From wrolley at charter.net  Sat Jan  1 21:52:04 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:52:04 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Permaculture 300 Year Old Food Forest in Vietnam
Message-ID: <4D201284.1@charter.net>

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/permaculture/300-year-old-food-forest-in-vietnam.html

If you think about sustainability, you most watch this short video tour 
of a very perma-culture in Vietnam.

one couple,
eighty years old,
~2 acres,
in the family for 28 generations.



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Jan  3 17:28:44 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:28:44 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpsmc-d] A vote for Democrats is Submission. A
 vote for Greens is	Defiance
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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Mon Jan  3 18:48:32 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:48:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Last Draft Agenda for Jan 6th Meeting
Message-ID: <de8f8.2eecda2f.3a53e480@aol.com>

 
GREEN  PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
Draft  Agenda for Monthly General Membership Meeting January 5,  2011 
San  Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose,  CA 
(Near  7th and San Fernando) 
6:30  pm ? Eat and chat 
7:30  pm ? Begin meeting 
Select  Facilitator, Notetaker, Timekeeper, and Vibeswatcher(s), Select 
Agenda Preparer  for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes)   
Introductions  and Announcements (10 Minutes) 
Treasurer?s  Report and presentation of 2011 GPSCC projected budget ? Jim 
Doyle (15 minutes)   
General  discussion of goals for 2011 ? County Council Members (30  
minutes) 
Issues  include:  Role(s) of County Council  (see Bylaws excerpt below); 
General Meetings scheduling; Speakers at meetings;  Recruiting candidates for 
the 2012 elections (see copy of Wes Rolley email  below) 
Report  on what are current policies for use of GPSCC email list ? Tian (5  
minutes) 
Need  to recruit new regional Coordinating Council member and alternate (5  
minutes) 
Presentation  of expected 2011 tabling events; Report on status of tabling 
materials and  supplies  -- Jim Doyle (15  Minutes) 
Review  of draft banks and credit cards bookmarks ? Spencer (5  minutes) 
Proposal  to purchase updated CfER proportional rep leaflet ? Jim Stauffer 
(10  minutes) 
Revisit  question of hosting 2012 GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention ? 
Warner (5  Minutes) 
Proposal  re GPSCC campaign re banks ? Spencer (15 minutes) ? See text 
following draft  agenda for further details 
(2  Hours Estimated Cumulative Times.  Goal:  Adjourn by 9:30  pm) 
Tabling Events  Addenda ? Needed for each item (not necessarily all at this 
 meeting): 
Confirm date and  location; Approval of fee payment (as applicable); 
Designation of coordinator(s)  and other volunteers 

No  Tabling Events Reported As Of Preparation of This Agenda 
###   
[From  GPSCC Bylaws] ARTICLE 2 COUNTY COUNCIL  
2.1  Purposes  
2.1.1  The County Council will fulfill the legal requirement for a liaison 
between the  California Green Party and Santa Clara County officials. As 
used in these  Bylaws, the term "County Council" shall have the same meaning as 
the term  "Central Committee" as that term is used by the Office of the 
Registrar of  Voters for Santa Clara County, California.  
2.1.2  The Council shall select a secretary and a treasurer from among its 
members, or  may ratify the selection of these officers made at a General 
County Meeting. The  Council and/or its officers will be responsible for 
complying with the financial  reporting requirements of the Fair Political  
Practices  Commission (FPPC). The Council or its officers shall be 
responsible for  obtaining an FPPC number for financial reporting. The Council may 
create such  committees or initiate such inquiries as it considers necessary 
and appropriate  to perform its collective  
responsibilities  as described in these Bylaws.  
2.1.3  Internal to the Green Party, the Council's primary duties include 
serving as a  coordinating or steering committee to:  
a) Facilitate  communications between Green Party members within the  
county, at  county meetings, and between locals within the county.  
b) Facilitate  communications between the county Green Party and the State 
Green Party.   
c) Assist Green  Party involvement in elections in the county (including  
recruiting,  advising and assisting Green Party candidates, co-ordinating   
voter  registration efforts and tabling, and supporting ballot issues   
effecting issues  of concern to the state or county Green Party).  
d) Enhance  communications between the county Green Party and other Green   
Parties and/or  other local organizations which support the principals and  
 
objectives set  forth in the Green Party Platform.  
e) Oversee and  assist the work of committees formed by the Council, or  
outside the  Council by the Party's members, to help carry out the above   
duties, or other  duties considered necessary that are not in conflict with 
 
these ByLaws;  such as an electoral reform committee, an environmental  
issues  committee, etc.  
2.1.4  The County Council shall act as the designated contact persons for 
the Green  Party of Santa Clara County, and refer interested people to 
persons who may be  designated as spokespeople for the Party at a General County 
Meeting.   
2.1.5  The County Council, by agreement of eighty percent (80%) of its 
members, may  authorize the use of the name of the Green Party of Santa Clara 
County as an  endorser or co-sponsor of an event or public statement 
consistent with the  principals and objectives set forth in the Green Party Platform 
if time issues  make the decision necessary before it can be brought before 
the next general  meeting.  Any such County Council  authorization shall be 
reported to those present at the next monthly  meeting.  [Adopted July 1,  
2003] 
--------  Original Message -------- 
Subject:  [GPCA-MediaComm] Home - California Target Book 
Date:  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:14 -0800 
From:  Wes Rolley  
http://www.californiatargetbook.com/ctb/default/index.cfm 
This  link to the California Target Book web site currently contains  a 
list  of all of the state legislators who will be termed out in 2010.  We 
should  currently be looking for ways to exploit this, especially as  Prop 
14  has kicked in beginning with the special election in for the SD  28 
special  election to be held on Feb 15. 
This  is the list with interesting (to me) opportunities marked with  * 
STATE  SENATE (4 Dem; 2 Rep) 
Joe  Simitian (D-SD11)  * 
Elaine  Alquist (D-SD13) 
Alan  Lowenthal (D-SD27) 
Bob  Dutton (R-SD31) 
Tom  Harman (R-SD35) 
Christine  Kehoe (D-SD39) 
ASSEMBLY  (17 Dem; 5 Rep) 
Jared  Huffman (D-AD6)  * 
Fiona  Ma (D-AD12) 
Sandr?  Swanson (D-AD16) 
Cathleen  Galgiani (D-AD17) 
Mary  Hayashi (D-AD18) 
Jim  Beall, Jr. (D-AD24)  * 
Cameron  Smyth (R-AD38) 
Felipe  Fuentes (D-AD39) 
Julia  Brownley (D-AD41) 
Mike  Feuer (D-AD42) 
Anthony  Portantino (D-AD44) 
Gil  Cedillo (D-AD45) 
Mike  Davis (D-AD48) 
Mike  Eng (D-AD49) 
Tony  Mendoza (D-AD56) 
Charles  Calderon (D-AD58) 
Wilma  Amina Carter (D-AD62) 
Paul  Cook (R-AD65) 
Kevin  Jeffries (R-AD66) 
Jim  Silva (R-AD67) 
Jose  Solorio (D-AD69) 
Martin  Garrick (R-AD74) 
****************************************************************************
* 
Resolved:  The Green Party of Santa Clara County  will attempt to work  
with  other organizations to build effective united action against major,   
predatory  banks.  Possible coalition members  include organizations  
involved  with people with experience with threatened or actual  
foreclosure  as well as debt counselors encouraging people to end credit   
card  debt and rank and file members of other political  organizations. 
Discussion: 
1.  The actions of predatory banks might be  the single greatest  
"sleeping  giant" among the US electorate during the current Great  
Recession.  The commercial media are complicit in  this:  They'd lose   
advertising  if their news and world views conflicted seriously with  
those  of bank executives who control advertising budgets.  This issue  
could  be large enough to convince a critical mass of the US electorate   
that  the current structure of the US media is potentially the biggest   
threat  to peace and democracy in the world today -- possibly stronger   
regulation  of both the media and the banks -- possibly even antitrust   
action. 
2.  Organizations involved with helping  people with financial  
difficulties  can provide substantive information as well as a source of   
people  who could be activated politically by a platform more rational   
than  that of the Tea Party.  I think they  would eagerly collaborate with  
others  who might help increase the political awareness of the issues   
they  work with every day.  An issue like  this could turn many nonvoters  
in this  group into active Green party members if we could find ways to   
help  build an effective political movement demanding enforcement of   
existing  laws regarding perjury and fraud against bank officers. 
3.  The Peace and Freedom Party seems  farther to the left than  
the  Greens, and I think could be persuaded to join something like this.   
American  Independents might also agree that we need substantive bank   
regulation.  Most Libertarians are probably hopeless  on this issue, but  
we  could be surprised even there. 
4.  I think the vast majority of US citizens  registered as either  
Democrat  or Republican would agree with the need to increase banking   
regulation,  not decrease it as the incoming US House majority has  
promised  to do.  This could be the deciding  issue in denying reelection  
to many  incumbents in 2012. 
5.  MoveOn so far appears to have been  thinly disguised shills  
for the  Democrats.  As the Great Recession  continues and deepens, they  
may  switch allegiance, refusing to support Democrats who vote with the   
bankers  and possibly declaring themselves a separate political party or   
even  supporting Greens in some cases. 
6.  If this issue gets serious traction, it  will tarnish all the  
incumbents  who have supported liberalizing banking regulations in the   
past.  That will be a boon for minor parties,  especially the Greens if  
we  exercise leadership on this issue. 
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Jan  5 01:28:51 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:28:51 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Last Draft Agenda for Jan 6th Meeting
In-Reply-To: <de8f8.2eecda2f.3a53e480@aol.com>
References: <de8f8.2eecda2f.3a53e480@aol.com>
Message-ID: <4D2439D3.2070904@earthlink.net>


Is that tomorrow or the next day?

It says the 6th in the subject line, and the 5th below.

Gerry


WB4D23 at aol.com wrote:
> *GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY*
>
> Draft Agenda for Monthly General Membership Meeting January 5, 2011
>
> San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA
>
> (Near 7th and San Fernando)
>
> 6:30 pm ? Eat and chat
>
> 7:30 pm ? Begin meeting
>
> Select Facilitator, Notetaker, Timekeeper, and Vibeswatcher(s), Select
> Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes)
>
> Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes)
>
> Treasurer?s Report and presentation of 2011 GPSCC projected budget ? Jim
> Doyle (15 minutes)
>
> General discussion of goals for 2011 ? County Council Members (30 minutes)
>
> Issues include: Role(s) of County Council (see Bylaws excerpt below);
> General Meetings scheduling; Speakers at meetings; Recruiting candidates
> for the 2012 elections (see copy of Wes Rolley email below)
>
> Report on what are current policies for use of GPSCC email list ? Tian
> (5 minutes)
>
> Need to recruit new regional Coordinating Council member and alternate
> (5 minutes)
>
> Presentation of expected 2011 tabling events; Report on status of
> tabling materials and supplies -- Jim Doyle (15 Minutes)
>
> Review of draft banks and credit cards bookmarks ? Spencer (5 minutes)
>
> Proposal to purchase updated CfER proportional rep leaflet ? Jim
> Stauffer (10 minutes)
>
> Revisit question of hosting 2012 GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention
> ? Warner (5 Minutes)
>
> Proposal re GPSCC campaign re banks ? Spencer (15 minutes) ? See text
> following draft agenda for further details
>
> (2 Hours Estimated Cumulative Times. Goal: Adjourn by 9:30 pm)
>
> Tabling Events Addenda ? Needed for each item (not necessarily all at
> this meeting):
>
> Confirm date and location; Approval of fee payment (as applicable);
> Designation of coordinator(s) and other volunteers
>
>
> No Tabling Events Reported As Of Preparation of This Agenda
>
> ###
>
> [From GPSCC Bylaws] ARTICLE 2 COUNTY COUNCIL
>
> 2.1 Purposes
>
> 2.1.1 The County Council will fulfill the legal requirement for a
> liaison between the California Green Party and Santa Clara County
> officials. As used in these Bylaws, the term "County Council" shall have
> the same meaning as the term "Central Committee" as that term is used by
> the Office of the Registrar of Voters for Santa Clara County, California.
>
> 2.1.2 The Council shall select a secretary and a treasurer from among
> its members, or may ratify the selection of these officers made at a
> General County Meeting. The Council and/or its officers will be
> responsible for complying with the financial reporting requirements of
> the Fair Political
>
> Practices Commission (FPPC). The Council or its officers shall be
> responsible for obtaining an FPPC number for financial reporting. The
> Council may create such committees or initiate such inquiries as it
> considers necessary and appropriate to perform its collective
>
> responsibilities as described in these Bylaws.
>
> 2.1.3 Internal to the Green Party, the Council's primary duties include
> serving as a coordinating or steering committee to:
>
> a) Facilitate communications between Green Party members within the
>
> county, at county meetings, and between locals within the county.
>
> b) Facilitate communications between the county Green Party and the
> State Green Party.
>
> c) Assist Green Party involvement in elections in the county (including
>
> recruiting, advising and assisting Green Party candidates, co-ordinating
>
> voter registration efforts and tabling, and supporting ballot issues
>
> effecting issues of concern to the state or county Green Party).
>
> d) Enhance communications between the county Green Party and other Green
>
> Parties and/or other local organizations which support the principals and
>
> objectives set forth in the Green Party Platform.
>
> e) Oversee and assist the work of committees formed by the Council, or
>
> outside the Council by the Party's members, to help carry out the above
>
> duties, or other duties considered necessary that are not in conflict with
>
> these ByLaws; such as an electoral reform committee, an environmental
>
> issues committee, etc.
>
> 2.1.4 The County Council shall act as the designated contact persons for
> the Green Party of Santa Clara County, and refer interested people to
> persons who may be designated as spokespeople for the Party at a General
> County Meeting.
>
> 2.1.5 The County Council, by agreement of eighty percent (80%) of its
> members, may authorize the use of the name of the Green Party of Santa
> Clara County as an endorser or co-sponsor of an event or public
> statement consistent with the principals and objectives set forth in the
> Green Party Platform if time issues make the decision necessary before
> it can be brought before the next general meeting. Any such County
> Council authorization shall be reported to those present at the next
> monthly meeting. /[Adopted July 1, 2003]/
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] Home - California Target Book
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:14 -0800
>
> From: Wes Rolley
>
> http://www.californiatargetbook.com/ctb/default/index.cfm
>
> This link to the California Target Book web site currently contains a
>
> list of all of the state legislators who will be termed out in 2010. We
>
> should currently be looking for ways to exploit this, especially as Prop
>
> 14 has kicked in beginning with the special election in for the SD 28
>
> special election to be held on Feb 15.
>
> This is the list with interesting (to me) opportunities marked with *
>
> STATE SENATE (4 Dem; 2 Rep)
>
> Joe Simitian (D-SD11) *
>
> Elaine Alquist (D-SD13)
>
> Alan Lowenthal (D-SD27)
>
> Bob Dutton (R-SD31)
>
> Tom Harman (R-SD35)
>
> Christine Kehoe (D-SD39)
>
> ASSEMBLY (17 Dem; 5 Rep)
>
> Jared Huffman (D-AD6) *
>
> Fiona Ma (D-AD12)
>
> Sandr? Swanson (D-AD16)
>
> Cathleen Galgiani (D-AD17)
>
> Mary Hayashi (D-AD18)
>
> Jim Beall, Jr. (D-AD24) *
>
> Cameron Smyth (R-AD38)
>
> Felipe Fuentes (D-AD39)
>
> Julia Brownley (D-AD41)
>
> Mike Feuer (D-AD42)
>
> Anthony Portantino (D-AD44)
>
> Gil Cedillo (D-AD45)
>
> Mike Davis (D-AD48)
>
> Mike Eng (D-AD49)
>
> Tony Mendoza (D-AD56)
>
> Charles Calderon (D-AD58)
>
> Wilma Amina Carter (D-AD62)
>
> Paul Cook (R-AD65)
>
> Kevin Jeffries (R-AD66)
>
> Jim Silva (R-AD67)
>
> Jose Solorio (D-AD69)
>
> Martin Garrick (R-AD74)
>
> *****************************************************************************
>
> Resolved: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to work
>
> with other organizations to build effective united action against major,
>
> predatory banks. Possible coalition members include organizations
>
> involved with people with experience with threatened or actual
>
> foreclosure as well as debt counselors encouraging people to end credit
>
> card debt and rank and file members of other political organizations.
>
> Discussion:
>
> 1. The actions of predatory banks might be the single greatest
>
> "sleeping giant" among the US electorate during the current Great
>
> Recession. The commercial media are complicit in this: They'd lose
>
> advertising if their news and world views conflicted seriously with
>
> those of bank executives who control advertising budgets. This issue
>
> could be large enough to convince a critical mass of the US electorate
>
> that the current structure of the US media is potentially the biggest
>
> threat to peace and democracy in the world today -- possibly stronger
>
> regulation of both the media and the banks -- possibly even antitrust
>
> action.
>
> 2. Organizations involved with helping people with financial
>
> difficulties can provide substantive information as well as a source of
>
> people who could be activated politically by a platform more rational
>
> than that of the Tea Party. I think they would eagerly collaborate with
>
> others who might help increase the political awareness of the issues
>
> they work with every day. An issue like this could turn many nonvoters
>
> in this group into active Green party members if we could find ways to
>
> help build an effective political movement demanding enforcement of
>
> existing laws regarding perjury and fraud against bank officers.
>
> 3. The Peace and Freedom Party seems farther to the left than
>
> the Greens, and I think could be persuaded to join something like this.
>
> American Independents might also agree that we need substantive bank
>
> regulation. Most Libertarians are probably hopeless on this issue, but
>
> we could be surprised even there.
>
> 4. I think the vast majority of US citizens registered as either
>
> Democrat or Republican would agree with the need to increase banking
>
> regulation, not decrease it as the incoming US House majority has
>
> promised to do. This could be the deciding issue in denying reelection
>
> to many incumbents in 2012.
>
> 5. MoveOn so far appears to have been thinly disguised shills
>
> for the Democrats. As the Great Recession continues and deepens, they
>
> may switch allegiance, refusing to support Democrats who vote with the
>
> bankers and possibly declaring themselves a separate political party or
>
> even supporting Greens in some cases.
>
> 6. If this issue gets serious traction, it will tarnish all the
>
> incumbents who have supported liberalizing banking regulations in the
>
> past. That will be a boon for minor parties, especially the Greens if
>
> we exercise leadership on this issue.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss


From wrolley at charter.net  Wed Jan  5 11:38:39 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:38:39 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [scv_crfg] Farm Family Day this Saturday - please
 join us! [1 Attachment]
Message-ID: <4D24C8BF.7070904@charter.net>

a very green activity

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    From: Amie Frisch
    Sent: Jan 4, 2011 4:07 PM
    To: veggielution
    Subject: [veggielution] Family Day this Saturday - please join us!

