[GPSCC-chat] Minutes of March Meeting

[Gerry Gras]

I thought Vote Smart was in Montana.  Checking the website,
I see references to Philipsburg, MT.

Gerry


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.
> 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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