From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb  1 02:55:08 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:55:08 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Air Travel and Climate Change
Message-ID: <4D47E68C.3070101@earthlink.net>


The Youtube video is good, too:

http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/kicking-the-habit-air-travel-in-a-time-of-climate-change

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Tue Feb  1 09:42:10 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:42:10 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Protest Egypt Internet Surveillance
Message-ID: <BAY140-W406B15BC0FB0822DDE1D39EE50@phx.gbl>


Narus Corp in Sunnyvale Noon Wed 2/2

Raging Grannies will be there.  

It's on Maude Court--Take Mary toward the bay from Central Expway 1/2 mile to Maude
Park on Mary, Maude court is one block up Maude toward San Francisco


http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/29/18670642.php


 		 	   		  
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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:48:27 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Support Bradley Manning: This Thursday
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Subject: National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning: This Thursday















Dear Jeffrey,
The events in Egypt show, once again, how  U.S. foreign policy needs dramatic change (analysis of that is coming  shortly).  The U.S. has supported the despotic regime of Hosni Mubarak  for 30 years.  We've seen weapons, tear gas and fighter jets all  provided by the United States used against the Egyptian people.  One of  the abuses of the Mubarak regime has been torture of Egyptians. Today,  the United States is torturing an American soldier-citizen who has not  been convicted of any crime.  Pfc Bradley Manning is accused of leaking a  video to WikiLeaks that shows the wanton killing of civilians  by American soldiers and is being investigated for leaks of diplomatic  cables and Iraq and Afghan war diaries.  We are working with the Bradley  Manning Support Network (www.BradleyManning.org) to  organize a show of support for Manning and make sure the  commander-in-chief takes responsibility for the actions of the  military.  
Please join us in calling the White House this Thursday.  
Thanks.  
Kevin Zeese 
Executive Director 
Voters For Peace

PLEASE JOIN US - PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY - SPREAD THE WORD - STAND WITH BRAD
 http://votersforpeace.us/press/index.php?itemid=4663
National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning, Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Whitehouse switchboard: 202-456-1414
(or Whitehouse comments: 202-456-1111)
Call the White House Thursday to voice your support  for accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower US Army PFC Bradley Manning,  specifically that his human rights be respected by the Quantico,  Virginia, brig authorities. Bradley has been held in solitary  confinement-like conditions for over eight months, and his trial is  still months away. This American citizen-soldier has been convicted of  no crime, yet continues to endure inhumane conditions of pre-trial  confinement like no other inmate at the Quantico brig. White House press  secretary Robert Gibbs recently stated that the White House was not  paying attention to Bradley Manning's extreme confinement conditions, or  the fact that recent pre-approved visitors of Bradley's have been  detained and interrogated by military police in order to block their  scheduled visit. It is critical that we educate the White House of this  ongoing injustice!
Recommended points to make:
- US Army PFC Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks  whistle-blower being held at the Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, is  an American citizen who is innocent until proven otherwise. Yet, he has  been subjected to continuous illegal pre-trial punishment since his  arrest in May 2010. Based on these abuses alone, Manning should be freed  pending court martial.
- Military pre-trial confinement is supposed to be  about ensuring a soldier's presence at court martial, yet for eight  months now Manning has been subjected to extreme pre-trial punishment  through the arbitrary use of rarely applied regulations--specifically  the "maximum security classification" and the "prevention of injury"  order. If he is not freed pending court martial, then at the very least,  Manning's human rights need to be respected, and the illegal pre-trial  punishment must end.
- The arbitrary restrictions placed on Manning, and  no other inmates at Quantico, mean that: Manning is allowed no  meaningful physical exercise, he is allowed no social interaction with  other inmates, he is kept in his cell at least 23 hours per day, and he  is not allowed out of his cell without restraints.
- If the charges against him are true, they actually  show that Manning is a patriot acting to advance an informed democracy.  There is no allegation that Manning did anything but share truthful  information with the American public regarding the realities of our  nation's ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with absolutely no  benefit to himself, in order to spark public debate regarding foreign  policy.
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From vdf at juno.com  Wed Feb  2 18:41:33 2011
From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face)
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:41:33 GMT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Urgent next steps to save Caltrain
Message-ID: <20110202.184133.8837.1@webmail09.vgs.untd.com>

Hi everyone,

The attached message is a request for the public to attend transit meetings and speak in favor of maintaining decent Caltrain service (instead of making drastic service cuts) in the short term while long-term funding solutions are developed.

Note that one of the meetings is the VTA Board meeting TOMORROW -- Thursday, February 3.

The message also mentions sending letters to decision makers.  If you want to do that, go to
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/741/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5682
and enter your zip code so the email can be addressed to the elected officials that represent you on the appropriate transit board.

Respectfully,
Valerie Face

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From wrolley at charter.net  Wed Feb  2 21:02:47 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:02:47 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Urgent next steps to save Caltrain
In-Reply-To: <20110202.184133.8837.1@webmail09.vgs.untd.com>
References: <20110202.184133.8837.1@webmail09.vgs.untd.com>
Message-ID: <4D4A36F7.9020107@charter.net>

On 2/2/2011 6:41 PM, Valerie D. Face wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The attached message is a request for the public to attend transit meetings and speak in favor of maintaining decent Caltrain service (instead of making drastic service cuts) in the short term while long-term funding solutions are developed.
>
> Note that one of the meetings is the VTA Board meeting TOMORROW -- Thursday, February 3.
I live in Morgan Hill where CalTrain has a station that I Never use as 
it does not take me to any place that I want to go to.  I have lived in 
Tokyo, a city with a great mass transportation system.  I was generally 
able to get from out apartment to any place with (generally) not more 
than 2 changes.

I would love to save the train.  Mass transportation is a necessity in 
combating climate change.  However, I think that mass transportation has 
to go in an new direction if it is to be self sustaining, a direction 
that brings closer ties to private enterprise.

Why was that successful when the combination of VTA, Caltrain, BART. 
SAMTRANS, MUNI, etc. barely making it?  Mostly, I believe, it comes from 
the fact that Tokyo set things up as a system with all of the parts 
supporting the larger whole need.  The best example: SEIBU Corp. owns a 
suburban RR line.  The SEIBU line hooks in to the Tokyo system at a 
station named Ikebukuro.   SEIBU also has a Department Store directly 
connected to the Ikebukuro station.  The other end of the SEIBU line is 
a sports stadium where the SEIBU Lions play baseball  You begin to get 
the picture.  Public transportation was directly connected to private 
enterprise operations.

Many of the suburban trains, just change nomenclature when they come 
into Tokyo.  The closest station to our apartment was on the Hibiya 
Line, but the Hibiya line trains just changed names when they went on 
into the suburban area.  When working at a lab outside of Tokyo, I was 
able to take the Hibiya line subway outbound from Tokyo and only needed 
to change trains if I wanted to catch an express... which I generally did.

Here, they are all different, run as separate fiefdoms and providing 
near absolute zero synergy.  I have no idea how I might use Caltrain and 
then get on ??? public transportation that would deliver me to 
University Art (on Meridian in San Jose, to Kinikuniya Bookstore (on 
Saratoga Ave. near Moorpark) and then on to Stevens Creek in Cupertino.  
However, that is a trip we make by car at least once a month because all 
of these places have goods that we can not buy in Morgan Hill at prices 
that make it worth the drive.

Would more people use CalTrain from Morgan Hill if there were a Safeway 
on the corner?  Would it be easier if all of the CalTrain stations had 
direct VTA connections?


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Feb  3 09:15:29 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:15:29 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Climate Change
Message-ID: <4D4AE2B1.1000902@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Several years ago I attended a World Affairs Council
conference at Asilomar.  One of the speakers was
Thomas Homer-Dixon.  I was very impressed by him.
And somehow I was added to his email list.

I just received an interesting email about climate
change.  The contents of the email are also at his
website here:

http://homerdixon.com/

Gerry



From jims at greens.org  Thu Feb  3 15:38:16 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:38:16 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Regional Goals & Strategy Meeting
In-Reply-To: <4D47761E.5020402@prodsyse.com>
References: <4D4351B7.3030809@greens.org> <4D47761E.5020402@prodsyse.com>
Message-ID: <4D4B3C68.9030008@greens.org>

The original announcement a couple weeks ago had the wiki link:

http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan

But it tends to emphasize responses to list of topics that someone posted, 
not the long-term planning discussions we're contemplating.

Jim




On 1/31/2011 6:55 PM, spencerg wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
> Is there a Green Wikipedia for this Goals discussion?
>
>
> At the Jan. 5 meeting, I seem to recall hearing that there was, but it was
> dominated by only one topic. If such exists, I suggest we document its URL
> (Uniform Resource Locator / web address) in this email list. (If people are
> intimidated by the Wikipedia protocol, I'd be willing to provide a little help
> and encouragement to anyone who would like to learn it. Fancy formatting can
> be tricky, but doing basic things is not much more complicated than writing an
> email.)
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On 1/28/2011 3:31 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>>
>> At the 1/18 meeting I brought up the topic of a regional meeting as part of
>> the state party's project of establishing long-term goals for the party.
>>
>> I suggested the First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto for our meeting,
>> since I had used their facilities before. But they've had a large price
>> increase since the last time. It would be $150 for four hours. I think
>> that's more than we can justify for this type of meeting.
>>
>> Does anyone know of another affordable location near the county boarder? San
>> Mateo suggested Saturday Feb. 19 for the meeting. Is this date good for
>> Santa Clara folks?
>>
>> Fred - Could we use your clubhouse for this? I've also asked San Mateo to
>> look for a venue.
>>
>>
>> Jim Stauffer
>> Regional Representative
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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  Thu Feb  3 20:15:54 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:15:54 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda item - open letter to the Green Party
Message-ID: <4D4B7D7A.7050303@sbcglobal.net>

Joe Giambrone,  mail4joeg at hotmail.com wrote an open letter
to the Green Party which was posted on op ed news.com on January 14-th.

Here is the link to the open letter:
*http://tinyurl.com/4uts3p9
*
He sent copies of his open letter to all of the CA county /Green Parties
as well as to various individuals including
Jim Stauffer, Warner Bloomberg, Dana ST George, Merriam Kathaleen

He introduces his real topic with
I'll not harp on this, as my own interest in the party was primarily
to help on the state and local level: to build.  *And this brings me to
my real topic: /a completely broken system of bringing in new members.

He offers to make videos:
/*I could be crafting popular viral videos to promote the
 laudable Green principles and platform 
<http://www.cagreens.org/platform/10k.shtml>, but there's no direct 
connection to
or involvement with this monolith of an organization, which exists quite 
apart
from average shmucks like me.  So where's the incentive?

*/On the web site
/**http://tinyurl.com/4z7xlxm

*He offers 5 suggestions for actions aimed to improve the outreach
of the Green Party and a short list of suggested topics for videos.

I request that there be an agenda item discussing how his suggestions
could benefit us, and, jumping ahead, which topics we would choose
as our priorities for videos that he or others whom he has contact with
could make for us.

We could, for example, show them at the Friday night movie nights
in the San Jose Peace Center.

Put on your thinking caps and bring the ideas to the next meeting.
This agenda item should be set for at least 15 minutes, possibly even
30 minutes.

Jim Doyle



*
**/
/*


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Feb  3 20:25:08 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:25:08 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda item
Message-ID: <4D4B7FA4.4010904@sbcglobal.net>

Oops, I forgot to say that there is more from Joe Giambrone
at the Green Party (wiki?) web site

http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPofCalWiki:Current_events

where he provides further discussion of his ideas and what he
is offering.

Include that in your preparations for a discussion on this topic
at our next meeting.

Jim Doyle



From jamboi at greens.org  Fri Feb  4 11:50:55 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:50:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ubuntu Hour @ Palo Alto TONIGHT!
Message-ID: <60555.24.7.30.32.1296849055.squirrel@greens.org>

Ubuntu Hour @ Palo Alto TONIGHT!  7pm Tandoori Oven.  Details and RSVP: 
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/650/detail/

The word "ubuntu" means an attitude of "Humanity Towards Others" in
several southern African languages.

Ubuntu Hour is a casual, nonprogrammed social setting to learn and share
more about the Ubuntu alternative computer operating system (for both PCs
and Macs).  This completely and entirely FREE operating system and suite
of applications can liberate your computing from the proprietary computing
of the monopolistic software paradigm of Micro$oft and Apple, or can
simply be used side by side with proprietary OSs.  There are literally
THOUSANDS of FREE and EASILY INSTALLABLE APPLICATIONS FROM THE UBUNTU
SOFTWARE CENTER to do anything and everything you'd ever want to
accomplish with your computer.

Ubuntu is a distrobution of the GNU/Linux Operating system and is very
mature and well established with 24/7 FREE SUPPORT available on-line as
well as inexpensive commercial support available.  Ubuntu is an extremely
powerful tool set to accomplish whatever you can dream of accomplishing
with a computer, as well as a very GREEN worldwide voluntary mutual
support community that backs it.

Come enjoy the awesome power of Ubuntu with us and liberate your computing.

Drew
408-520-1652




From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Fri Feb  4 14:47:06 2011
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Fri,  4 Feb 2011 14:47:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda item - open letter to the Green Party
Message-ID: <20110204224706.0CAC26A9AC@truffula.sj.ca.us>


I ignored Joe Giambrone's message at the time because

1.  It was addressed to a very large number of addresses

2.  He claimed to have tried very hard to volunteer to
    work on unspecified GP web sites, but I'd never
    heard from him before that broadcast

3.  It wasn't clear which domain he was talking about

4.  It was of the form "I hereby volunteer somebody else
    to do a whole lot of work"

5.  I was already dealing with a similar effort directed
    against cagreens.org by a person whose similar effort
    against gp.org had had the effect of driving gp.org's
    IT volunteers away several years earlier.