    Hello and Happy New Year!
    Bring your kids out to Veggielution for an exciting *Family Day*
    this coming *Saturday the 8th*.
    Family Day begins at *11:00am* and ends at *12:15pm*.
    This week we will be:
             - Making Seed Balls. These clay and compost filled balls
    have all the nutrients needed to grow the seeds inside.
                They are a great way to bring beautiful plants to
    vacant city plots!
            - Drawing up our visions of the type of community we want to
    live in, then discussing how to make this happen.
            - Talking about winter vegetables and then identifying and
    taste testing our delicious winter crops.

    The farm is located at:
    647 S King Rd
    San Jose, CA 95116
    Park at the very back of the parking lot, towards the overpass.
      We will meet at the sign in area in front of "The Acre."

    We hope to see you all at the farm!

    For more information, check out our website at: www.veggielution.org
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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Wed Jan  5 21:56:23 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:56:23 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Minutes of Jan 6th Meeting
In-Reply-To: <4D2439D3.2070904@earthlink.net>
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See below, in line.  A good time was had by all.  Spencer


On 1/5/2011 1:28 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> Is that tomorrow or the next day?
>
> It says the 6th in the subject line, and the 5th below.
>
> Gerry
>
>
> WB4D23 at aol.com wrote:
>> *GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY*
>>
>> Draft Agenda for Monthly General Membership Meeting January 5, 2011
>>
>> San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA
>>
>> (Near 7th and San Fernando)
>>
>> 6:30 pm ? Eat and chat
>>
>> 7:30 pm ? Begin meeting
>>
>> Select Facilitator, Notetaker, Timekeeper, and Vibeswatcher(s), Select
>> Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 
>> Minutes)
Facilitator:  Caroline
Notetaker:  Spencer
Timekeeper:  Jim Doyle
Vibeswather:  Fred
Next agenda:  Jim Doyle

>>
>> Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes)
Werner:  Played on Saturday ordering Heritage vegetable seeds.
Fred:  Democratic Left / Socialists paper

Proposal:  All agenda items should be written as a proposal (or as a 
report).

>>
>> Treasurer?s Report and presentation of 2011 GPSCC projected budget ? Jim
>> Doyle (15 minutes)
$2617 = balance.
No budget because we have not goals nor plans about which to create a 
budget.

Fixed operating expenses of $520 per month +/- = telephone, rent (Peace 
Center) + post office box.

We need to set goals with plans to achieve goals including

Tian, Mirriam & Andrea = County Council.

Drew Johnson volunteers to serve also.
Need at least 1 and can have a max of 7.
Tian will ask Wes if he would like to serve.

>>
>> General discussion of goals for 2011 ? County Council Members (30 
>> minutes)
>>
>> Issues include: Role(s) of County Council (see Bylaws excerpt below);

Council has not met frequently last year but will have a meeting.

>> General Meetings scheduling; Speakers at meetings; Recruiting candidates
>> for the 2012 elections (see copy of Wes Rolley email below)

Third Tuesday is proposed as our next meeting time.
Cameron is trying to sign up the room for the next three months.  County 
Council will meet the third Tuesday in January, and this group will meet 
the third Tuesday in February and March.

Werner recommends the County Council meets on the Third Tuesday with 
agenda including speakers at meetings and use of GPSCC email list.

Jim Stauffer:  state goals.
We used to have a state goals and strategy committee.  There will be an 
email soon on this, asking 3 questions:  Goals for 2011 & 12,
What do you think we should accomplish in the next 2, 5 and 10 years?

Suggested:  meeting with multiple counties
The announcement will also discuss a Wiki that has been started.
Fred would also like to hear a review of accomplishments over the past 5 
years.  Proposed agenda item for the next meeting.  This could be done 
by reviewing the minutes of the Green Party meetings.   -> for the third 
Tuesday in January.
>>
>> Report on what are current policies for use of GPSCC email list ? Tian
>> (5 minutes)

We should adopt the state netiquette rules.  An item for the next meeting.
Tian to prepare an agenda and try to discuss with Andrea.
>>
>> Need to recruit new regional Coordinating Council member and alternate
>> (5 minutes)  --> to the state coordinating committee.

(Jim Stauffer is planning to leave the area.)
>>
>> Presentation of expected 2011 tabling events; Report on status of
>> tabling materials and supplies -- Jim Doyle (15 Minutes)

First in April:  Junior State
Others ad hoc.
eager tablers:  Caroline, Drew, Tian.  (+ Valerie)

Who has the button machine?  (It may be in "the little black suitcase, 
possibly in her garage".  Merriam will look for it next week.)
>>
>> Review of draft banks and credit cards bookmarks ? Spencer (5 minutes)

Audience is for people who would attend a progressive event.

(Charlotte Casey liked the fliers.)

We need the low literacy version of

Credit card is not recognizable ...

>>
>> Proposal to purchase updated CfER proportional rep leaflet ? Jim
>> Stauffer (10 minutes)

pizza brochure -- rank choice voting
Center for Voting and Democracy.
They may update it, and then we can buy from them
CfER = Californians for Electoral Reform.
Wait to see what the Center for Voting and Democracy does.
>>
>> Revisit question of hosting 2012 GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention
>> ? Warner (5 Minutes)

Jim Stauffer:  It's bigger than one county.  It should be a regional but 
we don't have the people in this and neighboring counties.
Jim Doyle:  Who many people, etc. does it take?  The big role of the 
host during the meeting is providing bodies for information, etc., local 
hosting.
Drew thinks we need ~25 people to organize it.  200-400 people.  
Meetings organized by the National party.  Local host arranges the 
logistics.  Drew volunteers to try to help recruit those people.
Caroline:  We might be able to recruit such a group at Junior State.
Tian, Fred, Drew, Caroline, Fred:  Werner will circulate the form.
Werner:  Put this on the agenda for the Feb. meeting.
>>
>> Proposal re GPSCC campaign re banks ? Spencer (15 minutes) ? See text
>> following draft agenda for further details

Spencer to contact Low Income Self Help Center, 525 W. Alma.
Democracy for America (Dean Democratic Club)
League of Women Voters
People need to come together --
Also need max 10 word version of the story -- pithy headline
sticker slogan.

>>
>> (2 Hours Estimated Cumulative Times. Goal: Adjourn by 9:30 pm)

Merriam:  Activists from Minnesota have been
people approached by the FBI.
There is a committee against FBI repression
Tues., Jan. 25:  National protest day.  4-6 PM:  in front of ML King 
Library.  March through Cezar Chavez plaza and back to ML King library.
Merriam will put a message on the Green Discuss list.
Will present the movie CoIntelPro 101.
Freedom of Information Act
Muslim group Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Committee Against political repression.


$67 collected tonight


Drew:  Tuesday, Jan. 18, Freedom Train.  We have a natural connection 
with the people who do this.
Starts at San Jose at 9:30 but people start gathering at the Diridon 
Station.  Will post all the details.  Big party in SF.


Jim Doyle:  Nepotism is alive and well in Chicago.
>>
>> Tabling Events Addenda ? Needed for each item (not necessarily all at
>> this meeting):
>>
>> Confirm date and location; Approval of fee payment (as applicable);
>> Designation of coordinator(s) and other volunteers
>>
>>
>> No Tabling Events Reported As Of Preparation of This Agenda
>>
>> ###
>>
>> [From GPSCC Bylaws] ARTICLE 2 COUNTY COUNCIL
>>
>> 2.1 Purposes
>>
>> 2.1.1 The County Council will fulfill the legal requirement for a
>> liaison between the California Green Party and Santa Clara County
>> officials. As used in these Bylaws, the term "County Council" shall have
>> the same meaning as the term "Central Committee" as that term is used by
>> the Office of the Registrar of Voters for Santa Clara County, 
>> California.
>>
>> 2.1.2 The Council shall select a secretary and a treasurer from among
>> its members, or may ratify the selection of these officers made at a
>> General County Meeting. The Council and/or its officers will be
>> responsible for complying with the financial reporting requirements of
>> the Fair Political
>>
>> Practices Commission (FPPC). The Council or its officers shall be
>> responsible for obtaining an FPPC number for financial reporting. The
>> Council may create such committees or initiate such inquiries as it
>> considers necessary and appropriate to perform its collective
>>
>> responsibilities as described in these Bylaws.
>>
>> 2.1.3 Internal to the Green Party, the Council's primary duties include
>> serving as a coordinating or steering committee to:
>>
>> a) Facilitate communications between Green Party members within the
>>
>> county, at county meetings, and between locals within the county.
>>
>> b) Facilitate communications between the county Green Party and the
>> State Green Party.
>>
>> c) Assist Green Party involvement in elections in the county (including
>>
>> recruiting, advising and assisting Green Party candidates, co-ordinating
>>
>> voter registration efforts and tabling, and supporting ballot issues
>>
>> effecting issues of concern to the state or county Green Party).
>>
>> d) Enhance communications between the county Green Party and other Green
>>
>> Parties and/or other local organizations which support the principals 
>> and
>>
>> objectives set forth in the Green Party Platform.
>>
>> e) Oversee and assist the work of committees formed by the Council, or
>>
>> outside the Council by the Party's members, to help carry out the above
>>
>> duties, or other duties considered necessary that are not in conflict 
>> with
>>
>> these ByLaws; such as an electoral reform committee, an environmental
>>
>> issues committee, etc.
>>
>> 2.1.4 The County Council shall act as the designated contact persons for
>> the Green Party of Santa Clara County, and refer interested people to
>> persons who may be designated as spokespeople for the Party at a General
>> County Meeting.
>>
>> 2.1.5 The County Council, by agreement of eighty percent (80%) of its
>> members, may authorize the use of the name of the Green Party of Santa
>> Clara County as an endorser or co-sponsor of an event or public
>> statement consistent with the principals and objectives set forth in the
>> Green Party Platform if time issues make the decision necessary before
>> it can be brought before the next general meeting. Any such County
>> Council authorization shall be reported to those present at the next
>> monthly meeting. /[Adopted July 1, 2003]/
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>
>> Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] Home - California Target Book
>>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:14 -0800
>>
>> From: Wes Rolley
>>
>> http://www.californiatargetbook.com/ctb/default/index.cfm
>>
>> This link to the California Target Book web site currently contains a
>>
>> list of all of the state legislators who will be termed out in 2010. We
>>
>> should currently be looking for ways to exploit this, especially as Prop
>>
>> 14 has kicked in beginning with the special election in for the SD 28
>>
>> special election to be held on Feb 15.
>>
>> This is the list with interesting (to me) opportunities marked with *
>>
>> STATE SENATE (4 Dem; 2 Rep)
>>
>> Joe Simitian (D-SD11) *
>>
>> Elaine Alquist (D-SD13)
>>
>> Alan Lowenthal (D-SD27)
>>
>> Bob Dutton (R-SD31)
>>
>> Tom Harman (R-SD35)
>>
>> Christine Kehoe (D-SD39)
>>
>> ASSEMBLY (17 Dem; 5 Rep)
>>
>> Jared Huffman (D-AD6) *
>>
>> Fiona Ma (D-AD12)
>>
>> Sandr? Swanson (D-AD16)
>>
>> Cathleen Galgiani (D-AD17)
>>
>> Mary Hayashi (D-AD18)
>>
>> Jim Beall, Jr. (D-AD24) *
>>
>> Cameron Smyth (R-AD38)
>>
>> Felipe Fuentes (D-AD39)
>>
>> Julia Brownley (D-AD41)
>>
>> Mike Feuer (D-AD42)
>>
>> Anthony Portantino (D-AD44)
>>
>> Gil Cedillo (D-AD45)
>>
>> Mike Davis (D-AD48)
>>
>> Mike Eng (D-AD49)
>>
>> Tony Mendoza (D-AD56)
>>
>> Charles Calderon (D-AD58)
>>
>> Wilma Amina Carter (D-AD62)
>>
>> Paul Cook (R-AD65)
>>
>> Kevin Jeffries (R-AD66)
>>
>> Jim Silva (R-AD67)
>>
>> Jose Solorio (D-AD69)
>>
>> Martin Garrick (R-AD74)
>>
>> ***************************************************************************** 
>>
>>
>> Resolved: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to work
>>
>> with other organizations to build effective united action against major,
>>
>> predatory banks. Possible coalition members include organizations
>>
>> involved with people with experience with threatened or actual
>>
>> foreclosure as well as debt counselors encouraging people to end credit
>>
>> card debt and rank and file members of other political organizations.
>>
>> Discussion:
>>
>> 1. The actions of predatory banks might be the single greatest
>>
>> "sleeping giant" among the US electorate during the current Great
>>
>> Recession. The commercial media are complicit in this: They'd lose
>>
>> advertising if their news and world views conflicted seriously with
>>
>> those of bank executives who control advertising budgets. This issue
>>
>> could be large enough to convince a critical mass of the US electorate
>>
>> that the current structure of the US media is potentially the biggest
>>
>> threat to peace and democracy in the world today -- possibly stronger
>>
>> regulation of both the media and the banks -- possibly even antitrust
>>
>> action.
>>
>> 2. Organizations involved with helping people with financial
>>
>> difficulties can provide substantive information as well as a source of
>>
>> people who could be activated politically by a platform more rational
>>
>> than that of the Tea Party. I think they would eagerly collaborate with
>>
>> others who might help increase the political awareness of the issues
>>
>> they work with every day. An issue like this could turn many nonvoters
>>
>> in this group into active Green party members if we could find ways to
>>
>> help build an effective political movement demanding enforcement of
>>
>> existing laws regarding perjury and fraud against bank officers.
>>
>> 3. The Peace and Freedom Party seems farther to the left than
>>
>> the Greens, and I think could be persuaded to join something like this.
>>
>> American Independents might also agree that we need substantive bank
>>
>> regulation. Most Libertarians are probably hopeless on this issue, but
>>
>> we could be surprised even there.
>>
>> 4. I think the vast majority of US citizens registered as either
>>
>> Democrat or Republican would agree with the need to increase banking
>>
>> regulation, not decrease it as the incoming US House majority has
>>
>> promised to do. This could be the deciding issue in denying reelection
>>
>> to many incumbents in 2012.
>>
>> 5. MoveOn so far appears to have been thinly disguised shills
>>
>> for the Democrats. As the Great Recession continues and deepens, they
>>
>> may switch allegiance, refusing to support Democrats who vote with the
>>
>> bankers and possibly declaring themselves a separate political party or
>>
>> even supporting Greens in some cases.
>>
>> 6. If this issue gets serious traction, it will tarnish all the
>>
>> incumbents who have supported liberalizing banking regulations in the
>>
>> past. That will be a boon for minor parties, especially the Greens if
>>
>> we exercise leadership on this issue.
>>
>>
>>
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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 gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Jan  6 15:49:10 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:49:10 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Social Security
Message-ID: <4D2654F6.9090606@earthlink.net>

FYI,

"Privatizing Social Security Again?"
by Helen Thomas

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/06-10

Gerry


From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Thu Jan  6 19:14:06 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:14:06 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Update web site?
Message-ID: <4D2684FE.2030008@prodsyse.com>

Hello:


       What needs to happen to get "www.cagreens.org/sclara" updated?


       It currently claims the next monthly meeting will be Feb. 2. 
This is not true given the decision taken last night to meet the third 
Tuesday of each month, starting with a County Council meeting (with 
others invited) on Jan. 18.  (It also asks people to vote "No" on Prop 
14 in the primary, June 8, 2010.  Clearly, it hasn't been updated for 
over 7 months.)


