From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue May  3 10:05:47 2016
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 10:05:47 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Clinton on Coal
In-Reply-To: <5728D91D.8040306@earthlink.net>
References: <5728D91D.8040306@earthlink.net>
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FYI,

"Backtracking on Clean Energy, Clinton Turns Chameleon on Coal"

http://commondreams.org/news/2016/05/03/backtracking-clean-energy-clinton-turns-chameleon-coal

Gerry



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Tue May  3 21:35:54 2016
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 21:35:54 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: I got some tough news last week
Message-ID: <xdn1phq8161qf67wgotkfo1c.1462336554296@email.android.com>



-------- Original Message --------
 Subject: I got some tough news last week
 From: "Bill McKibben - 350.org" <350 at 350.org>
 Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 3:14 PM
 To: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
 CC: 

Here's how you can help (plus bonus new puppy pic). 

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Dear Friends,

Late last week, I got the interesting news that right wing operatives from the fossil fuel industry are mounting an impressive campaign against me (as well as a handful of other high-profile climate activists).

Apparently I?ll now have video trackers following me wherever I go; hired researchers are digging through fifty cartons of my papers at the university where they?re housed; and they?ll be running a six-figure digital advertising campaign to smear my reputation.

I have three takeaways from this:

It?s not me they?re after, it?s you. I?ve been writing and speaking for the better part of forty years, and never attracted this kind of notice before. But you?ve built a movement that?s starting to inflict real pain on the industry: Just in the last couple weeks, the Constitution and NED pipelines were both blocked in the northeast; ditto the Tongue River coal train in Montana; over sixty students have been arrested occupying the offices of universities to call for fossil fuel divestment; and on and on.?No need to waste sympathy on me. It?s not fun being in their crosshairs -- and I don?t look forward to see how they twist my words -- but it?s not the end of the world. Right now, we should be keeping in mind the people who are taking real risks every day to take a stand -- people like Berta C?ceres, who was murdered for her activism two months ago in Honduras, or the farmers in the Philippines recently killed in a brutal police crackdown at a protest, or the thousands of people around the world who will be risking arrest as part of the Break Free mobilization these next couple weeks.Above all, let's not be distracted. That?s their goal -- to get folks thinking about absolutely anything except the climate crisis, the greatest challenge humans have ever faced. February and March were record-hot months in the history of our planet, but May is going to be a record-hot political month for the fossil fuel industry. 

Look, what we?re learning is this: When we fight, we win. It?s working. They?re fighting back. Let?s not back down.

If you haven?t already signed up to be part of one of the Break Free actions around the country, you can do that here.

And if you can?t make it to an action in person, sign up to help keep tabs on what?s going on around the world -- so that we can turn all this watching around, and help keep each other safe.

With great thanks for the solidarity near and far,

Bill McKibben for 350.org

P.S. I?ve been hearing from friends all day who are worried that I?ll be daunted by the attack dogs of the fossil fuel industry. To reassure you, I thought I?d show you the brand new attack dog that arrived in the McKibben household last week. Her name is Birke, and she can nip with the best of them.

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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed May  4 22:28:08 2016
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 22:28:08 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpsmc-d] Fwd: CAN YOU COME? Clean Money
 Grassroots Summit in Palo Alto on Saturday!
In-Reply-To: <CAP3OKwGtBw36hxTxcWQ1nbGtoNQS=JDpE=i2X9irhJyBarF0FA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAP3OKwGtBw36hxTxcWQ1nbGtoNQS=JDpE=i2X9irhJyBarF0FA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <572AD9E8.2070308@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Gerry


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Subject: 	[gpsmc-d] Fwd: CAN YOU COME? Clean Money Grassroots Summit in
Palo Alto on Saturday!
Date: 	Wed, 4 May 2016 20:36:14 -0700
From: 	Sanda Everette <sanda at greens.org>
To: 	GPSMC-D <gpsmc-d at cagreens.org>



Greens often say the most important thing for us to do as a political
party is to get money out of politics.?  This activist group has been
working on the issue. They are having a meeting this weekend and it
would be good if some local Greens would go.?  Be seen being Green.

