[GPSCC-chat] GPSCC mtg Dec. 18

Tue Dec 16 17:00:39 PST 2014

December 16, 2014

Hello All -- I posted some comments before about the need to  regularize 
our GPSCC monthly agenda; both in terms of a time line and  content.  I did 
not see it in my own email box, so I have no idea if it got  published or not. 
  It is now Tuesday evening, and there is still no  agenda posted for 
Thursday evening's meeting.  Again, posting the agenda is  a means of reminding 
people there is a meeting and letting them now why they  should attend.  As 
Spencer has noted, plenary delegates for January and  trying to decide 
whether to host a June plenary are the two big issues we  started discussing at 
November's meeting.  Note that there has been no  general announcement from 
the County Council explaining why people need to  volunteer now to be 
delegates and alternates for the GPCA meeting in Monterey  County in January. Que?  
Warner

In a message dated 12/15/2014 10:32:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
spencer.graves at prodsyse.com writes:

Hi,  Sanda and Sandy:    

SANDA:  I’m glad you’ll be able to make it Thursday.  Earlier  today, I 
invited Steve Chessin, President of Californians for Electoral Reform  (CfER) 
to talk with us 7 - 7:30 PM about planning to advance instant runoff  voting 
(IRV) in Santa Clara County next year.  The regular business  meeting is 
scheduled to start at 7:30.  Sandy Perry volunteered last  month to produce a 
draft agenda.  With this email, he should know that  you are planning to 
attend and should give that appropriate consideration in  the agenda.  

SANDY:  In preparing the agenda for Thursday, you may wish to review  Sanda’
s comments below.  

Thanks, 
   Spencer 

On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Sanda Everette 
<_sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com_ (mailto:sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com) >  wrote:

I just got back today after two weeks in Peru. I will plan on coming to  
your Thursday meeting.  

Sanda Everette, co-chair  
GPCA Delegation
GPCA Coordinating Committee 

On Dec 11, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Spencer Graves <_spencer.graves at prodsyse.com_ 
(mailto:spencer.graves at prodsyse.com) >  wrote:

Hi, Sanda:  

Might you  be available to come to the next meeting of the Green Party of 
Santa Clara  County, Th., Dec. 18, 7-9:30 PM, at the San José Peace & Justice 
 Center, 48 S. 7th St., San José, CA?  A reminder of that meeting with  a 
partial agenda appears below.   

Whether or not you can come,  might you have time to help produce a draft 
list of tasks that are  necessary and / or desirable to plan for the June 
27-28 plenary in San  José, so it can be discussed next Thursday?  Sandy Perry 
provided the  following during our last meeting:   

1.  Find a venue;  Sandy will look for  this.

My understanding is our venue will just be  another room or two in the 
venue of the social forum. 

2.  Check the availability and cost of motel  space.

Possibly, but in the days of places like _hotels.com_ (http://hotels.com/) 
, that can  supplement. More importantly will be finding home stays. 

3.  The State Coordinating Committee has a dinner the night before  that 
must be arranged.

Since many of us will want to  attend the social forum, it would be nice to 
have suggestions of places  nearby...as in walking distance, but you don't 
have to plan it. 

Thanks,  
Spencer 

-------- Forwarded Message  --------    Subject:  US Social Forum, Monterey 
GA Jan. 23-25, and SCCGP mtg Dec.  18  Date:  Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:32:21 
-0800  From:  Spencer Graves _<spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>_ 
(mailto:spencer.graves at prodsyse.com)   To:  GPSCC _<sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>_ 
(mailto:sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org) ,  Sandy Perry _<PerrySandy at aol.com>_ 
(mailto:PerrySandy at aol.com) 

Hello, All:

QUESTIONS:

      1.  Who is working on the CA Green General Assemblies for 

Monterey Jan. 23-25 or San José June 27-28 or the US Social Forum, San 

José, June 24-27?  Especially the latter seems like a great opportunity 

to help advance all kinds of social agendas.

      2.  Could we extend a special invitation to all who might be 

interested in helping plan these events to come to the next meeting of 

the Green Party of Santa Clara County, Dec. 18?  I plan to try to 

recruit non-Greens who are working on the US Social Forum to come and 

speak with us at 7 PM.

AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, 

DEC. 18:

      Please send this list your requests for agenda time for our 

meeting next Thursday, Dec. 18.  The notes from Nov. 20 say that Sandy 

Perry agreed to prepare the agenda.

      The two agenda items mentioned above could take the entire 

meeting, I think:

            (1) The next CA Green General Assembly in Monterey, Jan. 

23-25.  We need to select delegates.  Brian Good and Caroline Yacoub 

have already indicated plans to go.

            (2) The US Social Forum, next June 24-27, and the companion 

CA Green Party General Assembly June 27-28(?):  The state has asked the 

Santa Clara Greens to host this event.  We've officially agreed to help 

organize it, but have stated that we don't have enough committed 

volunteers to do all the work;  we'll need help from people in other 

counties.

     See you next Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7 PM.

      Spencer

-- 

Spencer Graves, PhD

Executive Director

Effective Defense

751 Emerson Ct.

San José, CA 95126

ph:  408-655-4567

web:  _www.effectivedefense.org_ (http://www.effectivedefense.org/) 

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