       I would volunteer to help a little with this, but I would need 
help:  I've done a tiny bit of web development every 3-5 years for the 
past 18 years or so.  I've used MS Word and Open Office to edit HTML 
code -- then fix problems with something like Notepad.  It's ugly but 
adequate for my needs heretofore.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Jan  7 06:56:30 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:56:30 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "The End of New Deal Liberalism"
Message-ID: <4D27299E.3070100@earthlink.net>


FYI,

I think this is a good analysis of the current mess
we're in, with some points I have rarely heard
before.  It comes from William Greider, who has
often written for "the Nation".  I heard about
this in an email from alt-media.

"The End of New Deal Liberalism"

http://www.thenation.com/article/157511/end-new-deal-liberalism?page=full

Gerry



From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Jan  6 18:16:23 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:16:23 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Update web site?
Message-ID: <4D267777.8010309@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello:


       What needs to happen to get "www.cagreens.org/sclara" updated?


       It currently claims the next monthly meeting will be Feb. 2.  
This is not true given the decision taken last night to meet the third 
Tuesday of each month, starting with a County Council meeting (with 
others invited) on Jan. 18.  (It also asks people to vote "No" on Prop 
14 in the primary, June 8, 2010.  Clearly, it hasn't been updated for 
over 7 months.)


       I would volunteer to help a little with this, but I would need 
help:  I've done a tiny bit of web development every 3-5 years for the 
past 18 years or so.  I've used MS Word and Open Office to edit HTML 
code -- then fix problems with something like Notepad.  It's ugly but 
adequate for my needs heretofore.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Jan  8 07:03:21 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:03:21 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Why progressives have no power
Message-ID: <4D287CB9.6050109@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Probably nothing new here to us, but it might be
helpful in arguments with liberal Democrats.


"Daley is a Reflection, Not a Cause"
     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/07-8

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sat Jan  8 13:05:02 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 13:05:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Congresswoman Shot in Tucson
Message-ID: <BAY140-W295B997AA2A447A18225969E0C0@phx.gbl>



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?hp


Rep. Giffords is reportedly in surgery, and according to Pres. Obama, others have died.

Giffords had been one of the targets in gunsight graphic promoted by Gov. Palin's 
SarahPAC last spring.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/sarah-palins-pac-puts-gun_n_511433.html

The Republican who ran against her last year used the slogan "Send a Warrior to Congress"
and posed with guns.  Here's an announcement for one of his events:

"Get on Target for Victory in November Help remove Gabrille Giffords form office Shoot
a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly"


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/8/934297/-Second-Amendment-Solutions-%28pictures%29


This is why we must have zero tolerance for the rhetoric of violence.

This event is going to be used as an excuse to bash the tea partiers.  As Drew and Carol Brouillet
both know, many of the original tea partiers are honest, responsible defenders of the Constitution. 
The grassroots group was co-opted by Republican money.

Thanks to Victoria Ashley, Green Party and 9/11 Truth activist in Alameda County, for the headsup
on this!




























 		 	   		  
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From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sat Jan  8 17:17:13 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:17:13 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] sticker slogan against predatory banks?
Message-ID: <4D290C99.6030109@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello:


       Might you have brain cells available to help brainstorm  a 
headline / sticker slogan against predatory banks.


       At the Green meeting last Wednesday, someone suggested we needed 
such.  The following summarizes my thoughts at the moment:


Just Say 'No' to Corrupt Banks.
Just Say 'No' to Predatory Banks.

Just Say 'No' to Corrupt Bankers, Politicians, Media.

No Credit Card Debt:  Just say 'No' to corrupt bankers, politicians, media.

No Illegal Foreclosures.

No Illegal Foreclosures, No Credit Card Debt.


       Beyond this, what do you suggest I do to reduce the reading level 
required to parse the prose I write?  Someone (Cameron?) said we also 
needed a "low literacy version" of literature.  Per his suggestion, I 
deleted "ostensibly" from my draft brochure.  I can work harder to write 
shorter sentences with simpler grammar and avoid long and obscure 
words.  If there are other things I should be doing, please let me know.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Sun Jan  9 19:18:13 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:18:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Congresswoman Shot in Tucson
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W295B997AA2A447A18225969E0C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY140-W295B997AA2A447A18225969E0C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <57987.43704.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I wonder of there's a law in Arizona about inciting to murder? Probably not.




________________________________
From: Brian Good <snug.bug at hotmail.com>
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 1:05:02 PM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Congresswoman Shot in Tucson


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?hp


Rep. Giffords is reportedly in surgery, and according to Pres. Obama, others 
have died.

Giffords had been one of the targets in gunsight graphic promoted by Gov. 
Palin's 

SarahPAC last spring.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/sarah-palins-pac-puts-gun_n_511433.html

The Republican who ran against her last year used the slogan "Send a Warrior to 
Congress"
and posed with guns.? Here's an announcement for one of his events:

"Get on Target for Victory in November Help remove Gabrille Giffords form office 
Shoot
a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly"

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/8/934297/-Second-Amendment-Solutions-%28pictures%29
 

This is why we must have zero tolerance for the rhetoric of violence.

This event is going to be used as an excuse to bash the tea partiers.? As Drew 
and Carol Brouillet
both know, many of the original tea partiers are honest, responsible defenders 
of the Constitution. 

The grassroots group was co-opted by Republican money.

Thanks to Victoria Ashley, Green Party and 9/11 Truth activist in Alameda 
County, for the headsup
on this!
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From wrolley at charter.net  Mon Jan 10 20:50:15 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:50:15 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?iso-8859-1?q?The_full_global_warming_solution=3A_H?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?ow_the_world_can_stabilize_at_350_to_450_ppm_=AB_Climate_P?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?rogress?=
Message-ID: <4D2BE187.70209@charter.net>

http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/10/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/

This is much too long for a cut and paste.  However, it does outline 
just how much we have to do in order to sae the world.  Rather gloomy 
unless you have a pollyanna streak.

> Stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide at 450 ppm or 
> lower is not politically possible today --- not even close --- but is 
> certainly achievable from an economic and technological perspective, 
> as I and others have said for years 
> <http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/31/is-450-ppm-carbon-dioxide-politically-possible-1/>. 
>
>
> Humanity has only two paths forward at this point.  Either we 
> voluntarily switch to a low-carbon, low-oil, low-net water use, 
> low-net-material use economy over the next two decades or the 
> post-Ponzi-scheme-collapse 
> <http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/08/ponzi-scheme-madoff-friedman-natural-capital-renewable-resources/>forces 
> us to do so circa 2030. The only difference between the two paths is 
> that the first one spares our children and grandchildren and countless 
> future generations untold misery (see "Intro to global warming 
> impacts: Hell and High Water 
> <http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/22/an-introduction-to-global-warming-impacts-hell-and-high-water/>" 
> and "A stunning year in climate science reveals that human 
> civilization is on the precipice 
> <http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/>").
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From vdf at juno.com  Tue Jan 11 16:50:34 2011
From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:50:34 GMT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Caltrain Summit Sat. January 29,
	8:30 - 2:30 in San Carlos
Message-ID: <20110111.165034.27798.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com>

Hi everyone,

This event might be of interest to those of us who depend on public transit or are interested in preserving and improving it.

Valerie

- - -

Save our Caltrain

Caltrain is facing a severe fiscal crisis.  Although it is one of the highest performing Bay Area transit agencies, is the only agency that lacks dedicated funding.  Caltrain is important for our quality of life, commute alternatives, and economic vitality.  We need to save Caltrain.

Friends of Caltrain is bringing together riders, residents, voters, environmentalists, businesses - people in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties across the area that Caltrain serves.   At the Caltrain Summit on January 29, you can learn and discuss solutions and start working together to make the solutions happen.

Come learn about solutions and how to get involved!

Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Time: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Location:
SamTrans Auditorium
1250 San Carlos Avenue
San Carlos, CA 94070-1306
Located 2 blocks west from El Camino and Caltrain Station.  Multi-level parking garage is available behind the building.

[The first Northbound Caltrain on Saturdays, #421, arrives at San Carlos at 7:45 AM.]

Sign up at:
https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/741/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=64765

Organized by Friends of Caltrain
http://www.greencaltrain.com/friends-of-caltrain/

- - -


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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Tue Jan 11 16:56:14 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:56:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
Message-ID: <4a658.52e8652.3a5e562e@aol.com>

Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot  that I have a 
commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the  evening 
of the third Tuesday of each month.  'Just forgot about it due to  exhaustion 
and other distractions...  So, I will not be attending the  County Council 
meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February  15th.  
With apologies...  Warner
 
 

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From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Jan 11 19:43:35 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:43:35 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Water use
Message-ID: <4D2D2367.9060205@charter.net>

There are many things that seem so stupid when you decide to stop doing 
things BAU.  Take, for example, the whole idea of not using up all the 
water we can.  You know, saving water seems to be a good idea.  We just 
had a multi-year drought, but this year has started off fairly well.  
Still, saving water need to be a way of life... right?

The following is from the budget packet for Thursday's meeting of the 
Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District.
> *Lower water usage has put financial pressure on the current budget 
> year* as well as the projected groundwater production charges. Staff 
> is anticipating a $10M revenue shortfall in the current budget year, 
> FY 2010-11. Staff has identified potential current year operations 
> cost savings totaling $6M to partially offset the anticipated revenue 
> shortfall and prevent the debt service coverage ratio from falling 
> below the minimum per bond covenant. FY 2011-12 water usage is assumed 
> to be relatively flat to FY 2009-10 actual and FY 2010-11 estimated 
> actual.
>
My suggestion to this is to stop paying a lobbyist to represent the 
district in Sacramento.
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan 11 21:35:42 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:35:42 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] change of meeting date
Message-ID: <4D2D3DAE.1020107@sbcglobal.net>

I received an email from Charlotte Casey of Code Pink
today, Tuesday.  Dana, Tian, and Andrea were also on  the
recipient's list.

I responded and along with an explalnation of our resetting
our meeting date I said, speaking for myself, not for the Green Party,
we could work something out.

Here is her email:

Hi Greens,
Just as I was about to enter our Code Pink meetings on the Peace Center
calendar, I see that someone jumped in and claimed the 3rd Tuesday of the
month for your County Council meeting.

That has traditionally been our meeting night at the Peace Center. 
I would be willing to say "first come, first served", except that the
Greens already have one monthly meeting at the Peace Center and it
seems a bit much for you to book two meetings. (Not to mention your
dues as "community partners" would go up....)

So what's up?

Charlotte


From jamboi at greens.org  Wed Jan 12 03:23:18 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:23:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] change of meeting date
In-Reply-To: <4D2D3DAE.1020107@sbcglobal.net>
References: <4D2D3DAE.1020107@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <40077.69.236.160.76.1294831398.squirrel@greens.org>

Well darn.  for the January date we could probably sqeeze into another
room.  generally speeking imo it'd be great to rub shoulders w/ the Pinks
and maybe we could figure out a way to share the building w/ them.  And of
course someone needs to explain to Charlotte we're really only talking
about 1/mo.

Green is Go!

Drew


> I received an email from Charlotte Casey of Code Pink
> today, Tuesday.  Dana, Tian, and Andrea were also on  the
> recipient's list.
>
> I responded and along with an explalnation of our resetting
> our meeting date I said, speaking for myself, not for the Green Party,
> we could work something out.
>
> Here is her email:
>
> Hi Greens,
> Just as I was about to enter our Code Pink meetings on the Peace Center
> calendar, I see that someone jumped in and claimed the 3rd Tuesday of the
> month for your County Council meeting.
>
> That has traditionally been our meeting night at the Peace Center.
> I would be willing to say "first come, first served", except that the
> Greens already have one monthly meeting at the Peace Center and it
> seems a bit much for you to book two meetings. (Not to mention your
> dues as "community partners" would go up....)
>
> So what's up?
>
> Charlotte
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>




From jamboi at greens.org  Wed Jan 12 03:26:19 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:26:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
In-Reply-To: <4a658.52e8652.3a5e562e@aol.com>
References: <4a658.52e8652.3a5e562e@aol.com>
Message-ID: <56292.69.236.160.76.1294831579.squirrel@greens.org>

ooh,ouch.That is a meeting i intend to be a part of again (as i have been
in the past). hmmm....

Green is Peace!

Drew

> Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot  that I have a
> commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the
> evening
> of the third Tuesday of each month.  'Just forgot about it due to
> exhaustion
> and other distractions...  So, I will not be attending the  County Council
> meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February  15th.
> With apologies...  Warner
>



From jamboi at greens.org  Wed Jan 12 03:29:16 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:29:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] MLK Freedom Train: MONDAY Jan 17th, SJ - SF
Message-ID: <38175.69.236.160.76.1294831756.squirrel@greens.org>

CORRECTION (thanks to Dona): The train is on MONDAY Jan 17th, 2010

I'M GOING on the Freedom Train! WHO ELSE IS JOINING ME? WE COULD ARRANGE
FOR A NUMBER OF US TO MEET AT ONE OF THE DEPARTURE POINTS. WRITE BACK IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED.

Green is Freedom!

Drew

>From the Caltrain website
Annual Freedom Train Runs on Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Once again, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara
Valley will charter Caltrain as its ?Freedom Train? Monday, Jan. 17.

The train will depart the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station no later than
9:30 a.m., making stops at the Sunnyvale station at 9:45 a.m., Palo Alto
station at 9:59 a.m. and San Mateo station at 10:22 a.m., arriving in San
Francisco at approximately 10:55 a.m.

Freedom Train tickets are sold only by the association (Caltrain fare
media is NOT valid). However, Freedom Train tickets will be honored by
Caltrain on all southbound trains after noon on the day of the
celebration.

For Freedom Train schedule information or to purchase tickets, visit
http://www.scvmlk.org or call 408.861.5323. If Freedom Train tickets are
sold out, people can buy a regular Caltrain ticket and take any regularly
scheduled northbound train to join festivities in San Francisco.

>From the scvmlk.org website:
"Freedom Train Monday, Jan 17th starting from San Jose, CA, going to SF

Riders board the train in San Jose for a peaceful journey with stops in
Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, San Mateo and arrives in San Francisco. Once in San
Francisco riders then participate in information sessions about the Civil
Rights era. $10 cost

? PLEASE ARRIVE AT YOUR STATION AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE.

2011 Departure Stations & Times:
San Jose ? 9:30am
Sunnyvale ? 9:45am
Palo alto ? 9:59am
San Mateo 10:22am
Arrives at San Francisco at 10:55am

The Freedom Train

In actuality there were two attempts to complete the march beginning on
March 7, 1965. On March 25, 1965 the marchers made it to Montgomery. The
journey from Selma to Montgomery was 54 miles. The Freedom Train ride from
San Jose to SanFrancisco, CA is that approximat e distance.

Tickets are on sale NOW. You can reserve yours online at Brown Paper Tickets.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/130504 (OR AT THE EVENT).

T-Shirts ARE BACK! Get Your T-SHIRTS . Purple with white lettering with
2011 Motto: "Your Integrity is Your Legacy" and "Your Legacy is Your
Integrity" on front and back with MLKSCV Freedom Train Logo.

To find out what exciting events await you in San Francisco, visit the
Northern California Martin Luther King, Jr. Website at www.norcalmlk.org.

If you are planning to spend the day in San Jose, check the
African-American Community Service Agency website for events in San Jose
at www.sjaacsa.org."




From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Wed Jan 12 07:49:58 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:49:58 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
In-Reply-To: <56292.69.236.160.76.1294831579.squirrel@greens.org>
References: <4a658.52e8652.3a5e562e@aol.com>
	<56292.69.236.160.76.1294831579.squirrel@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D2DCDA6.7050708@prodsyse.com>

What about other dates, like the fourth Tuesday?


Spencer


On 1/12/2011 3:26 AM, jamboi wrote:
> ooh,ouch.That is a meeting i intend to be a part of again (as i have been
> in the past). hmmm....
>
> Green is Peace!
>
> Drew
>
>> Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot  that I have a
>> commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the
>> evening
>> of the third Tuesday of each month.  'Just forgot about it due to
>> exhaustion
>> and other distractions...  So, I will not be attending the  County Council
>> meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February  15th.
>> With apologies...  Warner
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Wed Jan 12 17:39:45 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:39:45 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
In-Reply-To: <56292.69.236.160.76.1294831579.squirrel@greens.org>
References: <4a658.52e8652.3a5e562e@aol.com>
	<56292.69.236.160.76.1294831579.squirrel@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D2E57E1.4020101@prodsyse.com>

	  I propose we meet on the 4th Wednesdays: Jan. 26, Feb. 23, Mar. 23, 
etc.?  Those dates (for Jan, Feb., Mar.) are open on the Peace Center 
calendar.  I'm sorry I didn't record the details from the flip chart 
that Tian made, but I do not recall a conflict on that date mentioned.


	  Spencer


###########################
What about other dates, like the fourth Tuesday?