Gerry, Are Santa Clara Greens already aware of this event in your county?

Sanda Everette,? co-coordinator
GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA Coordinating Committee
GPUS Steering Committee co-chair

"It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for
what you don't want and get it.
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eugenevde211538.html>"?
Eugene V. Debs
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eugenevde211538.html>
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eugenevde211538.html>
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From: *Trent Lange, CA Clean Money* <newsletter at caclean.org
<mailto:newsletter at caclean.org>>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:00 PM
Subject: CAN YOU COME? Clean Money Grassroots Summit in Palo Alto on
Saturday!
To: Sanda Whitman <sanda at greens.org <mailto:sanda at greens.org>>


Hi Sanda -

*I want to make sure you saw the invitation to our great Clean Money
Grassroots Summit this coming weekend, on Saturday May 7th in Palo
Alto.*?  Lots of people have signed up, yet there's still room for you!

Clean Money grassroots activists and supporters are coming to plan how
we'll finish passing the /California DISCLOSE Act,/ AB 700, our
game-changing bill to make political ads show who _really_ pays for
them.?  We got it through the Assembly with an _unprecedented_
bipartisan vote of 60-15, so we've got a great chance to get it through
the Senate and into law if we all work together.

We'll also discuss SEVEN other exciting new bills fighting Big Money in
politics that we've decided to fight for, including the /Overturn
Citizens United Act/, SB 254.?  This is an exciting year!

Come meet other Clean Money activists plus local leaders Nancy Neff,
Craig Dunkerley, David Schmidt, and more.?  I'll also be there to
explain the details of all the bills, and how we're going to target our
actions for maximum effect.?  Please see all the details below!

*If you want to pass a law RIGHT NOW to stop secret money from
billionaires and special interests buying elections, this is your chance!*

*WHEN:? ? ? * Saturday, May 7th, 9am - 4:30pm /(you can come to just the
morning if you want)/
*WHERE: ? *Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  505 East Charleston Rd.
?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Palo Alto, CA 94306
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *Lunch will be served*

<https://act.myngp.com/el/5493434586897647616/-3522667460738086912?recipientId=sSbZQt9aoJlP2iu4dxzr53&email=sanda at greens.org&ms=newsletter-2016-05-04>

*Can't make it?*? Chip in $3 to help us execute the challenging plans
we'll make at the summit to pass these powerful bills against
pay-to-play politics!
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I hope to see you there!

-- Trent

P.S.?  See all the details below.

--
Trent Lange
President and Executive Director, California Clean Money Action Fund



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*You're Invited to the
CLEAN MONEY GRASSROOTS SUMMIT*
*??? Saturday, May 7th in Palo Alto *

Who's spending millions on political ads to buy elections while hiding
from voters?? *You deserve to know.*

This year, Clean Money activists like you helped our? */California
DISCLOSE Act/, AB 700, pass the Assembly in a landslide bipartisan vote
of 60-15!*

AB 700 would strike the strongest blow ever against secret money in
politics, requiring political ads to stop deceiving voters about who's
paying for them.? *We're determined to pass it through the Senate and
into law this summer*, and now it's time to mobilize!

*That's not all!?  Thanks in part to all of you who worked so hard for
the /Voters' Right to Know/ initiative, Sacramento has put the major
ideas into several separate bills ??? bills we're working hard to pass.*

*SB 1349* (Hertzberg) greatly increases transparency with a new
California campaign disclosure website.

*AB 2523* (Mullin) requires city and counties to have contribution
limits in their races.

*AB 1828* (Dodd) closes conflict of interest loopholes on the powerful
Board of Equalization.

*SB 976* (Vidak) stops the obscenity of legislators quitting their term
and quickly taking a job lobbying.

*SB 254? *(Allen/Leno) puts Prop 49, the /Overturn Citizens United Act/,
back on the ballot!

And, don't forget *SB 1107* (Allen), which repeals California's ban on
public financing of campaigns!

