatprioritizes human needs, democracy and civil liberties for all. WEDEMAND?BringU.S. Troops, Mercenaries and War Contractors Home Now: Iraq, Afghanistan andPakistan! End the sanctions and stop the threats of war against the people ofIran, North Korea and Yemen. No to war and plunder of the people of LatinAmerica, the Caribbean, Africa! End U.S. Aid to Israel! End U.S. Support to theIsraeli Occupation of Palestine and the Siege of Gaza! WEDEMAND?Trillionsfor jobs, education, social services, an end to all foreclosures, qualitysingle-payer healthcare for all, a massive conversion to sustainable andplanet-saving energy systems and public transportation and reparations to thevictims of U.S. terror at home and abroad. WEDEMAND?Anend to FBI raids on antiwar, social justice, and international solidarityactivists, an end to the racist persecution and prosecutions that ravage Muslimcommunities, an end to police terror in Black, Latino and Native Americancommunities, full rights and legality for immigrants and an end to all effortsto repress and punish Wikileaks, its contributors, its founders, and BradleyManning. WEDEMAND?Theimmediate end to torture, rendition, secret trials, drone bombings and deathsquads. Phone:?415-49-No-War Email:?UNACNortherncalifornia at gmail.com Sponsoredby the United National Antiwar Committee ------------------------------------------------------------ Change email address / Leave mailing list Powered by YMLP From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 6 12:11:18 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:11:18 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Americans not so happy with Capitalism? Message-ID: <4D9CBAD6.9090804@earthlink.net> FWIW, FYI, "Sharp Drop in American Enthusiasm for Free Market, Poll Shows" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/06-8 Gerry From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Wed Apr 6 12:53:42 2011 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:53:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] it's the risk, stupid Message-ID: <20110406195342.7EFF56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us> "A system that socializes losses and privatizes gains is doomed to mismanage risk." -- Joseph E. Stiglitz in "Gambling with the Planet" http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz137 picked up by Aljazeera English today. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 7 00:10:31 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:10:31 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "The Impotence of the Loyal Partisan Voter" Message-ID: <4D9D6367.8020107@earthlink.net> Basically it's about the Democratic Party's abuse of its base, because the base can be taken for granted. I think it's something we already know about, but it might be helpful to show this to people who don't get it yet. I don't know, maybe it would even help for tabling. "The Impotence of the Loyal Partisan Voter" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-7 Gerry From tnharter at aceweb.com Thu Apr 7 01:15:39 2011 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:15:39 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] it's the risk, stupid In-Reply-To: <20110406195342.7EFF56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us> References: <20110406195342.7EFF56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us> Message-ID: <4D9D72AB.7090105@aceweb.com> I read a book about Disney's corporate culture, and near the beginning the author described how the management was always looking for "safe risks" so they could advance their careers without sticking their necks out. That's why they do things like extend the copyright on Mickey Mouse instead of coming up with yet another new series of cartoons. In other words, it's not just the financial people that play those games. Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > > "A system that socializes losses and privatizes gains is doomed to mismanage risk." > > -- Joseph E. Stiglitz in "Gambling with the Planet" > > http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz137 > picked up by Aljazeera English today. > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest addition: Pictures of and words about Sunday's rural bike ride. The red security brick is on a '91 quarter as of 4/7. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 7 09:02:07 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:02:07 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Moving AWAY from single payer? Message-ID: <4D9DDFFF.20803@earthlink.net> What is it with Wisconsin? Rep. Ryan from Wisconsin wants to move away from the current Medicare & Medicaid systems: "Ryan Turns Knife on Medicare, Medicaid" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/07 Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Apr 7 15:49:32 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:49:32 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] outreach oportunity Message-ID: <4D9E3F7C.2040505@sbcglobal.net> I see this as an opportunity to put on my Green Party T-shirt and to mingle with some SJSU students. To make some new acquaintances and to look for future Greens. To bring aling some Laura Wells literature that had three suggestions for fixing the state's budget problems: tax oil, state bank, repair prop 13. Who would like to go there with me? Jim Doyle *Take Class Action! Demand Quality Education!* Wednesday, April 13 2011 @ 12:00 PM SJSU campus at Tommie Smith statue San Jose The Cal State system faces up to a billion dollars in funding cuts in 2011/12. It's time to ask for fairness in hard times. Tell the Chancellor to put the money where the students are! Join the rally in front of the John Carlos & Tommy Smith statue, followed by a march to downtown. http://calfac.org/april13 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 7 16:09:40 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:09:40 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Moore was right Message-ID: <4D9E4434.6070306@earthlink.net> In Michael Moore's speech in Madison, he said "America is Not Broke": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw The Institute for Policy Studies agrees: "Unnecessary Austerity, Unnecessary Shutdown" http://www.ips-dc.org/reports/unnecessary_austerity_unnecessary_government_shutdown "But we're not broke. Not even close. The United States of America is awash in wealth. Our corporations are holding record trillions in cash. And overall individual wealth in the United States, the Credit Suisse Research Institute reported this past fall, has risen 23 percent since the year 2000, to $236,213 per American adult." Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 8 00:15:52 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:15:52 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fein & Impeachment Message-ID: <4D9EB628.4090501@earthlink.net> "GOP Lawyer, Once Supportive of Bush Removal, Drafts Obama Impeachment" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/07-3 Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 8 12:50:57 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:50:57 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Government Shutdown - Planned Parenthood Message-ID: <4D9F6721.7010006@earthlink.net> Interesting. "Planned Parenthood at Center of Budget Shutdown Threat" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/planned-parenthood-center-budget-shutdown-threat/story?id=13328750 "Planned Parenthood in middle of funding debate" http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-planned-parenthood-funding-20110408,0,3291768.story and many other articles can be found by searching for "planned parenthood". Gerry From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Apr 8 15:41:19 2011 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:41:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Plenary Agenda Review Meeting Sunday April 24th in San Jose Message-ID: <5a6de.18ca4d47.3ad0e90f@aol.com> At our March GPSCC meeting we agreed to hold our usual Plenary Agenda review meeting at my house again. This is the meeting of Plenary delegates and alternates (and any other interested GPSCC member) to discuss the decision making items to be considered at the upcoming General Assembly of Delegates (Oakland, CA April 30th - May 1st). The group makes recommendations for consideration at our General Meeting where instructions to our delegates are reached. Our next GPSCC meeting will be Thursday, April 28th, just before the Plenary. Accordingly, our Agenda review meeting will be: Date and Time -- Sunday April 24th 2:00 - 4:00 pm Address -- 867 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA 95112 (near 5th and Hedding Streets in the Japantown neighborhood) Public Transportation -- Near the Civic Center lightrail station and Bus routes 61, 62 and 66 As of Friday afternoon April 8th, the agenda packet had not been published. Go to cagreens.org/plenary. If you do not have the password information, or need further directions or information about the meeting, call me at (408) 295-9353 or send email to _wb4d23 at aol.com_ (mailto:wb4d23 at aol.com) . Remember! The password information is supposed to NOT be communicated online. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Spencer On 4/8/2011 10:47 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gpsmc-d] Jesse Ventura on The View "The Federal Reserve > Runs > The Country" > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:41:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Arlen Comfort > To: gpsmc-d at cagreens.org > > > > This 7 minute Q&A with Jessy Ventura should please many in the Green > Party. > > > JV: You have a two party dictatorship. > > - What do we do about all of the problems? - > JV: It's as clear as the nose on your face but you can't see the forest > for the trees. > JV: Stop voting for Democrats and Republicans. We have to break the two > party dictator ship. Vote for anyone but them. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8eaiFmrdWY&feature=player_embedded > > > As a Green Party member, I can agree with much of what Jessy says. I > always vote GP and if there is no GP candidate I will vote for anyone > but a Democrat or a Republican. > > - Arlen > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Apr 9 13:21:52 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:21:52 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] United States Budget Message-ID: <4DA0BFE0.5060100@earthlink.net> An article about the Progressive Caucus's budget vs. Obama and Republican budgets: "The People's Budget: What a "Centrist" Budget Should Look Like" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/08-6 The Budget proposal itself is available at: http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70§iontree=5,70 Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 11 09:39:15 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:39:15 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Opposition to Manning Torture Message-ID: <4DA32EB3.9020409@earthlink.net> "Bradley Manning: Top US legal Scholars Voice Outrage at 'Torture' Obama professor among 250 experts who have signed letter condemning humiliation of alleged WikiLeaks source" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/11 "The list of signatories includes Laurence Tribe, a Harvard professor who is considered to be America's foremost liberal authority on constitutional law. He taught constitutional law to Barack Obama and was a key backer of his 2008 presidential campaign." Gerry From jgshurt69 at aol.com Wed Apr 13 09:34:25 2011 From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:34:25 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Indentured Voters In-Reply-To: <8CDC80F9D43F5A7-15D0-18FA6@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CDC80F9D43F5A7-15D0-18FA6@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CDC80FC92E863A-15D0-1903F@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> -----Original Message----- From: jgshurt69 at aol.com To: people-of-ca12 at googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, Apr 13, 2011 9:33 am Subject: Indentured Voters Here's a useful and descriptive new term for? Democrats...thanks to Ruben Navarrette? San Mateo County Times? 