From wrolley at charter.net Mon May 5 10:09:35 2014 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 10:09:35 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Local Elections - SCC Sheriff Message-ID: <5367C5CF.9000308@charter.net> I find it interesting that there is only one political race that is making it's presence felt in Morgan Hill. That is the Santa Clara County Sheriff's race between incumbent Laurie Smith and Kevin Jensen. I have been seeing Jensen's signage for about a month. This week, I had a robocall from Mark Klass, playing off his involvement in the search for Sierra Lamar. On the other side, I saw an add for Sheriff Smith during CNN cable news this AM, featuring Mike Honda. The story at this link makes it clear that supporting organization, including unions, are pretty amateurish when it comes to campaign finance. http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/03/13/fppc-complaint-targets-sheriff-candidate-kevin-jensen/ Wes -- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Mon May 5 11:17:22 2014 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 11:17:22 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Local Elections - SCC Sheriff In-Reply-To: <5367C5CF.9000308@charter.net> References: <5367C5CF.9000308@charter.net> Message-ID: <5367D5B2.10103@structuremonitoring.com> I believe unions would have a bigger impact if they took most of the money they currently spend on political campaigns and put it into investigative journalism to expose the political corruption that is routinely hidden by the commercial media. Spencer On 5/5/2014 10:09 AM, Wes Rolley wrote: > I find it interesting that there is only one political race that is > making it's presence felt in Morgan Hill. That is the Santa Clara > County Sheriff's race between incumbent Laurie Smith and Kevin Jensen. > I have been seeing Jensen's signage for about a month. This week, I > had a robocall from Mark Klass, playing off his involvement in the > search for Sierra Lamar. On the other side, I saw an add for Sheriff > Smith during CNN cable news this AM, featuring Mike Honda. > > The story at this link makes it clear that supporting organization, > including unions, are pretty amateurish when it comes to campaign > finance. > > http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/03/13/fppc-complaint-targets-sheriff-candidate-kevin-jensen/ > > Wes > -- > "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, > then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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The Day Workers Center of Mountain View is coordinating an action to protest. If you're able to attend or turnout folks, that would be awesome! Here's the FB event: https://m.facebook.com/events/1419234845012403 Priya Murthy Policy and Organizing Program Director Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) 1425 Koll Circle, Suite 109 San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: (408) 453-3003 x103 Fax: (408) 453-3019 Website | Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SCC FIRE Core Team" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After a five year fight for principle reduction, Chase Bank is refusing to negotiate and is trying to kick Tammy out of her home. Our communities don't need anymore empty houses. Tell Chase Bank that Tammy's not leaving! Tammy's campaign to save her home of nearly twenty years is reaching a tipping point this week. This could end in an eviction, but with your help it will end in a victory. We need your support today. Sign Tammy's petition to show Suntrust that she's fighting for her home and we're standing behind her! Don't let Tammy stand alone! This Thursday we're holding a press conference at Tammy's Lithonia, GA home to put a human face on national housing issues. Following that press conference we're delivering Tammy's petitions to Chase Bank. Every single signature is support for Tammy and her family, every single signature shows that our communities are fighting back against foreclosure. Please sign Tammy's petition today! 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Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Sacred Heart Community Service To: perrysandy Sent: Thu, May 1, 2014 9:45 am Subject: Sacred Heart Mayoral Forum is Here! Join us May 7! Sacred Heart Community Service | 408-278-2160 | www.sacredheartcs.org | 1381 South First St. San Jose, CA Dear Sandy, Mail ballots for the June 3 primary election go out next week and it's time to make a decision on who will lead San Jose for the next four years. Please join us at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 to hear the candidates talk about the issues that matter most to you! Our forum will cover: affordable housing immigration economic development seniors issues and more What: Forum for San Jose Mayor When: 6 p.m. Wednesday May 7, 2014 Where: San Jose Elks Lodge, 444 W. Alma, down the street from The Heart and across from Tamien Station. All are welcome, including children of all ages. See you Wednesday! Copyright ? 2014. All Rights Reserved. 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In-Reply-To: References: <5610132B02234642A3702E99067CF944@laltieriTHINK> Message-ID: <1399501677.4296.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Pierre Delforge To: 350siliconvalley at googlegroups.com; "350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com" <350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com> Cc: Lisa Altieri Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:14 PM Subject: [350SiliconValley] Fwd: Fw: Update - Obama Rally Now in San Jose! Hi all, ? ??? The Obama Fundraiser was moved from Mountain View to the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.? Here is the updated info: ? Obama KXL Protest ? UPDATED Time & Location!! Thursday, 5/8, 5:00 ? 7:00 pm Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park, San Jose (across from Fairmont Hotel) RSVP link:? http://www.350siliconvalley.org/obama_kxl_protest2 ? We do not have an exact arrival time, but expect Obama to arrive between 5-6 pm. If you plan to attend, PLEASE RSVP so we can send updates!? We will be on site protesting until he leaves (6:30 ? 7pm), so if you can?t make it at 5 pm, still come!? More info on the RSVP page. ? Parking is limited, parking info at http://sjdowntownparking.com/parking-map Public trans: Fairmont is .8 miles from the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station and .1 mile from the San Antonio Station Lightrail stop. ? Second Event: Obama Press Conference at WalMart 600 Showers Drive, Mountain View Friday, 5/9, 9:55 am Time is not 100% confirmed, recommend showing up by 9 or 9:30 am. No official RSVP, just come if you can. ? If anyone can show up, there is a press conference scheduled for Friday morning in Mountain View at Walmart.? Obama will be talking about energy efficiency.? Walmart has announced they are setting a goal of 100% renewable electricity.? However, they are in PG&E territory where they have no option to purchase green power.? Excellent opportunity for us to show up and push for PG&E to Get With the Program and offer all customers (business & residential) the option to voluntarily purchase green power.? As well as push Obama on KXL & climate... ? Hope you can make it! ? 350 Silicon Valley Team ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "350 Silicon Valley" group. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/350SiliconValley. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Thielking http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25664175/climate-change-pacific-ocean-acidity-dissolving-shells-key#disqus_thread _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Wed May 7 16:43:14 2014 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 16:43:14 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: UPDATE -- Silicon Valley, Tell Pres. Obama: No Keystone XL! In-Reply-To: <344ff-11d7-536a9b94@list.350.org> References: <344ff-11d7-536a9b94@list.350.org> Message-ID: <536AC512.7070507@charter.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: UPDATE -- Silicon Valley, Tell Pres. Obama: No Keystone XL! Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 20:46:12 +0000 From: Sara Shor - 350.org <350 at 350.org> Reply-To: sara+SouthBay at 350.org To: Wesley Rolley Friends, President Obama's fundraiser has been moved -- and we're moving our no Keystone XL protest to meet him! Here's the new information: *What*: Silicon Valley tells Pres. Obama: No KXL! A family-friendly rally to tell President Obama no to Keystone XL and tar sands! *When*: Thursday, 5/8, 5:00 ? 7:00 pm (please join us even if you can't come until after work!) *Where*: Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park,Market St. and Park Ave., San Jose (across from Fairmont Hotel), *Who:* 350 Silicon Valley, 350 Bay Area, 350.org, and many more! *Click here to RSVP for the updated event: www.350siliconvalley.org/obama_kxl_protest2 * We do not have an exact arrival time, but expect Obama to arrive between 5-6 pm. Folks will be on location until he leaves (6:30 ? 7 pm), so if you can?t make it at 5 pm, still come! Parking is limited, but the location is .8 miles from the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station and .1 mile from the San Antonio Station Lightrail stop. Let's roll, Sara ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friends, 2 weeks ago, President Obama and his administration delayed - yet again - the decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. But Big Oil is not happy. They?re working with their allies in Congress to try and force the president?s hand in a vote that could happen as soon as tomorrow. *No matter what Congress does, President Obama still has the power to put a stop to the pipeline -- but only if we push.* Obama is coming to Mountain View on Thursday, and we'll be there to remind him what to do: Reject KXL!*The bigger our crowd, the stronger our message to the President will be. Think you can make it?* *Click here to RSVP: www.350siliconvalley.org/obama_kxl_protest2 * **Here are the details: *What*: Silicon Valley tells Pres. Obama: No KXL! A family-friendly rally to tell President Obama no to Keystone XL and tar sands! *When*: Thursday, 5/8, 5:00 ? 7:00 pm (please join us even if you can't come until after work!) *Where*: Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park,Market St. and Park Ave., San Jose (across from Fairmont Hotel), *Who:* 350 Silicon Valley, 350 Bay Area, 350.org, and many more! *Click here to RSVP* Folks here in California have fought some of the strongest, hardest battles on health and climate. From coal to oil to clean energy, California has led the fight against the destructive fossil fuel companies and for the promotion of clean energy. Let's keep up the pressure and show the President that we demand his leadership now, and that starts with a rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. If it weren't for strong grassroots opposition, this pipeline would have been approved years ago, which is why we need to keep the pressure on. 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Sponsored by the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission and the Democratic Club of Sunnyvale. Please RSVP at? the website dcsevents.eventbrite.com INEQUALITY FOR ALL DOCUMENTARY SCREENING Tuesday, May 27 7-9PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) Fremont High School Shannon Theatre 1279 Sunnyvale Saratoga Rd Sunnyvale, CA 94087 FREE ADMISSION Margaret -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perrysandy at aol.com Fri May 9 16:37:57 2014 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 19:37:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: mountain view minimum wage campaign In-Reply-To: References: , <1399676309.97355.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8D139F6D7100894-2E0C-11214@webmail-m231.sysops.aol.com> Hi Everyone, Can the County Council act on this so we do not have to wait for our May 22 meeting? I believe this is a "no brainer". Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Michael Fischetti To: Caroline Yacoub ; perrysandy ; gerry grass Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 4:09 pm Subject: RE mountain view minimum wage campaign hello hope you are all well at the obama walmart event, where he had the audacity to praise walmart for its energy efficiency despite the fact that they are THE LOW WAGE LEADER IN THE US, i ran into tian we were there rallying for an increase in the minimum wage in mountain view Tian suggested i contact you all re GREEN PARTY endorsement of our efforts we have presented to the city council and they have put it on their work calendar by vote of 5-2 we are hoping they pass An ordinance or else put it on the fall ballot they seem tO be waiting to see what sunnyvale does we are asking for 15/hour indexed let me know mike fischetti -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Spencer On 5/9/2014 4:37 PM, perrysandy at aol.com wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Can the County Council act on this so we do not have to wait for our > May 22 meeting? > I believe this is a "no brainer". > Sandy > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Fischetti > To: Caroline Yacoub ; perrysandy > ; gerry grass > Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 4:09 pm > Subject: RE mountain view minimum wage campaign > > > hello > > hope you are all well > > at the obama walmart event, where he had the audacity to praise > walmart for its energy efficiency despite the fact that they are THE > LOW WAGE LEADER IN THE US, i ran into tian > > we were there rallying for an increase in the minimum wage in mountain > view > > Tian suggested i contact you all re GREEN PARTY endorsement of our > efforts > > we have presented to the city council and they have put it on their > work calendar by vote of 5-2 > we are hoping they pass An ordinance or else put it on the fall ballot > > they seem tO be waiting to see what sunnyvale does > > we are asking for 15/hour indexed > > let me know > > mike fischetti > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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Sincerely, John Thielking ________________________________ From: Spencer Graves To: perrysandy at aol.com; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: mountain view minimum wage campaign ????? Betsy and I concur.? ????? I left a message for Jim Doyle.? I haven't heard from him recently, and I don't know if he's available.? With John Thielking leaving, our County Council is Jim, Betsy and me.? ????? Spencer On 5/9/2014 4:37 PM, perrysandy at aol.com wrote: Hi Everyone, >? >Can the County Council act on this so we do not have to wait for our May 22 meeting? >? >I believe this is a "no brainer". >? >? >Sandy >? >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Fischetti >To: Caroline Yacoub ; perrysandy ; gerry grass >Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 4:09 pm >Subject: RE mountain view minimum wage campaign > > > >hello > > >hope you are all well > > >at the obama walmart event, where he had the audacity to praise walmart for its energy efficiency despite the fact that they are THE LOW WAGE LEADER IN THE US, i ran into tian > > >we were there rallying for an increase in the minimum wage in mountain view > > >?Tian ?suggested i contact you all re GREEN PARTY?endorsement of our efforts > > >we have presented to the city council and they have put it on their work calendar by ?vote of 5-2 >we are hoping they pass An ordinance or else put it on the fall ballot > > >they seem tO be waiting to see what sunnyvale does > > >we are asking for 15/hour indexed > > >let me know > > >mike fischetti > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Someone please repost this notice to the discussion list for me since I can't post to the list from this e-mail address. Thanks. Sincerely, John Thielking From: Spencer Graves To: perrysandy at aol.com; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: mountain view minimum wage campaign Betsy and I concur. I left a message for Jim Doyle. I haven't heard from him recently, and I don't know if he's available. With John Thielking leaving, our County Council is Jim, Betsy and me. Spencer On 5/9/2014 4:37 PM, perrysandy at aol.