*5 out of the 6 new bills have already passed their first committee
votes, and SB 254 will hopefully pass its first vote tomorrow. ?
*Sacramento is starting to respond to the tremendous anger about Big
Money in politics.?  But to pass AB 700 and the rest of them we'll need
huge grassroots support, and *now's the time for detailed briefing and
planning.?  That's where you come in!*


*Join our Northern California Grassroots Summit on May 7th*
California Clean Money Campaign grassroots leaders and activists
throughout Northern California are coming to a full-day summit on
Saturday, May 7th in Palo Alto.?  Come learn how to talk about AB 700
and*plan the full-scale grassroots campaign to win the last leg in the
fight to put the bill on Governor Brown's desk*!?  We'll also cover the
exciting new Clean Money bills listed above and how we can really help
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*WHAT: ?  ?  Clean Money Grassroots Summit*
*WHEN: ? ?  Saturday, May 7th from 9:00am-4:30pm*
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  (Light breakfast at 9:00am.?  Lunch will
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This is a full-day summit.?  The morning session is detailed? training
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for either morning or afternoon.

Yes!?  I'd like to register for the summit!
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From wrolley at charter.net  Fri May  6 09:43:06 2016
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 09:43:06 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Restore the Delta Newsletter and Santa Clara Valley
	Water District.
Message-ID: <572CC99A.5040501@charter.net>

The newsletter makes it very clear how the Delta Tunnels are a big issue 
for us in Santa Clara County.
> In short, Santa Clara Valley Water District is funding campaigns, 
> Delta Tunnels planning, and lobbying efforts to extract more and more 
> water exports from the Delta, which will primarily benefit their San 
> Luis Delta Mendota partners, like the Westlands Water District, rather 
> than their own ratepayers.

You can read the entire newsletter here, and I hope you do. 
http://restorethedelta.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06887fa70084fef8e939fef63&id=4a190bdc08&e=3dcf0a5069

Under one scenario, cost per acre foot of water will triple for North 
County by 2025.



-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, 
then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon May  9 21:26:37 2016
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 21:26:37 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] invitation to oobserve election prep and counting
Message-ID: <573162FD.6020809@sbcglobal.net>

I received an email from the ROV office with the following:

Good Afternoon:

Attached is an invitation from Shannon Bushey,
Registrar of Voters, relating to observer opportunities
for the June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election.

 We hope you can join us.

 Sincerely,

*/Nancy T. Price
/**/*/nancy.price at rov.sccgov.org/* <mailto:nancy.price at rov.sccgov.org>

the attached pdf file listed the variious operations
and their scheduled times and dates - to wit
DRE Touch Screen Votins Machine Preparation and Testins
Optical Scan Pre-LAT (Losic and Accuracy Testine)
Returned Vote by Mail Ballot Processins
Election Nisht Ballot Receipt and Countine
Off?cial Canvass
and was signed by
Shannon Bushey
Registrar of Voters

In case you did noot receive a copy and are interested
Ican forward the email to you.

Jim Doyle

/*

 





From WB4D23 at aol.com  Sun May 22 17:43:30 2016
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 20:43:30 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Recommending Andres Quintero for Assembly District 27
	(San Jose)
Message-ID: <8b1f88.48a2cb59.4473ac32@aol.com>

May 22, 2016  FWIW
 
After receiving various campaign literature and reviewing 
his web page (_www.AndresQuintero.com_ (http://www.AndresQuintero.com) ), I 
will be  voting for Andres Quintero for Assembly District 27 (San Jose).  
As  featured in today's Mercury News, the two "big name" big Democratic Party 
 candidates are Ash Kalra (SJ City Council incumbent "labor backed") and 
Madison  Nguyen (former SJ City Councilperson "business backed").  For various 
 reasons, 
I would not want to have to vote for either.  The insane  and obnoxious 
amounts of money both have raised in addition to various pac money  just for 
starters.
 
Andres Quintero actually seems to have the broadest amount of  experience 
having served in staff positions at the City Council, County Board of  
Supervisors and the Assembly District which is where constituent service happens  
on the "front lines".  I also like that he has academic credentials in  
political science and public administration.
 