4/13/11 page A11? ? Good Article about Democrats "Sealing the Border"(sic)? ? Jeffrey? From green at bionictoad.com Wed Apr 13 11:00:54 2011 From: green at bionictoad.com (Ray Tobey) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:00:54 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Indentured Voters In-Reply-To: <8CDC80FC92E863A-15D0-1903F@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CDC80F9D43F5A7-15D0-18FA6@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> <8CDC80FC92E863A-15D0-1903F@webmail-d023.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <4DA5E4D6.1040405@bionictoad.com> Opinion: Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Democrats, Republicans on same side of immigration debate http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_17827922 On 4/13/2011 9:34 AM, jgshurt69 at aol.com wrote: > From: jgshurt69 at aol.com > To: people-of-ca12 at googlegroups.com > Sent: Wed, Apr 13, 2011 9:33 am > Subject: Indentured Voters > > > Here's a useful and descriptive new term for > Democrats...thanks to Ruben Navarrette > San Mateo County Times > 4/13/11 page A11 > > Good Article about Democrats "Sealing the Border"(sic) > > Jeffrey From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 13 11:15:06 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:15:06 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Some of the rich ask for more taxes Message-ID: <4DA5E82A.7060903@earthlink.net> "Tax Me, I'm Rich, Says Deep-Pocketed Group" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/13-3 Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 13 19:37:32 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:37:32 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] United States Budget Message-ID: <4DA65DEC.6020406@earthlink.net> Another article about the "People's Budget": "House Progressives: End The Wars, Save The Economy" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/13-5 ============ "It's about time we start joining with our allies and marching, and protesting and going to the White House," he said. "The rhetoric is beautiful, the speeches are great, but until we start protesting with thousands of people backing up the Progressive Caucus, we're just another group that issues press releases on Wednesday." [John Conyers] ============ Gerry Gras wrote: > > FYI, > > An article about the Progressive Caucus's budget vs. > Obama and Republican budgets: > > "The People's Budget: What a "Centrist" Budget Should Look Like" > http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/08-6 > > The Budget proposal itself is available at: > http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70§iontree=5,70 > > Gerry > From carolineyacoub at att.net Thu Apr 14 10:49:00 2011 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:49:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items needed Message-ID: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello-- It's that time again. Our next Green Party general meeting is on April 28. We are having a plenary in Oakland on April 30. We need some thoughtful input for the agenda. For example: Have we thought of asking Ted Danson to be our presidential candidate? Did that get your attention? Do you have a better idea? Send it along. Caroline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Thu Apr 14 11:50:03 2011 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:50:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items needed In-Reply-To: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4DA741DB.2040605@structuremonitoring.com> I recommend Joe Stiglitz for President and Paul Krugman for Vice President. I have no idea if either would accept a nomination. However, as far as I can see, the policies that governments world wide are following are similar to the policies Herbert Hoover used to manufacture the Great Depression. As government spending continues to be cut at all levels, I don't see new private sector spending picking up the slack. I think we could get Green Party people energized nationwide to host teleconferences where leading economists make presentations and answer questions. In such venues, I believe that the economists supporting the establishment would look foolish when confronted by people like Stiglitz and Krugman. If the Green Party has a ticket like this next year and if the economy continues to decline, the Green party ticket could win -- without accepting substantive contributions from big money. Spencer p.s. Both Stiglitz and Krugman have received Nobel Memorial Prizes in Economics. Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialog, which in my mind is the single most important forum for serious research in economics. Stiglitz is my candidate for the number one living economist in the world today. On 4/14/2011 10:49 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > Hello-- It's that time again. Our next Green Party general meeting is > on April 28. We are having a plenary in Oakland on April 30. We need > some thoughtful input for the agenda. For example: Have we thought of > asking Ted Danson to be our presidential candidate? > Did that get your attention? Do you have a better idea? Send it along. > Caroline > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Thu Apr 14 21:03:24 2011 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:03:24 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Parenti, May 6, First Christian Church; see cagreens.org/sclara In-Reply-To: <355339.6038.qm@web161501.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <355339.6038.qm@web161501.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4DA7C38C.7060406@structuremonitoring.com> Hello, All: The local Green Party is co-sponsoring a talk by Michael Parenti on May 6. For details, see "cagreens.org/sclara". Thanks to Shelby, Merriam, and many others for helping to organize this. Spencer On 4/13/2011 4:59 PM, Shelby Minister wrote: > Hi Spencer, > > attached is the final version of the flyer for the Michael Parenti > event. Thanks > Shelby Minister > 510-978-9076 > shelby.minister at yahoo.com > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *From:* Dino > *To:* shelby.minister at yahoo.com > *Sent:* Wed, April 13, 2011 4:04:29 PM > *Subject:* hur > > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Thu Apr 14 11:49:34 2011 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:49:34 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items needed In-Reply-To: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4DA741BE.4000404@prodsyse.com> I recommend Joe Stiglitz for President and Paul Krugman for Vice President. I have no idea if either would accept a nomination. However, as far as I can see, the policies that governments world wide are following are similar to the policies Herbert Hoover used to manufacture the Great Depression. As government spending continues to be cut at all levels, I don't see new private sector spending picking up the slack. I think we could get Green Party people energized nationwide to host teleconferences where leading economists make presentations and answer questions. In such venues, I believe that the economists supporting the establishment would look foolish when confronted by people like Stiglitz and Krugman. If the Green Party has a ticket like this next year and if the economy continues to decline, the Green party ticket could win -- without accepting substantive contributions from big money. Spencer p.s. Both Stiglitz and Krugman have received Nobel Memorial Prizes in Economics. Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialog, which in my mind is the single most important forum for serious research in economics. Stiglitz is my candidate for the number one living economist in the world today. On 4/14/2011 10:49 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > Hello-- It's that time again. Our next Green Party general meeting is > on April 28. We are having a plenary in Oakland on April 30. We need > some thoughtful input for the agenda. For example: Have we thought of > asking Ted Danson to be our presidential candidate? > Did that get your attention? Do you have a better idea? Send it along. > Caroline > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Thu Apr 14 21:18:52 2011 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:18:52 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Whose going with me to San Jose State on 4/21? In-Reply-To: <4DA7B4F2.7070200@aceweb.com> References: <4DA7B4F2.7070200@aceweb.com> Message-ID: <4DA7C72C.6030008@prodsyse.com> Hi, Tian: It looks like you may need to recruit some help. The minutes from the March meeting include the following: Earth Day - Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.: At San Jose State & maybe Santa Clara U.: Tian will take the lead for SJSU. Fred may help, tentatively. They offer parking permits; Doyle requested 2. Hope this helps. Spencer On 4/14/2011 8:01 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > Ummm... I forgot who is going to join me there... > > Should be from 10 AM to 2 PM or something like that, > including setup and teardown. -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 From MLause at cinci.rr.com Fri Apr 15 03:31:36 2011 From: MLause at cinci.rr.com (Mark A. Lause) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:31:36 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items needed In-Reply-To: <4DA741BE.4000404@prodsyse.com> References: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4DA741BE.4000404@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <8EF599809D1041EE96EB081316147F73@HewDownstairs> 2012 should be a good year, given that Obama has Bushified the Democratic ticket entirely and the Republicans are likely opting to go entirely 'round the twist. Please consider two related points.... 1. There should be wide discussions in the party to draw some balance sheet on its campaigns and nominations after they take place. 2. What is needed more than anything at this point is the largest possible progressive third party campaign. For years, the Green Party has been in the best position to initiate such an effort and it probably still is. Thank you. Mark Lause -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jims at greens.org Fri Apr 15 11:03:37 2011 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:03:37 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Reg Rep Election --> agenda items needed In-Reply-To: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <303937.55661.