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Can the County Council act on this so we do not have to wait for our May 22 meeting? I believe this is a "no brainer". Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Michael Fischetti To: Caroline Yacoub ; perrysandy ; gerry grass Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 4:09 pm Subject: RE mountain view minimum wage campaign hello hope you are all well at the obama walmart event, where he had the audacity to praise walmart for its energy efficiency despite the fact that they are THE LOW WAGE LEADER IN THE US, i ran into tian we were there rallying for an increase in the minimum wage in mountain view Tian suggested i contact you all re GREEN PARTY endorsement of our efforts we have presented to the city council and they have put it on their work calendar by vote of 5-2 we are hoping they pass An ordinance or else put it on the fall ballot they seem tO be waiting to see what sunnyvale does we are asking for 15/hour indexed let me know mike fischetti _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri May 9 21:10:26 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 04:10:26 -0000 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC Message-ID: <53461985.2090005@sbcglobal.net> I concur with the appointment os Sandy Perry to the county council. Jim Doyle From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri May 9 21:50:48 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 21:50:48 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] volunteering with the Grreen Party Message-ID: <536DB028.7070104@sbcglobal.net> Hello Cassandra, Yes, certainly you can get some community service hours with the Green Party of Santa Clara County. The service would be informing voters about the Green Party candidates between now and the June primary. An introduction to four of the five candidates is available at http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/resources/ (scroll down to 4candidates ) Or perhaps assist two Green Party members who have gotten a minimum wage proposal on the agenda of the Mountain View city council. Which college do you go to? DeAnza has started or is starting a Green club. Where are you located? How many hours do you need? At what times are you available? Let me hear from you. Jim Doyle Green Party of Santa Clara County Interested in volunteering crkopelson1 at comcast.net 5/6/2014 12:16 AM jimd at greens.org Hello Jim, I am a community college student in need of service hours for my political science class. When I first became a legal voter I didn't know much more than the name about the Green party. It wasn't until I got to college that I started to learn about the actual platforms they support. I would love to get a first hand experience and insight into what the party is all about and get some of my service hours completed. What are the possible volunteer opportunities in the Santa Clara area? Sincerely, Cassandra Kopelson From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Fri May 9 22:10:13 2014 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 22:10:13 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] volunteering with the Grreen Party In-Reply-To: <536DB028.7070104@sbcglobal.net> References: <536DB028.7070104@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <536DB4B5.2070601@structuremonitoring.com> Unless Jim says otherwise, I shall officially interpret this as vote by Jim Doyle to join the rest of the County Council in giving official endorsement to the proposed increase in the minimum wage in Mountain view. Spencer On 5/9/2014 9:50 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > Hello Cassandra, > > Yes, certainly you can get some community service hours with the > Green Party of Santa Clara County. > > The service would be informing voters about the Green Party candidates > between now and the June primary. > > An introduction to four of the five candidates is available at > http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/resources/ > (scroll down to 4candidates ) > > Or perhaps assist two Green Party members who have gotten a minimum > wage proposal on the agenda of the Mountain View city council. > > Which college do you go to? > DeAnza has started or is starting a Green club. > Where are you located? > How many hours do you need? > At what times are you available? > > Let me hear from you. > > Jim Doyle > Green Party of Santa Clara County > > > Interested in volunteering > crkopelson1 at comcast.net > 5/6/2014 12:16 AM > jimd at greens.org > > Hello Jim, > > I am a community college student in need of service hours for my > political science class. > When I first became a legal voter I didn't know much more than the > name about the Green party. > It wasn't until I got to college that I started to learn about the > actual platforms they support. > I would love to get a first hand experience and insight into what the > party is all about and get some of my service hours completed. What > are the possible volunteer opportunities in the Santa Clara area? > Sincerely, > Cassandra Kopelson > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Fri May 9 22:14:22 2014 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 22:14:22 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC In-Reply-To: <53461985.2090005@sbcglobal.net> References: <53461985.2090005@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <536DB5AE.90205@prodsyse.com> Please welcome Sandy Perry as the newest member of the County Council of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. He has now been officially approved by all existing members. Spencer On 4/9/2014 9:09 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > I concur with the appointment os Sandy Perry > to the county council. > Jim Doyle > > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From carolineyacoub at att.net Fri May 9 23:31:54 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 23:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC In-Reply-To: <536DB5AE.90205@prodsyse.com> References: <53461985.2090005@sbcglobal.net> <536DB5AE.90205@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <1399703514.59945.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Yay! ________________________________ From: Spencer Graves To: Jim Doyle Cc: sosfbay discussion group Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC Please welcome Sandy Perry as the newest member of the County Council of the Green Party of Santa Clara County.? He has now been officially approved by all existing members.? Spencer On 4/9/2014 9:09 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > I concur with the appointment os Sandy Perry > to the county council. > Jim Doyle > > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph:? 408-655-4567 web:? www.structuremonitoring.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Spencer > > > On 4/9/2014 9:09 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: >> I concur with the appointment os Sandy Perry >> to the county council. >> Jim Doyle >> >> > > > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD > President and Chief Technology Officer > Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. > 751 Emerson Ct. > San Jos?, CA 95126 > ph:? 408-655-4567 > web:? www.structuremonitoring.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss_______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri May 9 21:18:29 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 04:18:29 -0000 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Mountain View minimum wage Message-ID: <53461B69.6020909@sbcglobal.net> Yes, of course we should support the work of Mike and Tian. with respect to getting a minimum wage proposal on the agenda of the mountian (typing pun) view city council. The only questions are which form will it take and who is going to carry it out? What do the gentlemen - Mike and Tian - propose? Jim Doyle From leedobell at aol.com Sun May 11 22:53:35 2014 From: leedobell at aol.com (Leedobell) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 01:53:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC In-Reply-To: <536DB5AE.90205@prodsyse.com> References: <53461985.2090005@sbcglobal.net> <536DB5AE.90205@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <8D13BBDA61A7638-1740-1DC26@webmail-va030.sysops.aol.com> Welcome Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Graves To: Jim Doyle Cc: sosfbay discussion group Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 10:14 pm Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC CC Please welcome Sandy Perry as the newest member of the County Council of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. He has now been officially approved by all existing members. Spencer On 4/9/2014 9:09 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > I concur with the appointment os Sandy Perry > to the county council. > Jim Doyle > > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon May 12 14:20:56 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:20:56 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] DeAnza student wishes to volunteer Message-ID: <53713B38.7060200@sbcglobal.net> My suggestion would be to do some precinct walking delivering flyers. Or tabling by a bank on late Friday afternoon. Or tabling by a supermarket on Saturday or Sunday. Or what about the DeAnza campus? Who can spend some time in helping her with her eforts? Jim Doyle Here is the email thread: The latest one was dated noon on Monday the 12-th. Hello Jim, I actually go to DeAnza! I will have to look into the on campus club, I am not sure if they have started. I live in Cupertino close to the college and I am free after noon every day except for Tuesday's and Thursday's. I need a total of 12 hours by the end of June. I would love to get started as soon as possible. If you would like to contact me directly my number is (408) 824-8320 Hope to hear from you soon. Cassandra Kopelson On May 9, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: >> Hello Cassandra, >> >> Yes, certainly you can get some community service hours with the >> Green Party of Santa Clara County. >> >> The service would be informing voters about the Green Party candidates >> between now and the June primary. >> >> An introduction to four of the five candidates is available at >> http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/resources/ >> (scroll down to 4candidates ) >> >> Or perhaps assist two Green Party members who have gotten a minimum >> wage proposal on the agenda of the Mountain View city council. >> >> Which college do you go to? >> DeAnza has started or is starting a Green club. >> Where are you located? >> How many hours do you need? >> At what times are you available? >> >> Let me hear from you. >> >> Jim Doyle >> Green Party of Santa Clara County >> >> >> Interested in volunteering >> crkopelson1 at comcast.net >> 5/6/2014 12:16 AM >> jimd at greens.org >> >> Hello Jim, >> >> I am a community college student in need of service hours for my political science class. >> When I first became a legal voter I didn't know much more than the name about the Green party. >> It wasn't until I got to college that I started to learn about the actual platforms they support. >> I would love to get a first hand experience and insight into what the party is all about and get some of my service hours completed. What are the possible volunteer opportunities in the Santa Clara area? >> Sincerely, >> Cassandra Kopelson >> > > From perrysandy at aol.com Mon May 12 14:54:57 2014 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:54:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] DeAnza student wishes to volunteer In-Reply-To: <53713B38.7060200@sbcglobal.net> References: <53713B38.7060200@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <8D13C43F28DB3A9-BE0-24435@webmail-d216.sysops.aol.com> Hi Jim, Drew and I will get in touch with her right away. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Jim Doyle To: sosfbay discussion group Sent: Mon, May 12, 2014 2:21 pm Subject: [GPSCC-chat] DeAnza student wishes to volunteer My suggestion would be to do some precinct walking delivering flyers. Or tabling by a bank on late Friday afternoon. Or tabling by a supermarket on Saturday or Sunday. Or what about the DeAnza campus? Who can spend some time in helping her with her eforts? Jim Doyle Here is the email thread: The latest one was dated noon on Monday the 12-th. Hello Jim, I actually go to DeAnza! I will have to look into the on campus club, I am not sure if they have started. I live in Cupertino close to the college and I am free after noon every day except for Tuesday's and Thursday's. I need a total of 12 hours by the end of June. I would love to get started as soon as possible. If you would like to contact me directly my number is (408) 824-8320 Hope to hear from you soon. Cassandra Kopelson On May 9, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: >> Hello Cassandra, >> >> Yes, certainly you can get some community service hours with the >> Green Party of Santa Clara County. >> >> The service would be informing voters about the Green Party candidates >> between now and the June primary. >> >> An introduction to four of the five candidates is available at >> http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/resources/ >> (scroll down to 4candidates ) >> >> Or perhaps assist two Green Party members who have gotten a minimum >> wage proposal on the agenda of the Mountain View city council. >> >> Which college do you go to? >> DeAnza has started or is starting a Green club. >> Where are you located? >> How many hours do you need? >> At what times are you available? >> >> Let me hear from you. >> >> Jim Doyle >> Green Party of Santa Clara County >> >> >> Interested in volunteering >> crkopelson1 at comcast.net >> 5/6/2014 12:16 AM >> jimd at greens.org >> >> Hello Jim, >> >> I am a community college student in need of service hours for my political science class. >> When I first became a legal voter I didn't know much more than the name about the Green party. >> It wasn't until I got to college that I started to learn about the actual platforms they support. >> I would love to get a first hand experience and insight into what the party is all about and get some of my service hours completed. What are the possible volunteer opportunities in the Santa Clara area? >> Sincerely, >> Cassandra Kopelson >> > > _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Mon May 12 15:47:23 2014 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 18:47:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Cou... Message-ID: <2a497.4b9f85e4.40a2a97b@aol.com> May 12, 2014 For Those Who May Be Interested: Below is a copy of information sent to me from Sanda Everette regarding what is going to happen since there will be no Registrar of Voter supervised elections in 2014 for county central committees (GPCA county councils). The "work around" -- at least this year -- is that current county council members are to be re-appointed for an additional two year term. The "SGA" apparently is being used to process the "proposal" (it is not listed on the current draft Plenary agenda). I do not know if the GPSCC has any active participants/observers on the "SGA"; but I have not seen anyone else post anything about this. 'Sorry if I missed it among all the email clutter. In Struggle! Warner ____________________________________ ____________________________________ From: _sanda_ (mailto:sanda at gmail.com) To: wsb3attyca at aol.com Sent: 5/7/2014 2:18:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time Subj: Fwd: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Begin forwarded message: From: _voting at cagreens.org_ (mailto:voting at cagreens.org) Date: May 7, 2014, 12:01:01 AM PDT To: _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) Subject: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Reply-To: _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) Discussion has begun for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 51 Proposal: Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Floor Manager: Mike Feinstein, _mfeinstein at feinstein.org_ (mailto:mfeinstein at feinstein.org) Discussion Dates: 05/07/2014 - 06/15/2014 Voting Dates: 06/16/2014 - 06/22/2014 Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time Background: The California state legislature passed SB1272 and it was signed into law by Governor Brown in 2012, to change state law so that county registrars only conduct County Council elections every four years - during presidential preference primary elections - rather than every two years during the primary elections, as has been the practice since the GPCA first qualified for the ballot. The GPCA June 2013 Napa General Assembly passed a budget for GPCA FY2013-2014 that budgeted $3,000 for the conduct of the 2014-2016 County Council elections, and empowered the Coordinating Committee to contract directly for support services. But the Coordinating Committee ultimately found that the GPCA did not have the volunteer infrastructure to simultaneously conduct County Council elections and also gather the new larger number of signatures-in-lieus of a filing fee for its endorsed statewide candidates. Therefore to provide for County Councils for the 2014-2016 County Council term, the Coordinating Committee provides the following bylaws interpretation. Whereas without any further bylaws interpretations to provide for County Councils in 2014-2016, the GPCA will have no County Councils in place for 2014-2016 when the 2012-2014 term ends, Therefore the GPCA finds that for the purposes of providing for County Councils in 2014-2016, the following GPCA members shall be considered County Council members at the beginning of the 2014-2016 term, as long as the Coordinating Committee sends notice of these conditions to the GPCA Inform List, and as long as a list of who qualifies via this criteria is sent to _applications at cagreens.org_ (mailto:applications at cagreens.org) by midnight, Monday, June 23: 1) All those GPCA members who were elected in the June 2012 County Council elections, and who have not either resigned their seat, or otherwise lost their seat as per the bylaws of the county Green Party to whose County Council they were elected, or as per the GPCA bylaws (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-4 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-4_Vacancy); and 2) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council according to the process described in their county Green Party's bylaws and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-3 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-3_Appointment_to_Va cancies); and 3) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council in counties in which no County Council members were elected in the primary election, and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-6 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Va cancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_ the_primary_election) ; and The GPCA finds that despite there being no County Council elections for 2014-2016, that to be consistent with GPCA bylaws which state that County Council terms are for two years (as per GPCA bylaws 6-2.1 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-2_Elections), that the process described herein shall take the place of those County Council elections for 2014-2016, and that the members of each County Council in all GPCA counties shall be considered members of new County Councils for 2014-2016, and that the election of officers for each new County Council term as described in each county Green Party's bylaws shall apply Proposal: That the General Assembly approve the following bylaws interpretation: Whereas SB1272, passed by the California state legislature and signed into law by Governor Brown changed state law so that county registrars only conduct County Council elections every four years - during presidential preference primary elections - rather than every two years during the primary elections, as has been the practice since the GPCA first qualified for the ballot; and Whereas the June 2013 Napa General Assembly passed a budget for GPCA FY2013-2014 that budgeted $3,000 for the conduct of the 2014-2016 County Council elections, and empowered the Coordinating Committee to contract directly for support services; and Whereas the Coordinating Committee found that the party did not have the volunteer infrastructure to simultaneously conduct County Council elections and gather the new larger number of signatures-in-lieus of a filing fee for its endorsed statewide candidates, and Whereas without any further bylaws interpretations to provide for County Councils in 2014-2016, the GPCA will have no County Councils in place for 2014-2016 when the 2012-2014 term ends, Therefore the GPCA finds that for the purposes of providing for County Councils in 2014-2016, the following GPCA members shall be considered County Council members at the beginning of the 2014-2016 term, as long as the Coordinating Committee sends notice of these conditions to the GPCA Inform List, and as long as a list of who qualifies via this criteria is sent to _applications at cagreens.org_ (mailto:applications at cagreens.org) by midnight, Monday, June 23: 1) All those GPCA members who were elected in the June 2012 County Council elections, and who have not either resigned their seat, or otherwise lost their seat as per the bylaws of the county Green Party to whose County Council they were elected, or as per the GPCA bylaws (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-4 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-4_Vacancy); and 2) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council according to the process described in their county Green Party's bylaws and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-3 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-3_Appointment_to_Va cancies); and 3) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council in counties in which no County Council members were elected in the primary election, and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-6 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Va cancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_ the_primary_election) ; and The GPCA finds that despite there being no County Council elections for 2014-2016, that to be consistent with GPCA bylaws which state that County Council terms are for two years (as per GPCA bylaws 6-2.1 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-2_Elections), that the process described herein shall take the place of those County Council elections for 2014-2016, and that the members of each County Council in all GPCA counties shall be considered members of new County Councils for 2014-2016, and that the election of officers for each new County Council term as described in each county Green Party's bylaws shall apply. Resources: References: Full details are available at: http://files.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=51 Please send your comments to _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) . Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GPCA SGA Voting System Admin _______________________________________________ gpca-votes mailing list _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-votes = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Mon May 12 15:56:26 2014 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 18:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Cou... Message-ID: <2a9dc.35dc3f17.40a2ab9a@aol.com> May 12, 2014 For Those Who May Be Interested: Below is a copy of information sent to me from Sanda Everette regarding what is going to happen since there will be no Registrar of Voter supervised elections in 2014 for county central committees (GPCA county councils). The "work around" -- at least this year -- is that current county council members are to be re-appointed for an additional two year term. The "SGA" apparently is being used to process the "proposal" (it is not listed on the current draft Plenary agenda). I do not know if the GPSCC has any active participants/observers on the "SGA"; but I have not seen anyone else post anything about this. 'Sorry if I missed it among all the email clutter. In Struggle! Warner ____________________________________ ____________________________________ From: _sanda_ (mailto:sanda at gmail.com) To: wsb3attyca at aol.com Sent: 5/7/2014 2:18:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time Subj: Fwd: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Begin forwarded message: From: _voting at cagreens.org_ (mailto:voting at cagreens.org) Date: May 7, 2014, 12:01:01 AM PDT To: _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) Subject: [gpca-votes] Discuss: ID 51 - Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Reply-To: _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) Discussion has begun for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 51 Proposal: Bylaws Interpretation Regarding County Council elections 2014-2016 Floor Manager: Mike Feinstein, _mfeinstein at feinstein.org_ (mailto:mfeinstein at feinstein.org) Discussion Dates: 05/07/2014 - 06/15/2014 Voting Dates: 06/16/2014 - 06/22/2014 Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time Background: The California state legislature passed SB1272 and it was signed into law by Governor Brown in 2012, to change state law so that county registrars only conduct County Council elections every four years - during presidential preference primary elections - rather than every two years during the primary elections, as has been the practice since the GPCA first qualified for the ballot. The GPCA June 2013 Napa General Assembly passed a budget for GPCA FY2013-2014 that budgeted $3,000 for the conduct of the 2014-2016 County Council elections, and empowered the Coordinating Committee to contract directly for support services. But the Coordinating Committee ultimately found that the GPCA did not have the volunteer infrastructure to simultaneously conduct County Council elections and also gather the new larger number of signatures-in-lieus of a filing fee for its endorsed statewide candidates. Therefore to provide for County Councils for the 2014-2016 County Council term, the Coordinating Committee provides the following bylaws interpretation. Whereas without any further bylaws interpretations to provide for County Councils in 2014-2016, the GPCA will have no County Councils in place for 2014-2016 when the 2012-2014 term ends, Therefore the GPCA finds that for the purposes of providing for County Councils in 2014-2016, the following GPCA members shall be considered County Council members at the beginning of the 2014-2016 term, as long as the Coordinating Committee sends notice of these conditions to the GPCA Inform List, and as long as a list of who qualifies via this criteria is sent to _applications at cagreens.org_ (mailto:applications at cagreens.org) by midnight, Monday, June 23: 1) All those GPCA members who were elected in the June 2012 County Council elections, and who have not either resigned their seat, or otherwise lost their seat as per the bylaws of the county Green Party to whose County Council they were elected, or as per the GPCA bylaws (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-4 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-4_Vacancy); and 2) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council according to the process described in their county Green Party's bylaws and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-3 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-3_Appointment_to_Va