6.  Joe advocates the use of corporate-proprietary software
    tools while truly free alternatives to those tools
    are readily available.

So, that's some context for you.

-Cameron



From andid at cagreens.org  Fri Feb  4 13:03:37 2011
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:03:37 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Sunday at Prusch Park
In-Reply-To: <4D479476.7030602@charter.net>
References: <4D479476.7030602@charter.net>
Message-ID: <3805FF6A-3F92-4212-92E1-DD817D37FE71@cagreens.org>

Did you know that the Master Gardeners at Prusch help you cut scions for grafting to your fruit and nut trees, and your roses? This is the time of year to do it while the buds are barely out?at least at 2000 feet, that is!
Andrea

On Jan 31, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Wes Rolley wrote:

> This is the latest from the Calif. Rare Fruit Growers email list regarding Sunday's work part at the park.  Note: we do realize it is Super Bowl Sunday... That means the streets should be clear while everyone else watches. 
> 
>> The holidays and Scion Exchange are behind us, and I don't think there are
>> any announced boycotts of Emma Prusch Park, so everyone should feel free to
>> join in on Sunday morning, as we get back to our monthly routine at the
>> Heritage Orchard. It promises to be another beautiful day, and fresh air,
>> mild exercise, camaraderie and community service will only make it sweeter.
>> With luck, you might even spot the owls that have lately been set free in
>> the orchard. This month, considering the warm weather, pruning will have
>> priority, but we hope to also see some chips out there to be spread over the
>> last remaining un-mulched areas. At last report, we have a small band of
>> outside volunteers joining us, so satisfying results can be expected, and
>> there will be a need for senior members to guide the teams.
> 
> If you want to help prune, or learn how to prune, bring a hand pruner if you have one.  I'll bring an extra. 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss

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From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Feb  4 21:00:07 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:00:07 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Are we all to be Alviso?
Message-ID: <4D4CD957.9050205@charter.net>

If you live in the Santa Clara Valley, you should have heard of the fate 
of Alviso <http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Alviso/aloha.html> 
and it's slow sinking as more and more ground water was pumped for 
irrigation.  Maybe we should be asking whether we will all be living in 
an Alviso... or rather just were are we in danger of suffering a similar 
fate.

NASA is looking hard at this since NASA-Ames must might be flooded by 
2050.  There is an interesting entry at KQED's Climate Watch Blog 
<http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/04/nasas-closer-look-at-the-bay-area/> 
today.  Not only does it mention what NASA is doing, but also gives a 
map that shows what parts of Mountain View and other S. Bay areas will 
be under water with a 16 in. sea level rise.

I went back to the source of that Map, the San Francisco Bay 
Conservation and Development Commission whose site is linked from 
Climate Watch.  While they do make the very good point that sea level 
rise is happening now (7 in since measurements started) the general 
opinion of many climatologists is that the IPPC prediction that they 
used are overly optimistic and that the reality of climate change is 
running ahead of their predictions.

The reason I am going into this as much as I am, is to point out that we 
are in deep financial trouble at a time when climate change is going to 
demand large expenditures to react to what is coming and that it will be 
far cheaper to do things now than later.  What does this mean for local 
government?  How will local governments possibly finance whatever work 
they need to do with dwindling tax revenues?  What alternatives do we 
have?  What cities are really in a position to do anything now?

If this is not an opportunity for the Green Party, then why is it the 
"Green" Party?
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From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Feb  4 22:00:23 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:00:23 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Depressing thoughts from another blogger.
Message-ID: <4D4CE777.6060904@charter.net>

One of the bloggers that I follow in David Zeitland whose Aquanomics 
<http://www.aguanomics.com/> is widely read and often cited by others. 
David Zetland <http://www.blogger.com/profile/11677758798533719965> is a 
senior water economist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and 
got his degree from UC Davis and did post-doc work at UC-Berkeley.

I really found this one depressing, since we all know just how much 
power, or the reach for power, corrupts our National politicians.  
Zeitland posted this 
<http://www.aguanomics.com/2011/02/corruption-and-integrity-in-us.html> 
about that and then finds that local politics is worse.

__ quoted from the link above __


      Corruption and integrity in US politicians
      <http://www.aguanomics.com/2011/02/corruption-and-integrity-in-us.html>


RD responded to this post 
<http://www.aguanomics.com/2011/02/egypt-tunisia-and-yemen.html> with a 
few thoughts on what works, and fails, in local politics:

Having work in the US Senate and then for President Reagan, and having 
worked at the state level and local levels of government I can tell you 
the key is finding candidates who have integrity. Yes there are a few 
and too often even they get corrupted by money and power, but there are 
still a few.

I have found that if you have integrity and are recognized as an expert 
they will treat you with respect.

But never lie or overstate, NEVER or you will lose it all.

I have been successful because I recognized this early. they don't 
always like what you tell them, but if they respect you and your 
knowledge and insight, they will come back to you for more.

One of the biggest problems I've encountered in politics are those who 
hire "yes" men/women only. They want staff to make them feel good and 
"protect" them. this is wrong headed management philosophy. you want the 
most talented and competent people you can find. Loyalty in politics 
usually only runs up, not down.

I've fallen on the spear a couple times. Once it was the wrong decision 
and once it was the right one.

If I find a Member has lied to me or not been fully honest with me, they 
go on my shit list for life and I quietly work hard to get them out of 
office.

Surprisingly, I found politics most corrupt at the local level.

*Bottom Line:* We have to find candidates with integrity, and that is 
NOT easy today.
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From vdf at juno.com  Fri Feb  4 22:20:07 2011
From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 06:20:07 GMT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Regional Goals & Strategy Meeting
Message-ID: <20110204.222007.13489.3@webmail21.vgs.untd.com>

Hi Jim,

Did you get any other responses off the list about venues and/or whether or not February 19 works for people?

Thanks,
Valerie

---------- Original Message ----------
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:38:16 -0800
From: Jim Stauffer <jims at greens.org>
To: GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
References: <4D4351B7.3030809 at greens.org> Precedence: list

The original announcement a couple weeks ago had the wiki link:

http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan

But it tends to emphasize responses to list of topics that someone posted, 
not the long-term planning discussions we're contemplating.

Jim




On 1/31/2011 6:55 PM, spencerg wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
> Is there a Green Wikipedia for this Goals discussion?
>
>
> At the Jan. 5 meeting, I seem to recall hearing that there was, but it was
> dominated by only one topic. If such exists, I suggest we document its URL
> (Uniform Resource Locator / web address) in this email list. (If people are
> intimidated by the Wikipedia protocol, I'd be willing to provide a little help
> and encouragement to anyone who would like to learn it. Fancy formatting can
> be tricky, but doing basic things is not much more complicated than writing an
> email.)
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On 1/28/2011 3:31 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>>
>> At the 1/18 meeting I brought up the topic of a regional meeting as part of
>> the state party's project of establishing long-term goals for the party.
>>
>> I suggested the First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto for our meeting,
>> since I had used their facilities before. But they've had a large price
>> increase since the last time. It would be $150 for four hours. I think
>> that's more than we can justify for this type of meeting.
>>
>> Does anyone know of another affordable location near the county boarder? San
>> Mateo suggested Saturday Feb. 19 for the meeting. Is this date good for
>> Santa Clara folks?
>>
>> Fred - Could we use your clubhouse for this? I've also asked San Mateo to
>> look for a venue.
>>
>>
>> Jim Stauffer
>> Regional Representative
>>
>>
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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sun Feb  6 10:07:01 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:07:01 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bush Cancels Switzerland Trip
Message-ID: <BAY140-W27B6DF4DB2C66CAA28175C9EE80@phx.gbl>


   Bush cancelled "due to the risk of legal action against 
him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday."


  " Bush was to be the keynote 
speaker at Keren Hayesod's annual dinner on February 12 in Geneva. But 
pressure has been building on the Swiss government to arrest him and 
open a criminal investigation if he enters 
the Alpine country."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-bush-torture-idUSTRE7141CU20110205
 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Feb  7 13:12:57 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:12:57 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Huffington Post Sold to AOL
Message-ID: <4D506059.4050100@earthlink.net>


FYI,

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/07

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Mon Feb  7 22:57:35 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 22:57:35 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Rep. Jane Harman Resigns
Message-ID: <BAY140-W18DB8EA04A26566C7866AB9EEA0@phx.gbl>



   Rep. Harman had the distinction of the being the second-richest congressional representative,
with a personal fortune, according to the Christian Science Monitor, of $160 million.  Her husband 
Sidney Harman recently bought Newsweek. 

  Rep. Harman came on my radar screen when she introduced HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization 
and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.  According to govtrack.us,  Rep. Zoe 
Lofgren was a co-sponsor, and Reps Lee, Farr, Lofgren, Eshoo, Lantos, Honda, and Stark voted 
for it.  Rep. Kucinich was one of only six Reps to vote against it.  Widely derided as a "thought crimes
Act", HR 1955 got this reaction from the ACLU: "We need to 
worry about the people who are 
committing crimes rather than those who harbor 
beliefs that the government may consider to be 
extreme." 

  During hearings on the bill, a screenshot of a web page from AE911Truth.org, a non-profit 
educational organization of architects and engineers, was sandwiched between screenshots
from jihadi webshots as an example of web-based terrorist propaganda.  AE911Truth.org now
has 1433 architectural and engineering professionals calling for new investigations into the 
destruction of the three WTC towers on 9/11.








 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb  8 17:53:53 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:53:53 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story"
Message-ID: <4D51F3B1.2090604@earthlink.net>


This is about how only Al Jazeera has provided close up
news about Egypt, how it is usually not available on
cable, and how in the U.S. there has been a surge in
web traffic to the Al Jazeera website.  And more.
 From Laura Flanders.

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/08-7

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Tue Feb  8 18:03:28 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:03:28 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story"
In-Reply-To: <4D51F3B1.2090604@earthlink.net>
References: <4D51F3B1.2090604@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W170E8DF74BFFAD0C348DDA9EED0@phx.gbl>



Also, if anyone has not seen the 2004 film, "Control Room", 2004, Magnolia Pictures,
distributed by Lion's Gate, check it out.  Palo Alto Library has a copy.  

>From the blurb: 

"A chronicle which provides a rare window 
into the international perception of the Iraq War, 
courtesy of Al 
Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by 
Cabinet 
members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi 
bias, and strongly condemned 
for frequently airing civilian casualties 
as well as footage of American POW's, the station has 
revealed (and 
continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush
 
administration does not want the public to see."

Thumbs and toes up!



> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:53:53 -0800
> From: gerrygras at earthlink.net
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story"
> 
> 
> This is about how only Al Jazeera has provided close up
> news about Egypt, how it is usually not available on
> cable, and how in the U.S. there has been a surge in
> web traffic to the Al Jazeera website.  And more.
>  From Laura Flanders.
> 
>      http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/08-7
> 
> Gerry
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb  8 18:08:22 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:08:22 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Banking for the People"
Message-ID: <4D51F716.5030104@earthlink.net>


About how small banks are better than large banks
and how there are moves to create more state banks.

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/07-9

Gerry



From jims at greens.org  Thu Feb 10 15:51:03 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:51:03 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GOALS and STRATEGIES MEETING,  Feb 19
Message-ID: <4D5479E7.7050709@greens.org>



      GPCA  GOALS  AND  STRATEGIES  FOR  LONG-TERM  PLANNING
                  A Participatory Exercise


WHEN:   Saturday, Feb 19
         10 am to 1 or 2 pm

WHERE:  Fred?s Clubhouse
         Willow Park Condo Clubhouse, located at the intersection of
         Moffett Blvd. and W. Middlefield Road, in Mountain View (500
         W. Middlefield Rd. 94043)

NEEDS:  Some drinks and snacks would be nice. Please respond to this list if
you can bring something.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Dear Greens:

The state party would like to engage county Locals in an exercise to help
establish  long-term goals for the party. By agreeing on a set of goals, we
give the  party definition and purpose. From those goals we develop strategies
for their implementation. This creates projects for our Working Groups and
Standing Committees, and it helps attract volunteers and donations.

It?s important to be realistic when setting goals. Brainstorming exercises
encourage free-thinking with no critique or analysis of suggested issues. Goal
  setting is different; it?s intended to derive projects that are achievable,
not just desirable. We all have a list of favorite issues and a wish-list of
what we?d like the party to be. But we must focus on what we can actually
accomplish ? realistic goals.

Locals are encourage to get together with neighboring counties for this
exercise. Gathering into a group from a few counties helps the thought
process. It gets us outside of our normal monthly meeting crowd and provides
the synergy of a larger group.



PROCESS

Take notes of the goals discussed and rank or categorize them by the level of
agreement or support.

There is wiki that is (ostensibly) for posting comments. It?s not designed too
well, but it can be used for submitting our comments.
http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan



  DISCUSSION

The state party wants to hear what Locals think our long-term goals should be.
This requires some degree of open discussion, but the exercise must remain
moderated by the theme of realistic goals. For every suggested goal, the
presenter should have some idea of a strategy to implement that goal.

Basically, the question to answer is, ?What should the GPCA accomplish in five
years and in ten years??