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4DA88879.2060707@greens.org> Remember that we will have our Regional Rep election (for state Coordinating Committee) at this meeting. It should take no more than 15 minutes. One change I would like to add. Our current candidate for Rep is Warner Bloomberg. Our candidate for Alternate Rep is Spencer Graves (unless San Mateo comes up with a candidate). We are allowed to have multiple Alt Reps. Accordingly, I ask to be elected as second Alt Rep. My desire to stay on the CC for a while longer is due to some major changes occurring on the CC, such as the election of nine new at-large members. I believe my experience on the CC will be valuable at this time. My leaving the CC was predicated by my plans to move out of the county. That is not likely to happen for at least two more months. I'd like to stay involved until that occurs. Jim On 4/14/2011 10:49 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > Hello-- It's that time again. Our next Green Party general meeting is on April > 28. We are having a plenary in Oakland on April 30. We need some thoughtful > input for the agenda. For example: Have we thought of asking Ted Danson to be > our presidential candidate? > Did that get your attention? Do you have a better idea? Send it along. > Caroline > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 15 18:47:00 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:47:00 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items Message-ID: <4DA8F514.5000601@sbcglobal.net> realistic longer term (1 year) goals for GPSCC proposals a) fundraising 10 min b) voter registration 10 min c) phone banking 10 min speaker development 10 min proposal at the time of the announcements have each one make a one minute speech on a Green Party platform topic or Green Party position on a current event website enhancements 10 min initial discussion turn those one minute speeches into (e.g., youtube) videos that are then put onto the website proposal (from Spencer) submit a recommendation for a president - vice president ticket of Stiglitz - Krugman to the (national?) nominating committee low power radio 10 min excellent place for one minute speeches From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun Apr 17 17:41:14 2011 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:41:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items/Jim Doyle's List Message-ID: <2fe49.2eeb9e64.3adce2aa@aol.com> Any of the following issues could easily be the subject of hours of conversation. I get very frustrated when lists of ideas just get blurted out at meetings. At least Jim Doyle has put his list in email form. I would like to see more detailed written proposals on each item. In the alternative, I would like to see discussion at our general membership meeting of one item per month with a specific time component tailored to the other business at the meeting. Ideally the County Council would constitute a strategies group to meet, discuss and propose focused proposals that would allow the general meeting time to be used more effectively. Warner In a message dated 4/15/2011 6:47:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net writes: realistic longer term (1 year) goals for GPSCC proposals a) fundraising 10 min b) voter registration 10 min c) phone banking 10 min speaker development 10 min proposal at the time of the announcements have each one make a one minute speech on a Green Party platform topic or Green Party position on a current event website enhancements 10 min initial discussion turn those one minute speeches into (e.g., youtube) videos that are then put onto the website proposal (from Spencer) submit a recommendation for a president - vice president ticket of Stiglitz - Krugman to the (national?) nominating committee low power radio 10 min excellent place for one minute speeches _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Mon Apr 18 15:50:32 2011 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:50:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Agenda Item -- Information re GPUS QPNC Hosting Message-ID: <5e7d8.47d6be69.3ade1a38@aol.com> April 18, 2011 Folks: I attended a March 31st teleconference held by the Co-Chairs of the GPUS Annual National Meeting Committee (ANMC). The meeting also included GPUS activists from Iowa, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Possible sites mentioned in the conversation for the 2012 GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention (and GPUS ANM) included unspecified cities in Iowa, Maryland, Virginia and Atlanta, GA (and my mention of San Jose, CA). Points of presentation addressing some questions GPSCC members have had in our previous discussions: Estimated Budget is in the range of $50,000 -- less than the $80,000 approximate actual budget required for the Chicago 2008 convention (that involved change of site) and more than the $30,000 used as an approximate budget for ANMs without a nominating convention. The recommendation for a minimum number of local volunteers was 4-5 and double that for a QPNC. There was a strong emphasis on the need for local hosts to adequately identify transportation, lodging and food information. Some specific comments about the Chicago 2008 logistics: By the time the National Committee (State GP Delegates) chose Chicago by vote among various proposals, the proposed site had been lost due to delay and not posting a reservation fee. The Palmer House, although known as among the most expensive convention sites in Chicago, did negotiate discounts with the ANMC. The Hostel that was one of the housing alternatives provided a lesser cost alternative that helped mitigate attendance expenses, as did Chicago public transportation. The ANMC Chairs requested that proposals be submitted by June or July at the latest. There is a GPUS ANM in August where the ANMC will report on the status of proposals. This morning I spoke with a staff person at San Jose State University. She indicated that we would not need a campus organization or faculty sponsor, that some dormitory rooms could be available for an event during the last two weeks of June 2012, and that an on-campus food catering contract might be available even though the student cafeteria would be on a reduced menu and schedule during that time. She said she would send me some information by email and do some further checking with her supervisors in gathering information (since she was an interim staffer for this position). Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Apr 18 18:28:54 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:28:54 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Parenti speaking at First Christian Church in San Jose Message-ID: <4DACE556.1080809@sbcglobal.net> * Got Free Speech? Free Speech--At What Cost? * A talk by Michael Parenti Friday May 6, 2011 7 pm - 9:30 pm First Christian Church 80 South 5-th Street San Jose South Bay Committee Against Political Repression presents Got Free Speech? A talk by Michael Parenti on Friday, May 6, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 80 South 5th Street in San Jose. Michael Parenti, author and political analyst, will be discussing Free Speech, At What Cost. He willaddress the price that activists pay for speaking out. His discussion will connect the price of free speech with the recent FBI raids on anti-war activists's homes in Minneapolis and Chicago. He will discuss what free speech in our democracy today means for all of us. Cost: $10 -$20 Students $5 No one turned away for lack of funds This is a fundraiser for the legal defense fund of the anti-war activists raided by the FBI and the South Bay Committee Against Political Repression. Co-sponsored by the Green Party of Santa Clara County and the National Lawyers Guild/Free The Irvine 11 From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Mon Apr 18 18:32:08 2011 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:32:08 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Parenti speaking at First Christian Church in San Jose In-Reply-To: <4DACE556.1080809@sbcglobal.net> References: <4DACE556.1080809@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <4DACE618.7040401@prodsyse.com> ... with a flier downloadable from "www.cagreens.org/sclara". sg On 4/18/2011 6:28 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > > * Got Free Speech? > Free Speech--At What Cost? * > > A talk by Michael Parenti > > Friday May 6, 2011 > 7 pm - 9:30 pm > > First Christian Church > 80 South 5-th Street > San Jose > > South Bay Committee Against Political Repression > presents Got Free Speech? A talk by Michael Parenti on Friday, > May 6, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at > First Christian Church, 80 South 5th Street in San Jose. > > Michael Parenti, author and political analyst, will be discussing > Free Speech, At What Cost. He willaddress the price that activists > pay for speaking out. His discussion will connect the > price of free speech with the recent FBI raids on anti-war > activists's homes in Minneapolis > and Chicago. > He will discuss what free speech in our democracy today means for > all of us. > > Cost: $10 -$20 Students $5 No one turned away for lack of > funds > > This is a fundraiser for the legal defense fund of the anti-war > activists raided > by the FBI and the South Bay Committee Against Political Repression. > > Co-sponsored by the Green Party of Santa Clara County and > the National Lawyers Guild/Free The Irvine 11 > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 From tnharter at aceweb.com Mon Apr 18 23:30:44 2011 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:30:44 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Chernobyl 25th Anniversary event April 26th at noon in SF. Message-ID: <4DAD2C14.9030203@aceweb.com> Chernobyl 25th Anniversary event being proposed for the new San Francisco Federal Building, 7th and Mission, at noon on April 26th, a week from tomorrow. Anybody want to go up to this with me? -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest news: Wellington NZ Mayor now has a MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS bike! The red security brick is on a '94 quarter as of 4/18. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Apr 19 07:50:13 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:50:13 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Poll: Best Way to Fight Deficits: Raise Taxes on the Rich" Message-ID: <4DADA125.7060902@earthlink.net> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-4 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Apr 19 13:03:34 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:03:34 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Parenti speaking in San Jose Message-ID: <4DADEA96.1070208@sbcglobal.