Spencer


On 1/12/2011 3:26 AM, jamboi wrote:
> ooh,ouch.That is a meeting i intend to be a part of again (as i have been
> in the past). hmmm....
>
> Green is Peace!
>
> Drew
>
>> Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot  that I have a
>> commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the
>> evening
>> of the third Tuesday of each month.  'Just forgot about it due to
>> exhaustion
>> and other distractions...  So, I will not be attending the  County Council
>> meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February  15th.
>> With apologies...  Warner
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Jan 12 23:28:01 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:28:01 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
Message-ID: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net>


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




From fredd at freeshell.org  Thu Jan 13 15:06:05 2011
From: fredd at freeshell.org (fred)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:06:05 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
In-Reply-To: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net>
References: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <4D2F855D.4050606@freeshell.org>

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
>
>
>



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Thu Jan 13 15:17:00 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:17:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
In-Reply-To: <4D2F855D.4050606@freeshell.org>
References: <4D2EA981.4000206@earthlink.net> <4D2F855D.4050606@freeshell.org>
Message-ID: <735133.56422.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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
>n 
>
>
>
> 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 j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jan 13 15:24:51 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:24:51 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPCA Strategic Action Plan
Message-ID: <4D2F89C3.2080506@sbcglobal.net>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

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

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

Fellow Greens,

/2011 is the ideal time to set goals for the Party and develop strategies to implement them!/

The Green Party of California is very excited about creating "*The GPCA Strategic Action Plan*."

*Your input is absolutely vital in making this happen!!*

We have very basic questions to ask Greens in every County:

    * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in 2011/2012? How?
    * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in the next 5
      years? How?
    * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in the next 10
      years? How?

Please forward this message to your local lists, present and discuss
at your next meeting, or however else you want to share this exciting
project with other Greens.

We plan to collect your responses, blend them with things we've been
talking about, and create a _first draft_ GPCA Strategic Action Plan for 
our
Spring Plenary.

This document will be continually evolving throughout 2011 and needs
to be something _useful_ for all of us as we plan ahead.

We've made it really easy!.

   * Just go to this wiki page:
     <http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan>

   * Log-in or create an account. (10 seconds, link in upper right corner).

   * Click the Discussion tab and type or paste your group's report
     directly on the page.

   * Individuals are invited to comment on these reports, or to add new 
topics.

Please keep your comments short, specific, _realistic and action-based_.

We also have an email lists as an alternative to the wiki for your 
responses
if you prefer. The address to send a message to this list is 
strategyplan at cagreens.org
<mailto:strategyplan at cagreens.org>.

Wiki is a much better format than email for gathering lots of data, please
give it a try. Its really quite easy!

Please post your input on Wiki no later than the *End of February*.

We look forward to hearing from you........

/Let's get this Party started!!/
//
-- GPCA Standing Groups and the Coordinating Committee



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jan 13 15:25:28 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:25:28 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] move to amend action
Message-ID: <4D2F89E8.8010409@sbcglobal.net>

Gerry Gras asks for our thoughts on an event in downtown San Jose.
commemorating  the first anniversary of the Citizens United decision 
(Jan. 21).

I ask how does this fit into our primary goal or goals that are
yet to be determined?

Jim Doyle





From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jan 13 15:45:10 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:45:10 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
Message-ID: <4D2F8E86.80607@sbcglobal.net>

This came to me via my county supervisor Ken Yeager.
The same notice could well apply to the supervisors of the other
County Board of Supervisors districts.

*
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: REDISTRICTING COMMISSION*

Last month, the Board voted to create an 11-member Citizens 
Redistricting Commission.
Each Supervisor will appoint two people from within their district to 
serve on the commission.
The 11th member, who will serve as the chairperson, will be appointed by 
the President of the Board.
The panel of appointees will make recommendations to the Board of 
Supervisors for the alignment or
realignment of District boundaries.

The Commission will hold a series of public hearings to receive input 
from the community.
It will develop a redistricting plan or plans for the Board of 
Supervisors to consider.

The Board is hoping to have the Commission seated this month.

The Commission will hold four community meetings/public hearings between 
February and
May of 2011. Upon receipt of the recommendations, the Board would also 
hold two public
hearings during June to present the Citizens Redistricting Commission?s 
recommendations,
accept public comment, and adopt a plan for submission to the State.

If you are interested in applying, please contact the office of your 
county supervisor.




From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jan 13 15:51:52 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:51:52 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] meals for seniors
Message-ID: <4D2F9018.9040204@sbcglobal.net>

Senior Nutrition Program - Senior Meal
Locations in Santa Clara County
Suggested donation is $2.50

*http://tinyurl.com/4dzzp6c*




From jamboi at greens.org  Thu Jan 13 17:39:58 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:39:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Tonight: Ubuntu Hour San Jose/Silicon Valley 7pm Philz
 Coffee, MV next week and Santa Cruz following
Message-ID: <49022.67.169.84.16.1294969198.squirrel@greens.org>

Ubuntu is Linux for Human Beings!  A totally FREE PC operating system and
LOTS and LOTS of FREE SOFTWARE.  POWER TO THE PEOPLE!  We can help you get
set up with Ubuntu (or other Free OS's) in addition or even in replacement
of M$ Window$ or Apple Macinto$h Operating Systems.

Come join in a light social time for Ubuntu chat & coffee or tea.

    * San Jose/Silicon Valley - 2nd Thursday of the month - next:
1/13/2011 7pm at Philz Coffee; 118 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA
95112 Details and RSVP: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/608/detail/
contact: nUboon2Age at gmail.com
    * Mountain View/Silicon Valley - 3rd Thursday of the month - next:
1/20/2011 7pm at Red Rock Coffee; 201 Castro St. Mountain View, CA
94041 (650) 967-4473, Details and RSVP:
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/608/detail/ contact:
nUboon2Age at gmail.com
    * Santa Cruz: "Lindependence/Ubuntu Hour" (Multi Distro) - Last
Wednesday of the month - next: 1/26/2011 6-7pm at The Santa Cruz
Coffee Roasting Co. 1330 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831)
459-0100,  contact nUboon2Age at gmail.com



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Jan 13 23:29:02 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:29:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpsmc-d] Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down
	Corporate Rule
Message-ID: <4D2FFB3E.2010906@earthlink.net>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[gpsmc-d] Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule
Date: 	Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:44:08 -0800 (PST)
From: 	Arlen Comfort <acomfort at rocketmail.com>
To: 	gpsmc-d at cagreens.org



Scott Munson Posted this on SfBayOil 1/13/11

I found it hopeful and inspiring that some communities are doing
something to challenge corporate power.
- Arlen

Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule
**
<http://stevebeckow.com/2011/01/kanner-shasta-goliath-bringing-corporate-rule>*http://stevebeckow.com/2011/01/kanner-shasta-goliath-bringing-corporate-rule*
prohibit corporations such as Nestle and Coca-Cola from extracting water
from the local aquifer.
ban energy-giant PG&E, and any other corporation, from regional cloud
seeding

/The people at the grassroots strike back. I?m not sure of the legality
of all measures but I do get Mt. Shasta?s intention to sound the
trumpet./ /Thanks to Penny.
/*
KANNER: Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule
*

Wed, 12/29/2010
By: Allen D. Kanner
Tikkun <http://www.tikkun.org

Mt. Shasta, a small northern California town of 3,500 residents nestled
in the foothills of magnificent Mount Shasta, is taking on corporate
power through an unusual process?democracy.

The citizens of Mt. Shasta have developed an extraordinary ordinance,
set to be voted on in the next special or general election, that would
prohibit corporations such as Nestle and Coca-Cola from extracting water
from the local aquifer. But this is only the beginning. The ordinance
would also ban energy-giant PG&E, and any other corporation, from
regional cloud seeding, a process that disrupts weather patterns through
the use of toxic chemicals such as silver iodide. More generally, it
would refuse to recognize corporate personhood, explicitly place the
rights of community and local government above the economic interests of
multinational corporations, and recognize the rights of nature to exist,
flourish, and evolve.

Mt. Shasta is not alone. Rather, it is part of a (so far) quiet
municipal movement making its way across the United States in which
communities are directly defying corporate rule and affirming the
sovereignty of local government.

Since 1998, more than 125 municipalities have passed ordinances that
explicitly put their citizens? rights ahead of corporate interests,
despite the existence of state and federal laws to the contrary. These
communities have banned corporations from dumping toxic sludge, building
factory farms, mining, and extracting water for bottling. Many have
explicitly refused to recognize corporate personhood. Over a dozen
townships in Pennsylvania, Maine, and New Hampshire have recognized the
right of nature to exist and flourish (as Ecuador just did in its new
national constitution). Four municipalities, including Halifax in
Virginia, and Mahoney, Shrewsbury, and Packer in Pennsylvania, have
passed laws imposing penalties on corporations for chemical trespass,
the involuntary introduction of toxic chemicals into the human body.

These communities are beginning to band together. When the attorney
general of Pennsylvania threatened to sue Packer Township this year for
banning sewage sludge within its boundaries, six other Pennsylvania
towns adopted similar ordinances and twenty-three others passed
resolutions in support of their neighboring community. Many people were
outraged when the attorney general proclaimed, ?there is no inalienable
right to local self-government.?

Bigger cities are joining the fray. In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, council
member Doug Shields announced this August that he is about to introduce
a bill banning corporations in the city from drilling for natural gas,
an environmentally devastating practice known as ?fracking.? As Shields
stated in a press release, ?Many people think that this is only about
gas drilling. It?s not?it?s about our authority as a municipal community
to say ?no? to corporations that will cause damage to our community.
It?s about our right to community, [to] local self-government.?

What has driven these communities to such radical action? The typical
story involves a handful of local citizens deciding to oppose a
corporate practice, such as toxic sludge dumping, which has taken a huge
toll on the health, economy, and natural surroundings of their town.
After years of fighting for regulatory change, these citizens discover a
bitter truth: the U.S. environmental regulatory system consists of a set
of interlocking state and federal laws designed by industry to serve
corporate interests. With the deck utterly stacked against them,
communities are powerless to prevent corporations from destroying the
local environment for the sake of profit.

Enter the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit public
interest law firm that champions a different approach. The firm helps
communities draft local ordinances that place the rights of
municipalities to govern themselves above corporate rights. Through its
Democracy School, which offers seminars across the United States, it
provides a detailed analysis of the history of corporate law and
environmental regulation that shows a need for a complete overhaul of
the system. Armed with this knowledge and with their well-crafted
ordinances, citizens are able to return to their communities to begin
organizing for the passage of laws such as Mt. Shasta?s proposed ordinance.

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is collaborating with
Global Exchange, an international environmental and workers? rights
organization, to help supporters of the Mt. Shasta ordinance organize.
In an interview for this article, I asked Shannon Biggs, who directs
Global Exchange?s Community Rights Program, if she expected ordinances
of this type to be upheld in court. Biggs was dubious about judges
?seeing the error of their ways? and reversing a centuries-old trend in
which courts grant corporations increased power.

Rather, she sees these ordinances as powerful educational and organizing
tools that can lead to the major changes necessary to reduce corporate
power, put decision-making back in the hands of real people rather than
corporate ?persons,? and open up whole new areas of rights, such as
those of ecosystems and natural communities. Biggs connects the current
municipal defiance of existing state and federal law to a long tradition
of civil disobedience in the United States, harkening back to Susan B.
Anthony illegally casting her ballot, the Underground Railroad flouting
slave laws, and civil rights protesters purposely breaking segregation laws.

But the nascent municipal rights movement offers something new in the
way of political action. These communities are adopting laws that, taken
together, are forming an alternative structure to the global corporate
economy. The principles behind these laws can be applied broadly to any
area where corporate rights override local self-government or the
well-being of the local ecology. The best place to start, I would
suggest, is with banning corporations from making campaign contributions
to local elections.

The municipal movement could provide one of the most effective routes to
building nationwide support for an Environmental and Social
Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution of the kind proposed
by Tikkun. In fact, the movement is already expanding. In Pennsylvania
people are now organizing on the state level. Similar stirrings have
been reported in New Hampshire.

What about your community?


*http://stevebeckow.com/2011/01/kanner-shasta-goliath-bringing-corporate-rule/* 






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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Jan 14 09:45:03 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:45:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
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Cameron is the one who signed us up. I haven't seen anything from him. I'm not 
sure I think we should give this one Tuesday to the pink people if they have not 
been having meetings or paying their rent. When WOULD we get together to decide 
on a new meeting time?
Caroline




________________________________
From: spencerg <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
To: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 6:09:31 PM
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings

That's my proposal.? sg


On 1/13/2011 3:50 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> So what's happened to the third Tuesday for January. Did we give it to the 
pink
> people?
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: spencerg<spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
> To: jamboi<jamboi at greens.org>; wb4d23 at aol.com
> Cc: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 5:39:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
>
>? ? ? ? I propose we meet on the 4th Wednesdays: Jan. 26, Feb. 23, Mar. 23,
> etc.?? Those dates (for Jan, Feb., Mar.) are open on the Peace Center
> calendar.? I'm sorry I didn't record the details from the flip chart
> that Tian made, but I do not recall a conflict on that date mentioned.
>
>
>? ? ? ? Spencer
>
>
> ###########################
> What about other dates, like the fourth Tuesday?
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On 1/12/2011 3:26 AM, jamboi wrote:
>> ooh,ouch.That is a meeting i intend to be a part of again (as i have been
>> in the past). hmmm....
>>
>> Green is Peace!
>>
>> Drew
>>
>>> Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot? that I have a
>>> commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the
>>> evening
>>> of the third Tuesday of each month.? 'Just forgot about it due to
>>> exhaustion
>>> and other distractions...? So, I will not be attending the? County Council
>>> meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February? 15th.
>>> With apologies...? Warner
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
>> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>>
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>


-- 
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President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Jan 14 12:58:25 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:58:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GP county council meeting dates
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This was actually in the minutes of the January meeting that Spencer sent out. 
We are supposed to be adding members to the County Council (Drew volunteered but 
was told he wasn't welcome), and selecting a new regional rep and some other 
thing for the state, and we are supposed to be coming up with goals and 
objectives for the Green Party at the national, state, and local levels. So it's 
pretty important, and it doesn't sound like the pink people have had anything 
very important to do lately, so I don't see why we should drop that date.
Caroline




________________________________
From: Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org>
To: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:27:21 PM
Subject: Re: GP county council meeting dates

So what you are saying is, you think you have a "county council" meeting (Tian, 
Merriam, and possibly I) are expected to be there on Tuesday the 18th? 

Andrea


On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:

Andrea, we said at the meeting that there were things the county council needed 
to do, but it seemed to be being difficult for them to meet, so we would have 
this meeting, nominally a county council meeting, but we would have as many 
others there as possible. Now I don't know whether we are having a meeting on 
the third Tuesday or not. My personal feeling is that the pink people lost that 
day, and that they can have it back for February, but they should make other 
arrangements for January.
>Caroline
>
>
>
>
________________________________
From:?Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org>
>To:?Charlotte Casey <ccasey at pacbell.net>
>Cc:?MKmusic03 at aol.com;?j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net;?danasg at greens.org;?tnharter at aol.com;?jimd at greens.org;?gerrygras at earthlink.net;?carolineyacoub at att.net;WB4D23 at aol.com
>
>Sent:?Thu, January 13, 2011 3:50:23 PM
>Subject:?Re: GP county council meeting dates
>
>Charlotte, 
>This is NOT a county council meeting, as far as I know: ?this is moving the 
>General Meeting for SCCGP to another time that works for the entire group.
>Andrea
>
>
>On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Charlotte Casey wrote:
>
>Hi Jim and Merriam,
>>Thanks for trying to accommodate the Code Pink meeting. Admittedly we have been 
>>lax in holding meetings, paying dues to the Peace Center, etc. so I cannot be 
>>too demanding when it comes to the third Tuesdays.
>>
>>Charlotte
>>
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
From:?"MKmusic03 at aol.com" <MKmusic03 at aol.com>
>>To:?j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net;?ccasey at pacbell.net
>>Cc:?danasg at greens.org;?tnharter at aol.com;?andid at cagreens.org;?jimd at greens.org;?gerrygras at earthlink.net;?carolineyacoub at att.net;?WB4D23 at aol.com;MKmusic03 at aol.com
>>
>>Sent:?Wed, January 12, 2011 1:13:36 AM
>>Subject:?Re: GP county council meeting dates
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I didn't?realize that on Tuesday Jan. 18 I have a South Bay Committee Against 
>>Political?Repression meeting at 7:00pm.? I apologize for my mistake.? Perhaps we 
>>could have our County Council meeting from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.? If so than we would 
>>not have the room scheduling conflict with Code Pink and I could attend both of 
>>my meetings on that night.
>>
>>Does switching the time to 5:00pm instead of 7:00pm on Tuesday Jan 18 work for 
>>everybody?
>>
>>Merriam
>>
>>In a message dated 1/11/2011 9:29:35 P.M. Pacific Standard 
>>Time,?j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net?writes:
>>Hi Charlotte!
>>>There was a proposal to change the meeting date of the Green Party
>>>in the Peace Center that was taken up at our most recent meeting
>>>which resulted din the selection of the third Tuesday.? The calendar was?
>>>checked
>>>and the third Tuesday was available, so we signed up for it.? Internally?
>>>we had
>>>agreed to make it a two month trial period.?
>>>
>>>And the county council needed to have a meeting so they agreed to
>>>meet on the third Tuesday in January, we would not meet on the first
>>>Wednesday in February and our next regular monthly meeting would
>>>take place on the third Tuesday of february.
>>>
>>>There was no intent of assuming the regular date of the code pink meetings.
>>>
>>>In my opinion, we will be able to work something out.? When I say that,?
>>>I am
>>>speaking for myself, not for the group - the Green Party.
>>>
>>>Jim Doyle
>>>
>>>
>>>Charlotte Casey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Greens,
>>>> Just as I was about to enter our Code Pink meetings on the Peace?
>>>> Center calendar, I see that someone jumped in and claimed the 3rd?
>>>> Tuesday of the month for your County Council meeting. That has?
>>>> traditionally been our meeting night at the Peace Center.? I would be?
>>>> willing to say "first come, first served", except that the Greens?
>>>> already have one monthly meeting at the Peace Center and it seems a?
>>>> bit much for you to book two meetings. (Not to mention your dues as?
>>>> "community partners" would go up....)
>>>> So what's up?
>>>>
>>>> Charlotte
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Jan 14 12:59:04 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:59:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: GP county council meeting dates
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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Charlotte Casey <ccasey at pacbell.net>
To: TNHarter at aol.com; andid at cagreens.org
Cc: MKmusic03 at aol.com; j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net; danasg at greens.org; 
jimd at greens.org; gerrygras at earthlink.net; carolineyacoub at att.net; WB4D23 at aol.com
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 10:25:12 AM
Subject: Re: GP county council meeting dates