Some organizing may help the discussion:

Political Goals
          Partisan and non-partisan candidates
          Campaigns and ballot proposition
          Election reforms

Internal / Party Goals
          Voter registration
          Developing county Locals
          Fundraising
          Internal structure and process



  REFERENCES

State committee and working group people have been discussing this subject and
have come up with  their list of issues. These are being provided here just as
a reference, they  should not be used as guidance for your discussions. Its
purpose is to provide  input as to what volunteers at the state level see as
our long-term issues.

  1. Given the current recession and its detrimental effect on fundraising,
should GPCA and its locals adopt a ?survival plan? until recovery is tangible
  (e.g. unemployment below 8%)? How would this affect all goals and strategies?

  2. What are realistic voter registration goals? What attracts people to a
small party? What caused the California Green registration decline of the past
  six years, can it be reversed?

  3. Given that we have less than 1% of registered voters, what are realistic
electoral strategies for a party of our size? Do we continue attempts in
partisan races or focus on non-partisan races? Is  there a realistic strategy
for winning partisan races?

  4. How do we recruit/develop electable candidates for non-partisan offices?

  5. Does Prop 14 provide any potential to us?

  6. Should we make a real, concerted effort to promote ranked-choice voting
(i.e. Instant Runoff Voting and proportional representation)?

7. The GPCA?s decentralized structure and consensus-seeking decision process
is an experiment that we?ve carried on for 20 years. Is it working well
enough? Is there a good balance of responsibilities between the state party
and the county parties? Should we examine giving more authority over internal
  business to the state party?

8. Is continuing to rely solely on volunteer labor a viable plan for growth?

9. What factors have created viable, stable Locals? What factors have caused
Locals to deteriorate?

10. What resources do Locals need from the state party? What resources does
the state party need from Locals?


Contact Jim (mailto:jims at greens.org) with any questions or comments.








From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Feb 11 10:15:09 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:15:09 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Low Power Radio
Message-ID: <4D557CAD.4080804@earthlink.net>


FYI,

according to this article, there is a narrow window
of opportunity to create low power radio stations.

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/10-5

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sun Feb 13 10:08:41 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:08:41 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Revolution in America?
Message-ID: <4D581E29.30401@earthlink.net>


FYI,

"The Invisible, Growing Leaderless Revolution in America"

(about growing anger in U.S. over how we're treated by the
bankers mentality)

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/13-2

Gerry



From WB4D23 at aol.com  Sun Feb 13 12:33:57 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:33:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Notice of Candidacy for GPCA Coordinating Committee
	Position
Message-ID: <44bf5.68f76e44.3a899a35@aol.com>

February 13. 2011 
 
To GPSCC and GPSMC Members:
 
This email serves as my Candidate's Statement and Biography  for purposes 
of consideration for election to the GPCA  Coordinating Committee as 
"Regional Representative" for the Silicon Valley Region (Santa Clara and San Mateo 
Counties).  As some of you  are aware, I have resisted volunteering for this 
position  because of my other GP time and energies commitments.  After a lot 
of thought, it appears that it is time for me to "move up" to this  next 
level of service.  If elected I will transfer my  available GP time and 
energies from work on the GPUS California Delegation and GPUS committees to CC 
work (although I would plan to  remain on the GPUS Presidential Candidates 
Support  Committee).
 
As indicated below, I have a significant background in the  Campaign and 
Candidates Working Group, some in the Electoral  Reform Working Group, and 
almost four years as a GPUS Delegate.  I also have participated on the Co-Cos 
Group for four  years and remained an observer during the last  year.  I have 
participated in the preliminary budget committee discussions  for the last 
five years, and I have some experience with  events planning.  I have on a 
number of occasions  presented the Agenda Packet for local discussions and I 
have attended many state party meetings as a Plenary delegate.  I also have  
occasionally observed pre-Plenary in-person CC  meetings.
 
I do not operate a motor vehicle, and have some concern about  being able 
to attend any GPSMC meetings (I most attend the  GPSCC monthly general 
meetings).  If affirmed in both counties, I would strongly prefer that our 
alternate be a GPSMC  member.  I will agree to serve a two year term and we  all 
can evaluate the need or good of my continuing in the position at the end of  
that term.
 
A partial summary of my background and experience is as  follows:
 
Green Party Activities
 
1994-2010  Green Party of Santa Clara County activist  
1998-2001 Green Party of Santa Clara County County  Council
2000      GPCA Delegate to ASGP Presidential  Nominating Convention 
(Denver, CO)
1998-2010 Participation in Campaigns and  Candidates Working Group, 
including working on proposals re  endorsement procedures (2003) and GPUS 
nominating convention delegates (2003-2004)
2005-2009 Sole CCWG Coordinator
2001-2011  Participation in Electoral Reform Working Group (Elections Code 
subcommittee; Redistricting issues; Development of Presidential nominating  
convention delegates selection procedures (2007)
2002;  2004 Candidate for State Assembly District 23 (San Jose, CA)
July 4, 2007 to  Present  GPCA GNC member (delegate)  -- Paricipate in 
monthly  teleconferences and email discussions; Participate on GNC  Votes email 
list and vote on various items considered by  GPUS GNC; Prepared Delegation 
draft Work Plan and Budget for FY 2009 and  2010
May 2007 to Present  Observer to GPUS Coordinated Campaigns  Committee
July 2008  Attended Chicago GPUS ANM; Also GPCA Delegate to  Chicago QPNC
September 2008 to May 2009 Present  Participate in  McKinney/Clemente State 
Volunteers Coordinators email list  and teleconferences; Co-facilitated 
workshop at 2009 ANM
July 2009   Attended GPUS ANM in Durham, North Carolina
December 2009  Joined GPUS  Presidential Candidates Support Committee; 
participating in email list and teleconferences
July 2010 to Present Member GPUS Delegate  Apportionment Committee
 
Education
 
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois BA 1976 (Social  Sciences)
Santa Clara University, School of Law, Santa Clara, California JD  1979
San Jose State University/CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, San Jose,  
California Certificate Program in nonprofit management  1999-2001
 
Work Experience 
 
1972-1976 Clerical worker, Joseph Regenstein Library,  University of Chicago
1979-1980 Part-time office worker for the Santa Clara  Valley National 
Lawyers Guild
1980-2010 General practice  attorney
1999-2000 Interim Director for United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara  County
 
Volunteer Activities 
 
1971-1972 Draft counselor, Quaker House, Chicago,  Illinois
1972-1975 Clerical Workers of America, District 65, organizing  campaign
1976-1978 Soledad Habeas Corpus Project (prisoner legal  assistance)
1979-1980 (City of) Santa Clara Tenants Association
1983-1993  Santa Clara Valley New Jewish Agenda
1988-1998 Peninsula Peace & Justice  Center, Coordinating Council
1990-1999 Jackson-Taylor Neighborhood  Association
1994-1998 Jewish Arab Muslim Americans Association  (JAMAA)
1994-1999 Board member and officer of United Neighborhoods of Santa  Clara 
County
2000-2011 Japantown Neighborhood Association
2002-2006  Southbay Jewish Voice for Peace
October 2007 - February 2008  Treasurer  for Save BAREC No on Measures A 
and B Committee  (City  of Santa Clara ballot initiative to preserve open 
space)
 
I can respond to questions via email(s) to _wb4d23 at aol.com_ 
(mailto:wb4d23 at aol.com)  or by telephone at (408)  295-9353.
 
Shalom/In Struggle!  Warner S. Bloomberg III 
 
 
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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Feb 14 00:57:18 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:57:18 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] bike party in the news
Message-ID: <4D58EE6E.8010202@aceweb.com>

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17379761?nclick_check=1
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
I sold a DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC sticker to an Air Force
veteran at Carol Brouillet's 9/11 truth and cookies thing
on that digital easter egg plaza in Palo Alto, California.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on a Utah quarter.



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Feb 14 16:26:38 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:26:38 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: A Hackerspace for Biotech]
Message-ID: <4D59C83E.0@aceweb.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	A Hackerspace for Biotech
Date: 	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:16:13 EST
From: 	TNHarter at aol.com
To: 	tnharter at aceweb.com



  >
  >  Eri Gentry
  >
  > A Hackerspace for Biotech
  >
  > Eri Gentry is a co-founder of BioCurious, a Mountain View based
  > non-profit offering the first Bay Area collaborative lab space
  > dedicated to non-institutional biology and seeking to bring life
  > sciences within reach of do-it-yourself hobbyists and entrepreneurs.
  > BioCurious has a short term goal to raise enough money to build
  > a basic synthetic biology lab; its long term vision is to create
  > new way to incubate biotech ideas, not in million dollar labs,
  > a but among friends in informal settings.
  >
  > Eri, a Yale-educated economist, will talk about how she became
  > involved in the do-it-yourself-bio movement, her efforts to procure
  > expensive lab equipment at bargain basement prices, and some of the
  > projects members are working on.
  >

Eri began by talking about some work she had done with Livly, a
startup in biotech that she had cofounded, an exciting place to work.
She was also inspired by Mountain View's hacker dojo, where volunteers
use not much money to advance the software state of the art for
entertainment value and enlightenment. She set out to do something
similar in biotech.

She showed us a picture of the garage she and a friend had made into
what would be a million dollar lab if it had been built by Genentech
or somebody like that. Instead they invested about $30,000.00 in it.
Some of it was salvaged from equipment sales at startup company
going out of business sales, other items were house made for nothing.

Eri then talked about some of the more interesting things her team
has been working on. Guido made a DNA xeroxer. Somebody else
is working on biofuels from algae.  A DNA gel sequencer and open PCR
(Polymerase Chain Reaction) tool were also discussed.

Eri finished by explaining that her focus is to develop a community as
well as a community lab, which allows people from different backgrounds
to collaborate and lowers the barriers to entry to starting a biotech
company.
Once people have proof of concept and are ready to go for the mass
market, they need to go to venture capitalists for that kind of money.
At the moment they have some funding from a seed capital website,
and expect to use that over the coming year.

During Q&A the following came up.

They got seed capital from kickstarter. The project can be found at
biocurious.org/kickstarter

Do you do anything about the intellectual property rights of your
scientists?

BioCurious will ask people to sign membership agreements and liability
waivers.
They, however, will not take others intellectual property. What you come up
with in working with the group is yours. Eri might caution you to not talk
about it too much though.

How do you prevent your equipment from being used to do evil?

Eri has thought about that a lot. Generally, she works to build a
cooperative open environment where people talk about what they
are doing. She is aware that these tools can be used for bad things,
but they work to prevent that on an ongoing basis.

To find out more please visit the website at biocurious.org.

If you have further questions Eri can be reached at eri at biocurious.org.
She is also on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/erigentry.

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added some words about that Oilpocalypse in Oakland.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on a Utah quarter.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 14 17:09:26 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:09:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Cheney, Rumsfeld Booed at Conservative Conference
Message-ID: <BAY140-W186D89415D234D418462B69ED30@phx.gbl>



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/02/11/2011-02-11_cpac_2011_dick_cheney_and_donald_rumsfeld_booed_at_conservative_convention_in_dc.html






A number of young people, reportedly Texas Rep. Ron Paul supporters, walked out in protest when the 
former
defense secretary took the stage in D.C. to receive the conference's
"Defenders of the Constitution" 
award.




When former Vice President Cheney made a surprise appearance to
honor Rumsfeld, he too was booed with 
audience members yelling
"Where's Bin Laden," "murdering scum," and "draft dodger."







 		 	   		  
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From wrolley at charter.net  Mon Feb 14 19:39:11 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:39:11 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: A Hackerspace for Biotech]
In-Reply-To: <4D59C83E.0@aceweb.com>
References: <4D59C83E.0@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D59F55F.9090807@charter.net>

Interesting, Tian, that you posted this the same day that I read KQED's 
Climate Watch blog post on Citizen Science.

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/14/why-the-pros-need-citizen-science/

*Naturalist Update: A biologist's take on the potential for citizen 
science in a changing climate*

(Photo: Richard Morgenstein)

Last month I went out to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve near Stanford, 
where Scott Loarie and Ken-ichi Ueda showed me and about a dozen docents 
how to use the new iNaturalist iPhone app 
<http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/01/29/citizen-science-the-iphone-app/>, 
which Ueda created. The aim of the app is to make recording and sharing 
of accurate field observations incredibly simple. It's still in testing 
mode and not yet available to the public. "Citizen scientists" can 
already upload their digital photos and share them with an online 
community of naturalists around the world, at the iNaturalist website.