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Michael Parenti speaking at First Christian Church in San Jose From: Jim Doyle Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:28:54 -0700 To: sosfbay discussion group * Got Free Speech? Free Speech--At What Cost? * A talk by Michael Parenti Friday May 6, 2011 7 pm - 9:30 pm First Christian Church 80 South 5-th Street San Jose South Bay Committee Against Political Repression presents Got Free Speech? A talk by Michael Parenti on Friday, May 6, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 80 South 5th Street in San Jose. Michael Parenti, author and political analyst, will be discussing Free Speech, At What Cost. He willaddress the price that activists pay for speaking out. His discussion will connect the price of free speech with the recent FBI raids on anti-war activists's homes in Minneapolis and Chicago. He will discuss what free speech in our democracy today means for all of us. Cost: $10 -$20 Students $5 No one turned away for lack of funds This is a fundraiser for the legal defense fund of the anti-war activists raided by the FBI and the South Bay Committee Against Political Repression. Co-sponsored by the Green Party of Santa Clara County and the National Lawyers Guild/Free The Irvine 11 a flier for further distribution can be download from "www.cagreens.org/sclara". From alexcathy at aol.com Tue Apr 19 13:24:51 2011 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:24:51 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Cornel West on 'Brokeness' of 2-Party System Message-ID: <8CDCCE6F8512AA9-19CC-536F3@webmail-d067.sysops.aol.com> Dear Friends, I have annoyed friends and family many times with my opinions about the urgency of the Green Party as an alternative to the feckness Democrats for communities of color in cities like Los Angeles. Don't take my word for it. See below a brief video and my unofficial transcription of Prof. Cornel West's reply to a taunt by journalist Tavis Smiley on CSPAN that "we ain't got nowhere to go." West speaks in his unique blend of Ivy-League scholar and country preacher on the "brokenness" of the two-party system much more eloquently than I. Alex Walker LA Greens Posted on California Greening, April 19, 2011 Cornel West on The 'Brokeness' of the 2-Party System Cornel West with Tavis Smiley on C-Span January 2011 http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2011/04/cornel-west-on-brokeness-of-2-party.html TAVIS SMILEY: "We ain't got nowhere to go. What you gonna do, Doc?" CORNEL WEST: "Bear witness, brother. That's all you can do in your life: tell the truth and fight for justice." TAVIS SMILEY: "How would you know who to vote for??" CORNEL WEST: "Well ... it depends ... we got two years now. You see, the thing is now is this. It is very clear that the two-party system is part of the brokenness that we're talking about. We've got both parties that are dominated by the same interests -- corporate big banking. You've got ordinary citizens -- different political, ideological, racial groups feeling relatively powerless. Relatively impotent. Now, that can be the makings of a crypto-fascism if we don't begin to come to terms with it. But on the other hand it also means ... the Tea Party, brothers and sisters, they're going to become more and more upset with the Establishment in the Republican Party because the business interests and their populist interests will begin to be more and more in tension. And at the same time, Barack Obama, masterful, eloquent, charismatic ... in his language. In his policies ... you can't bring in Geithner and Summers and claim that you're building on the legacy of Martin King. Martin died for sanitation workers. He died because he sided with poor babies in Vietnam against American occupation. He was anti-militarism. He was anti-imperialism. He was against the American empire in terms of its presence around the world undercutting what he thought to be certain principles. But all Martin could do was bear witness. That's why when he died 75% of Americans were against him. 55% of Black people were against him. 'Cause he was too ... loving. When you love poor people that much, when you love working people that much, that makes you the freest man in the country or the freest woman in the country. But you are also the biggest threat to both the Republican and Democratic parties. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Wed Apr 20 07:21:09 2011 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:21:09 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Proposed: International Center For Monitoring Conflict Evolution Message-ID: <4DAEEBD5.1040000@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: If you have 2:00 minutes (1:53 to the start of the credits) for some light entertainment about something very serious, please view the YouTube video on a "Proposed: International Center For Monitoring Conflict Evolution" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5re7Q0GXBDM). This is a video that Sunny Dhillon, Professors Katerina Bezrukova of Santa Clara U., Chester Spell of Rutgers, and I submitted for a "Dream Meets Reality Challenge" for a conference next Tuesday and Wednesday, Apr. 26 and 27. Professors Bezrukova and Spell and I are looking for funding to create this center. If we win this challenge, it may help us get money for this center. I don't know the evaluation criteria, but I suspect that the number of views on YouTube might be one criterion. My goal in this is to end war as we know it. That sounds so impossible it seems ridiculous. However, I've been working on this nights and weekends for 15 years, and this is only the latest thing in this area I've produced (see also material on "violence and nonviolence" at "www.prodsyse.com"). I've convinced professors Bezrukova and Spell to work with me on this, and they paid Sunny Dhillon to produce the video after I provided the vision and the script. If you like my "impossible dream" and the video, please share it with as many people as you can, encouraging them to do the same. As Arlo Guthrie said in 1966, "If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud" (http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/alices.shtml). Best Wishes, Spencer -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 From jgshurt69 at aol.com Wed Apr 20 08:12:37 2011 From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:12:37 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/PFooter/Contact_Us/Contact_Us.asp Message-ID: <8CDCD8484B974A6-A20-722AE@Webmail-m106.sysops.aol.com> From wrolley at charter.net Wed Apr 20 08:25:10 2011 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:25:10 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Californians: Act now to halt Diablo Canyon relicensing Message-ID: <4DAEFAD6.5010801@charter.net> Earth Day is this week. I can't think of a more earth friendly task than stopping the re-licensing of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. "Although their current licenses won't begin to expire until 2024, and seismic studies will take only three to four years, PG&E refuses to halt relicensing." I wonder how good the PG&E record keeping is. Maybe it is like their gas line inventory that they are still trying to verify. Read and take action here: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6527 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 20 09:27:33 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:27:33 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green Rgistration Drive Message-ID: <4DAF0975.8030305@earthlink.net> Earlier I forwarded a request from Marnie Glickman for funds for a statewide registration drive. At first I decided not to donate, because I have been unemployed for 21 months. But then I wonderered what impact this drive might have on our ballot status. So I asked Marnie about that, and got a response. It now seems to me that the registration drive is important enough for me to donate. So I sent a check a few days ago. The relevant info about ballot status is immediately below. And after that is the original email. Unless I am misinformed somehow, a decision about proceeding with the registration drive will happen at the next plenary, now 10 days away. I think that decision will depend on the amount of money donated to date. But there probably are others on the list who know more about it than I. Gerry ================================================================== -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Green 2012 Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:01:59 -0700 From: Marnie Glickman To: Gerry Gras I have investigated the importance of the voter registration drive to our ballot access. Here's the short version: Ann Menashe, our Green Party candidate, for Secretary of State earned 3.0% in the November 2010 election. Her results qualify the Green Party of CA to participate in the primary elections until November 2014. To continue our primary ballot access beyond November 2014, the Green Party of California must either (a) have one of our statewide candidates earn at least 2.0% in the November 2014 election or (b) 135 days before the first 2015 primary election, we must have at least 1% of the number of people who voted in the November 2014 election. 10,300,392 Californians voted in the November 2010 election. Right now, we have 107,563 registered Green Party members. We're just hovering above 1% of the total number of general election voters. When you calculate in the inevitable decline in numbers due to deaths and migration out of California, we are teetering on the edge. Marnie Glickman ===================================================================== -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Text of fundraising email Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:46:26 -0700 From: Marnie Glickman To: ggras at cagreens.org Dear CA Green, Please help the Green Party of California launch a statewide voter registration drive to register 100,000 new Greens. Our party?s first voter registration drive from 1990-1991 was a big success. 103,000 Californians registered Green in 24 months. It?s time to do it again. There is no time to waste. Donate $10 or more today. Our goal is to raise $7,000 by May 1. http://www.cagreens.org/donate The Green Party of California supports the dismantling of all nuclear power plants and opposes Obama's plan to give $36 billion in loan guarantees to the nuclear industry. We are the only party in California that makes stopping global warming a top priority. We oppose corporate personhood and prioritize green job creation over tax breaks for the wealthy. Our Green elected officials are making high-impact Green changes in California local governments. Since our party was founded in 1990, more than 660 Greens have run for public office in California and 220 have been elected. Please contribute whatever you can afford right now. Every dollar helps us register one newGreen Party member. http://www.cagreens.org/donate Volunteer a few hours to help us organize. If you haven?t done voter registration before, we?ll train you how to be an effective organizer and connect you with other experienced activists. http://www.cagreens.org/volunteer Thank you in advance for your generosity. Peace, Marnie Glickman Co-chair, Marin Green Party County Council ******************** Marnie Glickman 415.259.7121 marnie at greenchange.org From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 20 20:24:03 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:24:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] 4-28 meeting Message-ID: <4DAFA353.9060708@sbcglobal.net> Once again in this month, April, there is a slight conflict in the scheduled starting time of the pre meeting social hour. The VTA riders group meets from 5 pm to 7 pm in the San Jose Peace Center. Consequently our social hour will not begin until 7 pm. As usual, the fromal meeting will start at 7:30 pm. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Apr 21 11:07:09 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:07:09 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Zoe Lofgren + Science and Technology Message-ID: <4DB0724D.3060005@sbcglobal.net> *Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren Climate Change Science* Thursday, April 21 2011 @ 2 PM San Jose State University 1 Washington Square San Jose ***RSVP Required*** Representing the U.S. House of Representatives for San Jos? for 15 years and currently sitting on the House Committee on Science and Technology, Congresswoman Lofgren will participate in a roundtable discussion with 20 members of the SJSU community. Reserve your spot today, as space is limited to 20 participants. Sponsored by Associated Students, ERC & Environment California. RSVP by 4/18 to 916-446-8062 (ext 102) or julia at environmentcalifornia.org. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Apr 21 11:48:03 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:48:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda packet ready Message-ID: <4DB07BE3.8090808@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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Counties - Since the agenda packet and registration is late please attend to both with all due haste. ---------- The proposal packet and logistics packet for the April 30 - May 1 General Assembly in Berkeley, Alameda County is now available for downloading from the plenary web site: http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/ The proposal packet contains proposals, meeting schedule and county delegate allocation. Please read it ASAP. If you have concerns about any proposal, please send them to the people listed as the contact persons and/or sponsors *before* the meeting begins. You will need the common password for access to the proposal packet. Please contact your County Council or Regional Representative if you don't have it. The logistics packet contains information on the meeting site, housing, registration and host contacts. *** Online registration and delegate submission pages are now open. *** Use the Registration and Delegates links on the plenary page cited above. Please register as soon as possible to help the host committee prepare the event. Counties are also required to submit their list of General Assembly delegates online. PLEASE REGISTER NOW!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: All delegate names must be submitted online before the meeting. Due to past problems, the Accreditation Committee will no longer accept delegate name submissions at the meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Online registration and delegate submission pages will close on Wednesday April 27. You can register at the door after that date. Contact the Agenda Team (agenda-team at cagreens.org) with any questions. You may participate in this important event in a number of ways: At the General Assembly -- as a delegate or a observer in the decision-making plenary sessions and/or =- as participant in working group, standing committee and/or caucus meetings Before the General Assembly -- with a working group or standing committee that is generating a proposal -- discussing the agenda proposals in your county and on-line. We hope to see you in Berkeley! ______________________________________________ Contacts2006 mailing list Contacts2006 at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Apr 21 12:01:35 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:01:35 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] table of contents of agenda packet Message-ID: <4DB07F0F.8020504@sbcglobal.net> Meeting Schedule ??????????????????????????? 2 Explanation of Decision Process ????????????????????? 3 PROPOSAL - Approve Meeting Minutes ???????????...?????.. 4 PROPOSAL - Procedure for recommending names for presidential primary ???? 4 ELECTION ? GPUS Delegation ????????????????????? 8 Election Procedure for CC At-Large Seats ????????????????? 10 PROPOSAL ? Green 2012 ??????????????????????? 11 PROPOSAL ? GPCA Annual Budget ??????????????????? 13 PLATFORM ? Preliminary Test for Consensus ??????????????? 14 [the time schedule shows Prop 14: Report back on progress and strategies for change as an item on the Sunday morning agenda ] PLATFORM ? People With Disabilities ?????????????????? 16 PLATFORM ? California Tax Reform ??????????????????? 18 Delegate Allocation ?????????????????????????? 20 Attachment: GPCA Budget Details From alexcathy at aol.com Thu Apr 21 15:53:36 2011 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:53:36 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] OBAMA IN LOS ANGELES: PLUTOCRACY OF HYPE Message-ID: <8CDCE8E1526503D-20F4-9FC4@Webmail-m118.sysops.aol.com> OBAMA IN LOS ANGELES: PLUTOCRACY OF HYPE Dinner 1: Michael Lynton is organizing a dinner at Sony Studios. $35,800 a head. Dinners 2 and 3: Consultant Andy Spahn, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, tennis channel CEO Ken Soloman and Capital Group's John Emerson are chairing dinners in Brentwood, $35,800 a head. 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Note that most of the money goes to the DNC, but none goes to the state party. Maybe because Obama is campaigning for federal office, not state office, but I don't know. It seems that if you go to one of these events, you are shutout of Obama fundraising through Nov. 2012. Too bad. Other pages of possible interest: ================================ "Obama to visit Bay Area to talk issues, fundraise http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/18/MNNM1J2SVS.DTL "A more exclusive gathering will be a private dinner for 60 supporters at the Pacific Heights home of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff that is sold out at $35,800 a seat. ================================ "President Obama to headline $30,800-a-head DNC bash in Harlem; at least one local fundraiser balks" http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/news/29172457_1_raiser-fund-raiser-harlem ================================ "Obama?s $3 million S.F. dinner ? the complete guest list" http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/21/obamas-3-million-s-f-dinner-the-complete-guest-list/ ================================ "Obama in California: The good, the bad, and the $35,800 dinner plate" http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/0421/Obama-in-California-The-good-the-bad-and-the-35-800-dinner-plate ================================ Gerry alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > OBAMA IN LOS ANGELES: PLUTOCRACY OF HYPE > > Dinner 1: Michael Lynton is organizing a dinner at Sony Studios. $35,800 > a head. > > Dinners 2 and 3: Consultant Andy Spahn, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey > Katzenberg, tennis channel CEO Ken Soloman and Capital Group's John > Emerson are chairing dinners in Brentwood, $35,800 a head. > > Source: Huffington Post, "Obama Comes to Los Angeles", 04/21/2011 > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/obama-los-angeles_n_852145.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu Apr 21 17:44:21 2011 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:44:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Reminder: Plenary Agenda Review Meeting Sunday April 24th in San Jose Message-ID: The Plenary Agenda packet has finally appeared as of April 21st. At our March GPSCC meeting we agreed to hold our usual Plenary Agenda review meeting at my house again. This is the meeting of Plenary delegates and alternates (and any other interested GPSCC member) to discuss the decision making items to be considered at the upcoming General Assembly of Delegates (Oakland, CA April 30th - May 1st). The group makes recommendations for consideration at our General Meeting where instructions to our delegates are reached. Our next GPSCC meeting will be Thursday, April 28th, just before the Plenary. Accordingly, our Agenda review meeting will be: Date and Time -- Sunday April 24th 2:00 - 4:00 pm Address -- 867 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA 95112 (near 5th and Hedding Streets in the Japantown neighborhood) Public Transportation -- Near the Civic Center lightrail station and Bus routes 61, 62 and 66 Go to cagreens.org/plenary and click Agenda in the upper left corner of t he page to access the page for accessing the password protected agenda packet. If you do not have the password information, or need further directions or information about the meeting, call me at (408) 295-9353 or send email to _wb4d23 at aol.com_ (mailto:wb4d23 at aol.com) . Remember! The password information is supposed to NOT be communicated online. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 22 21:30:47 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:30:47 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Revolution in Egypt and the Media Message-ID: <4DB255F7.40203@sbcglobal.net> *Revolution in Egypt and the Media * Saturday, April 23 2011 @ 6:30PM Arab American Cultural Center 3952 Twilight Drive (Bldg 2) San Jose Global media coverage of the revolutionary uprising in Egypt was enormous. Yet attention was intensely focused on Tahrir Square, as if it represented the entire country. What vital stories did the media miss? What were the limitations and challenges of covering a nationwide uprising under dictatorship, anarchy, and then military rule? Panelists: Dina Ibrahim, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Journalism at San Francisco State University. She was in Egypt just before the popular uprising erupted. Sharat G. Lin, Ph.D. is president of the San Jose Peace & Justice Center. He spent a week in Tahrir Square at the height of the popular uprising in Egypt. Moderator: Emad Yahya Reception and refreshments at 6:30 pm Program at 7:00 pm Open to the public Wheelchair accessible This event is sponsored by Arab American Cultural Center From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 22 21:36:01 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:36:01 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Immigration Town Hall Message-ID: <4DB25731.8040309@sbcglobal.net> *Immigration Town Hall "Change Takes Courage"* Tuesday, April 26 2011 @ 6 PM Sacred Heart Parish 325 Willow St San Jose Come join Congressman Luis Gutierrez's (D-Illinois) Campaign for our children and families. Master of Ceremonies: Damian Trujillo (NBC Bay Area News Reporter) Guests: Congressman Mike Honda, Supervisor Dan Cortese, and San Jose Chief of Police Chris Moore Contact Jesse Castaneda, Chair of Silicon Valley Alliance for Immigration Reform at 408-768-1161 or email at jcmuscell2565 at yahoo.