If the 3rd Tuesday works for all the Greens, you should keep it. We've scheduled 
our meeting for the 18th this? month at the Flames Coffee Shop (!) and we'll 
figure out what works best for us going forward.
Charlotte




________________________________
From: "TNHarter at aol.com" <TNHarter at aol.com>
To: andid at cagreens.org; ccasey at pacbell.net
Cc: MKmusic03 at aol.com; j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net; danasg at greens.org; 
jimd at greens.org; gerrygras at earthlink.net; carolineyacoub at att.net; WB4D23 at aol.com
Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 10:55:13 PM
Subject: Re: GP county council meeting dates


In a message dated 1/13/11 3:50:26 PM, andid at cagreens.org writes:



This is NOT a county council meeting, as far as I know: ?this is moving the 
General Meeting for SCCGP to another time that works for the entire group.
>Andrea
>
>
>

The first one is the county council(ish) meeting. The County has already
met this month, so we scheduled the "County Council" meeting that time.
We need one anyhow. Somebody was complaining we hadn't met in too long.

I suppose we could hold this one meeting somewhere else if we need? to.

It looks like we have to revisit the "when do we meet?" question again.
Good thing we only committed to that day for two months, this and next.

Tian
http://tian.greens.org
My burning man pictures have been clicked through HI times.
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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Sat Jan 15 10:23:38 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:23:38 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Third Tuesdays Meetings
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Just for clarity:  It seems too late to change the meeting time next 
Tuesday.  However, I think that future meeting times should be the first 
item on the agenda.


	  Spencer


##########################
	  I propose we meet on the 4th Wednesdays: Jan. 26, Feb. 23, Mar. 23, 
etc.?  Those dates (for Jan, Feb., Mar.) are open on the Peace Center 
calendar.  I'm sorry I didn't record the details from the flip chart 
that Tian made, but I do not recall a conflict on that date mentioned.


	  Spencer


###########################
What about other dates, like the fourth Tuesday?


Spencer


On 1/12/2011 3:26 AM, jamboi wrote:
> ooh,ouch.That is a meeting i intend to be a part of again (as i have been
> in the past). hmmm....
>
> Green is Peace!
>
> Drew
>
>> Folks: When we discussed alternate meetings days, I forgot  that I have a
>> commitment for the Calfornia GPUS Delegation teleconference on the
>> evening
>> of the third Tuesday of each month.  'Just forgot about it due to
>> exhaustion
>> and other distractions...  So, I will not be attending the  County Council
>> meeting on January 18th or the GPSCC general meeting on February  15th.
>> With apologies...  Warner
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 jgshurt69 at aol.com  Sun Jan 16 16:00:13 2011
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:00:13 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [G-C-F] Fwd: Open Letter to a Broken Green Party
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-----Original Message-----
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com
To: kg612000 at yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 3:53 pm
Subject: Re: [G-C-F] Fwd: Open Letter to a Broken Green Party



I would like to join Kamran in this appeal to the broken Green Party,
that it, they, we participate by endorsing this ballot initiative.
Our united action here just might prove stronger than the hope so many
misguided Greens had that Obama might be better than McKinney or Nader.
Let's say YES to BDS.


Jeffrey in San Bruno






-----Original Message-----
From: Kamran Ghasri <kg612000 at yahoo.com>
To: cal-forum at cagreens.org
Sent: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 5:05 pm
Subject: Re: [G-C-F] Fwd: Open Letter to a Broken Green Party




Jared;

  As one whose been involved in this campaign, I asked CAGP in this list, to formally endorse this ballot initiative. The only reply was from Mike Finstein saying that CAGP bylaws does not allow the endorsement of campaigns not on the ballot yet. I did check the bylaws 
http://cagreens.org/bylaws/downloads/web.html#_Toc219180574
and I think there is no such thing. Of course, there is a chance that I'm wrong.
I was surprised and disheartened by the CA Greens silence and lack of interest in this historic campaign. Still, a big number of the Greens signed the petition but the party was and is dead silent.

Kamran Ghasri

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:24:29 -0800
From: Jared Laiti <jared.laiti at gmail.com>
To: cal-forum at marla.cagreens.org
Subject: [G-C-F] Fwd: An urgent, special message to our California
    supporters
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From: Shakeel Syed, Israel Divestment Campaign <idccalifornia at yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Subject: An urgent, special message to our California supporters
To: jared.laiti at gmail.com


  An urgent, special message to our California members/supporters

Dear Jared,

You have just two weeks left to take an historic step in the struggle for
peace and justice in Palestine-Israel. Just two weeks to help California
become the first state in the US to start a divestment process from
corporations that facilitate and profit from Israeli violation of
international law and human rights. Just two weeks to join the European
countries that are divesting their public pension funds.

In California, PERS, the Public Employees Retirement System -- one of the
largest pension funds in the US -- and STRS (State Teachers Retirement
System) both have policies on responsible investing that are not being
honored. We can hold them accountable to their own policies and push them to
start the divestment process if we garner the requisite number of signatures
to place the Divestment Initiative on the California ballot.

Just think of the incredible educational campaign we can wage if we succeed
in getting the Initiative on the ballot. Just think of the message that we
would be sending to the besieged people of Gaza; to the East Jerusalemites
whose homes are being demolished; to the people of Bi?lin who have been
waging a relentless, nonviolent campaign at the apartheid wall; to all the
people of Palestine and to all those seeking a just peace.

If you are a registered voter in California, you can help send that message
by signing the official Initiative petition. Download and print the Israel
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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Jan 18 14:24:49 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:24:49 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green Meeting this evening! 5 PM food,
	7:30 meeting Peace Center.
Message-ID: <4D361331.1040803@aceweb.com>

5 PM at the peace center: Gather for food.
5:15ish head out to some local place to eat.
7:00ish get back to the peace center.
7:30 Green Party County Council Meeting with other input at Peace Center.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added a writeup on San Francisco's first bike party.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on a Florida quarter right now.


From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Tue Jan 18 22:19:29 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:19:29 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green Party Meeting Minutes, Jan. 18
In-Reply-To: <4D361331.1040803@aceweb.com>
References: <4D361331.1040803@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D368271.9000709@prodsyse.com>



New Meeting Time:  Fourth Thursday, starting February 24, except March.  
Andrea tried to schedule Feb. 24.  However, I just checked, and it's not 
yet on the public calendar.
Spencer was supposed to schedule third Thursday in March (and check 
fourth Thursdays thereafter).  I've sent an email to Cameron requesting 
assistance.


Fred facilitates.  timekeeper:  Tian.  Spencer notetaker.  Vibes 
watcher:  Caroline.


Agenda for the next meeting:  Tian.


Finances (10 min.):  Bank account:  $2,615 balance.  Fixed operating 
expenses for the year = $520 including phone, rental, PO box.


County Council Openings.  (10 min):  Tian says the bylaws say the 
Treasurer must be on the County Council.  Jim will continue as treasurer 
but does not want to continue with the council but will continue as 
treasurer.  Spencer volunteers.


*** NOMINATIONS ARE OPENED FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.  
Spencer and Drew volunteer.  We are looking for more.  Please recruit.   
We should put it on the web site:  "County Council Openings.  Please 
show up at the next meeting".


Goals (Caroline;  10 min.):  Caroline wanted to find out about the thing 
from the State Green Party.


       * We need an event per month besides meetings, e.g., that we


       * There are two issues against Corporate Personhood.


       * Jim Stauffer:  The state party is required to set long term 
goals and to ask the locals what we think the Green Party should have a 
goals -- realistic achievable goals, e.g., voting base, revenue, 
candidates elected, ... .  Do we want, e.g., a retreat with the San 
Mateo Greens.  Jim will try to contact them to try to organize such.


       * Fred:  We could read, e.g., read one of the 10 key values at 
each meeting.


Events (5 min.):


       * Friday, Jan. 21 in Berkeley at noon at Oakland Federal Building 
of Corporate takeover of democracy & 5 PM at the Rockridge BART station 
in Berkeley.    Phoebe Sorgen, phoebeso at earthlink.net.


       * Jan. 25, 4-6 PM, opposing FBI and grand jury repression of 
peaceful assembly, e.g., at the the Republican National Convention last 
year.  stopfbi.net, South Bay Committee Against Policital Repression.  
ph:  510-978-9076


Credit Card Flier (Spencer;  5 min.):  Need StarOne on list of Credit 
Unions.  Tian will work on the "no credit card" art.  Drew didn't like 
the lack of widow control:  Paragraphs should be kept together.  This 
might be improved by changing the footnotes to end notes.


Hazardous Disposal of CDs and DVDs (Drew;  5 min.):  CDs and DVDs are to 
be taken to the hazardous disposal.  Jim Stauffer has mentioned a 
project to put collection points for around the county.  Roughly 10 
years ago, some Green Party members in Contra Costa County did some of 
this -- but it died.  Merriam, Caroline and Andrea volunteered to do 
something with this.  Andrea has contacts in Sunnyvale and Milpitas and 
will initiate a target project in Sunnyvale.


On 1/18/2011 2:24 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> 5 PM at the peace center: Gather for food.
> 5:15ish head out to some local place to eat.
> 7:00ish get back to the peace center.
> 7:30 Green Party County Council Meeting with other input 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 wrolley at charter.net  Wed Jan 19 08:38:37 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:38:37 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Prusch Park Heritage Orchard.
Message-ID: <4D37138D.3030204@charter.net>

The California Rare Fruit Growers maintains the Heritage Orchard at the 
Emma  Farm Prusch Park <http://www.pruschfarmpark.org/> in San Jose.  On 
the 1st Sunday of each month, there is a work party to take care of 
major tasks.   The next work party is set st start at 9:00 AM on Feb 6.

For urban or suburban Greens who want to reinforce our connection to the 
land, this is an opportunity to do some good for the community while, at 
the same time,  maybe learn something.  Tasks on Feb 6 will include 
improving the mulching and also it is likely that we will do some pruning.

It would also be a good chance from some of us to get together and talk.

Let me know if we can get som 6 or 7 community activist Greens to help out.
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jan 19 16:31:56 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:31:56 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] coalition initiative re SJ police chief
Message-ID: <4D37827C.7000102@sbcglobal.net>

I consider this to be an illustrative example of the kind of
work that needs to be done by the Green Party. Not
specifically the items in the article, but rather gathering input
and bringing it to bear on decision making in the political
process.

Jim Doyle

*From:* Asian Law Alliance [mailto:sccala at pacbell.net]
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:26 PM
***Subject:* survey results on SJPD Chief of Police

Hi Everyone: See below for info about the survey results.
Thanks to Raj and the De-Bug folks for all of their effort in putting 
this together.

Richard Konda

(Please forward to those who may be interested, apologies for cross-posting)

==============================================================

COALITION for Justice and Accountability RELEASES
?COMMUNITY CHECKLIST? FOR SELECTION OF NEXT SAN
JOSE POLICE CHIEF BASED ON EXTENSIVE MULTI-LINGUAL
SURVEY OF 3,000 RESIDENTS

San Jose, CA ? As the City of San Jose goes into the final stages of
selecting the next San Jose Police Chief, the Coalition for Justice and
Accountability releases the findings of an extensive four-month
community input gathering project. The report offers a clear and
measurable criteria set for the selection process, and is based on a
large pool of quantitative data. The effort included survey collection
of 3,000 hand-filled surveys, conducted in English, Spanish and V
ietnamese, seven community forums which involved over 1,300 residents,
and a unique video project called ?Message to the Next Police Chief?
where residents shared their thoughts to the City. The research culminated
in a ?Community Checklist,? comprised of six requirements that were based
on survey responses, and echoed in forums and personal testimonies, and
can be used as a criteria for City to base their final selection.

TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT WITH SURVEY
ANALYSIS, FORUM NOTES, AND PERSONAL TESTIMONIES GO TO:
http://tinyurl.com/4katz5a

_Survey highlights include, but not limited to_:

?

84% agree/strongly agree that the next Police Chief acknowledge that there
has been a significant problem with the SJPD?s use of force and 
arresting practices.

? 87% agree/strongly agree that the next Police Chief acknowledges racial
profiling exists in law enforcement, and will work to eliminate it in 
San Jose.

? 89% agree or strongly agree that the next Police Chief exhibit a 
willingness
to work collaboratively with the civilian oversight agency that monitors
complaints against officers.

? 73% say the community should be able to meet the finalists in some 
public format.


__



From jims at greens.org  Wed Jan 19 16:59:52 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:59:52 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [media-states] ADVISORY Bride seeks corporation
 for first corporate-human merger wedding
Message-ID: <4D378908.5000800@greens.org>


This is great...

Jim


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [media-states] ADVISORY Bride seeks corporation for first 
corporate-human merger wedding; Press conference Jan. 22 in Lake Worth, Fla.
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:11:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: media-states at lists.gp-us.org, media-a-v at lists.gp-us.org

(Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2011
Photo Opportunity

Contacts:
Suki DeJong 561-352-1108
Bonnie Redding 561-762-8191
corporatewedding at gmail.com


Press conference:
Saturday, January 22, 2:00 pm
Little Owl, 527 N. Dixie Highway
Lake Worth, Florida

First Ever Marriage to a Corporation Contemplated by Single, Female, 39.

The Search for a Corporate Husband will Commemorate the 1st Anniversary of the 
Supreme Court Ruling Re-affirming Corporate Personhood.


One year ago on January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States 
reaffirmed that corporations have the same constitutional rights as people 
(Citizens United v FEC).  In commemoration of that decision there will 
commence a national search for the ideal corporate groom for a mere mortal, 
Ms. Sarah ?echo? Steiner.  Ms. Steiner has made it clear that she intends to 
take the Supreme Court at its word and honor her marriage when she finds a 
suitable candidate.

Members of the press are cordially invited to join the Bride as she formally 
announces her intention to seek a corporate partner and to unite one heart and 
one corporate charter in love forever (or not).  A press conference will kick 
off the search for a corporate groom on Saturday, January 22, 2011.

There have been rumors circulating that a number of potential corporate grooms 
are already in the running (including green corporate persons).  Once a suitor 
has been found, the Bride and her future corporate husband will announce their 
plans to marry in a public ceremony.

"The court's ruling has opened the door to the union of corporate and human 
persons in ways that were never imagined before," said the Bride.  "But, 
frankly, I'm wondering who's going to be on top on the wedding night."

?If corporations are persons, then let us celebrate the end of discrimination 
against them by permitting them to marry just like everyone else ? well, 
almost everyone else,? says Carla Christianson of Move to Amend Florida.

But Suki DeJong of the Palm Beach County Green Party has expressed concern for 
the inevitable consequences of the Supreme Court's ruling.  "There just aren't 
enough corporations to go around," said DeJong.  "Sure, it's okay for Ms. 
Steiner, but what about the rest of us?  I'd like to marry one myself.  On the 
other hand, those things can live forever.  They're not like real people."

The bride will be given away by Florida Move to Amend 
(http://www.movetoamend.org).  Her bridesmaids will be members of the Palm 
Beach County Green Party and Progressive Democrats of America, Florida.

END





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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Wed Jan 19 21:07:53 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:07:53 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] New Meeting Time for Monthly Meetings: 4th Th. except
 3rd Th. in March
In-Reply-To: <4D361331.1040803@aceweb.com>
References: <4D361331.1040803@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D37C329.4090009@prodsyse.com>

Hello, All:


	  At the monthly meeting last night, we decided to change the monthly 
meeting time, at least until we decide to do something different:


		    * Fourth Thursday, starting February 24, except March, which will 
be the third Thursday (March 17).  These two dates and April 28 have 
already been requested in the calendar, and Feb. 24 is already 
officially scheduled on the Peace Center calendar.