We'll probably see Kalra and Nguyen as the "top two" candidates in 
November...  but just in case there's  any chance that not happening I am voting for 
Quintero.  'Hope you do,  too (and tell your friends!!!)
 
Warner S. Bloomberg III   GPSCC candidate for State  Assembly 2002/2004
 
Please forward and repeat this message as you consider  appropriate.  WSB3
 
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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Mon May 23 15:25:38 2016
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 18:25:38 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Draft Agenda for GPSCC Monthly Meeting Thursday May
	26th
Message-ID: <40712b.30d34676.4474dd61@aol.com>

 
GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
Draft Agenda for Monthly General Meeting May 26, 2016 
San  Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA  
(Between Santa Clara and San Fernando  Streets) 
[Note:  Until future notice, we will no longer  try to schedule a speaker 
for 7:00-7:30  pm because there is now another group that meets until 7:00 pm 
in the room the GPSCC uses at the  SJP&JC.] 
7:30 pm ? Begin meeting -- Select Facilitator, Note taker, Time keeper, and 
Vibes watcher(s); Select Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify 
draft agenda (5 Minutes) 
Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes) 
Treasurer?s Report ? Warner Bloomberg (5  Minutes) 
State  Party issues:  1.  Reports from GPCA state meeting in San  Francisco 
May 14-15.  2.  (Ongoing)  The GPSCC still has five vacancies for  the GPCA 
Standing General Assembly (SGA). ? Brian and Tian (15  Minutes) 
Follow  up on email list issues ? Was the non-operating link identified at 
the September  meeting repaired? Are people who were not receiving list 
messages now getting  them? Other issues? ? Tian (10 Minutes) (Ongoing agenda  
item) 
Follow-up  on GPSCC web page issues ? Are updates still needed (continued 
from the last  four meetings)?  Was the old ?Donkey  leaflet? pdf replaced 
with the updated version?  Also:  Our current web page(s) administrator  will 
be moving to Alameda County; so we need a volunteer to take over that role  
? Drew (10  Minutes) 
Discussion of status of tabling supplies ? Status of copying updated  ?
Donkey-Elephant? leaflet approved at January and February 2016 meetings and  
getting the update posted on the GPSCC web page.  Discuss next leaflet for 
review.   
(15  Minutes) 
Plans  for Tabling ? Need to identify events coordinators -- (10 Minutes)  
Report  on Single Payer Work ? Caroline and Sandy (5 Minutes) 
Report  on Climate Change Work --  Caroline  (10 Minutes)  
(1  Hour 35 Minutes Estimated Cumulative Times.  Goal: Adjourn by 9:30 pm)
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon May 23 20:58:20 2016
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 20:58:20 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] affirmation for andres quintero
Message-ID: <5743D15C.5010909@sbcglobal.net>

Andres served on the staff of Cindy Chavez
and was liaison to the Coalition for a Downtown
Hospital.

Based on my experiences with the coalition for a 
Downtown Hospital and in particular those with
Mr Quintero I too, would vote for him.

Jim Doyle




From wrolley at charter.net  Wed May 25 09:25:54 2016
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 09:25:54 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Local Electioons - Schools
Message-ID: <b0598956-f791-fed6-6ba9-385aaa509ba3@charter.net>

I am not completely sure what to think of this.  There are 2 candidates 
for an unfilled seat on the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board.  
One of them, Tom Arnett, has received $7,000 in funding from a 
Washington based "lobbying organization.

I am very much against the insertion of such a large amount of money 
into a local race.  Neither candidate has spent over $4,000 so far and 
Arnett's opponent, Pam Torissi, has spent only a little over $2k.

Arnett was a non-credentialed teacher with Teach for America, a 
non-profit.  The donation came from Leadership for Educational Equity, a 
501(c)4 group associated with Teach for America.  While the stated goals 
of both organizations are admirable, it appears that they can only be 
accomplished in the framework of Charter Schools.

According to Wikipedia, "Teach For America recruits recent college 
graduates and professionals to teach for two years in urban and rural 
communities throughout the United States 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>. The goal of Teach For 
America is for its corps members to make both a short-term and long-term 
impact by leading their students to reach their full potential and 
becoming lifelong leaders for educational equity."