This week I spoke with Healy Hamilton, who directs the Center for 
Applied Biodiversity Informatics <http://research.calacademy.org/cabi> 
at the California Academy of Sciences. Below are some excerpts from our 
interview about climate change, citizen science, and iNaturalist:

*Q: What's the potential of citizen science?*/
A: The world is changing faster than ever before in the history of all 
human  civilization. There's no way that scientists can monitor those 
changes. It's critical for us to understand the pace of change, and 
where change is taking place the most.
/

/With global change, there's a fundamental rearrangement of where 
species live.  We already know almost everywhere we look that species 
are on the move trying to track their preferred climate envelopes. To 
understand the implications of this kind of shifting, we need to have 
people help us monitor these changes, both the rate of the change and 
the locations of the changes. This is where there's a profound role for 
citizen science./

*/Q: /How can a tool like iNaturalist help scientists study climate change?*
/A:...Citizen science can help us understand how climate change is 
unfolding in situ. Every species has edges to their range, so there's 
sort of a central range, a northern leading edge, a southern edge, 
eastern and western edges.  Citizens can help us monitor how climate 
change is impacting the edges of those ranges, which is where climate 
impacts are most likely to occur. /

/For example, some of the easternmost redwood forests are likely to 
experience the highest summer temperatures [in the redwoods' range], and 
summer temps seem to be changing quite rapidly, maybe more than temps at 
other times of the year.  So if citizens can help us say, 'Look, I just 
saw a grove of redwood trees and the leaves are brown and this is where 
it's located,' we can actually map climate in that area and see how 
climate change is unfolding on the landscape.  There's no way scientists 
can be everywhere at once to understand how these changes are unfolding, 
but citizens are hiking through redwood forests all the time./

/...So applications such as iNaturalist are going to increase the 
biodiversity data that scientists have to work with. Not all 
observations are going to be useful, but many of them will be useful to 
us. Because of our need for verified observations about what occurs 
where and when on the planet, as scientists, we think citizen science 
has a huge role to play in improving our models about forecasting future 
climate change impacts to species and ecosystems./

*/Q: /Why do we need to study these changes?  What's the big picture?*
/A: Climate change is the single most important threat that's facing all 
of human society.  If we continue to emit the current rates of 
greenhouse gases into the future, and if we do end up with 900 or 1,000 
parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere at the end of the century, we 
will be living on a fundamentally different planet, and that transition 
is not going to be comfortable for us.  All of our society, all of our 
infrastructure, all of our food resources, our forest resources, the 
things that we need, the things we've evolved our society around 
consuming, they like the climate the way it was, [at] about 150-300 
parts per million of CO2.  So it's important to understand how climate 
change is going to influence biodiversity, the biodiversity we depend 
on, every bite of food we eat, the clothes on our back, all of our paper 
and forest products. It influences how diseases are transmitted and all 
kinds of public health, food security, and national security issues./

In this short video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28MWPNmdiVY>, Scott 
Loarie and Ken-ichi Ueda explain how the iNaturalist iPhone app works.



On 2/14/2011 4:26 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     A Hackerspace for Biotech
> Date:     Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:16:13 EST
> From:     TNHarter at aol.com
> To:     tnharter at aceweb.com
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> >  Eri Gentry
> >
> > A Hackerspace for Biotech
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From wrolley at charter.net  Mon Feb 14 19:47:15 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:47:15 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Cows or condos? California's leading farmland
 preservation program faces the ax amid budget woes - San Jose Mercury News
Message-ID: <4D59F743.1010502@charter.net>

In a time when urbane suburbanites are becoming locavores, it is 
becoming increasingly difficult to really eat local.  The preservation 
of farmland is becoming even more difficult, thanks to Jerry Brown.

http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_17379731?source=rss&nclick_check=1

That seems to fall in line with San Jose's plans for "in fill" and with 
the Green Foothills view that we build in the valley to protect the 
hillsides.  But who is protecting the Valley.  W/O the Williamson Act, 
there is little incentive to continue local ag.




From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb 15 11:20:21 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:20:21 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Cows or condos? California's leading farmland
 preservation program faces the ax amid budget woes - San Jose Mercury News
In-Reply-To: <4D59F743.1010502@charter.net>
References: <4D59F743.1010502@charter.net>
Message-ID: <4D5AD1F5.2050909@earthlink.net>


This is another example where James Hansen's fee and
dividend would help  (or any carbon tax approach would
help).  But I have no idea how it would compare in
effectiveness to the Williamson Act.

Gerry


Wes Rolley wrote:
> In a time when urbane suburbanites are becoming locavores, it is
> becoming increasingly difficult to really eat local. The preservation of
> farmland is becoming even more difficult, thanks to Jerry Brown.
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_17379731?source=rss&nclick_check=1
>
>
> That seems to fall in line with San Jose's plans for "in fill" and with
> the Green Foothills view that we build in the valley to protect the
> hillsides. But who is protecting the Valley. W/O the Williamson Act,
> there is little incentive to continue local ag.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb 15 11:24:28 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:24:28 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Germany. Austerity. Wisconsin Wave. Primary.
Message-ID: <4D5AD2EC.5030504@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Gerry

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Germany. Austerity. Wisconsin Wave. Primary.
Date: 	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:34:39 -0600
From: 	Ben Manski <info at VoteManski.com>
Reply-To: 	Ben Manski <info at VoteManski.com>
To: 	Gerald Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>



*/Good evening, Gerald/*

Many of you have asked me what I've been up to since the 2010 elections.
Others have asked me who I am supporting in tomorrow's Wisconsin primary
elections. I thought I'd share my answers with all of you, in case
you're curious.

A few weeks after last November's election, the German Green Party
invited me to participate in their national convention in Freiburg. I
spoke on a panel regarding U.S. politics and the prospects for
progressive change in the United States. I was jet-lagged and groggy,
and didn't feel all that good about my presentation. But some of what I
said must have gotten through. The very last comment at the session was
made by a German parliamentarian who turned to me and said, "what you
Americans need to realize is that you need a new constitution and
another revolution."

Oh really?

I must have been listening good, because that's just what I've been up
to. I am hard at work on a national democracy convention scheduled for
August 24-28, to be hosted at the Concourse Hotel here in Madison (save
the date, and look for updates). I've also plugged back in with Move to
Amend, where I serve on the national executive committee. I've never
worked on a project like Move to Amend before -- one where you regularly
receive emails demanding an explanation as to why you haven't succeeded
yet. Why haven't we amended the Constitution yet, hmm?

Closer to home, it seems like* Wisconsin's new governor is doing
everything in his power to help us make the case for democratic
revolution.* If you're a Wisconsinite, you know what I mean. But for
those reading in other parts of the world, you should know that for this
week, at least, and likely for the coming months, Wisconsin is at the
center of the struggle over austerity in the United States.

*This past Friday, Governor Walker announced plans to eliminate public
sector unions in Wisconsin. *He introduced what he described as a
"Budget Repair Bill." Among its provisions? It would eliminate nearly
all collective bargaining for local and state public employees. It would
require yearly recertification votes for public employee unions. It
would eliminate "fair share" union dues collection by the state. It
would limit union contracts to one year at a time. And that's just for
starters.

A Wisconsin without public sector unions is not Wisconsin. This state
gave rise to America's public employee unions. They are the backbone of
this state's progressive movement. Everything is on the line. Governor
Walker knows that. He has already notified Wisconsin's Adjutant General
that he may call on our National Guard in the coming weeks. And working
Wisconsinites know it too.

In the next few days, my organization, Liberty Tree, will go live with a
new website devoted to Wisconsin's new wave of resistance against
austerity. Look for news about the "Wisconsin Wave." *And if you are
within traveling distance to Madison's downtown, please make plans to
join us at the State Capitol tomorrow and Wednesday.* My union,
AFT-Wisconsin, has provided a helpful schedule, as well as background
information, here: http://bit.ly/hcisUQ
<http://votemanski.com/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5341&qid=622101>

Finally, tomorrow is primary election day in Wisconsin. Many of you have
asked me who I am supporting, and I'm happy to tell you:

---> In Wisconsin's first ever publicly financed *Supreme Court
election, I am voting for JOANNE KLOPPENBURG.* I've known Kloppenburg
long enough to know that she is committed to seeing our courts protect
the interests of the powerless, not just the powerful, and to expanding
democracy in American life. For full disclosure, Jack Kloppenburg, her
husband, was my undergraduate adviser, and is a wonderful advocate for
environmental and food sovereignty.

---> In Madison's *mayoral election, I support PAUL SOGLIN.* Like other
Greens and Progressives locally, I've worked with (and sometimes
differed with) both Soglin and the current mayor in their terms of
office. I know that Paul Soglin can be counted on to open up city hall
to everyone, and to especially look out for Madison's poor and
marginalized communities.

---> In Dane County's race for *county executive, I support SCOTT
MCDONNELL.* He has served as a strong advocate for human services and
environmental protection in his time as county board chair, and he is by
far the best qualified candidate to take on the duties of county
executive. Joe Parisi is also a good candidate, but my vote will be for
McDonnell.

---> Last, but not least, our local Progressive party, Progressive Dane,
has an incredible team of candidates running for city common council,
school board. I especially want to thank candidates *MARJ PASSMAN*
(Madison School Board), *SAM STEVENSON* (Madison Common Council,
District 2), *MARSHA RUMMEL* (Madison Common Council, District 6),* KYLE
SZARZYNSKI* (Madison Common Council, District 8), *BRIAN SOLOMON*
(Madison Common Council, District 10),* SATYA RHODES-CONWAY* (Madison
Common Council, District 12) and* TJ MERTZ* (Madison Common Council,
District 13) for their very active support in my recent campaign. You
can see the full list here:
http://www.prodane.org/archives/2011/01/wednesday_janua.html
<http://votemanski.com/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5342&qid=622101>

Finally, since some of you have asked, yes, we still have debt to
retire. Please contribute now to help retire our campaign debt ($1200+):
http://votemanski.com/contribute
<http://votemanski.com/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5343&qid=622101>

Thank you for for your consideration, and for all that you do.

- Ben Manski

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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb 15 12:06:11 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:06:11 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Patriot Act Vote
Message-ID: <4D5ADCB3.5090004@earthlink.net>


The House voted for the extension of some provisions
of the Patriot Act.

Local Congresspeople voted ...

Yes - McNerney
No  - Pelosi, Spieir, Eshoo, Honda, Lofgren, Stark

http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2011&rollnumber=36

Gerry



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Feb 15 13:04:13 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:04:13 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items request
Message-ID: <4D5AEA4D.5040708@aceweb.com>

Our next county green party meeting is Thursday the 24th at 7 PM.
Please respond to this reminder with agenda items for the meeting.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added some words about that Oilpocalypse in Oakland.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on an Oklahoma quarter.



From jims at greens.org  Tue Feb 15 16:43:30 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:43:30 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Reminder:  GOALS and STRATEGIES MEETING,  Feb 19
Message-ID: <4D5B1DB2.9000506@greens.org>




      GPCA  GOALS  AND  STRATEGIES  FOR  LONG-TERM  PLANNING
                  A Participatory Exercise


WHEN:   Saturday, Feb 19
         10 am to 1 or 2 pm

WHERE:  Fred's Clubhouse
         Willow Park Condo Clubhouse, located at the intersection of
         Moffett Blvd. and W. Middlefield Road, in Mountain View (500
         W. Middlefield Rd. 94043)

NEEDS:  Some drinks and snacks would be nice. Please respond to this list if
you can bring something.



Dear Greens:

The state party would like to engage county Locals in an exercise to help
establish  long-term goals for the party. By agreeing on a set of goals, we
give the  party definition and purpose. From those goals we develop strategies
for their implementation. This creates projects for our Working Groups and
Standing Committees, and it helps attract volunteers and donations.

It's important to be realistic when setting goals. Brainstorming exercises
encourage free-thinking with no critique or analysis of suggested issues. Goal
  setting is different; it's intended to derive projects that are achievable,
not just desirable. We all have a list of favorite issues and a wish-list of
what we'd like the party to be. But we must focus on what we can actually
accomplish -- realistic goals.

Locals are encourage to get together with neighboring counties for this
exercise. Gathering into a group from a few counties helps the thought
process. It gets us outside of our normal monthly meeting crowd and provides
the synergy of a larger group.



PROCESS

Take notes of the goals discussed and rank or categorize them by the level of
agreement or support.

There is wiki that is (ostensibly) for posting comments. It's not designed too
well, but it can be used for submitting our comments.
http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan



  DISCUSSION

The state party wants to hear what Locals think our long-term goals should be.
This requires some degree of open discussion, but the exercise must remain
moderated by the theme of realistic goals. For every suggested goal, the
presenter should have some idea of a strategy to implement that goal.

Basically, the question to answer is, "What should the GPCA accomplish in five
years and in ten years?"

Some organizing may help the discussion:

Political Goals
          Partisan and non-partisan candidates
          Campaigns and ballot proposition
          Election reforms

Internal / Party Goals
          Voter registration
          Developing county Locals
          Fund raising
          Internal structure and process



  REFERENCES

State committee and working group people have been discussing this subject and
have come up with  their list of issues. These are being provided here just as
a reference, they  should not be used as guidance for your discussions. Its
purpose is to provide  input as to what volunteers at the state level see as
our long-term issues.

  1. Given the current recession and its detrimental effect on fundraising,
should GPCA and its locals adopt a "survival plan" until recovery is tangible
  (e.g. unemployment below 8%)? How would this affect all goals and strategies?

  2. What are realistic voter registration goals? What attracts people to a
small party? What caused the California Green registration decline of the past
  six years, can it be reversed?

  3. Given that we have less than 1% of registered voters, what are realistic
electoral strategies for a party of our size? Do we continue attempts in
partisan races or focus on non-partisan races? Is  there a realistic strategy
for winning partisan races?

  4. How do we recruit/develop electable candidates for non-partisan offices?

  5. Does Prop 14 provide any potential to us?

  6. Should we make a real, concerted effort to promote ranked-choice voting
(i.e. Instant Runoff Voting and proportional representation)?

7. The GPCA's decentralized structure and consensus-seeking decision process
is an experiment that we've carried on for 20 years. Is it working well
enough? Is there a good balance of responsibilities between the state party
and the county parties? Should we examine giving more authority over internal
  business to the state party?

8. Is continuing to rely solely on volunteer labor a viable plan for growth?

9. What factors have created viable, stable Locals? What factors have caused
Locals to deteriorate?

10. What resources do Locals need from the state party? What resources does
the state party need from Locals?


Contact Jim (mailto:jims at greens.org) with any questions or comments.