	  Hope to see you then.
	  Best Wishes,
	  Spencer
p.s.  With luck, we hope to have "www.cagreens.org/santaclara" updated 
this weekend, and I've asked Peace Center staff to delete our calendar 
entry for Feb. 2.


-- 
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  Thu Jan 20 00:53:45 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:53:45 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United Anniversary
Message-ID: <4D37F819.2030304@earthlink.net>


It appears to me that the nearest event about the
Citizens United decision is this Friday in
Redwood City, 12-1 PM, at the Court House:

http://movetoamend.org/events?page=1


Gerry

P.S. The event about the woman trying to marry a
corporation is at

http://movetoamend.org/events?page=3



From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Jan 20 13:07:02 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:07:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Recycling CDs and DVDs?
Message-ID: <4D38A3F6.8060009@structuremonitoring.com>

       Pardon my ignorance, but what is the threat level of CDs and DVDs?


       I ask, because at the Green party meeting last Monday, people 
were discussing a campaign for recycling CDs and DVDs, claiming they 
were toxic.  I'm confused.  Googling for "CD dvd toxic" and similar 
terms produced nothing that seemed to answer my question.  The closest I 
got was 
"www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/245/1/DVD-and-CD-Recycling.html", 
which said they are plastic with a little aluminum, with trace amounts 
of other material.  They seem to me to be far less toxic than a common 
button battery or a toy with electrical connections made with lead-based 
solder.


       Thanks,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Thu Jan 20 16:19:39 2011
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:19:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Recycling CDs and DVDs?
Message-ID: <20110121001939.D0F3D6A9AA@truffula.sj.ca.us>


CDs are made of polycarbonate and aluminum.
DVDs are made of polycarbonate and some
proprietary organic dyes.
The aluminum and dyes appear in vary small quantities.

There's a chemical Bisphenol-A which is used in
making polycarbonate products.  My understanding
is it makes it flexible, which helps resist shattering.
Bisphenol-A is toxic and leaches into foods.
That's why there's advice to replace polycarbonate
water bottles and food containers with other stuff.
But the toxicity is relatively low, and nobody's
claiming Bisphenol-A bioaccumulates.

The only places I'm hearing dire warnings about
a terrible coverup of Bisphenol-A dangers are the
same places that carry dire warnings about radiation
from power lines and wifi hotspots, "chemtrails,"
and like nonsense.
So I'm dismissing it as another example of "those
who refuse to do arithmetic are doomed to talk
nonsense."  We have to get smarter about which
threats are significant.

As far as I know, most plastics are not recycleable.
That is, you can't collect used items made out of
plastic x and make more of the same items out of them.
Aluminum and iron are indefinitely recycleable.
Wood-pulp paper is somewhat recycleable, you can
use a fiber three or four times before it disintegrates
in washing.  Hemp does better.  But you can't make
new (plastic) milk jugs out of old milk jugs.
Aside from the problem of keeping the colors separated,
plastic goes through irreversible chemical changes
as the items are fabricated.  It's not the same
stuff after molding and extrusion.  You can't make
new CDs out of old CDs because only "virgin"
polycarbonate is optically clear enough to work.

When Waste Management Inc says they're "recycling"
your plastic containers, it means they've found a
market for waste plastic.  They make a type
of low-grade lumber out of grocery bags and milk
jugs.  It's too soft for structures, and it can't
be used indoors because of the way it burns.
It's used for fences and decks and picnic tables.
Maybe they use shredded polycarbonate in pavement
mix or something.

So in my layperson's opinion, recycling CDs is
a non-starter.  Use them for coasters or make a
mobile or something.

-Cameron





From jamboi at greens.org  Thu Jan 20 17:23:22 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:23:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Tonight: Th Jan 20 7pm,
	The Ubuntu Hour: Mtn View/Silicon Valley
Message-ID: <51649.69.236.160.76.1295573002.squirrel@www.greens.org>

Come join in a light social time for Ubuntu (The totally FREE GNU/Linux
Operating System and software application suite for your PC or Mac) chat &
coffee or tea.  Liberate your computing!  Tonight and next week:
    * Mountain View/Silicon Valley - 3rd Thursday of the month - next:
1/20/2011 7pm at Red Rock Coffee; 201 Castro St. Mountain View, CA
94041 (650) 967-4473, Details and RSVP:
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/608/detail/ contact:
nUboon2Age at gmail.com
    * Santa Cruz: "Lindependence/Ubuntu Hour" (Multi Distro) - Last
Wednesday of the month - next: 1/26/2011 6-7pm at The Santa Cruz
Coffee Roasting Co. 1330 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831)
459-0100,  contact nUboon2Age at gmail.com



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri Jan 21 00:09:24 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:09:24 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] seen in Mountain View
Message-ID: <4D393F34.3020106@aceweb.com>

I found out from the tables on the front page of the Daily Post that our
(meaning the USA's) national debt has broken the $14 trillion barrier.
It used to take decades to add a trillion dollars to the debt. Now it
takes months.

I started wondering what we got for all that money we owe. I took 
pictures of one of the worst things here, National's old campus here in
Mountain View.

http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/NationalFairchild/index.html

In other news, the East Bay has a bike party, and I enjoyed their 
hillbilly ride last Friday. You can see the pictures by clicking below.

http://tian.greens.org/EastBay/BikeParty/HaywardHillbillyWedding/index.html

Lately I've been inspired by how this bike party riding with friends
thing is spreading the idea that it's fun to be a law abiding cyclist.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added a writeup on Mountain View's big superfund site.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on an Iowa quarter right now.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Fri Jan 21 09:35:04 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:35:04 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] seen in Mountain View
In-Reply-To: <4D393F34.3020106@aceweb.com>
References: <4D393F34.3020106@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W12702BF1BF9C3BCB52A329EF80@phx.gbl>



   For perspective on the $14 trillion debt, compare it to an annual $15 GDP
for the USA.  The global GDP is about $60 trillion.  

   According to a BBC doco about the financial crisis, the magnitude of the 
funny money derivatives that caused the financial crisis was $450 trillion.
This number is validated in a Reuters article here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F4O320100416

   Management fees and commissions for the perpetrators of the scam were
of course paid in real money.





> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:09:24 -0800
> From: tnharter at aceweb.com
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] seen in Mountain View
> 
> I found out from the tables on the front page of the Daily Post that our
> (meaning the USA's) national debt has broken the $14 trillion barrier.
> It used to take decades to add a trillion dollars to the debt. Now it
> takes months.
> 
> I started wondering what we got for all that money we owe. I took 
> pictures of one of the worst things here, National's old campus here in
> Mountain View.
> 
> http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/NationalFairchild/index.html
> 
> In other news, the East Bay has a bike party, and I enjoyed their 
> hillbilly ride last Friday. You can see the pictures by clicking below.
> 
> http://tian.greens.org/EastBay/BikeParty/HaywardHillbillyWedding/index.html
> 
> Lately I've been inspired by how this bike party riding with friends
> thing is spreading the idea that it's fun to be a law abiding cyclist.
> -- 
> Tian
> http://tian.greens.org
> Latest change: Added a writeup on Mountain View's big superfund site.
> The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on an Iowa quarter right now.
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Jan 22 06:36:33 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:36:33 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Citizens United
Message-ID: <4D3AEB71.7080500@earthlink.net>


About the actions around the country:

"'Legalize Democracy!' Demand Activists Rallying Nationwide to Overturn 
Lawless Citizens United Ruling"

by John Nichols

     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/21-3

Gerry



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Sat Jan 22 13:52:26 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:52:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: CA Marijuana Reform Saturday's Program in
	Berkeley]
Message-ID: <4D3B519A.7040706@aceweb.com>

Anybody want to go to this?

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: CA  Marijuana Reform Saturday's Program in Berkeley
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:18:11 -0800
From: Leslie Bonett <lesliebonett at sbcglobal.net>
To: Leslie Bonett <lesliebonett at sbcglobal.net>

Marijuana Reform: Next Steps for California
Saturday, January 29, 2011
David Brower Center, Berkeley

Legalization - Where We've Been and Where We're Going - 9:30 AM
Dale Gieringer, California NORML - facilitator
California Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Stephen Gutwillig, Drug Policy Alliance
Steve De Angelo, Harborside Health Center
Dale Sky Jones, Prop. 19 Campaign

Perspectives and Proposals - 10:45 AM
Steph Sherer, Americans for Safe Access
Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks
Mendocino Supervisor John McCowen
Allen Davenport, California Board of Equalization
Steve Heilig, San Francisco Medical Society
Mark Rhoades, Berkeley MJ Committee

Attorneys Speak on Legal Issues - 11:45
Chris Conrad, facilitator
Omar Figueroa, Zenia Gilg. Allison Margolin
George Mull. William Panzer, Joe Rogoway

Lunch Break - 1 PM

Sen. Mark Leno on Medical MJ Legislation in California - 2 - 2:25 PM

2:30 - 4 pm Concurrent Sessions:
- Medical Marijuana Regulation -
What's next statewide? Don Duncan, Americans for Safe Access
Amanda Reiman, University of California, Berkeley
Angel Raich, ARCH
Aaron Smith, National Cannabis Industry Association
Lauren Vazquez, Silicon Valley ASA
Dr. Jean Talleyrand, Medicann
Dr. Frank Lucido, Berkeley

- What Next for Full Legalization
Mikki Norris, facilitator
Nate Bradley, LEAP
Karen Byars
Michael Jolson
Jeff Jones
Debby Goldsberry
Ryan Landers
Bruce Margolin, LA NORML
Lindsay Robinson, Marijuana Policy Project
Deborah Small, Break the Chains
Paul Stanford

Break - 4 - 4:15 PM

4:15 - 5:15 PM Local Medical Marijuana Regulation
Michelle Aldrich, SF
Matt Cohen, MendoGrown
Liz Davidson, TeaHouse Collective
David Lampach, Steep Hill Lab
Ben Rice, Attorney-at-Law
Eric Taylor, Botanical Analytics

WrapUp - 5:15 PM Conference feedback and audience vote





-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added a writeup on Mountain View's big superfund site.
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on a California quarter right now.



From jamboi at greens.org  Sun Jan 23 07:57:43 2011
From: jamboi at greens.org (jamboi)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:57:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Irish Greens to decide on government's fate
Message-ID: <39938.69.236.160.76.1295798263.squirrel@www.greens.org>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110123/wl_nm/us_ireland_politics
Irish Greens to decide on government's fate
Reuters

By Padraic Halpin Padraic Halpin ? 12 mins ago

DUBLIN (Reuters) ? Ireland's junior coalition partner, the Greens, will
announce on Sunday whether they will stay in government after Prime
Minister Brian Cowen opted to step down as leader of his party but remain
premier until elections.

The Greens, who hold the balance of power in the lower chamber, will give
a news conference at 1530 GMT (10:30 a.m. EST) after the party's six MPs
spent Saturday and Sunday morning discussing Cowen's move.

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan warned that forcing a general election now,
causing a delay to the final piece of legislation underpinning the 2011
austerity budget, would be dangerous for Ireland.

The budget is a key part of an 85 billion euro ($115 billion) bailout deal
struck with the EU and IMF last year. However, most of the 6 billion euros
of cutbacks and tax increases it introduced are already being implemented.

Cowen made the highly unusual decision to split the leadership of his
Fianna Fail party, the senior coalition partner, and the prime
ministership before the March 11 poll following renewed pressure from
members of his deeply unpopular party.

The Greens, who forced Cowen to bring forward the election date last week,
have repeatedly said they will stay in power until the final piece of
budgetary legislation -- the 2011 Finance Bill -- is passed in the coming
four weeks.

But they threatened to topple the government last Thursday unless Cowen,
buoyed by winning a confidence vote in his party leadership two days
earlier, abandoned an ill-judged attempt to reshuffle his cabinet.

Cowen, who was forced to drop the reshuffle, also said he was staying on
as prime minister to get the budget passed. He faces a heavy defeat in the
election as voters vent their fury about Ireland's economic crisis and the
bailout.

The main opposition parties, which will test Cowen's fragile majority with
parliamentary confidence votes in both him and his government this week,
said the legislation should be rushed through parliament by Friday to
bring forward the poll.

But Lenihan said there would be huge logistical difficulties in passing
the legislation this week.

"Clearly we can discuss whether a shortened period is possible (but) the
idea that the finance bill could be enacted within one week is an
unrealistic one," said Lenihan, who is one of four candidates aiming to
replace Cowen as party leader.

Lenihan also told a news conference that any delay to the finance bill
caused by holding the election before it was passed would be risky. "The
degree of uncertainty that (a delay) would introduce about our funding
arrangements would be very dangerous for the country," he said.

(Additional reporting by Carmel Crimmins; editing by David Stamp)



From vdf at juno.com  Sun Jan 23 17:48:21 2011
From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:48:21 GMT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] REMINDER: Caltrain Summit next Saturday January 29,
	8:30 - 2:30 in San	 Carlos
Message-ID: <20110123.174821.6536.1@webmail21.vgs.untd.com>

A reminder of the Caltrain Summit next Saturday for anyone who's interested.  I have signed up to attend.

Valerie

- - -

Save our Caltrain

Caltrain is facing a severe fiscal crisis.  Although it is one of the highest performing Bay Area transit agencies, it is the only agency that lacks dedicated funding.  Caltrain is important for our quality of life, commute alternatives, and economic vitality.  We need to save Caltrain.

Friends of Caltrain is bringing together riders, residents, voters, environmentalists, businesses - people in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties across the area that Caltrain serves.   At the Caltrain Summit on January 29, you can learn and discuss solutions and start working together to make the solutions happen.

Come learn about solutions and how to get involved!

Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Time: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Location:
SamTrans Auditorium
1250 San Carlos Avenue
San Carlos, CA 94070-1306
Located 2 blocks west from El Camino and Caltrain Station.  Multi-level parking garage is available behind the building.

The first Northbound Caltrain on Saturdays, #421, arrives at San Carlos at 7:45 AM.

Sign up at:
https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/741/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=64765

Organized by Friends of Caltrain
http://www.greencaltrain.com/friends-of-caltrain/

- - -


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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Sun Jan 23 19:56:50 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:56:50 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] web site updated
Message-ID: <4D3CF882.7020408@prodsyse.com>

Hello, All:


       The web site has been updated;  see 
"www.cagreens.org/santaclara".  Gone are the recommendations on how to 
vote in the June 2010 primary and the calls to impeach President Bush, 
etc.  The requests for financial support and Aid to Gaza plus "Campaign 
2008" and a few other things are still there.  The "Events" link on the 
left is broken;  I don't know how to fix it but don't see the need to 
take the time to do so just now.


       Feel free to send me your wish list for the web site, but don't 
expect me to act on what you send me.  If it seems to represent a 
consensus AND I can find time to do it, I will.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567


From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sun Jan 23 18:55:28 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:55:28 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] web site updated
Message-ID: <4D3CEA20.1080301@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


       The web site has been updated;  see 
"www.cagreens.org/santaclara".  Gone are the recommendations on how to 
vote in the June 2010 primary and the calls to impeach President Bush, 
etc.  The requests for financial support and Aid to Gaza plus "Campaign 
2008" and a few other things are still there.  The "Events" link on the 
left is broken;  I don't know how to fix it but don't see the need to 
take the time to do so just now.


       Feel free to send me your wish list for the web site, but don't 
expect me to act on what you send me.  If it seems to represent a 
consensus AND I can find time to do it, I will.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Jan 25 12:37:27 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:37:27 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Morgan Hill Green Talk
Message-ID: <4D3F3487.5060200@charter.net>

This is scheduled to run on Friday. MH Times

I am always amazed by the ease with which we can be led to believe 
almost anything. All it takes is a well designed campaign and enough 
money to repeat it a few times. Take, for example, the attractive 
advertisements for Nutella. They feature a mother taking care of her 
children and she talks about the hazelnuts with a ?touch of chocolate.? 
Of course the two main ingredients are sugar and palm oil, but how to 
you sell anyone on the good feelings you would get from that.

Another example is all of the insurance company ads that promote the 
ease with which they happily settle claims and, go paraphrase a BP 
Chairman, ?give you your life back.? We all know that it is not 
necessarily in the interest if insurance company profitability to pay 
those claims quickly, if they pay them at all. So, for all of the 
publicity surrounding the gas line explosion in San Bruno, why are some 
of those without a home still waiting for their insurance companies to 
pay anything?

One insurance company is now advertising that you should ask a neighbor 
about their services. I hope someone asks me, because I always felt that 
they were on the side of getting claims settled cheaply and never on the 
side of getting the story right. At least that was my experience.

So what happens when we are confused about what to believe about weather 
and climate?

At times, it does not even take a well funded campaign to get us all 
confused. Consider the fact that almost every day for the past several 
weeks, we have had daily reminders of the cold and snow that had gripped 
the eastern United States while we enjoy relatively warm weather here... 
and local news anchors continue to remind us of how lucky we atre. What 
we don't hear, or see, is that large areas of North Eastern Canada and 
Greenland are experiencing daily temperature as much as 30 deg. F above 
normal.