What I see is that these teachers end up in positions where they can 
continue to support Teach for America and the Knowledge Is Power Program 
run by the KIPP Foundation.  Both would do better in charter schools and 
the CEO's of both are married to each other.

I will vote for Torissi.

-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, 
then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/
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From perrysandy at aol.com  Wed May 25 09:42:06 2016
From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 12:42:06 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] affirmation for andres quintero
In-Reply-To: <5743D15C.5010909@sbcglobal.net>
References: <5743D15C.5010909@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <154e8cb6bb7-4107-11319@webprd-a89.mail.aol.com>

Actually, I voted for Ash Kalra. Every time I have advocated at City Council for low-income tenants and/or homeless people, he has supported us without fail 100% of the time, even though there was no special interest of any kind that would reward him for doing so, and plenty of special interest opposition. You can see it now in the ferocious negative campaign being waged against him now the Chamber of Commerce and real estate lobby.. In my experience, Andres was a nice person and very helpful, but I have never seen him take any political position distinct from the people he worked for, Shirikawa and Cindy Chavez.


Sandy



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To: sosfbay discussion group <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Mon, May 23, 2016 8:58 pm
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] affirmation for andres quintero

Andres served on the staff of Cindy Chavez
and was liaison to the Coalition for a Downtown
Hospital.

Based on my experiences with the coalition for a 
Downtown Hospital and in particular those with
Mr Quintero I too, would vote for him.

Jim Doyle


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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Thu May 26 09:21:24 2016
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 12:21:24 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Laura Wells wants you to join the GPCA SGA
Message-ID: <527fe.41677219.44787c84@aol.com>

May 26, 2016
 
Folks:  Below is part of a message Laura Wells has asked  me to forward to 
the GPSCC email list.  She is asking the Santa Clara  County GP to re-engage 
with GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) which acts as  an on-line 
decision making body between Plenaries, including electing GPCA  Coordinating 
Committee members, setting policies, amending bylaws, taking  positions on ballot 
measures and endorsing candidates.  She feels that  these activities are 
too important for the GPSCC to be absent.  We can have  up to five members on 
the SGA that are appointed at our monthly general meeting  (like tonight) or 
by the County Council through email consensus.  If you  are interested in 
volunteering for this, please communicate on this list or to  one of our 
County Council members.  If you want to see the full details of  the proposals 
being considered by the SGA (which I have omitted because our list  has 
content quantity limits), send me a private email.  Warner Bloomberg,  GPSCC 
County Council member
 
 
  
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 From: _laurawells_ (mailto:laurawells at gmail.com) 
To: _WSB3_ (mailto:WSB3 at aol.com) 
Sent: 5/25/2016 9:23:01 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time
Subj: SGA allotment for Santa Clara County

Hi Warner ? and everyone! 


It was great to talk with you today, and with others in SCC, both on  the 
phone recently, and in person at the SF General Assembly (GA) on May  14-15.


I?m hoping that at your Thursday night County Council meeting you  are able 
to appoint up to 5 people. Actually I hope you appoint all 5!  This is a 
case when even a short-term commitment can be very helpful because  of the SGA 
votes happening June 20-26.  There are the Coordinating  Committee 
elections, with 12 decent folks (?decent? stands for  ?decentralization?) who want 
to expand the Green Party of California to be  inclusive and welcoming, 
rather than shrinking as it has been for the past  few years in terms of 
finances, strength of locals, publications, media,  general assembly attendance, 
the list goes on.


Copied below (and attached) is way TMI - too much information - about  the 
bylaw amendments that will also be up for a vote June 20-26.  Judging from 
the discussion at the GA, we should at least vote DOWN the ID  90 amendment. 
It excludes as CC candidates those who haven?t been registered  Green for 90 
days. That is a perfect example of a new ?rule? that on its  face sounds 
reasonable, but in practice excludes people who really  are ?committed Greens.
? Many alternative suggestions came out during the GA  discussion, and so 
more work is needed on this issue; ID 90 is not the  solution. 