cancies); and 3) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council in counties in which no County Council members were elected in the primary election, and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-6 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Va cancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_ the_primary_election) ; and The GPCA finds that despite there being no County Council elections for 2014-2016, that to be consistent with GPCA bylaws which state that County Council terms are for two years (as per GPCA bylaws 6-2.1 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-2_Elections), that the process described herein shall take the place of those County Council elections for 2014-2016, and that the members of each County Council in all GPCA counties shall be considered members of new County Councils for 2014-2016, and that the election of officers for each new County Council term as described in each county Green Party's bylaws shall apply Proposal: That the General Assembly approve the following bylaws interpretation: Whereas SB1272, passed by the California state legislature and signed into law by Governor Brown changed state law so that county registrars only conduct County Council elections every four years - during presidential preference primary elections - rather than every two years during the primary elections, as has been the practice since the GPCA first qualified for the ballot; and Whereas the June 2013 Napa General Assembly passed a budget for GPCA FY2013-2014 that budgeted $3,000 for the conduct of the 2014-2016 County Council elections, and empowered the Coordinating Committee to contract directly for support services; and Whereas the Coordinating Committee found that the party did not have the volunteer infrastructure to simultaneously conduct County Council elections and gather the new larger number of signatures-in-lieus of a filing fee for its endorsed statewide candidates, and Whereas without any further bylaws interpretations to provide for County Councils in 2014-2016, the GPCA will have no County Councils in place for 2014-2016 when the 2012-2014 term ends, Therefore the GPCA finds that for the purposes of providing for County Councils in 2014-2016, the following GPCA members shall be considered County Council members at the beginning of the 2014-2016 term, as long as the Coordinating Committee sends notice of these conditions to the GPCA Inform List, and as long as a list of who qualifies via this criteria is sent to _applications at cagreens.org_ (mailto:applications at cagreens.org) by midnight, Monday, June 23: 1) All those GPCA members who were elected in the June 2012 County Council elections, and who have not either resigned their seat, or otherwise lost their seat as per the bylaws of the county Green Party to whose County Council they were elected, or as per the GPCA bylaws (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-4 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-4_Vacancy); and 2) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council according to the process described in their county Green Party's bylaws and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-3 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-3_Appointment_to_Va cancies); and 3) All those GPCA members who were appointed to a County Council in counties in which no County Council members were elected in the primary election, and still remain on that County Council (as described in GPCA Bylaws 6-6 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Va cancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_ the_primary_election) ; and The GPCA finds that despite there being no County Council elections for 2014-2016, that to be consistent with GPCA bylaws which state that County Council terms are for two years (as per GPCA bylaws 6-2.1 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-2_Elections), that the process described herein shall take the place of those County Council elections for 2014-2016, and that the members of each County Council in all GPCA counties shall be considered members of new County Councils for 2014-2016, and that the election of officers for each new County Council term as described in each county Green Party's bylaws shall apply. Resources: References: Full details are available at: http://files.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=51 Please send your comments to _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) . Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GPCA SGA Voting System Admin _______________________________________________ gpca-votes mailing list _gpca-votes at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org) http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-votes = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peacemovies at gmail.com Wed May 14 22:43:53 2014 From: peacemovies at gmail.com (John Thielking) Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:43:53 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fw: Protests Against The Ongoing US Intervention In The Ukraine In-Reply-To: <1400131467.14631.YahooMailNeo@web161903.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1400131399.91035.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1400131467.14631.YahooMailNeo@web161903.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Thielking Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:24 PM Subject: Fw: Protests Against The Ongoing US Intervention In The Ukraine To: "peacemovies at gmail.com" ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* John Thielking *To:* "masaos at earthlink.net" ; Donna Wallach < palestineis at dslextreme.com>; "svtriathlete at hotmail.com" < svtriathlete at hotmail.com>; Robert Norse *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:23 PM *Subject:* Protests Against The Ongoing US Intervention In The Ukraine There will be a specially scheduled protest Friday, May 23rd, 2014 from 3:45PM-5PM in front of Congressperson Zoe Lofgren's San Jose, CA office, 635 N 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95112. Also, you may choose to show up at any or all of the other usual anti-war vigils in the San Jose, CA area, such as: Fridays from 5PM-6PM at 4th and San Fernando in front of the MLK Library in San Jose, CA Saturdays and Sundays from 11AM-1PM at Stevens Creek and Winchester blvds in San Jose, CA. Mondays from 5PM-6PM at the San Carlos st end of Cesar Chavez Park in downtown San Jose, CA. There will also be a visit and vigil/speakout at Congressperson Sam Farr's office in Santa Cruz, CA on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 at 2PM. Meet at the Santa Cruz County Courthouse at 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA. These actions are scheduled to run from May 9, 2014 to May 26, 2014 in coordination with the call put out by the International Action Center in New York, NY. *Coalition Against US Intervention In The Ukraine* Come out and support a protest against the ongoing US intervention in the Ukraine. The US has spent some $5 billion dollars on "bringing democracy to the Ukraine". This has included paying protestors who were involved in the Feb 22, 2014 demonstrations in Kiev where Neo-Nazi snipers shot police and demonstrators from both sides. The US state dept pointedly ignored the implications of this and started constructing their own narrative that blames Russia for the ongoing unrest and violence in the Ukraine, particularly now in Eastern Ukraine. No NATO troops in the Ukraine! No US/EU war with Russia! Get the US and the EU and the IMF to get their sticky fingers out of the Ukraine! These actions are endorsed by the San Jose Peace Center. For more information and lists of other organizations endorsing these actions please visit: *Call for Ukraine Emergency Anti-war Actions May 9 - 26 * [image: image] Call for Ukraine Emergency Anti-war Actions May 9 - 26 ENDORSE, VOLUNTEER, LIST LOCAL ACTIONS for Call for Emergency Anti-war Actions Against U.S. Intervention in the Ukraine, May 9 -... 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On 5/14/2014 11:05 PM, perrysandy at aol.com wrote: > http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/14/these-stunning-photos-show-what-iconic-u-s-locations-look-like-after-12-feet-of-sea-level-rise/#.U3P5UBnS-5E.facebook > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perrysandy at aol.com Thu May 15 09:31:30 2014 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:31:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Agenda items for May In-Reply-To: <1400144361.74105.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1400144361.74105.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8D13E724304C227-1D5C-12AB2@webmail-m137.sysops.aol.com> This is from our notes of the last meeting: Agree on speaker for May 22 meeting: Sandy will invite Brian Davis. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Yacoub To: sosfbay-discuss Cc: Andrea Dorey Sent: Thu, May 15, 2014 1:59 am Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Agenda items for May Well it's that time again. If you know we have a speaker, please give me some details. If you have an agenda item please let me know it and about how long you think discussion will last. I know we have a plenary coming up. Are we going? What's on that agenda? 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Thanks, Spencer Graves -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Vote Yes on Proposition 42! Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 19:12:28 +0000 From: Phillip Ung To: Spencer Graves California Forward Action Fund California Forward Action Fund Spencer, As California approaches the June 3rd Primary Election, the California Forward Action Fund urges you to*vote Yes on Proposition 42to protect citizens' access to public meetings and records*. By voting *Yes on Proposition 42*, you can protect your community's right to inspect public records and attend public meetings ensuring taxpayers know what local governments are doing with your money. *Proposition 42* is supported by a broad coalition of good government groups and other trusted organizations. *Proposition 42* has been endorsed by the/League of Women Voters of California/, /Common Cause/, teachers, nurses, and firefighter organizations, taxpayer advocates, and newspaper editorial boards across the state. *Please join the California Forward Action Fund in voting Yes on Proposition 42 to ensure public access is a core responsibility of government at every level.* For more information and full list of endorsers, visit *www.PublicRightToKnow.org *. Thank you for your support, Phillip Ung California Forward Action Fund P.S. The voter registration deadline is May 19! Visit *www.RegisterToVote.ca.gov * today! 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Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Graves To: GPSCC Sent: Thu, May 15, 2014 9:38 am Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Vote Yes on Proposition 42 with LWV and Common Cause? The email below claims that Common Cause, the League of Women Voters have endorsed Prop 42. Our Standing General Assembly voted to oppose it. Can someone explain the discrepancy? Thanks, Spencer Graves -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Vote Yes on Proposition 42! Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 19:12:28 +0000 From: Phillip Ung To: Spencer Graves Spencer, As California approaches the June 3rd Primary Election, the California Forward Action Fund urges you to vote Yes on Proposition 42 to protect citizens' access to public meetings and records. By voting Yes on Proposition 42, you can protect your community's right to inspect public records and attend public meetings ensuring taxpayers know what local governments are doing with your money. Proposition 42 is supported by a broad coalition of good government groups and other trusted organizations. Proposition 42 has been endorsed by the League of Women Voters of California, Common Cause, teachers, nurses, and firefighter organizations, taxpayer advocates, and newspaper editorial boards across the state. Please join the California Forward Action Fund in voting Yes on Proposition 42 to ensure public access is a core responsibility of government at every level. For more information and full list of endorsers, visit www.PublicRightToKnow.org. Thank you for your support, Phillip Ung California Forward Action Fund P.S. The voter registration deadline is May 19! Visit www.RegisterToVote.ca.gov today! This email was sent to: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Click Here to Manage Your Subscription _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri May 16 14:15:32 2014 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 17:15:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Resend: May 22nd GPSCC Meeting Agenda Item Message-ID: <13791.6ef17a46.40a7d9f4@aol.com> In a message dated 5/12/2014 3:52:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, WB4D23 at aol.com writes: May 12, 2014 The available information about the June 21-22, 2014 Santa Barbara Plenary can be found by going to _www.cagreens.org/ga_ (http://www.cagreens.org/ga) ; clicking the June 2014 link; and then clicking various links. At minimum, there is a draft agenda available. The May 22nd meeting is our last before the Plenary; so we will need to appoint delegates and alternates (if anyone is willing to volunteer). Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Sun May 18 16:28:17 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 16:28:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Ralph Nader on C-Span Tonight In-Reply-To: <1890013918.-1050995718@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com> References: <1890013918.-1050995718@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com> Message-ID: <1400455697.21318.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Matthew Zawisky To: carolineyacoub at att.net Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:10 PM Subject: Ralph Nader on C-Span Tonight Ralph Nader will be on C-Span tonight, Sunday, at 8 pm EST. Nader will be onC-Span's Q&A with Brian Lambto discuss his new book -- Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State. Best Matthew Zawisky If you would like to stop receiving these emails, please?click here.?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Sun May 18 18:38:19 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:38:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Ralph Nader on C-Span Tonight In-Reply-To: <1890013918.-1050995718@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com> References: <1890013918.