[GPSCC-chat] GREEN PARTY SCC JUNE 27 minutes

[Gerry Gras]

Spencer Graves wrote:
> Please post corrections, etc., to this list.  Thanks. Spencer
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> On 6/26/2013 9:41 PM, perrysandy at aol.com wrote:
>> *Final Proposed Agenda—June 27, 2013 Green Party Meeting*
>> 7:00-7:30No speaker has been proposed for this month.
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>        Drew's podcast on A2K
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>> 7:30-7:40 Identify facilitator:  Sandy
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>> note taker: Spencer
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>> vibes watcher:  Dana
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>> time keeper:John
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>> and agenda preparer:  Gerry

It seems to me unclear whether I am the preparer
for the next meeting or this meeting.  How about
"and next meeting agenda preparer:  Gerry"?

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>> Intros and announcements. Additions or corrections to agenda.
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> VJ, Sandy, Warner, Pete, John, Spencer, Caroline, Dana, Drew, Gerry
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> Pete:  re. Bradley Manning. August 16 Gay Pride festival in San José.
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> Sandy:  Movie here tomorrow night, Bidder 70, at the Peace Center
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> Caroline:  Fred had an event Tuesday about the minimum wage.  People in
> Mt. View are working to raise the minimum wage there, following the
> increase in San José.
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> Drew:  Prototype podcast ...
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>> 7:40-8:20 Health Care Committee report. Proposed September 6 "The
>> Health Care Movie", ~1 hour, comparing the US and Canadian health care
>> systems.
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>> showing with panel discussion including a Green Party speaker.
>> Prospects for building Green Party membership in the course of
>> fighting for single payer health care.
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>        Plan:  Show the movie and have a panel (1) health care, (2) Green
> party, and (3) immigrants.  ACA = Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
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>        Sandy still needs to confirm a space.  We should  not start
> telephoning until 3 weeks before the event.  The key to advancing health
> care in CA is involving Latinos, because ACA disproportionately excludes
> Latinos.
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>        Plan tentatively to use 7 Trees, in a Latino Neighborhood.
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>> 8:20-8:35 Report on May 29 Day of Action, June 6 Obama protest and
>> other climate change activities.
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>        May 25 Monsanto protest:  500 - 1,000 people in downtown San José
> marching from Cesar Chavez park ... .  Enthusiastic crowd but no sound.
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>        May 29 & June 6 people in multiple places between 100 and 500
> people.
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>        June 11:  Keystone pipeline protest in Milbrae esp. against
> Facebook shareholder meeting.
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>        350.org meets tomorrow night.
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>> 8:35-8:50 Report back by delegates from State meeting, June 22-23.
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>        Warner:  (1) Warner made his objection re. the Standing General
> Assembly.  Agenda was approved under the new rules but not the old (60%
> but not 2/3).  19 yes, 12 no, many abstentions.  one vote would have
> changed the result.

There were 5 abstentions.

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>              (2) Breakout session for Finance Committee Saturday PM.
> They plan to organize a separate subcommittee for fund raising.
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>              (3) Campaign & candidates working group Sunday AM:
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>        Gerry:  more upset that Warner is with the coup to the party.

Change "that" to "than".

> Also has questions about the finance committee.  Someone hacked the
> account.  People asked questions and did NOT get good answers, but
> apparently the funds were recovered.

I am glad you said "apparently" because I am not 100% sure
of that.

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>        Caroline:  Green issues meeting:  People at a loss for what to
> do.  Caroline described picking 2 issues, building coalitions. Others
> seemed enthused about that.
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>         Drew:  Also unhappy about the Standing General Assembly having
> powers to change the bylaws.  GROW = grass roots organizing working
> group.  We need 120K+ or we lose our ballot access.
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>        Dana:  was an alternate who became a delegate.  She was proud of
> our delegation.  Everyone comported themselves well.
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> (only 30? people total attendance)

There were 36 delegate cards, and at least one person
who was not a delegate.  I would guess there were
about 40 in attendance.

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>        Next plenary in Sonoma:
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>        Gerry, Drew, Dana, and Warner (and Caroline) will see if there
> are other people who want to spend time on this.
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>> 8:50-9:00 Election for County Council.
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>        Drew counted 21 signatures.  Spencer will scan the lists and
> check to ensure that they are registered Green in Santa Clara County.
> Drew and Andrea expressed concerns about the lack of gender balance.
> However, they agreed to stand aside.  We have consensus.  Spencer will
> scan the lists and offer to send to Sanda Everett and Alex Chantz to
> confirm that we've complied with the rules.

I could be wrong, but I thought the decision was just to inform
them of the results, and to NOT provide documentation unless
asked.

Gerry


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>        For the future,there may be rule changes.  We need to stay on top
> of the rule changes.
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>> 9:00-9:10 Appointment of new term Standing General Assembly GPSCC members
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>        Warner:  We are entitled to 5 members on this SGA.
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>        TheCC (state Coordinating Committee) 12 memberselected, 6 men, 6
> women. The CC is responsible for scheduling meeting, dealing with the
> Secretary of State, and other admin tasks -- to the extent that this can
> be done with a monthly phone call and a fairly active email list.  The
> self-asserted powers of the SGA are equal to a state-wide meeting.
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>        Are there any other volunteers for the SGA?
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>        Drew, Spencer and John have agreed to serve on the SGA.  Need
> females but standing aside. Consensus.
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>> 9:10-9:15 Treasurer report – pass the hat.
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>        previous balance:  $1,660.72 + 26 from tonight = $1,686.72.
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>> 9:15-9:20 Discuss showing “Over Troubled Waters”
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>        (someone should contact Wes for clarification)
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>> 9:20-9:25 Report on tabling/participation at March vs Monsanto, De
>> Anza, Juneteenth
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> Juneteenth: 2-day event. Several good conversations with a few people.
> Worthwhile.  Helped increase the awareness of the Green party among
> African Americans and Latinos.
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>        DeAnza:
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>> 9:25-9:30 July tabling plans.
>> Finally, Spencer has suggest we adopt the following resolution. We do
>> not have time to do it justice at this meeting. We could either a)
>> refer it to County Council if we feel it is non-controversial, or b)
>> agendize for 20 minutes or more in July when we have more time.
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>> /“The Green Party of Santa Clara County supports the following
>> initiatives for electoral reform:  Overturning Citizens United,
>> citizen-funded election and news, the US and California Disclose Acts,
>> the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (that requires
>> participating states to commit all their electoral votes to the
>> candidate who wins the popular vote), and Instant-runoff voting (as
>> outlined in the Wikipedia article on "Electoral reform in the United
>> States"). The Green Party of Santa Clara County will collaborate with
>> all other organizations working to pass these issues including getting
>> supporting resolutions passed at local and state levels as
>> appropriate.  This includes in particular Move to Amend and Rootstrikers.”
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>> /
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> //What have we already passed on this?  What is in the state and
> national party platforms?
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