[GPSCC-chat] Green Party Meeting Minutes, Jan. 18

[spencerg]

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 José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567