[GPSCC-chat] agenda items

[Spencer Graves]

On 11/26/2012 4:37 PM, Jim Doyle wrote:
> As a part of the treasurer's report:   5 min
> paypal donation & $50 annual fee to SOS
>
> possible speaker - a welfare recipient   5 min
>
> AACSA fundraising fish fry December 8   announcement
> African American Community Services Agency
>
> 4 year electoral plan   10 - 15 min
>    infrastructure, candidate(s), fundraising, gotv, social media, etc.


       Drew suggested we might attract more people if our regular 
monthly meetings are replaced by events that could potentially draw more 
people, e.g, presentations by representatives of organizations with 
Green missions and / or discussions of events from a Green perspective.  
Just brainstorming:  Could we invite representatives of the Libertarian 
Tea Parties, with their task being to try to areas where they might 
share a common agenda with the Greens?  I'm sure they are upset about 
"crony capitalism".  We would agree on that.  We might differ on 
acceptable remedies and the extent to which our military budget 
qualifies as crony capitalism.  However, I think it's important that we 
all learn to agree to disagree agreeably -- to make politics and 
political discussion the national sport in the US.  If we can do that, 
we can have the best functioning democracy in the world.


       To achieve this, we need to transfer most of the current business 
of our monthly meetings to committees and our County Council.  For 
example, I nominate Caroline to be chair of our Tabling Committee with 
the authority to do whatever she wants as long as it doesn't cost money 
and ask approval of the County Council for anything that requires money.


       Comments?
       Spencer

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> reports:   Gavilan, DeAnza, Junior State   5 min each
>
> youth connections -   5 - 10 min
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