[GPSCC-chat] March Monthly Meeting

Thu Mar 17 22:30:12 PDT 2011

On 3/17/2011 4:22 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> Green Party of Santa Clara County
> Proposed Agenda for Thursday March 17, 2011
>
> Selection of Facilitator, Note Taker, Timekeeper, Vibes Watcher      8 
> min
> Introductions and Announcements (open go around)        12 min
>
Notetaker:  Spencer
Facilitator:  Tian
Vibeswatcher:   Fred
Timekeeper:  Caroline

Tian
Shirley
Werner
Jim Stauffer
Cameron
Spencer
Caroline
Merriam
Dana
Gerry
Fred
Jim Doyle

> Finalize Agenda                             5 min
>
> Selection of Agenda Preparer for next meeting            3 min

Caroline

> Treasurer's report:                    1 min  Jim D:  ~$2,700 bank 
> balance.

Caroline:  Fred should be reembursed $40 for the use of his clubhouse.  
Approved.

Plenary delegates:  Next meeting will be Thursday, Apr. 28, which is 
after the deadline for designating delegates for the next state plenary, 
April 30 & May 1 in Oakland.  We can have 4 delegates and 4 alternates.  
Werner would volunteer.  Caroline & Merriam volunteers.  There will be a 
prep meeting at Werner's house.  Jim Stauffer.  Tian volunteers to be a 
subalternate.

Decision:  Delegates:  Werner, Caroline and Merriam are designated as 
delegates with Jim Stauffer and Tian alternates, & the county council 
should try to recruit others.  We have a consensus.

Regional rep election (Jim Stauffer):

         * PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE APRIL MEETING.  San 
Mateo County needs to have a similar election.  Werner is running for 
regional rep.  Spencer Graves and Roy Nordblum volunteered to serve as 
alternates.

       * 9 people volunteered for 12 at-large state coordinating council 
delegates.  They are supposed to be elected by an on-line vote two weeks 
after the next plenary, April 30 & May1.

>
> tabling coordinators and tablers are needed for 

>
>   Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced:  
> Caroline (Santa Clara Mariott Hotel)  Tian.  (Maybe Merriam & Jim 
> Doyle).  Sirley.  [During tabling, have a sign-up sheet for people to 
> volunteer to help coordinate for the 2012 Green Party National 
> Convention if it's in the Bay Area.]

>
>    Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.:  At San 
> Jose State & maybe Santa Clara U.:  Tian will take the lead for SJSU.  
> Fred may help, tentatively.  They offer parking permits;  Doyle 
> requested 2.  They asked also if we were having a raffle or selling 
> anything.

>
>    Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10am to 5pm:
>       The application form has arrived. So it is time to decide do we
>       participate, and if so, who will do the tabling.  Werner & 
> Caroline will take a morning shift & set up.  Jim Stauffer will do the 
> afternoon & take home.

>
>    Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm:  2-days:  
> booth = $150 - 5% = $142.50.  Cesar Chavez Plaza.  Tian will co-lead 
> with Merriam unless negated later.  Werner:  This is a good place for 
> us to be visible, especially since this is a constituency we would 
> want to reach.  We have consensus.

>
> preparation of some literature:  Caroline has printed one copy of the 
> Green Focus is now only 1 page this month.  Gerry has > 100 pie chart 
> budget fliers.  There was a recent update to the Green party platform.

Proposed:  Order 25 Green party platform summaries to arrive for Junior 
State.

Jim Stauffer:

       1.  Mother's day cards?  Caroline will look.

       2.  Bookmark on getting rid of nuclear power?  Spencer & Caroline 
will draft something.

Caroline will host a button making party tomorrow night.

* films at SJ Peace & Justice Center:   Merriam proposed the Green Party 
host a film showing the first Friday of every month.  Merriam will be 
the movie coordinator but needs people to come and help out.  Tian can 
help the 2nd or 4th Fridays.  Merriam will see if she can get the 2nd.  
Cameron and Tian can serve on the committee.

       * Werner:  We could use this for outreach within the Green Party 
membership.  We could use this for phone banking.  Cameron has the lists.

            * We could ask them to attend & help set up for Friday 
evening movie night, or tabling or help organize the 2012 Green Party 
National Convention.  Werner will write a script and send to Caroline.  
Give Cameron the list of zip codes at least 2 days in advance.

* fireplace tiles for Peace & Justice Center:  Selling commemorative 
tiles for $100 for the Collins Foundation.  Tian will volunteer to 
prepare art:  A sunflower labeled the Green Party of Santa Clara 
County.  We pay $150 / year for rent.  (Jim Doyle:  asked if we could 
make a pledge rather than paying it.)  Consensus.

* Co-sponsor events (Jim Doyle & Fred D.):

             ** Proposed we volunteer to serve as a co-sponsor a talk by 
the leader of Project Censored with the Peace Center, Peter Phillips, 
who also teaches at Sonoma State -- if he would be willing to come.  
Dana volunteered to ask the Humanists Society and WILPF to also 
co-sponsor.  Also ask Paul George, Peninsula Peace & Justice Center -- 
possibly at the First Christian Church.  (Talk with Shelby;  Merriam 
will email Shelby's contact information to Jim Doyle.)  We have agreed 
to co-sponsor Peter Phillips.

       * Contact person for someone interested in Green Party (Gerry):  
Someone in Berryessa called asking about how to get more information 
about the Green Party.  Gerry will (1) invitation him to Caroline's 
button party tomorrow night, (2) give him Caroline's phone number, (3) 
ask if he'd like a call from Jim Satuffer and (4) mention Green party 
tabling at the Berryessa Art and Wine Festival.

       * Michael Parrenti usually charges $2,000 to speak and is willing 
to talk in May at the First Christian Church for ~$250 to raise money 
for the people who have been arrested / harassed by the FBI for peaceful 
assembly and petitioning for a redress of grievances, possibly the 
second Friday in May.  Merriams thinks that this seems primarily a 
harrassment of Palestinian Americans & others involved in the Middle 
East issue "on the wrong side".  Merriam proposes that we co-sponsor and 
allocate $100 towards the cost, with our liability limited to $100 -- 
and we can get that back if they raise enough.  First Christian Church 
charges $100.  She will also contact Betsy about the ACLU 
co-sponsoring.  (Another possible event:  Show the film, Co-Intel Pro 101.)

>
> Coalition for a Downtown Hospital             5 min  Jim D
>
> you tube videos to the web site
>

> goals for GPSCC including quantity and timeline:   Jim Doyle proposes 
> we try to raise $3,650 over the next year.  Werner says we would need 
> an active fund raising committee to make this happen.

Monday, March 28:  Picket like at Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel in 
support of workers there.

Other issues tabled until next week.

> GPCA statewide voter registration drive
>
> then, if there is time,
> youth brigade
> low power radio
> speakers

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