[GPSCC-chat] Minutes of March Meeting

[Spencer Graves]

On 3/24/2012 6:09 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> We had an enormous agenda, but, due in part to Spencer's wife, Betsy, 
> being injured, and Spencer being absent, we managed to get through 
> everything with a few minutes to spare.


       Fortunately, Spencer didn't come.  If he had, you could not have 
completed the agenda ;-)

> Facilitator--Warner
> Note Taker--Caroline
> Vibes Watcher--Tian
> Time Keeper--Jim Doyle
> Agenda preparer for next meeting--Tian
> Introductions and announcements:
> Merriam--Betsy has a cracked neck
> Tian--Carol B. is on the ballot; the City of Mt View passed Move to Amend
> Warner--Jim Stauffer is moving out of state. He will keep the same email.
> Jim Doyle, John Thielking, Caroline Yacoub, and David Navarro, a 
> visitor, also present
> Treasurer's Report: $2,560.89
> Report on Status of County Council:
> Merriam and Tian only members present. John will be appointed. Fred 
> said he would run. Spencer said he would, also, but that was before 
> Betsy got hurt. Tian nominated John to be on the council now, but 
> Warner and John both objected, so we will put it on the agenda for the 
> next meeting.
> Movie Night:
> Merriam said no people are coming but our regular little group. 
> Caroline said because of John's excellent movies and speaker, that all 
> people on our contact lists had been contacted, but no one had come or 
> replied. David suggested "Whistle Blower" a movie about human 
> trafficking. Jim suggested posting flyers at SJSU.  [After the meeting 
> Sharat said he had a movie and speaker for us. More details later]
> Report from Voter Reg. Training, Warner:
> Nobody here went to the training. What are we in SC County going to 
> do? We need to maintain 1% of voters to have ballot status. Marni 
> Glickman has said GPCA needs 100,000 new registered voters. SC 
> county's share of that would be 4,500. We should be getting a new 
> resource--Marni Glickman has a list of donors and contacts. Tian will 
> be the contact for our county.  He said we need a compelling reason 
> for people to join the Green Party. Merriam said we are down to very 
> few people. Who will do this registering? If everyone at this meeting 
> went to work on this, we would have to get over 700 new registrants 
> apiece.
> Discussion about GP:
> Merriam said we are not attracting people because we have no issue. 
> Tian said we should be the voice of the silent people. Caroline asked 
> David why he had come to the meeting. He said he used to be Green, but 
> thought he couldn't get anything done, so he joined the Democrats, and 
> then the Republicans. He has looked at our literature and is 
> interested. We agreed Spencer's bank materials and John's movie lists 
> were relevant
> Tabling Supplies:
> Jim Doyle proposed we buy 3 GP tote bags, under the condition that 
> they cost us less than $10. Caroline asked that Jim order another box 
> of button supplies. We need more copies of Spencer's bank materials 
> and John's movie list--with Green Party logo and contact information 
> on them. GROW will be producing a newspaper. There will be no new 
> Green Focus for at least a year.
> GUEST SPEAKER--JOSEPH ROSAS
> Joseph Rosas  is an independent candidate for Assembly District 24. 
> This is a new district. He is running against Richard Gordon. He lives 
> in Sunnyvale. He is pro gun control. He worked to stop Cargill. He has 
> been with Occupy since the beginning. He is working with the Rent 
> Control Board in East Palo Alto. He is with California Common Cause, 
> and he is working to get California to sign on to the Disclose Act.He 
> has done lobbying. He has worked with Anna Eshoo. He has stared down 
> Nancy Pelosi. His platform is clean money and gun control.
> votesmart.org--Jim Doyle
> Votesmart gathers information on all candidates. It is based in 
> Colorado. They check on financing and interests (e.g. environment). In 
> the vote-easy section, they can follow an issue, and it shows where 
> all the candidates stand in relation to what you think. Jim said when 
> he did it Jill Stein came out closest to him on everything. If we had 
> a laptop at Junior State, we could let students go through it. It 
> would be terrific. Warner will call Cameron to see if he will come to 
> Junior State for this. Jim will check with Jr. State to see if we have 
> wi-fi in the ballroom.
> Regional Rep. Report--Warner:
> You can apply to be on state committees. You must then be appointed to 
> a committee. This is different from Working Groups. In addition to 
> Regional Reps, there are also at large CC members. Michael Feinstein 
> wants to do away with Regional Reps. We need a delegate for the 
> national nominating convention. Tian will be our delegate. Warner 
> proposed GPCA not use hierarchic titles (like General Manager). This 
> was voted down. There will be two gatherings as well as the plenary. 
> Warner would like us to do one of the gatherings. This would be in 
> August or September.
> The General Assembly (plenary) will be May 11-12  in San Francisco. 
> Saturday night will be a forum of candidates. Jill Stein will be 
> there. We qualify for four members. So far we have three--Warner, 
> Merriam, and Tian--ANYBODY WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
> Tabling:
> Sunday April 22 will be a fair at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale. Jim 
> will reserve us a table for $25. Merriam and Caroline will table. San 
> Jose State and Santa Clara University both usually have Earth Day 
> celebrations that we participate in. Junior State is April 21. 
> Berryessa Art and Wine is on May 11. Anyone who wants to go to a 
> library or farmers' market and register voters, Caroline has several 
> hundred registration forms and clipboards you can use.
> We endorsed Carol Brouillet, who is running for Congress. Tian will 
> let the GPCA know that.
>
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