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 22 21:49:02 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:49:02 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Marcha del Primero de Mayo en San Jose Message-ID: <4DB25A3E.7080308@sbcglobal.net> Not going to the plenary? Here is an opportunity. The Latino community is gearing up for another march from Story and King to the San Jose City Hall on Sunday May 1-st. Assemble at Story and King in San Jose at 3 pm March starts at 4 pm I saw the notice of this in one of the spanish language papers and had wished that our name had been among the organizers and sponsors. From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Sat Apr 23 10:00:09 2011 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:00:09 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fwd: [SBM] ElBaradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team Message-ID: <4DB30599.1000808@prodsyse.com> I would add that the senior executives of the mainstream US media corporations should similarly be sued, because they conspired to suppress reports suggesting that the Bush administration claims were false. Spencer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [SBM] ElBaradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:23:59 -0700 From: Betsy Wolf-Graves To: spencer graves -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SBM] ElBaradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:26:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Bizhan Pouya To: SBM List ElBaradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110422/ap_on_re_us/us_elbaradei_memoir NEW YORK ??? Former chief U.N. nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei suggests in a new memoir that Bush administration officials should face international criminal investigation for the "shame of a needless war" in Iraq. Freer to speak now than he was as an international civil servant, the Nobel-winning Egyptian accuses U.S. leaders of "grotesque distortion" in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, when then-President George W. Bush and his lieutenants claimed Iraq possessed doomsday weapons despite contrary evidence collected by ElBaradei's and other arms inspectors inside the country. The Iraq war taught him that "deliberate deception was not limited to small countries ruled by ruthless dictators," ElBaradei writes in "The Age of Deception," being published Tuesday by Henry Holt and Company. The 68-year-old legal scholar, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2009 and recently a rallying figure in Egypt's revolution, concludes his 321-page account of two decades of "tedious, wrenching" nuclear diplomacy with a plea for more of it, particularly in the efforts to rein in North Korean and Iranian nuclear ambitions. "All parties must come to the negotiating table," writes ElBaradei, who won the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the IAEA in 2005. He repeatedly chides Washington for reluctant or hardline approaches to negotiations with Tehran and Pyongyang. He is harshest in addressing the Bush administration's 2002-2003 drive for war with Iraq, when ElBaradei and Hans Blix led teams of U.N. inspectors looking for signs Saddam Hussein's government had revived nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs. He tells of an October 2002 meeting he and Blix had with Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and others, at which the Americans sought to convert the U.N. mission into a "cover for what would be, in essence, a United States-directed inspection process." The U.N. officials resisted, and their teams went on to conduct some 700 inspections of scores of potential weapons sites in Iraq, finding no evidence to support the U.S. claims of weapons of mass destruction. In his own memoir, published last November, Bush still insisted it was right to invade to remove a "homicidal dictator pursuing WMD." But the ex-president also wrote of a "sickening feeling" when no arms turned up after the invasion, and blamed an "intelligence failure" for the baseless claim, a reference to a 2002 U.S. intelligence assessment contending WMD were being built. But that assessment itself offered no concrete evidence, and Bush and his aides have never explained why the U.S. position was not changed as on-the-ground U.N. findings came in before the invasion. ElBaradei cites examples, including the conclusion by his inspectors inside Iraq that certain aluminum tubes were designed for artillery rockets, not for uranium enrichment equipment to build nuclear bombs, as Washington asserted. The IAEA chief reported this conclusion to the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 27, 2003, and yet on the next day Bush ??? in a "remarkable" response ??? delivered a State of the Union address in which he repeated the unfounded claim about aluminum tubes, ElBaradei notes. Similar contradictions of expert findings occurred with the claim, based on a forgery, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger, and an Iraqi exile's fabrication that "mobile labs" were producing biological weapons. 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URL: From jims at greens.org Sat Apr 23 20:02:49 2011 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:02:49 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Regional Rep Candidate Message-ID: <4DB392D9.9060007@greens.org> We are in the process of electing a new Reg Rep and Alternates to the state Coordinating Committee. Warner Bloomberg is the sole candidate for Reg Rep. Spencer Graves volunteered for Alt Rep when San Mateo County was unable to recruit a candidate. We try to have the Rep and Alt from different counties. I had also said I would like to stay on as 2nd Alt for a few more months. San Mateo announced on Apr. 15 that they have recruited Cindy Azrir for 1st Alt. Her biography is copied below. Let me know if anyone wants the resume that was originally attached. Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi everyone. Many (if not most) of you know me, but I'm attaching my Green Party resume for those who don't. Briefly: I have been involved with the Green Party since 2000 when I volunteered with Ralph Nader's campaign in Nebraska and helped to found the Nebraska Green Party. Over the next five years in Nebraska, I served as the Lancaster County chair, State Co-Chair, was a delegate to the national convention (twice), served on the National Coordinating Committee, managed two congressional campaigns, volunteered for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, started the Campus Green Party at the University of Nebraska, and worked as a regional coordinator for the 2004 presidential vote recount in Ohio. The Green Party was a huge part of my life and I was (and still am) very passionate about the values, ideology and work we need to do. I moved to San Francisco in 2005 and for the 4 1/2 years I was there, I spent most of my volunteer time and activist energy working on related issues for other organizations: Environment California, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and supporting and serving on the PTA Board at my daughter's alternative elementary school (and working on public education in general). But I always voted Green, and stayed in touch with the Green community, candidates and officials. When I moved to Redwood Shores in 2009, I became involved with the San Mateo Greens. I would like to continue to be involved by serving as a county rep, and as an alt rep on the State Coordinating Committee. I will be heading to Arizona and New Mexico for a week starting tomorrow (with spotty email and cell phone reception) but will be back for the next San Mateo County meeting, and can answer any questions then. Thank you and have a wonderful week! Cindy casrir at gmail.com From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sun Apr 24 10:32:03 2011 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:32:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Regional Rep Candidate Message-ID: <4DB45E93.5080308@truffula.sj.ca.us> Jim forwarded a Microsoft Word document from Cindy Asrir, the San Mateo county candidate for regional rep. As list owner, I'm discarding that posting for size and format. Instead, I'm including the introductory text and attaching an HTML rendition of the "word file". Greens don't ask other Greens to use Microsoft products. /-Cameron/ We are in the process of electing a new Reg Rep and Alternates to the state Coordinating Committee. Warner Bloomberg is the sole candidate for Reg Rep. Spencer Graves volunteered for Alt Rep when San Mateo County was unable to recruit a candidate. We try to have the Rep and Alt from different counties. I had also said I would like to stay on as 2nd Alt for a few more months. San Mateo announced on Apr. 15 that they have recruited Cindy Azrir for 1st Alt. Her biography is copied below. /Jim / Hi everyone. Many (if not most) of you know me, but I'm attaching my Green Party resume for those who don't. Briefly: I have been involved with the Green Party since 2000 when I volunteered with Ralph Nader's campaign in Nebraska and helped to found the Nebraska Green Party. Over the next five years in Nebraska, I served as the Lancaster County chair, State Co-Chair, was a delegate to the national convention (twice), served on the National Coordinating Committee, managed two congressional campaigns, volunteered for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, started the Campus Green Party at the University of Nebraska, and worked as a regional coordinator for the 2004 presidential vote recount in Ohio. The Green Party was a huge part of my life and I was (and still am) very passionate about the values, ideology and work we need to do. I moved to San Francisco in 2005 and for the 4 1/2 years I was there, I spent most of my volunteer time and activist energy working on related issues for other organizations: Environment California, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and supporting and serving on the PTA Board at my daughter's alternative elementary school (and working on public education in general). But I always voted Green, and stayed in touch with the Green community, candidates and officials. When I moved to Redwood Shores in 2009, I became involved with the San Mateo Greens. I would like to continue to be involved by serving as a county rep, and as an alt rep on the State Coordinating Committee. I will be heading to Arizona and New Mexico for a week starting tomorrow (with spotty email and cell phone reception) but will be back for the next San Mateo County meeting, and can answer any questions then. 