[GPSCC-chat] Minutes of GPSCC General Meeting on July 28, 2011

[Spencer Graves]

Please send any additions, corrections to this list.  Thanks.


On 7/27/2011 7:58 PM, Valerie D. Face wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here are the agenda items I've seen on this list.  This is what I'm bringing to the meeting, but if you have additional items, by all means post them here and/or bring them to the meeting.  We will revise the agenda at the start of the meeting.
>
> Caroline, I've added a note about moving the Regional Picnic up in the agenda because I think that the decision about where to put it should be made by the group at the meeting.
>
>
> === Draft Agenda for GPSCC General Meeting on July 28, 2011 ===
>
> Location:  San Jose Peace&  Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
>
> 7:00 PM  Social time: practice one-minute speeches, eat, chat, etc.
>
> 7:30 PM  Begin meeting
>
> *  Choose facilitator, note taker, timekeeper, vibes watcher, August agenda preparer
>         2 min

       Facilitator:  Jim Doyle.


       Notetaker:  Spencer


       Merriam:  timekeeper


       Vibes watcher:  Valerie


       Agenda preparer for next month:  Caroline.

>
> *  Introductions and short announcements
>         10 min

Caroline Yacoub, takes care of "the stuff", & hosts a Global Warming 
discussion on Sunday evenings.  Caroline is in the phone book.  next 
sunday at 5;  not the following sunday.


Aug. 13:  Picnic in SVLE:


Merriam Kathaleen:


Spencer Graves


Drew Johnson:  Kent Mesplay (kentmesdplay.org) for president.
Cynthia McKinney may run for her old seat for congress in Georgia.
No Nukes Aug. 7;
*** Aug. 9 CA Summit for No Nukes in San Mateo:  Need a high level Green 
for that summit.


Warner Blumberg:  Campaigns and Candidates working group:  now meets 
(telephone) the night before this meeting.  They want to know about 
anyone who might want to run for any office next year ... .


Diane Solomon:  San Jose Moving Planet Bike Party on Sat. 11 AM - 2:30 
PM, Sept. 24, 350.org;  KKUP's web site or MovingPlanet.org
5 PM Sunday, 91.5 FM.


Joe Hodgkinson, Mountain View:  Wants to learn about Greens.


Gerry Grass,


Dana St. George


Gerry proposed we endorse Diane Solomon's bike party.  Approved.
>
> *  Revise and affirm agenda
>         4 min
>
> *  Treasurer's report, pass the hat:  Current:  $3,059.
>         4 min, Jim Doyle
>
> *  Proposal for GPSCC to support the Carbon-Free Palo Alto Initiative
>         10 min, Gerry Gras

       2015:  Carbon-Free electricity by 2015.  PA is not dependent on
Current:  70%,  plan:  85% by 2015;  initiative:  100% carbon free from 
the Palo Alto city utility.  (Hydro is not considered renewable but is 
carbon free.)  Project of Cool Cities, project of Sierra Club.


       They estimate it will costs an estimated additional $2 per month 
per customer -- still less that PG&E.


       Proposed:  The Greens endorse it, but we express concern that we 
don't want them to use more hydro because of more problems for the fish.
>
> *  Report on the Coalition for a Downtown Hospital
>         5 min, Jim Doyle

       Budget cuts have withdrawn the funds for the Downtown hospital 
but is building a clinic.  Gardner Family Health Network was to run it 
using funds from the Feds and the State, both of which have been cut.
>
> *  November Elections - UDEL
>         5 min, Jim Doyle


       Unencorporated District ELections (fire districts, water 
districts, ... filing deadline 1st or 2nd week of August, some Cities, 
Sunnyvale).


       Palo Alto may have an anerobic digester on the ballot in November.
>
> *  Ethics and Climate Change discussion
>         10 min, Gerry Gras


       390 ppm carbon in the atmosphere currently, and climbing.  350 is 
the target.  Wikipedia has a section on climate ethics.
>
> *  Grow the Change: registering and engaging new Greens
>         15 min, Merriam Kathaleen and Caroline Yacoub

       Proposal:  schedule and event (e.g., State Bank with Laura 
Wells), late Sept / earl Oct.:  Then people go door to door or to 
Farmers' Markets to disseminate the news, try to register new Greens & 
invite people to the event.  Caroline and Merriam plan to go door to 
door, etc., and would like others to help.  Warner:  We could try to 
contact others on the list of registered Greens to give them other 
opportunities to do something.


       Jim Doyle:  There is something regarding a state bank on the 
California legislative calendar.  Someone could check on this.


       Like to get it translated into other languages, e.g., Japanese, 
Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish ...
>
> *  Feedback from Greens who attended the most recent MoveOn meetings (July 15-17)
>         10 min, Spencer Graves

       Warner is concerned that

>
> *  Discussion of what GPSCC might want to do as a result of recent MoveOn meetings
>         10 min, Spencer Graves
>
> *  A couple of things that came up at the Healthcare for All meeting
>         5 min, Caroline Yacoub


       Pablo Guinness (?) has a desire to get information out to people 
who speak other languages.


       Freetranslations.org, Babelfish, Google Translations mediocre 
automatic translations.  It is unwise to use a translation program 
without proofread:  Get a human fluent in the target language to confirm 
/ correct the computer translation.


       SBA 10:  for health care for all.
>
> *  Regional Picnic (NOTE: Move this to an EARLIER spot in the agenda with consensus.)
>         10 min, Caroline Yacoub

       Saturday, August 13.  Murphy Park, Sunnyvale, CA, not far from 
train & bus stations.  Picnic:  11 AM - 5 PM?  Pot Luck.


       Caroline will be in Tahoe Saturday AM.  Merriam has Movie Night 
the night before.  Neither are available to prepare.


       We must reimburse Caroline $40 for reserving the park.  Estimate 
40 people;  we probably will NOT get this many, because we don't have .


       Joe will help organize the food.  He is in Mt. View.  He may or 
may not come.


       Who will buy drinks and food?


       Drew will take charge of making necessary arrangements besides food.


       Drew will draft an announcement and send info to Spencer and 
Warner for posting on web sites.


Movie Night:


       August 12.  1:30 Hiroshima, No ________  + a second movie / 
double feature.


Endorsement for Sept. 1 and 10 for South Bay Committee against Political 
Repression for Carlos M.


       Could use more volunteers to bring food, etc.


       * South Bay Committee against Political Repression:  part of the 
National Coalition against FBI repression.  Event Thursday, Sept. 1:  
Carlos Montez is being prosecuted in LA.  Speaking at SJSU during the 
day.  Coming to the Peace Center for a pot luck and fund raiser for his 
legal fees.

stopfbi.org;  fund raiser for his legal fees.


Sept. 10:  Another fundraiser here at the Peace Center.



       Merriam is asks us to cosponsor these events, requesting $100 or 
$150:


       It was agreed that we cosponsor both events.


       Merriam proposes we donate $100;  Warner suggests we donate $50.  
Re. $100:  failed but $50 passed.  (6 for, 2 against, 0 abstentions:  
needed 2/3;  got 3/4.)


       Jim Doyle suggests it costs $2,000 to mail many (not all?) of the 
local registered Greens.  We contributed $100 a few months ago for the 
Michael Parenti event.


       Warner proposes we cosponsor both events and donate $50 to the 
food budget for the second event.


TOTAL TIME: 100 minutes (1 hour, 40 minutes) Respectfully, Valerie Face 
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