From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Feb 15 21:24:46 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:24:46 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizen Scientists with a camera.
Message-ID: <4D5B5F9E.90106@charter.net>

Check this post / request from KQED's Climate Watch.

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/15/photograph-high-tides-glimpse-the-future/

I know that some of my best photos are of high tide waves crashing on 
the CA Coast... just what the are asking for.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 16 00:32:37 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:32:37 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] In Defense of Reason
Message-ID: <BAY140-W18685526D6CE0E582686449ED20@phx.gbl>




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15lVvspDXg&feature=player_embedded#at=16

   While this is nominally a defense of atheism against bullying, it's a cogent defense of 
reason itself.

  It breaks my cardinal video rules--it's longer than 6 minutes, it's a lecture with pictures.  
It's  brilliant.

  

 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Feb 16 12:37:04 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:37:04 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Feingold - Progressives United
Message-ID: <4D5C3570.30201@earthlink.net>


FYI,

I think the following may be important to the Green
Party.  I guess that many liberal Ds will join ...

=======

Russ Feingold has created the Progressives United PAC:

"Russ Feingold Launches 'Progressives United' To Combat
Corporate Influences In Politics"
     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/16-1

"Announcing Progressives United"
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7BqhZQKZo

Website:
     http://www.progressivesunited.org


Off hand, it seems that, if they truly are against
corporate influence, they should support more Greens
than Dems.  Somehow I doubt they will.  I think I
will ask about that.

I anticipate some confusion to arise from this:

- on their contribution page it says
   "Contributions or gifts to  Feingold Senate Committee
    are not tax deductible."

- there is an American Progressives United Party,
   http://www.americanprogressivesunited.org/

- there is a United Progressives Group,
   http://www.unitedprogressives.org/

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 16 16:50:02 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:50:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Curveball" Says His WMD Story was a Lie
Message-ID: <BAY140-W4D19EF4617280256886079ED50@phx.gbl>



 "As Curveball watched Powell make
the US case to invade Iraq, he was hiding an admission 
that he has
not made until now: that nearly every word he had told his
interrogators from 
Germany's secret service, the BND, was a lie."



 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/curveball-iraqi-fantasist-cia-saddam

   
  Also, there's an unconfirmed report that Ray McGovern of Veterans for Peace wasarrested yesterday.
  "As Secretary of
 State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University 
yesterday 
condemning governments that arrest protestors and do not allow
 free expression, 71-year-old RayMcGovern was grabbed from the audience
 in plain view of her by police and an unidentified official 
in plain 
clothes, brutalized and left bleeding in jail. She never paused 
speaking. When Secretary 
Clinton began her speech, Mr. McGovern remained
 standing silently in the audience and turned his 
back. Mr. McGovern, a 
veteran Army officer who also worked as a C.I.A. analyst for 27 years, 
was 
wearing a Veterans for Peace t-shirt. 

"Blind-sided by 
security officers who pounced upon him, Mr. McGovern remarked, as he was
 hauled out the door, 'So this is America?' Mr. McGovern is covered with
 bruises, lacerations and contusions 
inflicted in the assault."

http://www.justiceonline.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5553












 		 	   		  
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From jims at greens.org  Wed Feb 16 17:47:46 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:47:46 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items request
In-Reply-To: <4D5AEA4D.5040708@aceweb.com>
References: <4D5AEA4D.5040708@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D5C7E42.6010508@greens.org>

I'd like 10 minutes for the Regional Rep recruit and elect process.

Jim


On 2/15/2011 1:04 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> Our next county green party meeting is Thursday the 24th at 7 PM.
> Please respond to this reminder with agenda items for the meeting.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 16 21:03:45 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:03:45 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] CNN Covers Ray McGovern
Message-ID: <BAY140-W210124496ABF8D138146899ED50@phx.gbl>



http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/02/15/clinton.freedom.protester.cnn.html
CNN headline "Secy. Clinton interrupted by protester" is misleading.  Nothing in the recording
suggests any interruption--until McGovern started protesting his removal.  

In fairness to Clinton, with those TV lights in her eyes she couldn't see anything in the audience.







 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Feb 16 21:30:29 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:30:29 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] CNN Covers Ray McGovern
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W210124496ABF8D138146899ED50@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY140-W210124496ABF8D138146899ED50@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <4D5CB275.4050300@earthlink.net>


I wondered how you knew that that was Ray McGovern.

I went to Common Dreams and found:

"'So This is America': Veteran Ray McGovern Bloodied
and Arrested At Clinton Speech"
     http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/02/16-3


Gerry


Brian Good wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/02/15/clinton.freedom.protester.cnn.html
>
>
> CNN headline "Secy. Clinton interrupted by protester" is misleading.
> Nothing in the recording
> suggests any interruption--until McGovern started protesting his removal.
>
> In fairness to Clinton, with those TV lights in her eyes she couldn't
> see anything in the audience.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Feb 17 10:44:05 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:44:05 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] No Natural Gas in Northern New Mexico
Message-ID: <4D5D6C75.8090903@earthlink.net>


FYI,

This is a story about a complex series of actions that
led to many homes having no heat when it was very cold
outside.

http://blogs.worldwatch.org/revolt/new-mexico?s-winter-tale-gas-gas-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-to-burn/


Gerry



From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Thu Feb 17 13:35:21 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:35:21 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Sosfbay-news] Reminder: GOALS and STRATEGIES
 MEETING, Feb 19
In-Reply-To: <4D5B1DB2.9000506@greens.org>
References: <4D5B1DB2.9000506@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D5D9499.7040005@prodsyse.com>

I plan to bring a dozen oranges -- maybe 2 dozen if it looks like a 
dozen might be too few.


On 2/15/2011 4:43 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>
>
>
>      GPCA  GOALS  AND  STRATEGIES  FOR  LONG-TERM  PLANNING
>                  A Participatory Exercise
>
>
> WHEN:   Saturday, Feb 19
>         10 am to 1 or 2 pm
>
> WHERE:  Fred's Clubhouse
>         Willow Park Condo Clubhouse, located at the intersection of
>         Moffett Blvd. and W. Middlefield Road, in Mountain View (500
>         W. Middlefield Rd. 94043)
>
> NEEDS:  Some drinks and snacks would be nice. Please respond to this 
> list if
> you can bring something.
>
>
>
> Dear Greens:
>
> The state party would like to engage county Locals in an exercise to help
> establish  long-term goals for the party. By agreeing on a set of 
> goals, we
> give the  party definition and purpose. From those goals we develop 
> strategies
> for their implementation. This creates projects for our Working Groups 
> and
> Standing Committees, and it helps attract volunteers and donations.
>
> It's important to be realistic when setting goals. Brainstorming 
> exercises
> encourage free-thinking with no critique or analysis of suggested 
> issues. Goal
>  setting is different; it's intended to derive projects that are 
> achievable,
> not just desirable. We all have a list of favorite issues and a 
> wish-list of
> what we'd like the party to be. But we must focus on what we can actually
> accomplish -- realistic goals.
>
> Locals are encourage to get together with neighboring counties for this
> exercise. Gathering into a group from a few counties helps the thought
> process. It gets us outside of our normal monthly meeting crowd and 
> provides
> the synergy of a larger group.
>
>
>
> PROCESS
>
> Take notes of the goals discussed and rank or categorize them by the 
> level of
> agreement or support.
>
> There is wiki that is (ostensibly) for posting comments. It's not 
> designed too
> well, but it can be used for submitting our comments.
> http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan
>
>
>
>  DISCUSSION
>
> The state party wants to hear what Locals think our long-term goals 
> should be.
> This requires some degree of open discussion, but the exercise must 
> remain
> moderated by the theme of realistic goals. For every suggested goal, the
> presenter should have some idea of a strategy to implement that goal.
>
> Basically, the question to answer is, "What should the GPCA accomplish 
> in five
> years and in ten years?"
>
> Some organizing may help the discussion:
>
> Political Goals
>          Partisan and non-partisan candidates
>          Campaigns and ballot proposition
>          Election reforms
>
> Internal / Party Goals
>          Voter registration
>          Developing county Locals
>          Fund raising
>          Internal structure and process
>
>
>
>  REFERENCES
>
> State committee and working group people have been discussing this 
> subject and
> have come up with  their list of issues. These are being provided here 
> just as
> a reference, they  should not be used as guidance for your 
> discussions. Its
> purpose is to provide  input as to what volunteers at the state level 
> see as
> our long-term issues.
>
>  1. Given the current recession and its detrimental effect on 
> fundraising,
> should GPCA and its locals adopt a "survival plan" until recovery is 
> tangible
>  (e.g. unemployment below 8%)? How would this affect all goals and 
> strategies?
>
>  2. What are realistic voter registration goals? What attracts people 
> to a
> small party? What caused the California Green registration decline of 
> the past
>  six years, can it be reversed?
>
>  3. Given that we have less than 1% of registered voters, what are 
> realistic
> electoral strategies for a party of our size? Do we continue attempts in
> partisan races or focus on non-partisan races? Is  there a realistic 
> strategy
> for winning partisan races?
>
>  4. How do we recruit/develop electable candidates for non-partisan 
> offices?
>
>  5. Does Prop 14 provide any potential to us?
>
>  6. Should we make a real, concerted effort to promote ranked-choice 
> voting
> (i.e. Instant Runoff Voting and proportional representation)?
>
> 7. The GPCA's decentralized structure and consensus-seeking decision 
> process
> is an experiment that we've carried on for 20 years. Is it working well
> enough? Is there a good balance of responsibilities between the state 
> party
> and the county parties? Should we examine giving more authority over 
> internal
>  business to the state party?
>
> 8. Is continuing to rely solely on volunteer labor a viable plan for 
> growth?
>
> 9. What factors have created viable, stable Locals? What factors have 
> caused
> Locals to deteriorate?
>
> 10. What resources do Locals need from the state party? What resources 
> does
> the state party need from Locals?
>
>
> Contact Jim (mailto:jims at greens.org) with any questions or comments.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Reply to sender or sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
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>
>


-- 
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 andi at wrytor.com  Thu Feb 17 10:51:18 2011
From: andi at wrytor.com (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:51:18 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
In-Reply-To: <735133.56422.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net> <4D2F855D.4050606@freeshell.org>
	<735133.56422.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <F3900B18-6D6B-43FC-AAC6-FD056DA337E5@wrytor.com>

Wow!  Caroline states it simply and powerfully once again!  
Andrea

On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:

> Rather than doing something quiet and dignified, how about standing outside a corporate headquarters with someone dressed up in boxing clothes and bouncing around, jabbing, and looking fierce while the rest of us hold up a banner that says, "Come on out and fight like a person"?
> Caroline
> 
> From: fred <fredd at freeshell.org>
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 3:06:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
> 
> Thanks, Gerry,
> 
> Let's put "Move To Amend" on the next Green Party of SCC  monthly meeting.
> 
> Fred
> 
> On 1/12/11 11:28 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
> >
> > I just received an email from Move to Amend.
> >
> >    ( http://movetoamend.org/ )
> >
> >
> > They are asking for actions on or around the first
> > anniversary of the Citizens United decision (Jan. 21).
> > They list some local actions:
> >
> > http://movetoamend.org/action/local-actions-january-21st-first-anniversary-citizens-united-decision 
> >
> >
> > I looked through the list and was dismayed that not many are
> > listed.
> >
> > I was further dismayed that there is no action listed in
> > Santa Clara County.  Partly because it is our county.
> > Partly because it was Southern Pacific vs. Santa Clara
> > County that created corporate personhood.
> >
> > So I think we should organize an event.  Probably in downtown
> > San Jose, either at a county building or a federal building.
> >
> > ... Or (from movetoamend):
> >    *  Places of government and finance, local government buildings or 
> > the state capitol.
> >    * Find your federal courthouse here or here
> >    * At national corporation?s headquarters, or
> >    * At local or state Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
> >
> > I think it should be on Jan. 21, (a Friday).  Time should be
> > 3-5 or 4-6 or 5-7?
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> >
> >
> >
> 
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Feb 18 01:12:21 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:12:21 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] VFP on Ray McGovern
Message-ID: <4D5E37F5.2000103@earthlink.net>


Veterans for Peace statement about Ray McGovern.

     http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Gerry



From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Fri Feb 18 01:50:58 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:50:58 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] US Trying to deliver undeclared weapons and drugs to
 the Argentine Police
Message-ID: <4D5E4102.2010803@prodsyse.com>

Hello:


The government of Argentina approved US training of the Argentine 
federal police Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Federal (GEOF ? Federal 
Special Operations Group). However, when training materials arrived in a 
huge US Air Force C-17 last Thursday, Feb. 12, an unanticipated 
inspection by Argentine government personnel found "1,000 cubic feet of 
material, the equivalent of one third of the cargo" was not on the 
official manifest given to the Argentine government. This extra material 
included machine gun and rifle barrels, and apparently drugs.(a)


Is the US trying to destroy democracy in Argentina again, as we 
apparently did in Honduras last year? Is the US trying to resurrect 
Operation Condor(b) and the Argentine Dirty War?(c)


Spencer


(a) Horacio Verbitsky, "Argentina: Undeclared weapons and drugs found on 
US military plane" 
(http://lo-de-alla.org/2011/02/argentina-undeclared-weapons-and-drugs-found-on-us-military-plane); 
Costa Rica Wire Services, "Argentina says U.S. plane held drugs, 
weapons" 
(http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2011/02/argentina-says-u-s-plane-held-drugs-weapons)


(b) Wikipedia, "Operation Condor" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor)


(c) Wikipedia, "Dirty War" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War)

-- 
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 gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Feb 18 11:20:46 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:20:46 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Congress Attacks Free Speech Online
Message-ID: <4D5EC68E.10401@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Gerry


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Congress Attacks Free Speech Online
Date: 	Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:18:05 +0000
From: 	Timothy Karr, FreePress.net <info at freepress.net>
Reply-To: 	Timothy Karr, FreePress.net <info at freepress.net>
To: 	Gerald Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>



SavetheInternet.com <http://savetheinternet.com>


*Take Action Now*
<http://act2.freepress.net/go/2386?akid=2310.9653046.ev5s-0&t=1>

Dear Gerald,

Yesterday, the House voted to block the FCC from protecting our right to
access an open Internet. If successful, the move would give phone and
cable companies absolute, unrestricted power over the Internet.