"Candidates must submit an  application to the Coordinating Committee by 
the last Monday of April to  be eligible. Applications must include a 
biography and what they wish to  accomplish on the Coordinating Committee. To be 
eligible, candidates must  have been registered Green 90 days prior to filing 
their application of  candidacy."

 


One thing I do miss about campaigning in statewide races is getting  
together with people around the state. If you have a meeting about strategy  or 
voter registration (there will be a lot of long-time Greens to welcome  back 
into the Green Party after the primary!) or whatever, please invite me  down 
to Santa Clara and let?s talk!


Another world is possible, a growing Green Party of California is  crucial ?
 
Laura






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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri May 27 00:31:13 2016
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 00:31:13 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPCA Meeting and Presidential Candidate Forum URLS
Message-ID: <c7889fda2d0943d18e3a32022d6e8170@aceweb.com>

Here are the links to my pictures from the GPCA meeting:
  
 http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/California/May16/index.html
  
 Here is the link to my pictures from the presidential candidate forum at 
the end of the event.
  
 
http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/California/May16/PresidentialCandidateForu
m.html
  
 Sorry for the delay in posting this.
  
 Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures of the GPCA meeting & Debate. 
There's a GPCA pin on a Connecticut quarter in my home.

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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri May 27 16:03:07 2016
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 16:03:07 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Clinton Clinches Democratic Nomination"
In-Reply-To: <5748D1C4.1010702@earthlink.net>
References: <5748D1C4.1010702@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <5748D22B.6060905@earthlink.net>


"Clinton Clinches Democratic Nomination"

http://commondreams.org/views/2016/05/27/clinton-clinches-democratic-nomination


This reminds me of an interesting phenomenon
that happened in an earlier presidential
election.  The networks called the election
on election day (November) a little while
before the polls closed in California.  ...
Then there were news stories about people
standing in line at their polling places,
who stepped out of line and went home without
voting.

Gerry



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Sun May 29 20:46:44 2016
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 03:46:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] May meeting
References: <1100394419.1497447.1464580004527.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1100394419.1497447.1464580004527.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

I was not the person who was supposed to take the notes, but I haven't senn any, so here are mine.
Santa Clara County Green Party meeting for May 2016
Present: ?Sandy, Jim, Tian and Caroline
Agenda preparer for next month--Warner
Report from state meeting--TianWe had, for a short while, 4 delegates at the state meeting: Tian, Brian, Drew, and Debbie.On Saturday there was a long discussion on the role of rules.The Ten Key Values can filter your decision makingTalked about Bernie for an hour.
Laura asked us to get people on the SGA so that we can get someone on the Coordinating Council. We decided Sandy would put out a call for people to be on the SGA.
Jill Stein is coming to Barry Hermanson's house on June 3. that's at 2467 ?28th Av., SF. At 7:30She will be speaking at the Women's Bulding at 3543 ?18th St. from 6:30-10:00 on June 4
Jim will call Tian to remind him to fix the discuss list link
Drew was supposed to update the website, but he hasn't.
Sandy will contact Brian about the updated donkey/elephant page.Sandy will also change the sheet with SCCGP contact information and get us some Jill Stein flyers.
June 3, 4, 5 there is an art community tabling opportunity on S. 1st St.
Million Dollar Shack--20 minute video on you tube.
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From perrysandy at aol.com  Sun May 29 22:18:24 2016
From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 01:18:24 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC Vacancies for GPCA Standing General Assembly
Message-ID: <155001945cd-64f1-8948@webprd-m16.mail.aol.com>

Hi Everyone,


At the May 26 membership meeting it was reported that there are five GPSCC vacancies for the Green Party of California Standing General Assembly. No one in attendance at the meeting was able to volunteer for appointment, but it was felt that this is an important time for the GPCA and we want to encourage any SCC Green Party members out there to contact the County Council for appointment to one of these positions. The environment is becoming more favorable to third party growth than in any time in decades, and changes are happening in the State GP to help it adjust to the developing situation.


If you are a Green Party member and can volunteer, please contact the County Council via my email above. Thanks!




Sandy Perry for the County Council
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