-1050995718@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com> Message-ID: <1400463499.40516.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> If you missed him at 5:00 our time, he will also be on at 8:00 our time. He has a lot to say. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Matthew Zawisky To: carolineyacoub at att.net Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:10 PM Subject: Ralph Nader on C-Span Tonight Ralph Nader will be on C-Span tonight, Sunday, at 8 pm EST. Nader will be onC-Span's Q&A with Brian Lambto discuss his new book -- Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State. Best Matthew Zawisky If you would like to stop receiving these emails, please?click here.?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon May 19 15:44:03 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 15:44:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] urgent: agenda items Message-ID: <537A8933.9030307@sbcglobal.net> Please send your agenda items to carolineyacoub at att.net because she currently does not have access to the discussion list From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon May 19 16:59:30 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:59:30 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] health care talk Message-ID: <537A9AE2.2010101@sbcglobal.net> Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is sponsoring a talk by the CEO of a Wisconsin health care group at a private home in San Francisco on Thursday May 29-th at 6:30 pm. *May 8, 2014* PSR Supper Salon With Jeffrey Thompson, MD, CEO, Gundersen Health System, Wisconsin *May 29th 6:30-9pm* Home of Board member Dr. Tom Hall and Liz McLoughlin, San Francisco /Exact address will be sent upon RSVP/ RSVP here Join your fellow SF Bay Area PSR members, Board and staff for an evening of good food and good conversation with Dr. Jeff Thompson, CEO of Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin. We hope this will be the first of several "Supper Salons" to come this year. Gundersen Health is recognized as a premier health system in energy efficiency and climate change mitigation efforts. Dr. Thompson will share with us the story of how the health system has taken on the issue of climate change as a priority in their operations, as well as talk about his own personal work as a clinical advocate for climate change mitigation and environmental health. RSVP here so we can save you and yours a seat in Dr. Hall's living room! And please circulate this among your friends and colleagues. ABOUT SF BAY PSR Guided by the expertise of medicine and public health, SF Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. Consequently, we promote public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear war and other weapons of mass destruction, global environmental degradation, the epidemic of gun violence, and other social injustices in our society today. From peacemovies at gmail.com Mon May 19 17:15:01 2014 From: peacemovies at gmail.com (John Thielking) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:15:01 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fw: DISTRIBUTE! - FW: Organizing Union Opposition to U.S. Intervention in Ukraine . . . In-Reply-To: <1400543089.68880.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1400543089.68880.YahooMailNeo@web161905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Please submit the resolution at the end of this e-mail for consideration for endorsement by the GP of SCC at the next meeting. Thanks. Sincerely, JohnThielking ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Thielking Date: Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:44 PM Subject: Fw: DISTRIBUTE! - FW: Organizing Union Opposition to U.S. Intervention in Ukraine . . . To: "peacemovies at gmail.com" ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* david *To:* john thielking *Sent:* Monday, May 19, 2014 3:16 PM *Subject:* DISTRIBUTE! - FW: Organizing Union Opposition to U.S. Intervention in Ukraine . . . *DISRIBUTE WIDELY!* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:44:20 -0700 To: From: alanbenjamin at earthlink.net Subject: Organizing Union Opposition to U.S. Intervention in Ukraine . . . [please excuse duplicate postings; to remove your name from my list, please contact ilcinfo at earthlink.net] Dear unionists and labor activists, I thought you might be interested in the message below regarding U.S. intervention in Ukraine, which I received this morning from the chairperson of the Ohio State Labor Party. Please also note the resolution adopted unanimously by the San Francisco Labor Council that follows the OSLP statement. The SFLC resolution calls for an end to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. It would be very important for labor bodies across the country, particularly unions affiliated with USLAW, to take a stand against the growing U.S. intervention in Ukraine. As many of you may know, this intervention has involved funding and fomenting a coup against a democratically elected government (whatever one may think of that government), earmarking millions upon millions of our tax dollars toward this end, and now sending U.S. mercenaries to the region. According to the May 4 issue of the German newspaper* Bild*, more than 400 U.S. operatives of Academi (ex-Blackwater) were seen organizing the massacre of civilians in Eastern Ukraine -- a report that has not been contradicted by U.S. officials. The* Wall Street Journal* and other news media have published polls showing that the overwhelming majority of the American people are opposed to the continued -- let alone expanded -- U.S. military intervention the world over; they want our tax dollars to create jobs and provide vitally needed social services here at home. So let's get our unions and labor councils to pass resolutions against U.S. intervention in Ukraine, and let's join -- and where possible get our unions to join -- the demonstrations called by UNAC, ANSWER, UFPJ, Code Pink and other antiwar groups around this central demand: End U.S. Intervention in Ukraine Now! In solidarity, Alan Benjamin Labor activist San Francisco, Calif. * * * * * * * * * * To: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) Co-Convenors and the rest of the USLAW Steering Committee From: Ohio State Labor Party (OSLP) Subject: Ukraine Greetings: The last paragraph of the statement on Ukraine adopted by the USLAW Steering Committee on April 2, 2014 notes, "USLAW officers and Steering Committee will continue to follow developments in the Ukraine and will issue additional statements or calls to action as circumstances require." As an affiliate of USLAW, the OSLP emphatically believes that an additional statement should be issued now by USLAW that would contain the following points: First, a clear-cut and unambiguous call for the U.S. government to end its intervention in Ukraine. Second, the U.S. working class has no stake or interest in intervening in Ukraine in support of the Kiev regime. Third, the regime in Kiev that Washington is supporting with funds, intelligence and other forms of aid is anti-working class to the core and is strongly influenced by the Svoboda Party and other fascist and neo-Nazi formations. Fourth, the billions of dollars that the U.S. is providing to bolster the Kiev regime should go instead for jobs, infrastructure, extension of unemployment compensation, food stamps, education, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other essential safety net programs at home. Five, that Washington should stop such provocative actions as deploying U.S. destroyers in the Black Sea, supporting NATO troop deployments eastward, stationing jets and missile bases in eight countries encircling Russia and scheduling U.S./NATO war games in the region. Sixth, all the polls show the U.S. public's overwhelming opposition to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Seventh, the U.S. antiwar movement is united in opposing U.S. intervention in Ukraine, the latest example being the resolution unanimously adopted on May 12, 2014 by the San Francisco Labor Council, one of USLAW's major affiliates. This resolution is being sent to the national AFL-CIO calling upon it to circulate the resolution widely throughout the labor movement. (The resolution is re-printed below.) Eight, USLAW should call upon the labor movement to educate, organize and mobilize to end U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Most of these points were not addressed by USLAW's earlier statement. We believe it is high time that they be addressed now. Jerry Gordon Chair, OSLP [The above statement was unanimously adopted by the OSLP Executive Board on May 18, 2014.] cc: Donna Dewitt, Dennis Serrette, Alan Benjamin, OSLP Executive Board ************************************************** *Resolution on Ukraine and Russia* (adopted unanimously by the Delegates Meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO, on Monday, May 12, 2014) Whereas the United States and other Western countries have intervened in the internal affairs of Ukraine, and behind the uprising are millions of dollars of our tax money used in the covert campaign to destabilize and topple the democratically elected former regime, and Whereas this money comes from the federal budget where it competes directly with funds for human needs programs that directly benefit education and other services and public sector employees as well as students and their families, and Whereas the Western Powers have historically attempted encirclement and the weakening of Russia by incorporating Eastern European countries into NATO, and Whereas intervention by Western powers and threats of war are contrary to the interests of the Ukrainian, Russian, and American people and undermine peace and stability in the region, and Whereas the new Ukrainian government, backed by the United States and European powers, has a fascist-minded element that threatens much of the population, and recalls racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic views that go against our fundamental values, and Whereas fascist movements historically have sought to destroy the organized labor movement, and Whereas the region is now a tinder box easily ignited, and Whereas war in Europe will have horrific consequences to the world economy, to the human race and the planet, and Whereas a peace oriented, productive economy serves not only the needs of all faculty and students, union members and all workers, but also all strata of society, except war-profiteers and the super-rich, Therefore be it Resolved that the San Francisco Labor Council urges the U.S. government to use diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine to work out a peaceful resolution of the brewing conflict, one that respects the sovereignty, democratic right to self-determination, and security of all the peoples of Eastern Europe, and Be it Further Resolved that the San Francisco Labor Council urge the U.S. government to stop all military aid to the new Ukraine government, and Be it Finally Resolved that the San Francisco Labor Council will send copies of this resolution to Bay Area Congressional Representatives, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senator John McCain, Senator Mitch McConnell, President Barack Obama, and the national AFL-CIO. 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I have forwarded your email request to our discussion list. so in a day or two we will have responses as to who is available and when. Once we have that we will of course let you know. Do you have any availability restrictions? How much credit time do you need? How long should the interviews be if we take the interview route? It has been quite a while but we have tabled in the past at the Morgan Hill Farmers Market by the train station Perhaps you would like to do that. Saturday 9 am to 1 pm or a portion thereof. Jim Doyle Green Party of Santa Clara County From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue May 20 15:43:53 2014 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:43:53 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] registered green volunteering Message-ID: <537BDAA9.4080809@sbcglobal.net> Sobrato High School is in Morgan Hill. Subject: Volunteer opportunities or Interview? From: leilaniferris981 at gmail.com Date: 8:06 AM [Tuesday 5-20-2014] To: jimd at greens.org Hi, I am a student at Ann Sobrato High School and am currently registered for the Green Party. I am in need of some outside points for my civics class and I was wondering if there was going to be any volunteer opportunities before the 30th of this month, or if someone would be able to spare some time, through email, or in person for an interview. If you are able to get back to me as soon as possible, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Leilani Ferris-Smith leilaniferris981 at gmail.com From perrysandy at aol.com Tue May 20 15:45:39 2014 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 18:45:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ellen Brown and Laura Wells Appearing at De Anza College Fri May 23 at 11 AM Message-ID: <8D142945B4FE19E-22B0-25378@webmail-m246.sysops.aol.com> The De Anza Green Party will be hosting GreenParty candidates Ellen Brown and Laura Wells at 11 am on Friday May 23 in theEast Cottage at De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA95014. The East Cottage is the small building directly next door to theFlint Center Garage, the large parking structure in the very northeast cornerof the campus. Alongside Green Party candidate Luis Rodriguez,who is running for Governor, and who visited campus on April 28, Ellen Brownand Laura Wells are running for statewide office in the upcoming June 3election. Ellen Brown forTreasurer. Ellen Brown isthe founder and chair of the Public Banking Institute that was instrumental inhelping to get a bill for a feasibility study for a California state-owned bankpassed by both houses of the California legislature, until it was vetoed byGovernor Jerry Brown. Ellen?s vision is to transform California, theworld?s eighth largest economy, into a financially sovereign state byorganizing a State Bank modeled on the Bank of North Dakota. She has writtentwo books and over 200 articles on public banking. Laura Wells forController. Laura Wells is committedto replacing corporate power with people power by supporting and votingfor "No Corporate Money" candidates. The goal is to win elections andchampion solutions we know exist, like implementing aState Bank for California and like changing our spending priorities fromprisons to schools. It is entirely possible to have better health, housing,jobs, justice, education, and environment ? especially here in California,which is still a wealthy state. Please join us on Friday at 11, invite your friends, andpublicize this opportunity far and wide! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perrysandy at aol.com Wed May 21 08:39:36 2014 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 11:39:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ellen Brown and Laura wells at De Anza College Friday May 23 at 11 AM Message-ID: <8D14322014891C9-2C64-1F02@webmail-d210.sysops.aol.com> The De Anza Green Party will be hosting Green Party candidates Ellen Brown and Laura Wells at 11 am on Friday May 23 in the East Cottage at De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014. The East Cottage is the small building directly next door to the Flint Center Garage, the large parking structure in the very northeast corner of the campus. Alongside Green Party candidate Luis Rodriguez, who is running for Governor, and who visited campus on April 28, Ellen Brown and Laura Wells are running for statewide office in the upcoming June 3 election. Ellen Brown for Treasurer. Ellen Brown is the founder and chair of the Public Banking Institute that was instrumental in helping to get a bill for a feasibility study for a California state-owned bank passed by both houses of the California legislature, until it was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown. Ellen?s vision is to transform California, the world?s eighth largest economy, into a financially sovereign state by organizing a State Bank modeled on the Bank of North Dakota. She has written two books and over 200 articles on public banking. Laura Wells for Controller. Laura Wells is committed to replacing corporate power with people power by supporting and voting for "No Corporate Money" candidates. The goal is to win elections and champion solutions we know exist, like implementing a State Bank for California and like changing our spending priorities from prisons to schools. It is entirely possible to have better health, housing, jobs, justice, education, and environment ? especially here in California, which is still a wealthy state. Please join us on Friday at 11, invite your friends, and publicize this opportunity far and wide! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed May 21 09:40:29 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 09:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items Message-ID: <1400690429.14558.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ? ?Tian says he has me back on sosfbay. Okay, then PLEASE send me your agenda items. The meeting is tomorrow. Caroline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed May 21 15:27:36 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 15:27:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tentative agenda Message-ID: <1400711256.54856.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> 7:00 ?Speaker: Brian Davis, Tri-City Health Center 7:30 Meeting begins. Introductions, announcements, changes or additions to? ? ? ? ? ?agenda, hat passing. 7:45 Identify Facilitator, Note Taker, Vibes Watcher, Time Keeper, and Agenda? ? ? ? ? ?Preparer for June meeting 7:55 ?Report on Climate Change work, including rally at the Fairmont. ? ? ? ? ? Santa Cruz County first county to ban fracking. There are groups in Gilroy ? ? ? ? ? ?and Hollister working on it. 350.org Silicon Valley is working on it.? 8:10 ?Letter writing 8:20 ?Report on De Anza work 8:35 ?Report from Health Care Coalition meeting ? ? ? ? ? ?June 7 in Oakland training for people to be regional coordinators ? ? ? ? ? ?July 30 Health Care is a Human Right Day ?(39th anniversary of Medicare) ? ? ? ? ? ? August 22-24 in Oakland, people from all over the country who are working ? ? ? ? ? ? ? for Single Payer 8:50 ?John's Proposition 9:10 Is anybody going to the Plenary? Are we going to choose delegates? Has ? ? ? ? ? ? ? anybody looked at the agenda?? 9:25 (or perhaps earlier) the will be a movie here at the Peace Center tomorrow night called ?"Salt of the Earth" ?a 1954 film on Economic Justice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Thu May 22 21:19:51 2014 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 21:19:51 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tentative agenda In-Reply-To: <1400711256.54856.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1400711256.54856.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <537ECC67.5070008@prodsyse.com> On 5/21/2014 3:27 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > 7:00 Speaker: Brian Davis, Tri-City Health Center Tri-City in Fremont: LGBT Tobacco Prevention Project, "Butt out of our bars". Funding from the fact that they have funding to deal with LGBT smoking, who tend to smoke 3 times as much as the general population. There is a gay bar in San Jos? (plus at least 8 other bars in SJ) where tobacco company reps distribute cigarettes for 1 pack for $1 at that bar that night. Splash, Caravan, Gringos, Branham Lounge, Pure Lounge (Svle). Or buy one get one free or ... . All this makes it easier for people to get hooked. Councilmember Ash Kalra and others are supporting an ordinance to outlaw passing out for free or minimal cost cigarettes or coupons for same. San Francisco and many other cities in the bay area have bans like this. San Jos? does not. Another ordinance proposes to ban e-cigarettes. Residents of San Jos? are encouraged to contact their City Council representatives, asking them to support bans on free and minimal cost cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Tian: Dan Winkler and Thomas Spielbauer were two of the people who got one of the first anti-smoking ordinances in the US passed. > > 7:30 Meeting begins. Introductions, announcements, changes or > additions to > agenda, hat passing. Spencer Caroline Drew: Tomorrow 11 AM at De Anza: Ellen Brown speaks. Father Michael Lapsley, lost an eye and parts of both arms in the anti-apartheit effort in South Africa. John Thielking Pete O'Reilley: Friday, there have been about 17 days of emergency protests (ends Monday) -- at Zoe Lofgren's tomorrow, 3:45 - 5 PM (635 N. First) -- against US intervention in the US. Sam Farr won't talk with people about this. Sandy Perry Warner Bloomberg, Esq.: ~May 12, Warner's subscription to sosfbay-discuss was dropped. Sandy receives but can't send. Tian from Mountain View. Fixes email problems. > > 7:45 Identify Facilitator: Caroline > , Note Taker: Spencer > , Vibes Watcher: Tian > , Time Keeper: Sandy > , and Agenda > Preparer for June meeting: Sandy if someone will fix his chat > list. > > 7:55 Report on Climate Change work, including rally at the Fairmont. Tian went to the Fairmont: Atmosphere; Free speech area was surrounded by a fence with police walking around. Security was a bummer. Working also with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (~30 years old) working to make San Jos? more bike friendly -- and through that to impact global warming. Pete: His brother-in-law is working on the San Benito ban on fracking. "The Overnighters" is a movie about problems created by Fracking. > Santa Cruz County first county to ban fracking. There are > groups in Gilroy > and Hollister working on it. 350.org Silicon Valley is > working on it. Soil sequestration of carbon: John's preliminary evaluation of the literature says all the carbon in the topsoil escapes in 10 years. With special grass with deep roots could get carbon sequestration to last 100 years. > > 8:10 Letter writing > > 8:20 Report on De Anza work Lots of events. Maria and Lucia wrote an Op Ed re. terrible coverage on the Governor's race. Rodriguez has a new image on Facebook roughly every other day. > > 8:35 Report from Health Care Coalition meeting Lots of outreach. > June 7 in Oakland training for people to be regional > coordinators > July 30 Health Care is a Human Right Day (39th anniversary > of Medicare) > August 22-24 in Oakland, people from all over the country > who are working > for Single Payer > Greg Miller, RN, is volunteering to take a carload of folks to Oakland on August 22-24 and June 7. Endorsers and Affiliates of the Campaign for a Healthy California. > 8:50 John's Resolution on Ukraine and Russia asking the US government > to get out of the Ukraine. US contributed $5 billion for "democracy > promotion" in the Ukraine. Allegedly, a truckload of cash was seen > driving from the airport ot the US embassy and some of the money went > to pay people to protest in Kiev. Proposed: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will send an expression of concern about US intervention in the Ukraine to Bay Area congressional representatives, Senators Boxer and Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senators John McCain and Mitch McConnell plus President Barack Obama. Warner does not like terms like fascist in the resolution. "tinderbox" in hyperbolic. Warner would support a much briefer statement focusing on the "Therefore" clause, eliminating the discussion of fascists, etc. Tian & Caroline would prefer to scratch references to organized labor. Warner will draft a statement and send to Tian for posting. *** Email problems refer to Tian (and Spencer), who will refer them further to Tim Laidman if needed to resolve the problem. Drew: Use riseup.net of you have problems with Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, sbcglobal, ..., move to riseup.net. Agenda for next time: Proposal for change of our email list. > > 9:10 Is anybody going to the Plenary? Are we going to choose > delegates? Has anybody looked at the agenda? Next June 21-22 at UC Santa Barbara -- a specific campus there (see www.cagreens.org/ga). Drew and Sandy are considering attending. Debbie would also go if Drew did. Registration period is now open. Deadline = Wednesday before the meeting. (1) Someone on the County Council must send in the list of delegates and alternates by the Wednesday before the meeting. (2) The delegates and alternates must register by the Wednesday before. The County Council will designate delegates and alternates and notify the state party as required. Volunteers are being recruited for delegates and alternates. Also: Plans for reappointment of County Council members. Per a statewide interpretation of the rules, existing county council members are reappointed. > > 9:25 (or perhaps earlier) the will be a movie here at the Peace Center > tomorrow night called "Salt of the Earth" a 1954 film on Economic > Justice. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Splash, Caravan, Gringos, Branham Lounge, Pure Lounge (Svle). Or buy one get one free or ... . All this makes it easier for people to get hooked. Councilmember Ash Kalra and others are supporting an ordinance to outlaw passing out for free or minimal cost cigarettes or coupons for same. San Francisco and many other cities in the bay area have bans like this. San Jos? does not. Another ordinance proposes to ban e-cigarettes. Residents of San Jos? are encouraged to contact their City Council representatives, asking them to support bans on free and minimal cost cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Tian: Dan Winkler and Thomas Spielbauer were two of the people who got one of the first anti-smoking ordinances in the US passed. > > 7:30 Meeting begins. Introductions, announcements, changes or > additions to > agenda, hat passing. Spencer Caroline Drew: Tomorrow 11 AM at De Anza: Ellen Brown speaks. Father Michael Lapsley, lost an eye and parts of both arms in the anti-apartheit effort in South Africa. John Thielking Pete O'Reilley: Friday, there have been about 17 days of emergency protests (ends Monday) -- at Zoe Lofgren's tomorrow, 3:45 - 5 PM (635 N. First) -- against US intervention in the US. Sam Farr won't talk with people about this. Sandy Perry Warner Bloomberg, Esq.: ~May 12, Warner's subscription to sosfbay-discuss was dropped. Sandy receives but can't send. Tian from Mountain View. Fixes email problems. > > 7:45 Identify Facilitator: Caroline > , Note Taker: Spencer > , Vibes Watcher: Tian > , Time Keeper: Sandy > , and Agenda > Preparer for June meeting: Sandy if someone will fix his chat > list. > > 7:55 Report on Climate Change work, including rally at the Fairmont. Tian went to the Fairmont: Atmosphere; Free speech area was surrounded by a fence with police walking around. Security was a bummer. Working also with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (~30 years old) working to make San Jos? more bike friendly -- and through that to impact global warming. Pete: His brother-in-law is working on the San Benito ban on fracking. "The Overnighters" is a movie about problems created by Fracking. > Santa Cruz County first county to ban fracking. There are > groups in Gilroy > and Hollister working on it. 350.org Silicon Valley is > working on it. Soil sequestration of carbon: John's preliminary evaluation of the literature says all the carbon in the topsoil escapes in 10 years. With special grass with deep roots could get carbon sequestration to last 100 years. > > 8:10 Letter writing > > 8:20 Report on De Anza work Lots of events. Maria and Lucia wrote an Op Ed re. terrible coverage on the Governor's race. Rodriguez has a new image on Facebook roughly every other day. > > 8:35 Report from Health Care Coalition meeting Lots of outreach. > June 7 in Oakland training for people to be regional > coordinators > July 30 Health Care is a Human Right Day (39th anniversary > of Medicare) > August 22-24 in Oakland, people from all over the country > who are working > for Single Payer > Greg Miller, RN, is volunteering to take a carload of folks to Oakland on August 22-24 and June 7. Endorsers and Affiliates of the Campaign for a Healthy California. > 8:50 John's Resolution on Ukraine and Russia asking the US government > to get out of the Ukraine. US contributed $5 billion for "democracy > promotion" in the Ukraine. Allegedly, a truckload of cash was seen > driving from the airport ot the US embassy and some of the money went > to pay people to protest in Kiev. Proposed: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will send an expression of concern about US intervention in the Ukraine to Bay Area congressional representatives, Senators Boxer and Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senators John McCain and Mitch McConnell plus President Barack Obama. Warner does not like terms like fascist in the resolution. "tinderbox" in hyperbolic. Warner would support a much briefer statement focusing on the "Therefore" clause, eliminating the discussion of fascists, etc. Tian & Caroline would prefer to scratch references to organized labor. Warner will draft a statement and send to Tian for posting. *** Email problems refer to Tian (and Spencer), who will refer them further to Tim Laidman if needed to resolve the problem. Drew: Use riseup.net of you have problems with Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, sbcglobal, ..., move to riseup.net. Agenda for next time: Proposal for change of our email list. > > 9:10 Is anybody going to the Plenary? Are we going to choose > delegates? Has anybody looked at the agenda? Next June 21-22 at UC Santa Barbara -- a specific campus there (see www.cagreens.org/ga). Drew and Sandy are considering attending. Debbie would also go if Drew did. Registration period is now open. Deadline = Wednesday before the meeting. (1) Someone on the County Council must send in the list of delegates and alternates by the Wednesday before the meeting. (2) The delegates and alternates must register by the Wednesday before. The County Council will designate delegates and alternates and notify the state party as required. Volunteers are being recruited for delegates and alternates. Also: Plans for reappointment of County Council members. Per a statewide interpretation of the rules, existing county council members are reappointed. > > 9:25 (or perhaps earlier) the will be a movie here at the Peace Center > tomorrow night called "Salt of the Earth" a 1954 film on Economic > Justice. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web:www.structuremonitoring.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Fri May 23 09:23:34 2014 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 09:23:34 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Minutes of May 22, 2014, meeting of the Green Party of Santa Clara County (corrected) In-Reply-To: <1400711256.54856.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1400711256.54856.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <537F7606.1050804@prodsyse.com> Please post corrections to this list. On 5/21/2014 3:27 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > 7:00 Speaker: Brian Davis, Tri-City Health Center Tri-City in Fremont: LGBT Tobacco Prevention Project, "Butt out of our bars". Funding from the fact that they have funding to deal with LGBT smoking, who tend to smoke 3 times as much as the general population. There is a gay bar in San Jos? (plus at least 8 other bars in SJ) where tobacco company reps distribute cigarettes for 1 pack for $1 at that bar that night. Splash, Caravan, Gringos, Branham Lounge, Pure Lounge (Svle). Or buy one get one free or ... . All this makes it easier for people to get hooked. Councilmember Ash Kalra and others are supporting an ordinance to outlaw passing out for free or minimal cost cigarettes or coupons for same. San Francisco and many other cities in the bay area have bans like this. San Jos? does not. Another ordinance proposes to ban e-cigarettes. Residents of San Jos? are encouraged to contact their City Council representatives, asking them to support bans on free and minimal cost cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Tian: Dan Winkler and Thomas Spielbauer were two of the people who got one of the first anti-smoking ordinances in the US passed. > > 7:30 Meeting begins. Introductions, announcements, changes or > additions to > agenda, hat passing. Spencer Caroline Drew: Tomorrow 11 AM at De Anza: Ellen Brown speaks. Father Michael Lapsley, lost an eye and parts of both arms in the anti-apartheit effort in South Africa. John Thielking Pete O'Reilley: Friday, there have been about 17 days of emergency protests (ends Monday) -- at Zoe Lofgren's tomorrow, 3:45 - 5 PM (635 N. First) -- against US intervention in the Ukraine. Sam Farr won't talk with people about this. Sandy Perry Warner Bloomberg, Esq.: ~May 12, Warner's subscription to sosfbay-discuss was dropped. Sandy receives but can't send. Tian from Mountain View. Fixes email problems. > > 7:45 Identify Facilitator: Caroline > , Note Taker: Spencer > , Vibes Watcher: Tian > , Time Keeper: Sandy > , and Agenda > Preparer for June meeting: Sandy if someone will fix his chat > list. > > 7:55 Report on Climate Change work, including rally at the Fairmont. Tian went to the Fairmont: Atmosphere; Free speech area was surrounded by a fence with police walking around. Security was a bummer. Working also with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (~30 years old) working to make San Jos? more bike friendly -- and through that to impact global warming. Pete: His brother-in-law is working on the San Benito ban on fracking. "The Overnighters" is a movie about problems created by Fracking. > Santa Cruz County first county to ban fracking. There are > groups in Gilroy > and Hollister working on it. 350.org Silicon Valley is > working on it. Soil sequestration of carbon: John's preliminary evaluation of the literature says all the carbon in the topsoil escapes in 10 years. With special grass with deep roots could get carbon sequestration to last 100 years. > > 8:10 Letter writing > > 8:20 Report on De Anza work Lots of events. Maria and Lucia wrote an Op Ed re. terrible coverage on the Governor's race. Rodriguez has a new image on Facebook roughly every other day. > > 8:35 Report from Health Care Coalition meeting Lots of outreach. > June 7 in Oakland training for people to be regional > coordinators > July 30 Health Care is a Human Right Day (39th anniversary > of Medicare) > August 22-24 in Oakland, people from all over the country > who are working > for Single Payer > Greg Miller, RN, is volunteering to take a carload of folks to Oakland on August 22-24 and June 7. Endorsers and Affiliates of the Campaign for a Healthy California. > 8:50 John's Resolution on Ukraine and Russia asking the US government > to get out of the Ukraine. US contributed $5 billion for "democracy > promotion" in the Ukraine. Allegedly, a truckload of cash was seen > driving from the airport ot the US embassy and some of the money went > to pay people to protest in Kiev. Proposed: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will send an expression of concern about US intervention in the Ukraine to Bay Area congressional representatives, Senators Boxer and Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senators John McCain and Mitch McConnell plus President Barack Obama. Warner does not like terms like fascist in the resolution. "tinderbox" in hyperbolic. Warner would support a much briefer statement focusing on the "Therefore" clause, eliminating the discussion of fascists, etc. Tian & Caroline would prefer to scratch references to organized labor. Warner will draft a statement and send to Tian for posting. *** Email problems refer to Tian (and Spencer), who will refer them further to Tim Laidman if needed to resolve the problem. Drew: Use riseup.net of you have problems with Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, sbcglobal, ..., move to riseup.net. Agenda for next time: Proposal for change of our email list. > > 9:10 Is anybody going to the Plenary? Are we going to choose > delegates? Has anybody looked at the agenda? Next June 21-22 at UC Santa Barbara -- a specific campus there (see www.cagreens.org/ga). Drew and Sandy are considering attending. Debbie would also go if Drew did. Registration period is now open. Deadline = Wednesday before the meeting. (1) Someone on the County Council must send in the list of delegates and alternates by the Wednesday before the meeting. (2) The delegates and alternates must register by the Wednesday before. The County Council will designate delegates and alternates and notify the state party as required. Volunteers are being recruited for delegates and alternates. Also: Plans for reappointment of County Council members. Per a statewide interpretation of the rules, existing county council members are reappointed. > > 9:25 (or perhaps earlier) the will be a movie here at the Peace Center > tomorrow night called "Salt of the Earth" a 1954 film on Economic > Justice. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web:www.structuremonitoring.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 5/21/2014 3:27 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: 7:00 ?Speaker: Brian Davis, Tri-City Health Center ????? Tri-City in Fremont:? LGBT Tobacco Prevention Project, "Butt out of our bars".? Funding from the fact that they have funding to deal with LGBT smoking, who tend to smoke 3 times as much as the general population.? There is a gay bar in San Jos? (plus at least 8 other bars in SJ) where tobacco company reps distribute cigarettes for 1 pack for $1 at that bar that night.? Splash, Caravan, Gringos, Branham Lounge, Pure Lounge (Svle).? Or buy one get one free or ... .? All this makes it easier for people to get hooked.? ????? Councilmember Ash Kalra and others are supporting an ordinance to outlaw passing out for free or minimal cost cigarettes or coupons for same.? San Francisco and many other cities in the bay area have bans like this.? San Jos? does not.? ??? ? Another ordinance proposes to ban e-cigarettes.? ??? ? Residents of San Jos? are encouraged to contact their City Council representatives, asking them to support bans on free and minimal cost cigarettes and e-cigarettes.? Tian:? Dan Winkler and Thomas Spielbauer were two of the people who got one of the first anti-smoking ordinances in the US passed.? > >7:30 Meeting begins. Introductions, announcements, changes or additions to? >? ? ? ? ?agenda, hat passing. ????? Spencer ????? Caroline ????? Drew:? Tomorrow 11 AM at De Anza:? Ellen Brown speaks.? Father Michael Lapsley, lost an eye and parts of both arms in the anti-apartheit effort in South Africa.? ????? John Thielking ????? Pete O'Reilley:? Friday, there have been about 17 days of emergency protests (ends Monday) -- at Zoe Lofgren's tomorrow, 3:45 - 5 PM (635 N. First) -- against US intervention in the Ukraine.? Sam Farr won't talk with people about this.? ????? Sandy Perry ????? Warner Bloomberg, Esq.:? ~May 12, Warner's subscription to sosfbay-discuss was dropped.? ????? Sandy receives but can't send.? ????? Tian from Mountain View.? Fixes email problems.? ?? > >7:45 Identify Facilitator:? Caroline > , Note Taker:? Spencer > , Vibes Watcher:? Tian > , Time Keeper:? Sandy > , and Agenda? >? ? ? ? ?Preparer for June meeting:? Sandy if someone will fix his chat list.? > > >7:55 ?Report on Climate Change work, including rally at the Fairmont. ????? Tian went to the Fairmont:? Atmosphere;? Free speech area was surrounded by a fence with police walking around.? Security was a bummer.? Working also with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (~30 years old) working to make San Jos? more bike friendly -- and through that to impact global warming.? ????? Pete:? His brother-in-law is working on the San Benito ban on fracking.? "The Overnighters" is a movie about problems created by Fracking.? ? ? ? ? ? Santa Cruz County first county to ban fracking. There are groups in Gilroy >? ? ? ? ? ?and Hollister working on it. 350.org Silicon Valley is working on it. > ????? Soil sequestration of carbon:? John's preliminary evaluation of the literature says all the carbon in the topsoil escapes in 10 years.? With special grass with deep roots could get carbon sequestration to last 100 years.? > >8:10 ?Letter writing > > >8:20 ?Report on De Anza work ????? Lots of events.? ????? Maria and Lucia wrote an Op Ed re. terrible coverage on the Governor's race.? ????? Rodriguez has a new image on Facebook roughly every other day.? > >8:35 ?Report from Health Care Coalition meeting ????? Lots of outreach.? ? ? ? ? ? ?June 7 in Oakland training for people to be regional coordinators >? ? ? ? ? ?July 30 Health Care is a Human Right Day ?(39th anniversary of Medicare) >? ? ? ? ? ? August 22-24 in Oakland, people from all over the country who are working >? ? ? ? ? ? ? for Single Payer > > ????? Greg Miller, RN, is volunteering to take a carload of folks to Oakland on August 22-24 and June 7.? ????? Endorsers and Affiliates of the Campaign for a Healthy California.? 8:50 ?John's Resolution on Ukraine and Russia asking the US government to get out of the Ukraine.? US contributed $5 billion for "democracy promotion" in the Ukraine.? Allegedly, a truckload of cash was seen driving from the airport ot the US embassy and some of the money went to pay people to protest in Kiev.? > ? ??? ? Proposed:? The Green Party of Santa Clara County will send an expression of concern about US intervention in the Ukraine to Bay Area congressional representatives, Senators Boxer and Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry, Senators John McCain and Mitch McConnell plus President Barack Obama.? ????? Warner does not like terms like fascist in the resolution.? "tinderbox" in hyperbolic.? ????? Warner would support a much briefer statement focusing on the "Therefore" clause, eliminating the discussion of fascists, etc.? ????? Tian & Caroline would prefer to scratch references to organized labor.? ?????? Warner will draft a statement and send to Tian for posting.? *** Email problems refer to Tian (and Spencer), who will refer them further to Tim Laidman if needed to resolve the problem.? ????? Drew:? Use riseup.net of you have problems with Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, sbcglobal, ..., move to riseup.net.? ????? Agenda for next time:? Proposal for change of our email list.? > >9:10 Is anybody going to the Plenary? Are we going to choose delegates? Has anybody looked at the agenda? > ??? ?? ???? Next June 21-22 at UC Santa Barbara -- a specific campus there (see www.cagreens.org/ga).? ????? Drew and Sandy are considering attending.? Debbie would also go if Drew did.? Registration period is now open.? Deadline = Wednesday before the meeting.? ??? ??????? (1) Someone on the County Council must send in the list of delegates and alternates by the Wednesday before the meeting.? ??? ??????? (2) The delegates and alternates must register by the Wednesday before.? ????? The County Council will designate delegates and alternates and notify the state party as required. ? ????? Volunteers are being recruited for delegates and alternates.? Also:? Plans for reappointment of County Council members.? ????? Per a statewide interpretation of the rules, existing county council members are reappointed.? > >9:25 (or perhaps earlier) the will be a movie here at the Peace Center tomorrow night called ?"Salt of the Earth" ?a 1954 film on Economic Justice. ????? > > > > > >_______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Sat May 24 01:22:43 2014 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 01:22:43 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_=5Bgpca-forum=5D_Viewpoints?= =?windows-1252?q?=3A=5FMore=5Fmischief=5Fin=5F=91t_op-two=92=5Fprimary=5F?