In the Senate, Republicans have introduced a "resolution of disapproval"
that would strip the FCC of its authority to protect our right to free
speech online.^1 Both of these moves come at a time when phone and cable
giants are already restricting our ability to connect with others and
share information.^2

We can stop the resolution in the Senate by getting 51 members to stand
with us for online freedom:

*Tell Your Senators: Defend Our Right to Free Speech Online*
<http://act2.freepress.net/go/2386?akid=2310.9653046.ev5s-0&t=2>

A House vote is on the books. It's now up to the Senate. If it doesn't
stop this resolution, the FCC would be barred from enforcing its already
weak Net Neutrality rule, and from acting /in any way/ to protect
Internet users against corporate abuses by AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.

*This is not a symbolic congressional exercise ? it's a scorched-earth
campaign that leaves Americans at the mercy of a corporate cartel.*

Imagine a world where these companies are allowed to do anything they
want, ban any speech they don't like, charge anything they can get away
with, and hold innovation hostage to their profit margins. If this
resolution passes, there's nothing anyone could do about it.

The resolution is filibuster-proof. We need at least 51 senators to beat
it. Will your senators stand with us?

*Sign this letter to demand that Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara
Boxer protect free speech online. *
<http://act2.freepress.net/go/2386?akid=2310.9653046.ev5s-0&t=3>We will
deliver it to their offices in Washington and provide you with tools to
spread the word across California.

Thanks for all you can do.

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
www.freepress.net
www.SavetheInternet.com

1. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
and John Ensign (R-Nevada) introduced the ?resolution of disapproval
<http://act2.freepress.net/go/2387?akid=2310.9653046.ev5s-0&t=4>? on
Wednesday. It already has 39 Republican cosponsors. In the House, Reps.
Fred Upton (R-Michigan) and Greg Walden (R-Oregon) are pushing a similar
measure.

2. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps outlined the recent history of ?real
threats? to Internet openness during his opening remarks
<http://act2.freepress.net/go/2389?akid=2310.9653046.ev5s-0&t=5>
Wednesday before the House Commerce Committee (pdf).

<clip>





From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Feb 17 23:31:39 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:31:39 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] US Trying to deliver undeclared weapons and drugs to
 the Argentine Police
Message-ID: <4D5E205B.801@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello:


The government of Argentina approved US training of the Argentine 
federal police Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Federal (GEOF ? Federal 
Special Operations Group). However, when training materials arrived in a 
huge US Air Force C-17 last Thursday, Feb. 12, an unanticipated 
inspection by Argentine government personnel found "1,000 cubic feet of 
material, the equivalent of one third of the cargo" was not on the 
official manifest given to the Argentine government. This extra material 
included machine gun and rifle barrels, and apparently drugs.(a)


Is the US trying to destroy democracy in Argentina again, as we 
apparently did in Honduras last year? Is the US trying to resurrect 
Operation Condor(b) and the Argentine Dirty War?(c)


Spencer


(a) Horacio Verbitsky, "Argentina: Undeclared weapons and drugs found on 
US military plane" 
(http://lo-de-alla.org/2011/02/argentina-undeclared-weapons-and-drugs-found-on-us-military-plane); 
Costa Rica Wire Services, "Argentina says U.S. plane held drugs, 
weapons" 
(http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2011/02/argentina-says-u-s-plane-held-drugs-weapons)


(b) Wikipedia, "Operation Condor" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor)


(c) Wikipedia, "Dirty War" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War)

-- 
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 carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Feb 18 17:48:19 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:48:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] No Natural Gas in Northern New Mexico
In-Reply-To: <4D5D6C75.8090903@earthlink.net>
References: <4D5D6C75.8090903@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <976190.13064.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I'd like to start a collection of nasty weather anecdotes. If you have one, 
oplease send it along.
Caroline




________________________________
From: Gerry Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>
To: Post South SF Bay discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:44:05 AM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] No Natural Gas in Northern New Mexico


FYI,

This is a story about a complex series of actions that
led to many homes having no heat when it was very cold
outside.

http://blogs.worldwatch.org/revolt/new-mexico?s-winter-tale-gas-gas-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-to-burn/



Gerry

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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Sun Feb 20 10:02:18 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:02:18 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Vision 2012
Message-ID: <4D61572A.4030801@prodsyse.com>



       A minor history lesson & a vision for 2012:


             * History:  In 1993, the Progressive Conservative party, 
Canada's equivalent then to the Republicans in the US, went from a solid 
majority, 169 seats out of 295, to 2 in one election.(a)  Bill Clinton 
defeated a popular incumbent in 1992 by repeating often, "It's the 
economy, stupid."(b)  In 2008, Barack Obama used social media to defeat 
the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination.(c)  That victory 
then brought in the big money that secured the oval office for him.


             * If we can open up the Green party web site to social 
media and a Green Wiki, we will get some terrible crap, Libartarian and 
worse, but overall it could become the primary news source for a 
critical mass of the US electorate.  This in turn could produce a 
revolution in the polls similar to 1993 in Canada and the current revolt 
from Morroco to Afghanistan (including Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Algeria, 
Yemen, and who knows where else).


       It's the economy, stupid -- and if we are nimble enough to 
provide social media for the youth who use it routinely, we can set the 
terms of the political debate in 2012.  In so doing, we can force the 
commercial media and mainstream candidates to discuss honestly the 
issues and options that concern the bottom 90 percent of humanity.  The 
alternative for the media is to lose the respect and attention of the 
voting public, and with it their profitability.  The alternative for the 
Republicans and Democrats is to lose elections, thereby following into 
political history dictators they've supported like Mubarak, the Shah in 
Iran, Pinochet in Chile, ... .


       Comments?
       Spencer

#####################

(a) Wikipedia, "List of Canadian federal general elections" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_general_elections)


(b) Wikipedia, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid)


(c) Paul van Veenendaal and Igor Beuker (2009) "Case Study of 
Effectiveness:  The Barack Obama Campaign" (paul at socialmedia8.com; 
"http://www.mintinnovation.com/links/docs/Marketing/The%20Barak%20Obama%20Strategy.pdf", 
accessed 2011.02.20)

-- 
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 spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sun Feb 20 09:57:17 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:57:17 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Vision 2012
Message-ID: <4D6155FD.3000706@structuremonitoring.com>



       A minor history lesson & a vision for 2012:


             * History:  In 1993, the Progressive Conservative party, 
Canada's equivalent then to the Republicans in the US, went from a solid 
majority, 169 seats out of 295, to 2 in one election.(a)  Bill Clinton 
defeated a popular incumbent in 1992 by repeating often, "It's the 
economy, stupid."(b)  In 2008, Barack Obama used social media to defeat 
the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination.(c)  That victory 
then brought in the big money that secured the oval office for him.


             * If we can open up the Green party web site to social 
media and a Green Wiki, we will get some terrible crap, Libartarian and 
worse, but overall it could become the primary news source for a 
critical mass of the US electorate.  This in turn could produce a 
revolution in the polls similar to 1993 in Canada and the current revolt 
from Morroco to Afghanistan (including Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Algeria, 
Yemen, and who knows where else).


       It's the economy, stupid -- and if we are nimble enough to 
provide social media for the youth who use it routinely, we can set the 
terms of the political debate in 2012.  In so doing, we can force the 
commercial media and mainstream candidates to discuss honestly the 
issues and options that concern the bottom 90 percent of humanity.  The 
alternative for the media is to lose the respect and attention of the 
voting public, and with it their profitability.  The alternative for the 
Republicans and Democrats is to lose elections, thereby following into 
political history dictators they've supported like Mubarak, the Shah in 
Iran, Pinochet in Chile, ... .


       Comments?
       Spencer

#####################

(a) Wikipedia, "List of Canadian federal general elections" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_general_elections)


(b) Wikipedia, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid)


(c) Paul van Veenendaal and Igor Beuker (2009) "Case Study of 
Effectiveness:  The Barack Obama Campaign" (paul at socialmedia8.com; 
"http://www.mintinnovation.com/links/docs/Marketing/The%20Barak%20Obama%20Strategy.pdf", 
accessed 2011.02.20)

-- 
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 WB4D23 at aol.com  Mon Feb 21 17:16:53 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:16:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Volunteers for a GPUS Presidential Nominating
	Convention in San Jose
Message-ID: <3bffa.11fdbf4b.3a946885@aol.com>

Folks:  At the January GPSCC general meeting, we again  briefly discussed 
the idea that the GPSCC might consider hosting the 2012 GPUS  Presidential 
Nominating Convention.  At that time it was suggested we  should see if there 
were 25 individuals who would volunteer for what would be an  extended 
planning process and an intense local hosting event in June or July  2012.  The 
biggest issue for doing this is a site needs to be identified  ASAP and 
reservations made about a year in advance.  
 
There also is a formal process for the proposal to be  accepted by the 
national Green Party, which will have  responsibility for all contracts and 
expenses.  The GPUS also will have  responsibility for the handling on-line 
registration and credentialing  delegates.  The GPUS also will have 
responsibility for preparing all  meeting schedules.
 
This would be an opportunity to learn or hone various skills  in event 
planning and operations, community outreach, media relations and other  
components of such an event.
 
It would need commitments for event participation in such  areas as 
preparing local information (transportation, meals, local areas of  interest); 
providing persons to assist with registration, directions and  transportation 
assistance, go-for assistance as-needed, and locating local  home hosts for 
people for whom dorm or hotel costs would be a  financial hardship.
 
If you are willing to volunteer for any of these (or  other tasks) to 
prepare a proposal and help out with the event, please contact  Warner Bloomberg 
(408) 295-9353 _wb3d23 at aol.com_ (mailto:wb3d23 at aol.com) 
 
Thanx!!!   Warner
 
 
 


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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Feb 22 12:48:52 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:48:52 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Rallies around the US to support Wisconsin Workers
Message-ID: <4D642134.6020704@earthlink.net>


FYI,

There are rallies around the US to support Wisconsin Workers,

     http://www.jwjblog.org/2011/02/worker-solidarity-rallies-planned/

including one in Oakland today at 5:30.  There may be more than
what is listed there.

=======

Van Jones on "American Dream" movement:

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/22-7

=======

Many more articles about Wisconsin at

     http://www.commondreams.org/

Gerry



From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Feb 22 20:19:36 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:19:36 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Climate Change Changes Everything.
Message-ID: <4D648AD8.7090901@charter.net>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Climate Change Changes Everything.
Date: 	Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:00:16 -0800
From: 	Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>
To: 	cal-forum at cagreens.org



I have a twitter account (wrolley).  Starting today, I am tweeting about
the things that climate change is changing.

Tonight's tweet:
climate change changes everything. Now, it is allergies.
http://tinyurl.com/4zp5km6

BTW... they single out N. California... just to justify putting it on
this list.

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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Tue Feb 22 21:00:02 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:00:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
Message-ID: <BAY140-W7E20CB5B92653745C5D0D9EDB0@phx.gbl>


I'm disappointed that there's no followup discussion to the strategy meeting,
but I'm not surprised.

 		 	   		  
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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Feb 22 23:02:11 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:02:11 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W7E20CB5B92653745C5D0D9EDB0@phx.gbl>
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Brian Good wrote:
> I'm disappointed that there's no followup discussion to the strategy 
> meeting,
> but I'm not surprised.
> 
I didn't feel like it was a discussion. More of a railroading session.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
My bathroom's heat lamp burned out. The old bulb was in a decade plus.
New one cost $9.39+tax. The '00 PB Park pin's on a DC quarter on 2/22.



From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Wed Feb 23 10:33:05 2011
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:33:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
Message-ID: <20110223183305.6796B6A9AC@truffula.sj.ca.us>


> I didn't feel like it was a discussion. More of a railroading session.

It was kind of frustrating.  Only stuff Jim felt was significant
went onto the easel.  Had we known it would work that way,
Susan and I wouldn't have spent the time.
It was nice to see the San Mateo folks, though.

-Cameron



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 23 12:04:06 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:04:06 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20110223183305.6796B6A9AC@truffula.sj.ca.us>
References: <20110223183305.6796B6A9AC@truffula.sj.ca.us>
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    Jim was trying to avoid tangents and getting bogged down in specific action plans and
stick to the agenda of defining and fleshing out goals.  As it was, the meeting was too
long, and I thought he did a good job of trying to stick to business.  There were a couple
of things I wondered why he didn't write them down, but probably he was just tired.  It
was a long meeting.

   Our group has three components, I think.  Some people want it to be a social/fun group.
Some people want it to be an activist group and do demonstrations and leaflets and media
and campaign work.  Some people want to focus on the political party business.  