What we get is a one sided view that climate change is not happening 
because we are not experiencing it here in America... while major areas 
of the rest of the world are feeling it's effects daily. In point of 
fact, ABC Nighty News did one story making the point that increased 
outbreaks of abnormally hot and cold weather, along with precipitation 
deluges and droughts are all to be expected on a warming planet.

But, if we really want to understand that story, maybe we need to turn 
to the insurance industry and see what they think of climate risk to 
business. Zurich Re: has probably done more actuarial work on this 
question than any other. Their assessment is that the long term costs to 
business from extreme weather events is significant and that this should 
shortly start showing up in the rates that business pays. It is notable 
that they no longer question the facts of climate change, but rather are 
organizing to help their clients assess and mitigate the risks.

It makes me wonder what risk is associated with San Francisco's attempt 
to develop Treasure Island into something special. It would seem to me 
that most of this reclaimed land is very vulnerable to sea level rise. 
It is also clear that the IPPC's earlier estimates of the amount of sea 
level rise by 2100 will most likely be seen before 2050, and maybe by 2030.

I know that I would not want to insure any Treasure Island project that 
had a long term payback.

What is this most likely to mean for Morgan Hill? Even the most radical 
estimates of sea level rise would not flood the Santa Clara Valley any 
time soon. However, it is clear that the Delta is very threatened, and 
with it much of California's Agricultural Economy as well as the 
drinking water for a major portion of California's population. Not only 
would the Delta's infrastructure be damaged, many of the pump inlets 
would now have saline water for extended portions of the year.

It may be that Don Gage is the most important official that we have now. 
He has been elevated to the role of Chairing the Board of the Santa 
Clara Valley Water District. I would hope that Gage takes a fresh look 
at the long term needs of our area and makes the State work to protect 
what is there now rather than spending $ billions on new ways to divert 
the water, abandoning the Delta and it's residents to their own fates, 
possibly uninsurable for climate risk.

As always, you know it will be California's tax payers who will shoulder 
cost of paying for bad judgment. We all need to minimize that risk at 
every opportunity.



From wrolley at charter.net  Wed Jan 26 08:08:33 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:08:33 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Comments to the Board - Santa Clara Valley Water
	District
Message-ID: <4D404701.9090306@charter.net>

I provided the following as comments on an agenda item for tomorrow's 
Board Meeting.

A good alternative policy is laid out at Restore the Delta's news 
release archive 
<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001lnBTEkB9iIGJiQ4svWKc3xsjJpyqqEC2ZRXZn3byYZP5DdO1nn-jZzbSxilgbwuo7bUnF9dUAg7P-HvJ7jx7ZZohqZSQ70O_YxZ84ttdaPeIid2yPWrsg4Qhuwmy1CyF>.  
This new approach is the work of multiple organizations including 
Restore the Delta, Natural Resources Defense Council, Planning and 
Conservations League, etc. , etc.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Comments to the Board
Date: 	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:58:10 -0800
From: 	Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>
To: 	clerkoftheboard at valleywater.org



I would like the following comments given to the Board for the meeting
on 1/27.

I have been reviewing the agenda packet for the meeting on 1/27/2011.  I
want to address the material being presented for Agenda Item    Work
Study Session on Imported Water Management.

The material presented here is wonderful example of cogni dissonance
in public policy.  Specifically, the goals laid out in Section 2 are
essentially mutually exclusive.   There is currently no defined "dual
conveyance" that will also provide for a "resilient Delta ecosystem [D.
2.1.1.9]."  The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is, in it's current state,
deeply flawed.  The best scientific reviews show that maintenance of the
Delta ecosystem requires that more water be made available, not less.

To continue this charade is to place the real future water supply for
the Water District in jeopardy and will drain large sums of rate payers
money chasing the wrong solution.  The Board needs to align it's goals
with physical, as opposed to political, reality before endorsing the
dual conveyance (East Canal plus Tunnel) option.









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From Barbara at restorethedelta.org  Wed Jan 26 20:21:26 2011
From: Barbara at restorethedelta.org (Barbara)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:21:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Comments to the Board - Santa Clara Valley Water
	District
In-Reply-To: <4D404701.9090306@charter.net>
References: <4D404701.9090306@charter.net>
Message-ID: <004b01cbbdd9$a9c82450$fd586cf0$@org>

Wes,

 

As always,  thank you for all your support!  I know that you are out there
working for the greater good!

 

Barbara

 

From: Wes Rolley [mailto:wrolley at charter.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:09 AM
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
Subject: Fwd: Comments to the Board - Santa Clara Valley Water District

 

I provided the following as comments on an agenda item for tomorrow's Board
Meeting.  

A good alternative policy is laid out at Restore the Delta's news release
archive
<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001lnBTEkB9i
IGJiQ4svWKc3xsjJpyqqEC2ZRXZn3byYZP5DdO1nn-jZzbSxilgbwuo7bUnF9dUAg7P-HvJ7jx7Z
ZohqZSQ70O_YxZ84ttdaPeIid2yPWrsg4Qhuwmy1CyF> .  This new approach is the
work of multiple organizations including Restore the Delta, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Planning and Conservations League, etc. , etc.

-------- Original Message -------- 


Subject: 

Comments to the Board


Date: 

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:58:10 -0800


From: 

Wes Rolley  <mailto:wrolley at charter.net> <wrolley at charter.net>


To: 

clerkoftheboard at valleywater.org

 

I would like the following comments given to the Board for the meeting 
on 1/27.
 
I have been reviewing the agenda packet for the meeting on 1/27/2011.  I 
want to address the material being presented for Agenda Item    Work 
Study Session on Imported Water Management.
 
The material presented here is wonderful example of cogni dissonance 
in public policy.  Specifically, the goals laid out in Section 2 are 
essentially mutually exclusive.   There is currently no defined "dual 
conveyance" that will also provide for a "resilient Delta ecosystem [D.  
2.1.1.9]."  The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is, in it's current state, 
deeply flawed.  The best scientific reviews show that maintenance of the 
Delta ecosystem requires that more water be made available, not less.
 
To continue this charade is to place the real future water supply for 
the Water District in jeopardy and will drain large sums of rate payers 
money chasing the wrong solution.  The Board needs to align it's goals 
with physical, as opposed to political, reality before endorsing the 
dual conveyance (East Canal plus Tunnel) option.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jan 27 12:20:47 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:20:47 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] making connections
Message-ID: <4D41D39F.7070506@sbcglobal.net>

I suggest attending this event for the purpose of
making connections as well as enjoying an interesting evening.

*Film: Youth Activism in the Civil Rights Era & Today
*
 

Tuesday, February 01 2011 @ 07 PM

San Jose City College Student Center SC2

2100 Moorpark Ave

San Jose

 

Join Next Gen Bay Area for an exciting film screening and discussion!!

*"FEBRUARY ONE*": the story of how young people can change the course of 
history

 

On February 1st, 1960 college freshmen Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain,
Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond sat down at the segregated Woolworth's
lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. After being refused coffee, 
they
sat at the counter until closing time. The next day, 20 students were 
recruited
to sit-in. The third day, 60 students joined them at the counter. Soon 
sit-ins were
taking place in fifty four cities across the U.S. and played a critical 
role in the
success of the Civil Rights movement. Join Next Gen Bay Area to watch this
 powerful film and discuss what young people are doing in the South Bay to
create change today.

 

Special guest speakers: Sarah Julian, Hotel Workers Rising

Sylvia Ruiz, SEIU-USWW

Molly Goldberg, San Francisco Pride At Work

 

FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!

 

Next Generation Bay Area is a group of young workers and union members
organizing for economic and social justice through direct action, building
connections between community and labor groups, education and leadership
trainings. This event is co-sponsored by the San Jose City College Labor
Studies Program and San Jose State University Community Change 
Concentration.

 

This event is sponsored by Next Generation Bay Area 
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ii8tzdeab&et=1104308618570&s=856&e=001ij1skM4Ap68dzxT5MxfIRgu8q6RFpoL6ZooooJ3zlyyYnjiyNCLKQkpy0Pk0IFAlJdK3v5kB1oyxb6fH-MHjSeyhlnf-Q91gJSwMCAg6nGzqhp7Gf4ckUQ==>




From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri Jan 28 13:50:26 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:50:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] OPPOSING WAR IS NOT A CRIME!
Message-ID: <4D433A22.1010907@aceweb.com>

Wednesday evening there was a protest against FBI privacy invasions:

http://tian.greens.org/SanJose/StopTheFBI/index.html

My camera was in the wrong mode to get good pictures for some reason,
but you can clearly see the intent of the marchers. Sorry about the
low fidelity.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added a writeup on SJBP's Orange Ride. Bike Party!
The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on a West Virginia quarter right now.


From jims at greens.org  Fri Jan 28 15:31:03 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:31:03 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Regional Goals & Strategy Meeting
Message-ID: <4D4351B7.3030809@greens.org>


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




From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan 30 12:30:49 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:30:49 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Scheduling Tool
Message-ID: <4D45CA79.8020502@greens.org>

We were discussing scheduling tools at the last meeting. There's an online 
scheduling tool that a few Greens have now used:

http://www.doodle.com/main.html

They sell premium plans without ads, but offer a free plan presumably with ads.


Jim


From rob.means at electric-bikes.com  Fri Jan 28 17:05:05 2011
From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (Rob Means)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:05:05 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Other Voices
Message-ID: <000001cbbf50$91c72ef0$6801a8c0@INTERBIKE06>

We Can't Trust the Supreme Court Five

House Republicans are preparing to investigate President Obama.  In
1994, they did the same to then-President Clinton, spending $75M and
four years chasing rumors of misbehavior only to discover at the end a
personal peccadillo, not a public crime.  (Compare that to the mere $3M
they spent to investigate 9/11 --leaving over 200 unanswered questions
troubling investigators.)  Such an obvious waste of time, attention and
money seems particularly egregious when various Supreme Court justices
are far more suspect.

Conflicts of interest by the right-wing justices started with their
decision in the 2000 Bush vs. Gore case which stopped the vote counting
in Florida and effectively appointed Bush president.  The fact that a
final count showed that Gore got more votes than Bush even though over
50,000 legitimate Democratic voters were wrongfully removed from the
rolls didn't bother the lamestream media.  Nor did the obvious conflict
of interest presented by two of Justice Scalia's sons working in the law
firm representing Bush in the case.

Justice Thomas also should have recused himself.  His wife long worked
on behalf of political conservatives. While her husband was deciding who
would occupy the White House, she was working at the conservative
Heritage Foundation, helping to recruit right-thinking staff for the
incoming Bush administration.  Although she saw no conflict between her
job and her husband's deliberations on a case that decided the
presidency, I certainly do.  And so does Section 455 of Title 28 of the
United States Code, "Disqualification of Justices, Judges or
Magistrates" that requires court officers to excuse themselves if a
spouse has "an interest that could be substantially affected by the
outcome of the proceeding."

The dissenting opinions in the case strongly criticized the five-justice
majority for involving the Court in state-level affairs. Justice
Stevens' dissent concluded: "Although we may never know with complete
certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential
election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the
Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of
law."

If that case did not shake the public's confidence in the impartiality
of the Supreme Court (and by extension all U.S. courts), the Citizens
United case certainly did.  In their closely-divided case last year, the
Court's right-wing ideologues basically ruled that corporations are
persons, and entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run
our government.  The absurdity of that opinion rivals the Dred Scott
decision that (black) people are property.  (That case was reversed a
few years later by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.)  For the
record, human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions.

In his 2009 State of the Union speech, President Obama criticized the
Supreme Court for that decision.  "With all due deference to separation
of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I
believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including
foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections."
Despite Justice Alito's mouthed "not true", the 2010 campaigns proved
the President correct.

Apparently, three of the Justices had serious conflicts of interest at
the time of the decision.  At least twice, Justice Alito attended a gala
fund raising dinner sponsored by American Spectator, a right-wing
magazine.  At the 2008 gala, Alito spent much of his speech ripping then
Vice President-elect Joe Biden.  Alito seems to be a regular benefactor
for highly political conservative fundraisers. 

Justices Thomas and Scalia have also attended secret conservative
fundraising events organized by oil billionaires David and Charles Koch
to fund Republican campaigns, judicial elections, and groups running ads
in elections.  The fundraisers, attended by some of the nation's
wealthiest bankers, industrialists, and other executives, help fund much
of the conservative infrastructure (including the 90% of America's talk
radio that is right-wing).  Remember, these are the richest guys on the
planet who live in a different world from us - and like it that way.
The top one percent are estimated to own nearly fifty percent of the
nation's wealth, more than the combined wealth of the bottom 95%.  To
get a visual of how distorted this imbalance between the rich and all
the rest of us, check out Lcurve.org

Considering that three of the Justices who voted for Citizens United v
FEC had serious conflicts of interest, one might expect them to fully
disclose all their fundraising activities and donations to clear up what
appears to be egregious conflicts of interest.  Federal judges in the
lower courts can be removed from a case over a conflict - but in the
Supreme Court, the individual justices make the decision for themselves,
and it is not subject to review by anyone else.  "Controversies over
conflicts of interest involving the Supreme Court justices have been
steadily increasing," said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional scholar at
George Washington University. "There is an obvious lack of deterrent for
individual justices. The problem is that justices have shown
increasingly little judgment or restraint in avoiding conflicts of
interest."   Since they clearly are not self-disclosing, the House
Judiciary Committees should begin an investigation. Unfortunately, with
Republicans controlling the House (and focused on screwing the
President), I don't expect this Constitutional remedy will be exercised.
Instead, I expect we real people will join MoveToAmend.org in pushing
for an amendment to the Constitution.

More recently, it has come to light that Justice Thomas' wife has been
on the payroll of a right-wing think tank for years, and more recently
on the payroll of one of these astroturf tea party organizations.  His
wife is getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by special
interests groups trying to influence the government. Back in 1997,
Justice Thomas stopped disclosing information about his wife's
employment which is required.  Maybe he was embarrassed by the fact that
she earned $686,589 between 2003 and 2007.  Rather than noting her
employers during those years in his financial disclosure forms, he
checked a box titled "none" where "spousal non-investment income" would
normally be disclosed.  For most government employees that is an
imprisonable offense.

Perhaps my favorite conflict of interest story is about the nomination
of Chief Justice Roberts.  Just four days before George W. Bush named
him to fill the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, then D.C.
Federal Appeals Court Judge Roberts cast the deciding vote in Hamdan vs.
Rumsfeld. It was a crucial victory for the administration because it
upheld President Bush's creation of special military tribunals for
trials of alleged terrorists and allowed the administration to continue
their torture operations. 

Here's the conflict.  While the case was pending in his court, Roberts
was interviewing with high White House officials--including Atty. Gen.
Alberto R. Gonzales, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Deputy Chief of
Staff Karl Rove--for a seat on the Supreme Court. Thus, Roberts cast a
deciding vote on an issue of central importance to the president, just
as administration aides were holding out the possibility of a place on
the highest court in the land.  In the words of the federal law on
judicial disqualification, this placed the judge in a situation where
"his impartiality might reasonably be questioned".  

During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, Roberts claimed "I have no
platform." He said that he aspired to a humble and limited role as
leader of the Supreme Court, and that "Judges are like umpires. Umpires
don't make the rules; they apply them."  In his subsequent performance
in Citizens United, however, activist judge Roberts overturned campaign
finance laws and court decisions of the past century, and grossly
distorting the intention of the 14th Amendment.  That decision puts him
beyond mere conflict of interest and into the felony category of lying
to a Congress - for which he richly deserves to be impeached.

By allowing unlimited, special-interest money to be spent in our local,
state and federal elections, the court empowered corporations like
Walmart and countries like China.  They are now free to spend as much
money as they want on behalf of a candidate they favor, or against one
they wish to silence - like they did with Alan Grayson.  No grassroots
organization will ever be able to raise enough money for their candidate
to level the playing field against folks that make a billion dollars a
year.  Unless this crime against democracy is reversed, we can expect
more Tea Party crazies to be elected to Congress in 2012.  And,
ultimately, we can expect corporate - and maybe international -
interference in our local elections.  And that would conflict with the
interests of our community.

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From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan 30 16:22:47 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:22:47 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Seeking Candidate for GPCA Coordinating Committee
Message-ID: <4D4600D7.2080900@greens.org>

Dear Greens -

We are seeking qualified individuals who would like to work with the state 
Coordinating Committee (CC) on behalf of our region (Santa Clara and San 
Mateo). I have served on the CC since 2007 and would like to find a replacement.

The CC is an administrative and project management body that plans and 
coordinates the activities of the party, and that executes decisions made by 
the General Assembly. The committee description from our bylaws is copied 
below, and a job descriptions, written by CC members, follows that.

The job entails mostly email and teleconferences. You must keep up with the 
online proposals and their discussions, and attend the teleconferences to 
discuss and vote on the issues. You are also encouraged to involve yourself 
with the state party by volunteering to be a liaison between the CC and a 
committee or working group. There are also problems and issues needing 
resolution that are brought to the CC. You are expected to help with some of 
these tasks.