= =?windows-1252?q?system=5F-=5FThe=5FSacramento=5FBee?= In-Reply-To: <20140524011714.ed1fb2a5e3eb3651f51d693dd6df412c.9aa065a956.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> References: <20140524011714.ed1fb2a5e3eb3651f51d693dd6df412c.9aa065a956.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> Message-ID: From: barry at hermansons.com To: gpca-forum at cagreens.org Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 01:17:15 -0700 Subject: Re: [gpca-forum] Viewpoints:_More_mischief_in_?t op-two?_primary_system_-_The_Sacramento_Bee An excellent article. In San Francisco, the Republican candidate for Congress finished 2nd in June of 2012 with 16,256 votes. As few as 20,000 votes for a Green on June 3rd could assure a place on the November ballot alongside Nancy Pelosi. This isn't mischief. It is an attempt to make lemonade out of the lemons we were given with the top 2 voting system. If anyone on this list wants to travel to San Francisco this coming week to help distribute campaign lit and do visibility, you can stay at my home and I will feed you. With the work I have already done, my chances of finishing in the top 2 are very good. With your help, they are excellent. Can't come to SF? Next Tuesday, the SF Green Party will send out a press release. I will forward it to this list. Please send it to other Greens and to media in your area. Thank you for the work you are doing to build the Green Party. Barry Hermanson for Congress barryhermanson.org415-664-7754 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gpca-forum] Viewpoints:_More_mischief_in_?t op-two?_primary_system_-_The_Sacramento_Bee From: Mike Feinstein Date: Fri, May 23, 2014 10:25 am To: GPCA member general discussion www.sacbee.com/2014/05/23/6426222/viewpoints-more-mischief-in-top.html Viewpoints: More mischief in ?top-two? primary system By Steve Maviglio Special to The Bee Published: Friday, May. 23, 2014 - 12:00 am I have a confession to make. I?m voting for Republican Tim Donnelly for governor in June. Not because I agree with him on any issue. But because I can.This year?s primary election marks the first time that California?s ?top-two? primary system will allow voters to choose any candidate running for the state?s top offices. Voters not aligned with any political party get to vote for the candidate of their choice ? without being forced to register with a political party. Yet it also allows Democrats to vote for Republicans, and Republicans to vote for Democrats.That is an invitation for mischief. For example, I want Jerry Brown, who polls say will glide to victory in June, to face the weakest candidate possible in November. Hence my vote for Tim Donnelly, a tea-party radical, whom Brown will dispatch with little effort in the general election. This bizarre concept of strategic voting is nothing new in other states ? Rush Limbaugh famously dubbed a similar attempt by Republicans to manipulate the 2008 Democratic presidential primary "Operation Chaos.? Until the top-two primary, California was protected from these kinds of political high jinks. This year, however, political consultants are developing new opportunities to hijack our state?s electoral process. These efforts are patterned on an effort two years ago, when now-embattled state Sen. Rod Wright faced a tough fight in the low-turnout June primary against a more progressive Democratic challenger, Paul Butterfield. Corporate interests who preferred Wright knew he would have a much more difficult battle in his heavily Democratic district if he faced another Democrat in November instead of a Republican. So they put all their marbles into a costly campaign to defeat Butterfield.It worked. In the primary, Wright won 27 percent of the vote to Butterfield?s 16 percent, while the Republican, Charlotte Svolos, received 57 percent. When November came along, Wright routed the Republican as expected, winning 76 percent of the vote.That race has set the stage for more manipulation this year. Corporate contributors ? who have traditionally supported Republicans ? are funneling campaign cash through independent expenditure committees to knock out progressive Democrats in key Legislative contests. Their goal? A win-win situation for them in November, where a business-friendly Democrat will face off against a business-friendly Republican.Exhibit A is a Contra Costa County-based Assembly district, where the California Association of Realtors is dumping more than $1 million into an independent expenditure campaign to elect political consultant Steve Glazer and defeat union-backed teacher Tim Sbranti. The Realtors have never made serious contributions to Democratic candidates prior to this year?s elections. In fact, they were the driving force to win a Central Valley Senate seat last year that led to the loss of the Senate?s Democratic supermajority.Examples of potential electoral manipulation extend to both sides of the ideological divide. Nobody knows why three Democrats pulled papers to run in Congressional District 4 and then failed to turn them in. But conservative Rep. Tom McClintock is rightfully suspicious that there may have been collusion to allow his moderate Republican opponent a chance to advance to November instead of one of the Democrats.Meanwhile, McClintock himself is employing mischief. He has sent mailers to Democratic voters backhandedly trying to get their support for a little-known independent candidate. This effort is designed to draw votes away from a moderate Republican expected to give McClintock a fierce battle in November by also attracting Democratic and independent voters, as well as those that don?t align with McClintock?s ultra-right philosophy.Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the top-two primary is when voters are denied a voice even without special interests trying to manipulate the process. That happened in 2012, when no Democrat advanced to November in the Riverside area?s 31st Congressional District. In that case, two Republicans split the GOP vote, while four Democrats divvied up the Democratic vote. Even though Democrats were 49 percent of the voters in the district, only the two Republicans survived and made it to the November election.A similar situation may be developing in West Los Angeles this year. Congressional District 33, being vacated by Rep. Henry Waxman, is one of the most liberal in the state. Yet it is possible that no Democrat will advance to November. Eighteen candidates have filed, including 10 Democrats, three Republicans, two minor-party candidates and three independents.Of course, the top-two primary has other downsides: banning write-in candidates in November, essentially blocking smaller political parties from having any voice in the fall, and forcing partisans to choose between the lesser of two evils when no candidate of their party is on the ballot.But few expected the top-two to invite this kind of bedlam.At a recent UC Berkeley conference, Democratic pollster Ben Tulchin said the top-two was ?good for the business of political consultants and pollsters.? In a few weeks, we?ll know the price everyone else ends up paying. Steve Maviglio is a Democratic strategist and former deputy chief of staff in the California Assembly. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/05/23/6426222/viewpoints-more-mischief-in-top.html#storylink=cpy_______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001 URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Sat May 24 19:57:18 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 19:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fracking in Chaco Canyon Message-ID: <1400986638.58517.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Please write to Secretary of the Interior Jewell and ask her not to allow fracking near Chaco Canyon. 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Warner > May 22, 2014 > Anna Eshoo, U.S. House of Representatives > Mike Honda, U.S. House of Representatives > Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House of Representatives > Sam Farr, U.S. House of Representatives > Diane Feinstein, U.S. Senate > Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate > To Our South Bay Federal Legislators: > Among many others, members of the Green Party of Santa Clara County > are very concerned about events occurring in Ukraine and what may be > United States responses to this international crisis. > We urge that diplomatic efforts be used to address this dangerous > situation and particularly oppose U.S. military aid to any government > in Ukraine. > On behalf of the GPSCC: > Name(s) > POB Address > email address > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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Saturday: 12: 00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Headliner Jazmine Sullivan will perform Sunday at 5:00 pm #FathersDayWeekend Bring Dad and/or Dad bring the whole family. Grand Opening, Vendors, Youth Arena, Soul Food and more, Entertainment-R&B, Old and New School, Blues, and more *Presented by: The African American Community Services Agency and Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce.* From carolineyacoub at att.net Tue May 27 18:14:39 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:14:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Juneteenth In-Reply-To: <53852DA2.5010909@sbcglobal.net> References: <53852DA2.5010909@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <1401239679.89177.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> If anybody wants to table for this, Drew has our banners. I will be leaving town Friday. If you need any tabling materials that I have, please contact me before then. Caroline On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:28 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: In the past we have tabled at this event wo here is a notice I received: *Saturday & Sunday, June 14th, 15th San Jose Juneteenth in the Park Festival St. James Park* *"A CELEBRATION for ALL of US" - 151 Years since Emancipation Proclamation.* *Presents:* Soul Food In The Afternoon * New Location: St. James Park* */ /*"This year, as an effort to support the City of San Jose's initiative to bring life and positivity back into the historical St. James Park, we are moving the location of the festival from its previous site, Discovery Meadows, to St. James Park." Saturday: 12: 00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Headliner Jazmine Sullivan will perform Sunday at 5:00 pm #FathersDayWeekend Bring Dad and/or Dad bring the whole family. Grand Opening, Vendors, Youth Arena, Soul Food and more, Entertainment-R&B, Old and New School, Blues, and more *Presented by: The African American Community Services Agency and Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce.* _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peacemovies at gmail.com Tue May 27 20:13:48 2014 From: peacemovies at gmail.com (John Thielking) Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:13:48 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Keep guns out of the hands of stalkers Message-ID: Hello, I just sent my senators a letter urging them to support legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers. This legislation is critically important to preventing gun violence and it will save women's lives. Join me and send a message today: http://act.everytown.org/sign/klobuchar-support?source=ems_klobuchar&utm_source=em&utm_medium=_s_&utm_campaign=klobuchar&referring_akid=1586.1054866.ysiGKM&source=share_email_link Thanks! John Thielking PS As I said in a comment to a CNN article on the Santa Barbara shootings, this incident has as much to say about Rape Culture as it says about gun control. Women are not put on this Earth to be used by men. If a woman hangs up the phone when you call or otherwise just doesn't want to talk to you, that is her right and you will just have to get over it. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed May 28 09:21:34 2014 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 09:21:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Santa Barbara: "Not One More" In-Reply-To: <33.09.17105.7C1E5835@outbound.moveon.org> References: <33.09.17105.7C1E5835@outbound.moveon.org> Message-ID: <1401294094.10147.YahooMailNeo@web185305.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:16 AM, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner wrote: Caroline, Last Friday in Santa Barbara, Richard Martinez lost his son and only child, Chris, when Elliot Rodgers went on a deadly rampage, taking six young lives and then his own. ?This death has left our family lost and broken,? said Martinez. ?Why did Chris die? Chris died because of craven irresponsible politicians and the N.R.A. They talk about gun rights. What about Chris?s right to live? When will this insanity stop?? [1] Out of his unimaginable grief, this father found the strength to demand ?immediate action? from our national leaders to curb gun violence by passing stricter gun-safety laws.[2] Martinez vowed, ?I?m going to ask every person I can find to send a postcard to every politician they can think of with three words on it: Not one more? I?m asking people to stand up for something. Enough is enough.[3]? Our hearts break for Richard Martinez and all the families who lost their children to gun violence on Friday. Let's stand with Richard Martinez! Tell Congress: ?I join Richard Martinez and demand immediate action to curb gun violence? NOT ONE MORE. Pass gun safety policies like comprehensive background checks on all gun purchases now.? Take action here: moms.ly/TSm9Sw We will send your message of support to Richard Martinez and to our national leaders in Washington, DC. --Kristin ? [1] ?Roommates, 'a really great kid' among victims,? CNN, May 26, 2014. [2] ?Father of victim in Santa Barbara shootings to politicians: ?I don?t care about your sympathy,?? Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post, May 27, 2014. [3] Ibid. ? ________________________________ This message was sent to caroline yacoub by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner through MoveOn's public petition website. MoveOn Civic Action does not endorse the contents of this message. To unsubscribe or report this email as inappropriate, click here: http://petitions.moveon.org/unsub.html?i=22715-500711-YWjW9a Want to make a donation? MoveOn is entirely funded by our 8 million members?no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Thu May 29 18:17:44 2014 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 18:17:44 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Don't You Want to Live in Yuppieville? 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