   The "Food for Thought" programs do a good job of integrating the first two groups.  The
plenary last winter did a pretty good job of integrating the first and last groups.  It's hard 
to find anything that engages all three groups.

  BTW, Tony Blair, Bush's rabid poodle, is appearing at Flint Center March 10, 11, and 12.
  When Colin Powell was there five years ago hundreds protested for three days running.  



   

   


> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:33:05 -0800
> From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
> 
> 
> > I didn't feel like it was a discussion. More of a railroading session.
> 
> It was kind of frustrating.  Only stuff Jim felt was significant
> went onto the easel.  Had we known it would work that way,
> Susan and I wouldn't have spent the time.
> It was nice to see the San Mateo folks, though.
> 
> -Cameron
> 
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From jims at greens.org  Wed Feb 23 19:26:36 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:26:36 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20110223183305.6796B6A9AC@truffula.sj.ca.us>
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Then you two should have organized and facilitated the session, especially 
since neither of you contributed much.

In the announcement for this event and in my introduction I said this wasn't a 
brainstorming session where we would list every idea that anyone wanted to 
throw out to the group. It was an attempt at setting realistic, long-term 
goals for the party. I facilitated the meeting accordingly.

It was something of an experiment, to see if local Greens could engage in a 
discussion about where we want to be in five years, rather than just which 
demonstration we're going to this weekend. If Tian's and Cameron's comments 
are typical, then the experiment was a failure.

If this Local ever wants to try something like this again, maybe these guys 
should try to facilitate this kind of meeting, it wasn't easy.

Jim



On 2/23/2011 10:33 AM, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
>
>> {Tian} I didn't feel like it was a discussion. More of a railroading session.
>
> It was kind of frustrating.  Only stuff Jim felt was significant
> went onto the easel.  Had we known it would work that way,
> Susan and I wouldn't have spent the time.
> It was nice to see the San Mateo folks, though.
>
> -Cameron
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Feb 24 15:19:25 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:19:25 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ending the Afghan War?
Message-ID: <4D66E77D.9050001@earthlink.net>


Barbara Lee has introduced a bill (H.R. 780) to end
the Afghan War.

     http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17415588?nclick_check=1

Gerry



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Feb 24 16:41:16 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:41:16 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
In-Reply-To: <F3900B18-6D6B-43FC-AAC6-FD056DA337E5@wrytor.com>
References: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net>
	<4D2F855D.4050606@freeshell.org><735133.56422.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<F3900B18-6D6B-43FC-AAC6-FD056DA337E5@wrytor.com>
Message-ID: <4D66FAAC.7040407@aceweb.com>

The only problem I can think of is "what happens if the security guard
gets ideas?"

Andrea Dorey wrote:
> Wow!  Caroline states it simply and powerfully once again!  
> Andrea
> 
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> 
>> Rather than doing something quiet and dignified, how about standing 
>> outside a corporate headquarters with someone dressed up in boxing 
>> clothes and bouncing around, jabbing, and looking fierce while the 
>> rest of us hold up a banner that says, "Come on out and fight like a 
>> person"?
>> Caroline
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* fred <fredd at freeshell.org <mailto:fredd at freeshell.org>>
>> *To:* sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org <mailto:sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
>> *Sent:* Thu, January 13, 2011 3:06:05 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
>>
>> Thanks, Gerry,
>>
>> Let's put "Move To Amend" on the next Green Party of SCC  monthly meeting.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> On 1/12/11 11:28 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>> >
>> > I just received an email from Move to Amend.
>> >
>> >    ( http://movetoamend.org/ )
>> >
>> >
>> > They are asking for actions on or around the first
>> > anniversary of the Citizens United decision (Jan. 21).
>> > They list some local actions:
>> >
>> > http://movetoamend.org/action/local-actions-january-21st-first-anniversary-citizens-united-decision 
>> >
>> >
>> > I looked through the list and was dismayed that not many are
>> > listed.
>> >
>> > I was further dismayed that there is no action listed in
>> > Santa Clara County.  Partly because it is our county.
>> > Partly because it was Southern Pacific vs. Santa Clara
>> > County that created corporate personhood.
>> >
>> > So I think we should organize an event.  Probably in downtown
>> > San Jose, either at a county building or a federal building.
>> >
>> > ... Or (from movetoamend):
>> >    *  Places of government and finance, local government buildings or 
>> > the state capitol.
>> >    * Find your federal courthouse here or here
>> >    * At national corporation?s headquarters, or
>> >    * At local or state Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
>> >
>> > I think it should be on Jan. 21, (a Friday).  Time should be
>> > 3-5 or 4-6 or 5-7?
>> >
>> > What do you think?
>> >
>> > Gerry
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org <mailto:sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
>> > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change. Added a 21st Century version of a bugged Abraham Lincoln.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a DC quarter on 2/23.


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Feb 24 16:48:32 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:48:32 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: Green Meeting this evening! 7ish meeting Peace
 Center.]
Message-ID: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com>


7:00ish get to the peace center.
7:30 Green Party Meeting at Peace Center.

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change. Added a 21st Century version of a bugged Abraham Lincoln.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a DC quarter on 2/23.


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Feb 24 17:07:25 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:07:25 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: Green Meeting this evening! 7ish meeting
	PeaceCenter.]
In-Reply-To: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com>
References: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D6700CD.6030507@aceweb.com>

This is the agenda I'm bringing ten copies of to the meeting:

Green Party meeting, Thursday February 24th, 2011

Pick facilitator

Pick note taker

Pick vibes watcher

Pick time keeper

Pick Agenda preparer for next time.

Go round of introductions

Revise and or approve agenda.

Explicit long term goals with associated development of plans
for achieving those long term goals be on the agenda.
Budget, namely, not how much, but what for?
   Well, yes, make some estimates on the amounts.

   Treasurer's Report:
   December  Holiday Peace Fair  $50 received  $45 paid for the table
   January  pass the hat $28
   $2,735.59 in the bank as of 1-31-2011

In summary
   Long term plans
   Budget

Tabling stuff in Caroline's garage.

Regional Rep job opening.

Clean up and turn off lights.


Tian Harter wrote:
> 
> 7:00ish get to the peace center.
> 7:30 Green Party Meeting at Peace Center.
> 

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change. Added a 21st Century version of a bugged Abraham Lincoln.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a DC quarter on 2/23.


From WB4D23 at aol.com  Thu Feb 24 17:07:24 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:07:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Strategy Meeting
Message-ID: <2776f.19213fa0.3a985acc@aol.com>

The Strategy Meeting was announced and intended to be  about the State 
Party and its future.  We have held a number of local  party strategy meetings 
over the years.  Sometime they have helped direct  our work for the year, 
sometimes not (because of need for volunteers to do the  work).  If folks want 
to organize a more locally focused strategy meeting,  there is nothing to 
prevent that (other than available time and energies).   Warner
 
 
In a message dated 2/23/2011 7:26:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
jims at greens.org writes:

In the  announcement for this event and in my introduction I said this 
wasn't a  
brainstorming session where we would list every idea that anyone wanted to  
throw out to the group. It was an attempt at setting realistic, long-term  
goals for the party. 

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From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Feb 24 20:31:41 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:31:41 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: Green Meeting this evening! 7ish
	meeting	PeaceCenter.]
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References: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com> <4D6700CD.6030507@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D6730AD.3090706@structuremonitoring.com>


On 2/24/2011 5:07 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> This is the agenda I'm bringing ten copies of to the meeting:
>
> Green Party meeting, Thursday February 24th, 2011
>
> Pick facilitator:  Tian
>
> Pick note taker:  Spencer
>
> Pick vibes watcher:  Werner.
>
> Pick time keeper:  Caroline.
>
> Pick Agenda preparer for next time:  Tian.
>
> Go round of introductions:  Jim Stauffer, Werner, Caroline, Tian, 
> Spencer.
>
> Revise and or approve agenda:
>
>   Treasurer's Report: (2 min.)
>   December  Holiday Peace Fair  $50 received  $45 paid for the table
>   January  pass the hat $28
>   $2,735.59 in the bank as of 1-31-2011
>
> In summary
>   Long term plans
>   Budget
>
> Tabling stuff in Caroline's garage (1 min.): 
Caroline has a huge filing cabinet plus a suitcase for tabling plus the 
button machine & related equipment & "swag" = rocks, t-shirts, ... .  
Caroline would like more people to have a "tabling kit".  Caroline 
thinks it is NOT good for all the stuff to be in one place.

Maybe a party for making tabling kits?  Caroline will email around to 
recruit people.

Tian suggests a county wide voter registration drive to give a prize ... 
.  Tian will add this to the agenda for next month.

>
> Regional Rep job opening (10 min.)

Jim Stauffer:  Next month we will have an election for regional reps.  
We need two people.  Werner volunteered.  Jim prefers to have the second 
be someone from San Mateo county.

Roy Nordbloom has also volunteered.  However, he has not spent much time 
in the past with the Green party.


Spencer has also volunteered.


Proposed:  Werner is the candidate for the regional rep.  Spencer and 
Roy will run for the alternate, with the understanding that the winner 
will resign if San Mateo elects a regional rep.  Jim Stauffer is on 
their email list.  The list seems to be more active than the group.


#######################


Jim Stauffer's strategy meeting (5 min.):  Jim is working on a report 
summarizing the discussion last Saturday.  Werner suggests Jim post his 
report to the local Green Discuss list while simultaneously submitting 
it to the state.  Jim will also post it on the Wiki and circulating the 
URL to the Wiki.


Spencer volunteered to prepare a tutorial on inputting a Wiki.


Proposed (Jim Doyle) :  "Explicit long term goals with associated 
development of plans for achieving those long term goals be on the 
agenda.  Budget, namely, not how much, but what for?    Well, yes, make 
some estimates on the amounts."  (10 min.)


In brief, this seems to be a request for a planning session for detailed 
actions to achieve the goals in Jim Stauffer's meeting last Saturday.


Werner will post to the Green Discuss list a request for people to bring 
their proposed Green party activities for the next meeting to initiate 
planning for the rest of the year.  Werner will also send an email to 
Jim Doyle to ask him to clarify what he intended in proposing this topic 
for the agenda.


>
> Clean up and turn off lights.
>
>
> Tian Harter wrote:
>>
>> 7:00ish get to the peace center.
>> 7:30 Green Party Meeting at Peace Center.
>>
>


-- 
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 jims at greens.org  Fri Feb 25 16:11:47 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:11:47 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Goals and Strategy Meeting Report
Message-ID: <4D684543.3050902@greens.org>

The report on our goals and strategy meeting last weekend is available from 
two sources:

**  Green Party Wiki

Located at http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan

Under "General Discussion," look for the "Report from Santa Clara and San 
Mateo Counties" link.

You can add comments in the wiki.


** Downloadable Copy

A PDF copy of the report can be downloaded at

http://cagreens.org/misc/G_S_Report.pdf


Jim


From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Fri Feb 25 17:27:59 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:27:59 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Goals and Strategy Meeting Report
In-Reply-To: <4D684543.3050902@greens.org>
References: <4D684543.3050902@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D68571F.60501@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


       1.  Editing Wiki text is shockingly easy:  Just click the "edit" 
tab at the top of the page, then do whatever you want.  When you are 
done, clicking "Save page" at the bottom will make your changes visible 
to all.  Before clicking "Save page", however, you are encouraged to 
click "Show preview" to see if it looks like you thought.  Don't worry 
about making a mess.  The Wiki software keeps track of changes so 
anything you do can be undone by someone else.  Wiki editors have the 
power to undo changes with a few keystrokes.  So if someone completely 
deletes the current content, a person with designated Editor powers can 
undo the deletions.  I don't know who the editors are for the Green 
Wiki, but we doubtless have some.


       2.  Wiki formatting can be a little more difficult.  Those who 
want better control of formatting have at least three options:


             (2.1) Call Spencer, spencer.graves at prodsyse.com or 
408-655-4567.


             (2.2) Try to copy the style from something else with the 
effects you want.


             (2.3) Read the fine manual (RTFM), which we'd all do first 
of we only knew which FMTR.  To start, I suggest 
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page".


       3.  Wiki etiquette prefers you to "create an account" and then 
"log in" before you change something.  However, this is not required.  
Moreover, you are not required to use your real name, and Wikipedia 
encourages people to consider using a user name that does not personally 
identify them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy).  
[My Wiki name is DavidMCEddy, which is extracted from the name of one of 
my Great Grandfathers.]


       Thanks to Jim Stauffer for organizing the session last Saturday 
and making the notes available for all of us to read, revise, etc.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer Graves
408-655-4567


On 2/25/2011 4:11 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
> The report on our goals and strategy meeting last weekend is available 
> from two sources:
>
> **  Green Party Wiki
>
> Located at http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan
>
> Under "General Discussion," look for the "Report from Santa Clara and 
> San Mateo Counties" link.
>
> You can add comments in the wiki.
>
>
> ** Downloadable Copy
>
> A PDF copy of the report can be downloaded at
>
> http://cagreens.org/misc/G_S_Report.pdf
>
>
> Jim
> _______________________________________________
> 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 rob.means at electric-bikes.com  Fri Feb 25 21:25:55 2011
From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (Rob Means)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:25:55 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Save the American Dream rally - stand with Wisconsin
	activists
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1298664001.23729.sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org>
Message-ID: <018001cbd575$a59f46c0$7501a8c0@INTERBIKE06>

I am leaving Milpitas Saturday morning to help save unions (democracy in
the workplace) and the middle class.  Anyone interested in car-pooling?

