[GPSCC-chat] Draft Agenda for GPSCC Meeting Thursday Nov 21st -- Please Comment

Wed Nov 20 22:16:41 PST 2013

We are probably  going to need somewhere around ten minutes for the Peace Fair.
Caroline

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 From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
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Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Draft Agenda for GPSCC Meeting Thursday Nov 21st -- Please Comment

Hello, All:  Below please find information on the Standing General Assembly (SGA) items currently under consideration.  Tomorrow evening, we need to decide how Santa Clara County's SGA delegates should vote on these items.  From my perspective, the decision on all but one of the seven items is fairly obvious.  For Governor, we have a choice of whether to endorse Deacon Alexander or Luis Rodriguez, either, or both in what order.  

Spencer 

On 11/14/2013 7:30 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote:

GREENPARTYOF SANTACLARACOUNTY 
>DraftAgendaforMonthlyGeneralMeeting 
>November 21,2013 
>San JosePeaceandJusticeCenter, 
>48South7thStreet,San Jose,CA  
>(Between Santa ClaraandSan Fernando) 
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>7:00pm – Eat andchat (No speaker announced at time of preparation of this draft agenda) 
>7:30pm – Beginmeeting 
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>SelectFacilitator,Note taker,Time keeper,andVibes watcher(s);SelectAgendaPreparerfor next meeting;Affirmor modifydraftagenda(5 Minutes) 
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>IntroductionsandAnnouncements(10Minutes) 
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>Treasurer’sReport– JimDoyle(5 minutes)  
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>Report on status of P. O. Box – Continued from September meeting – Tian Harter  
>(5 minutes) 
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>Report on November 16-17th Santa Rosa GPCA Plenary –  
>Plenary Delegates (20Minutes)  
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>Discussion and Proposal to Instruct GPSCC Standing General Assembly  Delegates re voting for GPCA endorsements of state office candidates –  Spencer Graves (15 minutes) 
>Notes:  Current plans are for SGA delegates to vote on GPCA endorsement of GPCA state office candidates during the week immediately following  
>the Plenary.  This meeting will be the last GPSCC general meeting before  
>the  voting period ends November 24th.  The GPSCC SGA delegates are:   
>Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy Wolf-Graves and Spencer Graves.    

ID 31 - Election: Coordinating Committee, one female seat, November
    2013 - June 2015:  There is only one candidate:  Margaret Elysia
    Garcia
    (www.cagreens.org/committees/coordinating/election-bios/2013-11/garcia).  The options are her, "No other candidate", write in, or abstain.  I recommend we vote for her.  

ID 32 - Election: Coordinating Committee, one male seat, November
    2013 - June 2015:  There is only one candidate:  Shamako Noble (www.cagreens.org/committees/coordinating/election-bios/2013-11/noble).  The options are as before.  I recommend we vote for him.  

ID 33 - GPCA position on California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014: 
    The options are to endorse, take no position, oppose, or abstain.  I
    recommend we vote first to endorse and second for no position.  

ID 34 - GPCA endorsement for Governor in June 2014 primary
    election:  There are two candidates:  Deacon Alexander (www.cagreens.org/elections/2014/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-deacon-alexander-governor) and Luis Rodriguez (www.cagreens.org/elections/2014/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-luis-rodriguez-governor).  We have five SGA delegates, and we can instruct them to vote differently.  In this case, my inclination is to instruct 3 of our delegate to vote for Rodriguez first and Alexander second and the other 2 delegates to vote the opposite.  However, I could easily be persuaded otherwise.  

      * Longer term, I think we should work to recruit exactly one
    candidate to run for different offices while coordinating with other
    third parties under a slogan like, "Vote -- but not for bribery." 

      * For next year, what do you think about working with the
    League of Women Voters and other third parties to organize a series
    of debates for offices that rarely get much attention in the media
    these days?  I think we can help build the party and generate more
    interest in the primary -- and our candidates -- by helping organize
    such debates.  We need also a good outreach program, notifying the
    media of the events, inviting all candidates for a given office,
    using an empty chair for any who do not show, and using on-line
    resources like "Ballotopedia" to summarize the kind of people who
    should vote for each candidate or initiative.   

ID 35 - GPCA endorsement for Secretary of State in June 2014 primary
    election:  One candidate:  David Curtis
(www.cagreens.org/elections/2014/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-david-curtis-secretary-state)

ID 36 - GPCA endorsement for Treasurer in June 2014 primary
    election:  One candidate:  Ellen Brown
    (www.cagreens.org/elections/2014/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-ellen-brown-treasurer)  

ID 37 - GPCA endorsement for Controller in June 2014 primary
    election:  Laura Wells
(www.cagreens.org/elections/2014/statewide-candidate-questionnaire-laura-wells-controller)  

>  
>Proposal regarding GPSCC endorsements of local candidates – Spencer Graves (15 minutes) – Continued from October meeting; see text of proposal following these agenda proposals 
>  
>Health Care Committee Report  –  (10Minutes) 
>  
>Environment Committee Report --  (10 Minutes) 
>  
>Report from Jr. Statesman November 16th (5 Minutes) 
>  
>Discussionofstatusoftablingsupplies– (10 Minutes)  
>  
>Plan forTabling– Need to identify event coordinators -- (15Minutes)  
>Downtown Health Fair October 25th 
>Holiday Peace Fair December 14th 
>Others? 
>  
>Proposal re GPSCC blog – Spencer Graves  
>(10 Minutes)  Continued from October Meeting; see text proposal below  
> 
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>(2HoursEstimatedCumulativeTimes.Goal:Adjournby 9:30pm) 
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> Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC local candidates endorsements.  Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for minor parties.  We can appear on the general election ballot only if we come in first or second in the primary.  That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will allow.  We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates to file papers.  There was discussion of this in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org.  Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties.  Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties and
 no one competing with another third party candidate."   
>  
>            RESOLUTION:  The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes: 
>  
>                  1.  The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate.  "Minor parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian parties. 
>  
>                2.  The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning.   
>  
>Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC blog.   
>  
>            PROPOSED:  The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site.  The party will elect at least two blog editors.  At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog.  All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County.  Also, claims that might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are available.  
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