The time commitment depends on how much you want to put into it. A nominal 1-2 
hours a week is probably the base. If you enjoy lengthy email discussions, 
your time will increase. If you find you enjoy working at the state level, 
there's plenty of opportunities to put in more time.

Our region has one Regional Representative on the CC, and we should elect an 
alternate CC rep. The alternate fills in when the Reg Rep can't make a 
meeting, and also helps out with some of the work.

To some extent, it is our duty to fill this seat. The Green Party is a 
decentralized body with quasi-independent county chapters. But that does not 
imply that we don't have to personally support the state party. To the 
contrary, the state party will not exist if county Greens don't involve 
themselves in it.

If you are interested in the position, please contact me.

-- 
Jim Stauffer
jims at greens.org
408-432-9148
=================================================================



             FROM THE STATE BYLAWS:

Section 7-1. Coordinating Committee
7 1.1   Duties and Authority
The Coordinating Committee shall be generally responsible for coordinating 
meetings, internal communications and other administrative tasks, including 
the following:
a)      Establish agenda and select facilitators for general meetings.
b)      Monitor and assist committee work and refer matters to committees.
c)      Request and receive regular reports from committees.
d)      Authorize and ratify specific expenditures
e)      Authorize and carry out the decisions of the GPCA general membership
         and make executive decisions (but not set policy) between General
         Assembly meetings.
f)      May make statements in the name of the party
g)      Is authorized to retain legal council on behalf of the GPCA.
h)      Is authorized to make decisions which legal counsel advises.




           REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
          Empirical Job Desrciption

The duties listed here were compiled from the experiences of past Regional 
Representatives. Not every representative will have a need to perform every 
task. But this shows the breadth of tasks a representative may encounter.

The duties of Green Party of California - Coordinating Committee (GPCA-CC) 
Regional Representatives may include:

+  All activities to do with the facilitation and maintenance of active status 
(GPCA bylaws Article 4), of the counties in the region.

+  All activities to do with maintaining a pro-active role as a voting member 
of the GPCA-CC, not limited to and including GPCA bylaws Art.7 Sec.1.3.


Specific duties:

1.  Activate periodic regional meetings, and/or regional caucus at GPCA 
General Assemblies.

2.  Solicit the organization of inactive counties, and provide pro-active 
guidance and assistance to counties seeking active status.

3.  Provide pro-active guidance and assistance to counties whose county 
organization is in need of support, restructuring or is malfunctioning.

4.  Attend all GPCA-CC meetings, teleconferences, voting sessions, and GPCA 
General Assmeblies. Also to maintain participation in GPCA-CC tasks and 
committee work. Appoint a standing alternate to attend/vote in case of an 
unavoidable absence. It is preferable that the alternate is an ongoing 
position (GPCA bylaws Art.7 Sec.1.5), and will assist in the regional reps. 
duties.

5.  Be attentive to, and participate in if necessary, the GPCA-CC listserve at 
a minimum of twice a week. Those participating without online capabilities 
will require additional communication effort (shared computer, library 
computer, telephone).

6.  Insure the flow of information between the GPCA and counties.

7.  Help maintain GPCA databases regarding both active and inactive counties, 
e.g. county contacts, bylaws, county councils, etc.

8.  Inform the GPAC-CC co-coordinators when communication is interrupted, e.g. 
computer failure, vacation, resignation, so that any adjustments necessary can 
be made.

9.  Maintain a working knowledge of the GPCA bylaws and platform, and perform 
Coordinating Committee duties accordingly.

10.  Encourage personal responsibility by actively recruiting and training GP 
members who indicate interest in future regional rep or at-large GPCA-CC 
positions.



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jan 31 12:01:59 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:01:59 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] making connections Tuesday evening
Message-ID: <4D471537.8050706@sbcglobal.net>

I suggest attending this event for the purpose of
making connections as well as enjoying an interesting evening.

*Film: Youth Activism in the Civil Rights Era & Today *
Tuesday, February 01 2011 @ 07 PM
San Jose City College Student Center SC2
2100 Moorpark Ave   San Jose

Join Next Gen Bay Area for an exciting film screening and discussion!!
*"FEBRUARY ONE*": the story of how young people can change the course of 
history

On February 1st, 1960 college freshmen Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain,
Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond sat down at the segregated Woolworth's
lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. After being refused coffee, 
they
sat at the counter until closing time. The next day, 20 students were 
recruited
to sit-in. The third day, 60 students joined them at the counter. Soon 
sit-ins were
taking place in fifty four cities across the U.S. and played a critical 
role in the
success of the Civil Rights movement. Join Next Gen Bay Area to watch this
powerful film and discuss what young people are doing in the South Bay to
create change today.

Special guest speakers: Sarah Julian, Hotel Workers Rising
Sylvia Ruiz, SEIU-USWW   Molly Goldberg, San Francisco Pride At Work

FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!

Next Generation Bay Area is a group of young workers and union members
organizing for economic and social justice through direct action, building
connections between community and labor groups, education and leadership
trainings. This event is co-sponsored by the San Jose City College Labor
Studies Program and San Jose State University Community Change 
Concentration.

This event is sponsored by Next Generation Bay Area 
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ii8tzdeab&et=1104308618570&s=856&e=001ij1skM4Ap68dzxT5MxfIRgu8q6RFpoL6ZooooJ3zlyyYnjiyNCLKQkpy0Pk0IFAlJdK3v5kB1oyxb6fH-MHjSeyhlnf-Q91gJSwMCAg6nGzqhp7Gf4ckUQ==> 





From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Mon Jan 31 18:41:18 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:41:18 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Sosfbay-news] Seeking Candidate for GPCA
	Coordinating Committee
In-Reply-To: <4D4600D7.2080900@greens.org>
References: <4D4600D7.2080900@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D4772CE.5050802@prodsyse.com>

Hello, All:


       I'm willing to serve, but I don't know if I can commit more than 
2 or 3 hours per week, and I'd be happy to support someone else who 
wanted to do it.


       Spencer


On 1/30/2011 4:22 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
> Dear Greens -
>
> We are seeking qualified individuals who would like to work with the
> state Coordinating Committee (CC) on behalf of our region (Santa Clara
> and San Mateo). I have served on the CC since 2007 and would like to
> find a replacement.
>
> The CC is an administrative and project management body that plans and
> coordinates the activities of the party, and that executes decisions
> made by the General Assembly. The committee description from our
> bylaws is copied below, and a job descriptions, written by CC members,
> follows that.
>
> The job entails mostly email and teleconferences. You must keep up
> with the online proposals and their discussions, and attend the
> teleconferences to discuss and vote on the issues. You are also
> encouraged to involve yourself with the state party by volunteering to
> be a liaison between the CC and a committee or working group. There
> are also problems and issues needing resolution that are brought to
> the CC. You are expected to help with some of these tasks.
>
> The time commitment depends on how much you want to put into it. A
> nominal 1-2 hours a week is probably the base. If you enjoy lengthy
> email discussions, your time will increase. If you find you enjoy
> working at the state level, there's plenty of opportunities to put in
> more time.
>
> Our region has one Regional Representative on the CC, and we should
> elect an alternate CC rep. The alternate fills in when the Reg Rep
> can't make a meeting, and also helps out with some of the work.
>
> To some extent, it is our duty to fill this seat. The Green Party is a
> decentralized body with quasi-independent county chapters. But that
> does not imply that we don't have to personally support the state
> party. To the contrary, the state party will not exist if county
> Greens don't involve themselves in it.
>
> If you are interested in the position, please contact me.
>


-- 
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 prodsyse.com  Mon Jan 31 18:55:26 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (spencerg)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:55:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Regional Goals & Strategy Meeting
In-Reply-To: <4D4351B7.3030809@greens.org>
References: <4D4351B7.3030809@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D47761E.5020402@prodsyse.com>

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
>
>


-- 
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 wrolley at charter.net  Mon Jan 31 21:04:54 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:04:54 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Sunday at Prusch Park
Message-ID: <4D479476.7030602@charter.net>

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.
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From cbrouillet at igc.org  Mon Jan 31 22:54:50 2011
From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:54:50 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Oilpocalypse Now! Film Screening with Dr. Riki Ott in
	person...
Message-ID: <E1PkA8b-0004wX-Pc@elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

One event URL is- 
<http://communitycurrency.org/node/63>http://communitycurrency.org/node/63 
and I'll have Riki on my radio show this Thursday 
<http://www.communitycurrency.org/node/75>http://www.communitycurrency.org/node/75.

Brought to you by Community Currency, The Ladies? 
Guide to the Apocalypse, and the Grand Lake Theatre.
The Other Event URL, with photos and artwork: 
<http://summerburkes.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/oakland-feb-10-2011-oilpocalypse-now/>http://summerburkes.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/oakland-feb-10-2011-oilpocalypse-now/


OILPOCALYPSE NOW with Dr. Riki Ott -
Time for a 28th Amendment for the SEPARATION OF CORPORATION AND STATE

You are invited to a benefit for the 
<http://gulfcoastfund.org/>Gulf Coast Fund, the 
<http://www.chsl.webs.com/>Coastal Heritage 
Society of Louisiana, and 
<http://www.ultimatecivics.org/>Ultimate Civics which will feature speakers-

Dr. Riki Ott, Summer Burkes, Lisa Gautier, Phoebe 
Sorgen, Carol Brouillet, the documentary- 
<http://www.blackwavethefilm.com/>Black Wave- The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez

Doors open at 6pm, Welcome at 7 pm, followed by a 
tinfoil hat and costume contest judged by John 
Law, co-founder of the 
<http://www.cacophony.org/>Cacophony Society and 
<http://laughingsquid.com/>Laughing Squid ! (BYO 
tinfoil) before the serious speakers. The film 
begins at 8 pm, followed by a discussion pointing 
towards solutions, including - a 28th 
Constitutional Amendment for the Separation of 
Corporation and State & Questions and Answers.

Where: <http://www.renaissancerialto.com/>The 
Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 
California. Admission- $10 - $20.

<http://www.rikiott.com/>Riki Ott, PhD, is a 
community activist, a former commercial salmon 
"fisherm'am," and has a degree in marine 
toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution. She 
experienced firsthand the devastating effects of 
the Exxon Valdez oil spill?and chose to do something about it.

She is the author of 
<http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/sound_truth_and_corporate_myth/>Sound 
Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the 
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and 
<http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/not_one_drop/>Not 
One Drop: Promises, Betrayal, and Courage in the 
Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Chelsea 
Green, 2008). She is also the founder of three 
nonprofit organizations that deal with lingering 
harm from man-made environmental disaster. She is 
one of the main characters in the documentary, 
Black Wave. She lives in Cordova, Alaska, but has 
spent many months in the Gulf region and will be 
returning to the Gulf after this event.

Summer Burkes is the gifted writer of 
<http://summerburkes.wordpress.com/>The Ladies' 
Guide to the Apocalypse. She never considered 
herself an activist before Earth Day, 2010. She 
*still* thinks of herself as a fledgling New 
Orleans homeowner and Lower Ninth Ward community 
member who tried to help protect her new home and 
stanch the flow when the Powers That Be poked a 
hole in the Earth they still can't fix. Working 
closely with Matter of Trust and Burners Without 
Borders in the days after the Oilpocalypse began, 
she and her colleagues ran around in the Bayou, 
posting lookouts, trying to get to the bottom of 
cleaning up the oil themselves, hiding whenever 
the Coast Guard (or BP) came by in their boats, armed with assault weapons.

Lisa Gautier - President of the ecological public 
charity <http://www.matteroftrust.org/>Matter of 
Trust established in 1998 (the group uses waste 
clippings of hair, fur & fleece to soak up oil 
spills) This was the most prominent citizen-led 
task force in the wake of BP Horizon. Overnight, 
this small non-profit ballooned into the most 
likely method for Americans to do their part in 
helping protect the Coastline. Tens of thousands 
of concerned citizens collected hair from salons 
in 30 countries. It was stuffed into pantyhose by 
hundreds of volunteers at the Gulf where tons and 
tons of ?hairboom? were made and ready. These 
booms are a shockingly effective waste-stream 
method of soaking up oil, and BP's boom 
department agreed. Then, to everyone's surprise 
BP?s $900-million PR department smeared and quashed the movement.

Phoebe Sorgen was an eco and anti-nuclear 
activist who, since 9/11, began focusing on 
peace. She risked arrest at Lockheed Martin, 
Bechtel, Chevron, B of A, San Quentin etc, and 
served on the KPFA LSB. When chairing the BFUU 
Social Justice Committee, she learned that 
abolishing corporate personhood is key to most of 
what we want. 
<http://warisacrime.org/corporations>Resolutions 
she wrote as a Berkeley Peace & Justice 
Commissioner would rein in corporate rule, from 
addressing stolen elections (Diebold voting 
machines) to challenging unfair trade agreements, 
Haiti's occupation and wars inc. She organized a 
Bankster Picket at the SF Federal Reserve and, 
with the Women's International League for Peace & 
Freedom, <http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=4743>Citizens United protests.

Carol Brouillet hosts the 
<http://www.communitycurrency.org/node/48>Community 
Currency radio show, and is the publisher of the 
<http://www.deceptiondollar.com/>Deception Dollar

<http://www.blackwavethefilm.com/>Black Wave- The 
Legacy of the Exxon Valdez documents the struggle 
of the people of Cordova, Alaska, two decades 
after a drunk captain veered off-course and 11 
million gallons of crude poured into the ocean. 
The stunning landscape and heartbreaking tales, 
are moving and instructive. A similar, but larger 
tragedy is unfolding in the Gulf as BP uses a 
near-identical litany of lip service, lies, 
litigation and disregard for humans and 
environment in service to their bottom line. The 
superficial, inadequate, toxic clean-up of Prince 
William Sound and the lengthy legal battle 
Cordova endured, still falls laughably short of 
?making them whole? as promised, exposes the deep 
biases and injustice of a broken system. Contrary 
to the rosy reports on tv, the people in the Gulf 
Coast are starving and mentally exhausted, and 
fresh oil is still coming in every day.

The film holds some powerful lessons for all 
people about truths and lies, myths and broken 
promises, the need to champion for the rights of 
life, and people before profits and corporations.

Dr. Riki Ott, founded 
<http://www.ultimatecivics.org/>Ultimate Civics 
to build a popular movement and pass a 
constitutional amendment to reinstate the primacy 
of human rights over corporate rights. Their 
mission is to- inform people of the need to 
abolish corporate persons; encourage and assist 
citizen-driven efforts to pass ordinances; 
coalesce these efforts into passing state laws to 
trigger a national movement for a 28th AMENDMENT 
FOR THE SEPARATION OF CORPORATION AND STATE.

<http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/>Burners 
without Borders, 
<http://www.matteroftrust.org/>Matter of Trust, 
<http://www.ultimatecivics.org/>Ultimate Civics 
will have tables in the main lobby; this is an 
organizing opportunity. In the face of rampant 
corporate power, supported by government lies, a 
corrupt judiciary, only organized, sustained 
people power can turn the tide. Join a diverse 
group of people for a unique informative, 
inspiring evening, bring your tinfoil hat, your issue, and your friends.

Carol Brouillet (I have posters and cards, if 
anyone would like some to help spread the word.)

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From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Mon Jan 31 18:37:20 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:37:20 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Sosfbay-news] Seeking Candidate for GPCA
	Coordinating Committee
In-Reply-To: <4D4600D7.2080900@greens.org>
References: <4D4600D7.2080900@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D4771E0.1010904@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


       I'm willing to serve, but I don't know if I can commit more than 
2 or 3 hours per week, and I'd be happy to support someone else who 
wanted to do it.


       Spencer


On 1/30/2011 4:22 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
> Dear Greens -
>
> We are seeking qualified individuals who would like to work with the 
> state Coordinating Committee (CC) on behalf of our region (Santa Clara 
> and San Mateo). I have served on the CC since 2007 and would like to 
> find a replacement.
>
> The CC is an administrative and project management body that plans and 
> coordinates the activities of the party, and that executes decisions 
> made by the General Assembly. The committee description from our 
> bylaws is copied below, and a job descriptions, written by CC members, 
> follows that.
>
> The job entails mostly email and teleconferences. You must keep up 
> with the online proposals and their discussions, and attend the 
> teleconferences to discuss and vote on the issues. You are also 
> encouraged to involve yourself with the state party by volunteering to 
> be a liaison between the CC and a committee or working group. There 
> are also problems and issues needing resolution that are brought to 
> the CC. You are expected to help with some of these tasks.
>
> The time commitment depends on how much you want to put into it. A 
> nominal 1-2 hours a week is probably the base. If you enjoy lengthy 
> email discussions, your time will increase. If you find you enjoy 
> working at the state level, there's plenty of opportunities to put in 
> more time.
>
> Our region has one Regional Representative on the CC, and we should 
> elect an alternate CC rep. The alternate fills in when the Reg Rep 
> can't make a meeting, and also helps out with some of the work.
>
> To some extent, it is our duty to fill this seat. The Green Party is a 
> decentralized body with quasi-independent county chapters. But that 
> does not imply that we don't have to personally support the state 
> party. To the contrary, the state party will not exist if county 
> Greens don't involve themselves in it.
>
> If you are interested in the position, please contact me.
>


-- 
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