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?rc=rsad_pcit&action_id=238

Saturday, 26 Feb 2011, 12:00 PM 	Save the American Dream rally -
37 miles away In front of SF City Hall
1738 registered participant(s) (10000 maximum) [at 9:00pm Friday]
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Directions: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Directions available on Mapquest or Google Maps. About three blocks
toward the Golden Gate Bridge from BART's Civic Center station.
Hosted by Frank Burton & David Siegel, Pat Blackwell-Marchant, David
Siegel, Jaclynn Tybursky, Pat Johnstone
Description Take action: This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.
The protests in Wisconsin are sparking something we haven't seen for
years. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of
Madison Wisconsin to stop a radical, right-wing attack on workers.
Protesters have occupied the Capitol building for the last eight days
and nights.
Thousands of us are going to rally across the street from the San
Francisco City Hall at Noon Saturday in solidarity with the people of
Wisconsin.
The sheer arrogance of Tea Party governor Scott Walker said he could
dismantle 50 years of workers' rights without a fight, but boy was he
wrong. He has awakened the sleeping giant--us, the people of America.
This isn't just about Wisconsin. In state capitols across the country
and in Washington D.C., Republicans are using the putrid economy their
Wall Street buddies wrecked as an excuse to slash vital programs and
hurt workers, infants, children, and seniors.

The American Dream is under attack. T
------------
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408-262-8975   rob.means at electric-bikes.com
1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913
Discover cycling that's Easy, Safe, Fast - and FUN!
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Fri Feb 25 22:58:21 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:58:21 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU
Message-ID: <4D68A48D.9040605@sbcglobal.net>

Mark your calendars for Earth Day at SJSU,

I received the below email from the Environmental Resource Center
at San Jose State and responded with the email

Hello Cathy,
Yes, The Green Party of Santa Clara County will be there.
What other opportunities will we have other than tabling?
Re your questions: fire away.

Jim Doyle


Hello Jim,

I am part of the Environmental Resource Center at San Jose State University
and we are organizing our annual Earth Day Celebration which is on 
Thursday,
April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.

I would like to know if the Green Party of Santa Clara County is 
interested in
becoming involved by tabling or through another form of participation 
for this year.
If so, I would like to give more details and ask you some questions so 
we may
accommodate you at the event.

Thank you!

-Cathy Bui



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Feb 26 00:18:37 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:18:37 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Save the American Dream rally - stand with
 Wisconsin activists
In-Reply-To: <018001cbd575$a59f46c0$7501a8c0@INTERBIKE06>
References: <018001cbd575$a59f46c0$7501a8c0@INTERBIKE06>
Message-ID: <4D68B75D.5010207@earthlink.net>


I was planning on taking Caltrain.  I might be interested
in car pooling if you are going near here at the right time.

This may be a really significant event.  There are events
all over the country.  There are now 1808 people registered
for San Francisco, 901 for Sacramento, 1002 registered for
Wash. DC, 2377 registered for New York City, 983 registered
for Boston, 1805 for Chicago.  That's registered, and many
people don't bother registering, (I have not).


Gerry
650-424-0842


Rob Means wrote:
> I am leaving Milpitas Saturday morning to help save unions (democracy in
> the workplace) and the middle class.  Anyone interested in car-pooling?
>
> http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?rc=rsad_pcit&action_id=238
>
> Saturday, 26 Feb 2011, 12:00 PM 	Save the American Dream rally -
> 37 miles away In front of SF City Hall
> 1738 registered participant(s) (10000 maximum) [at 9:00pm Friday]
> 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
> San Francisco, CA 94102
> Directions: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
> San Francisco, CA 94102
> Directions available on Mapquest or Google Maps. About three blocks
> toward the Golden Gate Bridge from BART's Civic Center station.
> Hosted by Frank Burton&  David Siegel, Pat Blackwell-Marchant, David
> Siegel, Jaclynn Tybursky, Pat Johnstone
> Description Take action: This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.
> The protests in Wisconsin are sparking something we haven't seen for
> years. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of
> Madison Wisconsin to stop a radical, right-wing attack on workers.
> Protesters have occupied the Capitol building for the last eight days
> and nights.
> Thousands of us are going to rally across the street from the San
> Francisco City Hall at Noon Saturday in solidarity with the people of
> Wisconsin.
> The sheer arrogance of Tea Party governor Scott Walker said he could
> dismantle 50 years of workers' rights without a fight, but boy was he
> wrong. He has awakened the sleeping giant--us, the people of America.
> This isn't just about Wisconsin. In state capitols across the country
> and in Washington D.C., Republicans are using the putrid economy their
> Wall Street buddies wrecked as an excuse to slash vital programs and
> hurt workers, infants, children, and seniors.
>
> The American Dream is under attack. T
> ------------
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> 408-262-8975   rob.means at electric-bikes.com
> 1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913
> Discover cycling that's Easy, Safe, Fast - and FUN!
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Feb 26 04:04:16 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:04:16 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Plutocracy Anyone?
Message-ID: <4D68EC40.90501@earthlink.net>


FYI,

two articles about plutocracy ...

--------

"Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About"
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-labor-union-decline

(this was forwarded to me by 2 different people)

========

"The Plutocrat's Coup d'Etat, Their Republican Allies and Their 
Democratic Enablers"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/25-1

(I think he's about a year behind Chris Hedges, but it is still
worth reading.)

========

Gerry



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Sat Feb 26 10:28:45 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:28:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU
In-Reply-To: <4D68A48D.9040605@sbcglobal.net>
References: <4D68A48D.9040605@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <93062.55087.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Okay, let's get busy organizing the lit, making new stuff, updating things. Is 
there a newer Green Focus? Let's all grab a clipboard and some registration 
forms and get out there and drum up some new Greens.




________________________________
From: Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>
To: sosfbay discussion group <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 10:58:21 PM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU

Mark your calendars for Earth Day at SJSU,

I received the below email from the Environmental Resource Center
at San Jose State and responded with the email

Hello Cathy,
Yes, The Green Party of Santa Clara County will be there.
What other opportunities will we have other than tabling?
Re your questions: fire away.

Jim Doyle


Hello Jim,

I am part of the Environmental Resource Center at San Jose State University
and we are organizing our annual Earth Day Celebration which is on Thursday,
April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.

I would like to know if the Green Party of Santa Clara County is interested in
becoming involved by tabling or through another form of participation for this 
year.
If so, I would like to give more details and ask you some questions so we may
accommodate you at the event.

Thank you!

-Cathy Bui

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From wrolley at charter.net  Sat Feb 26 12:26:58 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:26:58 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU
In-Reply-To: <93062.55087.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <4D68A48D.9040605@sbcglobal.net>
	<93062.55087.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4D696212.7010209@charter.net>

On 2/26/2011 10:28 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> Okay, let's get busy organizing the lit, making new stuff, updating 
> things. Is there a newer Green Focus? Let's all grab a clipboard and 
> some registration forms and get out there and drum up some new Greens.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> **
*There is a new Green Focus being produced... or so I hear...  It will 
focus on education issues and be targeted for students.


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From jims at greens.org  Sat Feb 26 15:48:16 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:48:16 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Meeting Minutes [WAS: Green Meeting this evening!
 7ish	meeting PeaceCenter.]
In-Reply-To: <4D6730AD.3090706@structuremonitoring.com>
References: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com> <4D6700CD.6030507@aceweb.com>
	<4D6730AD.3090706@structuremonitoring.com>
Message-ID: <4D699140.70300@greens.org>

There's a couple entries I'd like changed, as they're inappropriately 
personalized to me.

Corrections inline below.

Jim

P.S. Warner's name is not spelled "Werner."



On 2/24/2011 8:31 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
>
>> Regional Rep job opening (10 min.)
>
> Jim Stauffer: Next month we will have an election for regional reps. We need
> two people. Werner volunteered. Jim prefers to have the second be someone from
> San Mateo county.

This is not a preference of mine. It was generally agreed when this two-county 
region was formed that we would strive for a Rep from one county and an Alt 
Rep from the other county.


>
> Roy Nordbloom has also volunteered. However, he has not spent much time in the
> past with the Green party.
>
> Spencer has also volunteered.
>
> Proposed: Werner is the candidate for the regional rep. Spencer and Roy will
> run for the alternate, with the understanding that the winner will resign if
> San Mateo elects a regional rep. Jim Stauffer is on their email list. The list
> seems to be more active than the group.

Please remove that last sentence (or two). It sounds demeaning, and I don't 
believe that is what I said.
----------------------------


>
> Jim Stauffer's strategy meeting (5 min.): Jim is working on a report
> summarizing the discussion last Saturday. Werner suggests Jim post his report
> to the local Green Discuss list while simultaneously submitting it to the
> state. Jim will also post it on the Wiki and circulating the URL to the Wiki.

That was not MY strategy meeting. It was a Green Party event that I organized. 
Tian constantly referred to it as "Jim's strategy meeting" during last 
Thursday's meeting, along with his other snipes and complaints. He makes these 
statements derogatorily, as is his habit to complain about everything I do. I 
don't think we need his childish comments enshrined in the meeting minutes.






From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sat Feb 26 16:08:36 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:08:36 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Meeting Minutes [WAS: Green Meeting this evening!
 7ish	meeting PeaceCenter.]
In-Reply-To: <4D699140.70300@greens.org>
References: <4D66FC60.4080608@aceweb.com>
	<4D6700CD.6030507@aceweb.com>	<4D6730AD.3090706@structuremonitoring.com>
	<4D699140.70300@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D699604.7030100@structuremonitoring.com>

Jim:  Thanks for the corrections.  I apologize for the inaccuracies.  
Spencer


On 2/26/2011 3:48 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
> There's a couple entries I'd like changed, as they're inappropriately 
> personalized to me.
>
> Corrections inline below.
>
> Jim
>
> P.S. Warner's name is not spelled "Werner."
>
>
>
> On 2/24/2011 8:31 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
>>
>>> Regional Rep job opening (10 min.)
>>
>> Jim Stauffer: Next month we will have an election for regional reps. 
>> We need
>> two people. Werner volunteered. Jim prefers to have the second be 
>> someone from
>> San Mateo county.
>
> This is not a preference of mine. It was generally agreed when this 
> two-county region was formed that we would strive for a Rep from one 
> county and an Alt Rep from the other county.
>
>
>>
>> Roy Nordbloom has also volunteered. However, he has not spent much 
>> time in the
>> past with the Green party.
>>
>> Spencer has also volunteered.
>>
>> Proposed: Werner is the candidate for the regional rep. Spencer and 
>> Roy will
>> run for the alternate, with the understanding that the winner will 
>> resign if
>> San Mateo elects a regional rep. Jim Stauffer is on their email list. 
>> The list
>> seems to be more active than the group.
>
> Please remove that last sentence (or two). It sounds demeaning, and I 
> don't believe that is what I said.
> ----------------------------
>
>
>>
>> Jim Stauffer's strategy meeting (5 min.): Jim is working on a report
>> summarizing the discussion last Saturday. Werner suggests Jim post 
>> his report
>> to the local Green Discuss list while simultaneously submitting it to 
>> the
>> state. Jim will also post it on the Wiki and circulating the URL to 
>> the Wiki.
>
> That was not MY strategy meeting. It was a Green Party event that I 
> organized. Tian constantly referred to it as "Jim's strategy meeting" 
> during last Thursday's meeting, along with his other snipes and 
> complaints. He makes these statements derogatorily, as is his habit to 
> complain about everything I do. I don't think we need his childish 
> comments enshrined in the meeting minutes.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 leedobell at aol.com  Sun Feb 27 09:42:48 2011
From: leedobell at aol.com (Leedobell)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:42:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU
In-Reply-To: <4D696212.7010209@charter.net>
References: <4D68A48D.9040605@sbcglobal.net><93062.55087.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<4D696212.7010209@charter.net>
Message-ID: <8CDA4BCE1DB1837-1C28-29A38@Webmail-d111.sysops.aol.com>

Let's be sure that we will be getting the new Green Focus as soon as it is available--especially if, as Wes said, it covers education and is target for students.





-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>
To: sosfbay-discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Sat, Feb 26, 2011 12:27 pm
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU


On 2/26/2011 10:28 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: 

Okay, let's get busy organizing the lit, making new stuff, updating things. Is there a newer Green Focus? Let's all grab a clipboard and some registration forms and get out there and drum up some new Greens.






There is a new Green Focus being produced... or so I hear...  It will focus on education issues and be targeted for students. 




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From wrolley at charter.net  Sun Feb 27 11:13:28 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:13:28 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [G-C-F] The battle in Wisconsin - Must Read
Message-ID: <4D6AA258.3080204@charter.net>

I posted this on the Cal Forum, but not all of you are on that list.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[G-C-F] The battle in Wisconsin - Must Read
Date: 	Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:57:39 -0800
From: 	Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>
To: 	cal-forum at cagreens.org



I have the feeling that Progressives including Green would look at a 
capitulation from Wisconsin Governor Walker on the issue of the right of 
public employees to bargain over benefits as a great victory.  While it 
would take a huge effort to win event that much of a concession, only to 
be achieved by giving back much more of their benefits than currently 
being considered, it would truly be a Phyrric victory,leaving unresolved 
many other attacks on future generations.

Kevin Donohue guest blogs at the Wonk Room today and lists 10 disastrous 
policies of the Wisconsin GOP 
<http://climateprogress.org/2011/02/27/pollution-scott-walker-wisconsin-gop/> 
that you have not heard about....  given the organizational and media 
attention paid to right to organize.

You can't win the war for the future with just a single victory.

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