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Greens don't ask other Greens to use Microsoft products. *-Cameron* We are in the process of electing a new Reg Rep and Alternates to the state Coordinating Committee. Warner Bloomberg is the sole candidate for Reg Rep. Spencer Graves volunteered for Alt Rep when San Mateo County was unable to recruit a candidate. We try to have the Rep and Alt from different counties. I had also said I would like to stay on as 2nd Alt for a few more months. San Mateo announced on Apr. 15 that they have recruited Cindy Azrir for 1st Alt. Her biography is copied below. *Jim * Hi everyone. Many (if not most) of you know me, but I'm attaching my Green Party resume for those who don't. Briefly: I have been involved with the Green Party since 2000 when I volunteered with Ralph Nader's campaign in Nebraska and helped to found the Nebraska Green Party. Over the next five years in Nebraska, I served as the Lancaster County chair, State Co-Chair, was a delegate to the national convention (twice), served on the National Coordinating Committee, managed two congressional campaigns, volunteered for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, started the Campus Green Party at the University of Nebraska, and worked as a regional coordinator for the 2004 presidential vote recount in Ohio. The Green Party was a huge part of my life and I was (and still am) very passionate about the values, ideology and work we need to do. I moved to San Francisco in 2005 and for the 4 1/2 years I was there, I spent most of my volunteer time and activist energy working on related issues for other organizations: Environment California, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and supporting and serving on the PTA Board at my daughter's alternative elementary school (and working on public education in general). But I always voted Green, and stayed in touch with the Green community, candidates and officials. When I moved to Redwood Shores in 2009, I became involved with the San Mateo Greens. I would like to continue to be involved by serving as a county rep, and as an alt rep on the State Coordinating Committee. I will be heading to Arizona and New Mexico for a week starting tomorrow (with spotty email and cell phone reception) but will be back for the next San Mateo County meeting, and can answer any questions then. Thank you and have a wonderful week! *Cindy* casrir at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Mon Apr 25 14:00:55 2011 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:00:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Proposed Agenda for April Meeting-Read and Respond Message-ID: <189816.57674.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello. I have received LOTS of proposed agenda items. Thank you all very much. Unfortunately, we have the plenary coming up this weekend, and we have to have our Regional Rep. election. SO, what follows is the best I could do. If you don't see your item, or if you don't think you have enough minutes, let me know. If you proposed something that you think could wait for a later meeting, let me know that, too. Otherwise, this is it. ? Green Party General Meeting--April 28, 2011 7:00-7:30? socializing, eating, possible two short videos. 7:30? establish facilitator, vibes watcher, timekeeper, note taker, and agenda preparer for? ?????? ? next meeting (2 minutes) 7:32?? Intro, announcements (8 minutes) 7:40?? ratify or mess with agenda (2minutes) 7:42?? Treasurer's report, pass the hat, fund raising--Jim Doyle (8 minutes) 7:50?? Discussion of Plenary Agenda, vote for platform planks, etc--Warner, Jim S. ?????????Caroline (30 minutes) 8:30?? Movie nights--Merriam (10 minutes) 8:40?? Regional Rep election---Jim S. 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Contact Rachel DeBord with questions: ?rdebord at ci.sunnyvale.ca.us or 408-730-7456? ??? Forward email This email was sent to carolineyacoub at att.net by skempen at ci.sunnyvale.ca.us | ? Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe? | Privacy Policy. Sunnyvale Public Library | Sunnyvale Public Library | 665 W. Olive Ave. | Sunnyvale | CA | 94086 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at aceweb.com Mon Apr 25 22:28:55 2011 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:28:55 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Remember Chernobyl event Tuesday, April 26th, noon, SF Federal Bldg., 7th and Mission Message-ID: <4DB65817.2050907@aceweb.com> I'm going up to this on the train that goes through Mountain View at 10:29ish. Anybody want to join me? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Remember Chernobyl event Tuesday, April 26th, noon, SF Federal Bldg., 7th and Mission Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:05:09 -0700 From: Don Eichelberger Please come help remember Chernobyl and call for an end to government efforts to revitalize the nuclear power industry, including a virtual media blackout of the ongoing meltdowns at Fukushima Diichi. Speak-Out against Nuclear Power Open mic- say how you continue to remember Chernobyl (Call for spoken word, music, share information) Noon, Tuesday, April 26^th 2011 San Francisco Federal Building, 7^th and Mission Streets, San Francisco Remember Chernobyl Twenty-Five years ago, the world endured the largest industrial accident, to that date, on April 26^th , 1986. A botched routine safety check by workers resulted in an explosion of the graphite reactor, and radioactive contamination spread around the world for ten days. Over a quarter million people were made to leave their homes, and still, to this day, have never been allowed to return to the ?Dead Zone? around the damaged reactor. The 25 year old sarcophagus that encases the still hot reactor is threatening to collapse, reigniting another potentially massive release. The Belarus government has consistently downplayed the accident, and given an estimate of 4000 deaths attributable to Chernobyl. Reputable environmental organizations' estimates exceed 100,000. Whatever the number of deaths- one would be too many- some would argue, that accident brought down an empire. Meanwhile in California The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after illegally licensing Diablo Canyon just before Chernobyl blew, continues to consider extending the operating licenses of the two California Reactors at San Onofre and Diablo Canyon, both on active earthquake faults beside the Pacific Ocean along the infamous ?ring if fire?. This in spite of any lessons that may be learned from the Fukushima Diichi multi-reactor accident currently playing out. After more than a month spewing radioactivity in to the environment, the accident rating was recently raised to 7, same as Chernobyl, and the highest possible rating. /*Please Attend*/ Speak-Out against Nuclear Power Open mic- say how you continue to remember Chernobyl (Call for spoken word, music, share information) Noon, Tuesday, April 26^th 2011 San Francisco Federal Building, 7^th and Mission Streets, San Francisco Sponsored by Abalone Alliance Safe Energy Clearinghouse and other groups and individuals seeking a just future free of the dangers posed by nuclear power and weapons. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest news: Wellington NZ Mayor now has a MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS bike! The red security brick is on a '76 quarter as of 4/24. From jims at greens.org Tue Apr 26 18:14:11 2011 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:14:11 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] State Meeting Delegates Message-ID: <4DB76DE3.8080600@greens.org> I keep forgetting who our council is so I'm sending this to this list. Have we submitted our list of delegates to the meeting? They are submitted at http://www.cagreens.org/registration/delegates.html. This has to be done by tomorrow night. Jim From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 27 00:31:00 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:31:00 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bernie Sanders on TV Message-ID: <4DB7C634.7020602@earthlink.net> FYI, Bernie Sanders will TODAY (Wednesday) be on The Rachel Maddow Show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ (MSNBC) and the Daily Show http://www.thedailyshow.com/ http://www.thedailyshow.com/guests (Comedy Central) to talk about his new book about his speech two and a half months ago. If you missed the speech, you might want to see this. (I thought the speech was great.) Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 27 14:00:08 2011 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:08 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] meeting starts at 7 pm thursday Message-ID: <4DB883D8.6050600@sbcglobal.net> Once again in this month, April, there is a slight conflict in the scheduled starting time of the pre meeting social hour. The VTA riders group meets from 5 pm to 7 pm in the San Jose Peace Center. Consequently our social hour will not begin until 7 pm. As usual, the fromal meeting will start at 7:30 pm. From vdf at juno.com Wed Apr 27 19:35:25 2011 From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:35:25 GMT Subject: [GPSCC-chat] meeting starts at 7 pm thursday Message-ID: <20110427.193525.9014.0@webmail04.vgs.untd.com> Actually, the Silicon Valley Transit Users meeting starts at 6 PM, not 5 PM (in case anyone is interested in that meeting, too). - Valerie ---------- Original Message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:08 -0700 From: Jim Doyle To: sosfbay discussion group Subject: [GPSCC-chat] meeting starts at 7 pm thursday Once again in this month, April, there is a slight conflict in the scheduled starting time of the pre meeting social hour. The VTA riders group meets from 5 pm to 7 pm in the San Jose Peace Center. Consequently our social hour will not begin until 7 pm. As usual, the fromal meeting will start at 7:30 pm. _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4db8d298e760012aa4fst03vuc From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 28 07:06:36 2011 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:06:36 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Unions and Democrats Message-ID: <4DB9746C.5040404@earthlink.net> A firefighter's union will stop spending money on federal candidates, (because the federal elected officials are not working for them). "Fire Fighters Turn off the Spigot" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/28 Gerry From alexcathy at aol.com Thu Apr 28 07:16:02 2011 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:16:02 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Unions and Democrats In-Reply-To: <4DB9746C.5040404@earthlink.net> References: <4DB9746C.5040404@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <8CDD3C5F0571252-1278-2B634@Webmail-d102.sysops.aol.com> I also noticed this breaking news story. This is a major development especially since the firefighters, like the police, tend to be more "conservative" unions. If the unions quit being a dog for the Democrats, they surely are not going to the Rethugs. If handled correctly this could be an opening for Greens. -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Gras To: Post South SF Bay discuss Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 7:06 am Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Unions and Democrats A firefighter's union will stop spending money on federal candidates, (because the federal elected officials are not working for them). "Fire Fighters Turn off the Spigot" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/28 Gerry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Thu Apr 28 15:15:30 2011 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:15:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Agenda for April Meeting Message-ID: <714247.86384.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ? ? Green Party General Meeting--April 28, 2011 ? ? 7:00-7:30? socializing, eating, possible two short videos. 7:30? establish facilitator, vibes watcher, timekeeper, note taker, and agenda preparer for? ?????? ? next meeting (2 minutes) 7:32?? Intro, announcements (8 minutes) 7:40?? ratify or mess with agenda (2minutes) 7:42?? Treasurer's report, pass the hat, fund raising--Jim Doyle (8 minutes) 7:50?? Discussion of Plenary Agenda, vote for platform planks, etc--Warner, Jim S. ?????????Caroline (30 minutes) 8:20?? Movie nights, Michael Parenti, Sharat--(15 minutes) Merriam 8:35?? Feedback from recent tabling event--Jr. State. Earthday, Rainbow Fair. ???????? Health Fair, any others? --various 8:45?? Future tabling events--Berryessa, Juneteenth, other? Who is in charge,????? who is tabling? Who will have the stuff in June? (10 minutes) various 8:55?? Regional Rep election? (10 minutes) Jim S. 9:05??? Website enhancement, website committee (10 minutes) Spencer 9:15?? 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Now - it just needs to be signed into law by Governor Peter Shumlin who's already expressed his support for the measure. There IS one last step though - Vermont would need to secure a waiver to opt out of Obamacare in order to build its own healthcare system. "A handful of lawmakers have introduced legislation to allow states - in particular Vermont - to drop out of Obamacare if they prove they can cover just as many people with insurance as the law would have without adding to the deficit. But surprise, surprise, Republicans don't like the idea. That's right - after bashing Obamacare for 2 years - they don't want to let states drop out of it. What happened to their whole "state's rights" platform - does that only apply to stuff like abortion and gay marriage - and not to giving people free healthcare? The truth is - Republicans are trembling at thought of Vermont having a single-payer healthcare system to serve as a model for other states. Canada's single-payer healthcare system started in just one province - Saskatchewan - and then spread across the country because people in other provinces demanded it. "Republicans fear that the same thing is likely to happen in the United States and they'll do anything they can to stop it in Vermont. They don't care about sick people - they care about profits for their buddies - the millionaire private health insurance executives." If tiny Vermont can do this, then great big California surely can. With 40 million people and a $1.85 trillion economy, California Greens can lead California to lead America on this and other hot popular issues like local sustainable economics, green jobs, nuclear power, a state bank, and the "War on Drugs," election reform, and campaign reform. I am sorry that I have to be in Washington and I'll miss the state plenary. I pray we don't get hung up on symbolic issues, events on the other side of the world, and our dearly beloved internal intrigues. 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Fund raising: target: raise $3,650 in the next year. volunteers: Caroline, Valerie, Merriam. > 7:50 Discussion of Plenary Agenda, vote for platform planks, > etc--Warner, Jim S. > Caroline (30 minutes) > WERNER: Met at Werner's house last Sunday. Jim S., Shirley, Caroline & Werner. Werner outlined a procedure. Candidates should submit written applications to a committee, etc. vote of registered Greens: yes - 6 no - 3 abstain 2 # Conclusion: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain on the proposed procedure. Green 2012 proposal (14 pages long): Do the California Greens want a paid staff? In particular, should the staff be in charge? This proposal was placed onto the agenda by a mysterious process, misdescribed. 3 parts: 1. voter registration 2. fund raising 3. hired staff (in charge?) Recommendation: If must vote on the the proposal as a unit: SC county should vote NO. For the 3 parts, the delegates can use their best judgment. Cameron is concerned that especially the hired staff component had a substantive negative impact on the party. Werner had a concerned that there has not adequate discussion. Jim S.: He would vote "yes" on voter registration & fund raising but "no" on hired staff. Other decision items: Votes Michael Feinstein Bob Marsh: County votes "No", but they will still probably get elected. Joseph Feller: Jim S. would prefer he not be a representative, who has been very disruptive. Two platform issues: disability & tax policy proposals. Approval of the annual GPCC budget. last year expenses $33K; income: $32K. They've got a fund raiser who has raised $7K in 4 months above our normal fund raising. Delegates are instructed to use their own best judgment. > 8:20 Movie nights, Michael Parenti, Sharat--(15 minutes) Merriam > Merriam: Next Movie Night: Friday, May 13. John recommended A Question of Power on the licensing of Diablo Canyon in the early 1980s. Committee (Cameron, Caroline, Merriam and Tian) will decide. Cameron suggested, "The Mouse that Roared". John volunteers to serve on the movie committee. Michael Parenti: Friday a week, May 6. (After Parenti, Jim S. will take the material to Werner's house.) Sharat Lin was in Cairo during the revolution. He will speak at Tian's clubhouse. Saturday, May 21 at 5 PM - 10 PM. International House at Stanford: Call the director and drop some leaflets? > 8:35 Feedback from recent tabling event--Jr. State. Earthday, > Rainbow Fair. > Health Fair, any others? --various > Caroline's map of the nuclear power plants was a hit. Jr. State, Earthday, Rainbow Fair > 8:45 Future tabling events--Berryessa, Juneteenth, other? Who is > in charge, who is tabling? Who will have the stuff in June? > (10 minutes) various > Berryessa: Caroline + Werner (AM) + Jim S. (PM) Juneteenth: Merrian + Tian + Tian (Sa + Su, June ~19th). May 27: Gay Day at Great America Aug. 20-21: Gay Pride Festival San Jose > 8:55 Regional Rep election (10 minutes) Jim S. > San Mateo held an election with Werner as the rep, Cindy as alternate to the State Coordinating Committee. This decision is tabled until the Plenary this weekend. > 9:05 Website enhancement, website committee (10 minutes) Spencer > Merriam & Caroline have been talking with Tian about getting some of his photos on it. Dino also volunteered. > 9:15 Low power radio --(5 minutes) ? > Jim Doyle would present an opportunity. Podcasting. > 9:20 -- Hosting the GPUS National Meeting? > Volunteers to help organize the GPUS if it comes here: Werner, Valerie, Merriam, Drew, Caroline + Sanda (San Mateo County) San Jose State could supply ~200 room dorm space + meeting space. Budget for a presidential nominating convention: ~$50K vs. $30K for an off year convention. Income is structured to be paid by registrations. National would be responsible for the money, etc. Local would provide gofers, etc., ... . Werner wants a general conceptual agreement that Werner is authorized to prepare a draft proposal. > New lit, posters, buttons, schwag (10 minutes) Caroline and whoever > 0 > > (next time) > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Fri Apr 29 09:25:24 2011 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:25:24 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Opposition to the party becoming professional. Message-ID: <4DBAE674.5010006@charter.net> When I read Spencer's notes from last night's meeting, I was a bit surprised that there was so much opposition to the idea of a paid staff. In particular, I noted the comment that Cameron was opposed to the idea because " the hired staff component had a substantive negative impact on the party. " Personally, I feel that the lack of a full time staff is one of the most important reasons that the party's numbers have stagnated, are in decline and that we are basically ignored by media. Here is what I posted on the subject at California Greening this week. If you got to that site, you will find this supported (in comments) by Alex Walker. GPCA poised for gains... or not The General Assembly of the Green Party of California takes place this weekend. For those who will attend, there are a few things I hope you consider while deciding the next steps we will take. Never before has money played such a key role in politics. Greens have been taking steps to counteract the effect of the Citizen's United decision. However, it does not appear that any great gains have been made on that front, even with key people spending a significant amount of time in the Move to Amend effort. While washing dishes last night, I listened to the Rachel Maddow show. She was making a very important point regarding the now nearly infamous Paul Ryan budget that passed the House. Republican Congress Critters, including Wisconsin's Ryan, are not being warmly received while back in their districts over the Easter Recess. In fact, they are being confronted with almost as much rancor as was directed at the Obama Health Care plan last summer. Her key point is that, while Progressive organizations have contracted for $106,000 in media buys now, just 4 organizations with ties Corporate Cash, have put up over $2 Mil to support Ryan's budget... the one that would, among other things, end Medicare as we know it. I introduce this point about money in order to underscore just how uneven the playing filed is. The GPCA has not been so successful raising money. We managed to have a mini-fundraising drive that netted $7,000 just before the General Assembly. So, what are we going to do if we can't compete on money. Greens back a set of policies that make a lot more sense than those embodied in the Ryan Budget,but who knows what they are. In a speech given at Occidental College of few years back, Bill Moyers made the statement that "The only answer for organized money is organized people." In fact, this was important enough that he repeated it several time: "The *only* answer..." and then "is *organized* people." It is clear to some that the wheels are coming off the American version of Capitalism. Even Alan Greenspan acknowledged that he did not truly understand just that organizations, like banks and insurance companies, do not act in their *own* long term best interest, but are tilling to take excessive risks in order to get immediate profit for the executives of these companies. Greenspan was a devotee of Ayn Rand, the same Ayn Rand whose selfish version of living in the world inspires many Republican leaders today. It is a given that we don't have the money top play the corporate media game. I note the number of people who actually participate in our social media, and it does not yet add up. If we are to take the next step, and the world needs us to do so, then I think we need to consider just how we can accomplish it. Look around the General Assembly. How many students do you see? If these are the future of the Party, what are we doing to build that future? If we can't answer the question of how many Campus Green chapters exist and who those leader are, it does not speak well for our future. Maybe it does come back to money, and how we choose to spend what resources we have. We need, at a minimum&hellip' and need to keep it to a minimum... to have full time fundraising that is not dependent on another full time job to live on. We need to be able to more nimble in how we deal with the media. It is not just that smart cell phones, Android aps and social media have expanded the range of possibilities, they have fundamentally changed the expectation of just how quickly a political organization can respond. This is one more aspect of being a political party that needs full time attention and, once more, there is a need to professionalize it so that no one has to give up making a living in order to do that work. 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