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Thanks. Spencer<br>
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On 8/25/2011 10:20 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
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<div>August 25 Green Party Meeting Agenda</div>
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<div>7:00-7:30 Eating, chatting, one-minute speeches, if any</div>
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Facilitator: Warner<br>
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Time keeper: Merriam<br>
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Vibes watcher: Fred <br>
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Agenda for next meeting: Drew<br>
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<div>7:35 Introductions, announcements, agenda adjustments and
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Warner Blumberg, Carolyn Yacoub, Merriam Kathaleen, Fred
Duperault, Drew Johnson, Gerry Gras, Spencer Graves, Mather White,
Jim Stauffer<br>
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Warner: In September, October or November, we will need to discuss
delegates for the plenary, first weekend in December. <br>
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<div>7:45 Treasurer's report and hat passing (Jim Doyle)</div>
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Caroline (from Jim Doyle): $2,899 (less than last month because we
had to pay rent to SJ Peace Center)<br>
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<div>7:50 Green Tea Party in Vallejo. Anyone going? Ride
sharing? (Warner)</div>
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Event this coming Saturday. no one volunteered to provide
transport. <br>
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<div>7:52 Look at local redistricting maps to see about
possible candidates (Warner)</div>
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Merriam and Drew will contact people who might run for some
office to see if they might run. <br>
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Cupertino is fighting with Lehigh Cement company. Cupertino
made the road by there into a private road. Many people in
Cupertino are angry about this. This presents an opportunity for
the Greens. Merriam will bring more information about this for the
next meeting. There is also an issue that the County Supervisors
are not all up for election next year. <br>
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Jim Stauffer: There may be an opportunity to lobby for
proportional representation in the City of Santa Clara. Steve
Chessin, Pres. of Californians for Electoral Reform. Valerie lives
in Santa Clara. <br>
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Drew: Ray Tobey, San Mateo Green, is a very good campaign
manager for candidates for lower level offices. <br>
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<div>8:07 Campaign finance reform (Jim Doyle -- couldn't
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<div>8:17 Speakers series. Activists under 25. (Jim Doyle)</div>
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Merriam: A group "Transform" could come in Sept. Merriam
will ask. <br>
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<div>8:27 Update outreach literature (Jim Doyle)</div>
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Gerry: Do we have enough literature to get us through the
next 6 weeks? If no, we need to do something. Doyle will try to
get 100 copies of the new GPUS paper. <br>
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Warner had the Green Party Printer but it currently does not
work. Drew will ask Brian about this. <br>
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<div>8:37 Move To Amend Event (Gerry Gras)</div>
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David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate, will
speak in Palo Alto, Monday, Sept. 12 about the "Move to Amend".
Gerry, Caroline, Merriam and Fred are organizing. Can use other
help. Drew will table. Spencer will help with security, in case
someone tries to be disruptive. <br>
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Gerry will ask if there had been disruption at earlier
events. <br>
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Warner will not attend, because he has a conflict. Warner
does not understand why Cobb does not yet have draft language for
the amendment. <br>
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S. Clara County Greens agreed to endorse the Move to Amend.
Gerry will notify Move to Amend of our decision. <br>
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<div>8:52 What happened at the Gathering in Ventura last
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Drew attended. There were about 50 attendees, self selected.
People wrote their concerns on cards. The issues that got the most
attention had to do with improving the effectiveness of tabling,
etc. <br>
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One contentious issue related to LA County. Apart from that,
it was generally a positive and collaborative time. <br>
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Kendra Gonzales, Ventura County, was the key notetaker.
Further questions / comments can be directed to her. There will be
a written summary published at some time. After that, we can put it
on the agenda for discussion at our meeting. <br>
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<div>8:57 Cleaning up the Green voter list preparatory to doing
a mailing. (Caroline)</div>
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Caroline and Merriam has done some work to try to contact
people from the list obtained from the Registrar of Voters.
Caroline says that roughly half have either moved or are no longer
Green. The County charges ~$700 for a new list. We need to ask Jim
what our options are for getting a free list or a list with at a
relatively low charge. <br>
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Can someone ask Marnie Glickman for information on new names
she has obtained? Spencer will send Marnie's email to Merriam and
Caroline. <br>
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Movie night: Friday, Sept. 9: Subject: 350.org = climate change,
environment, ... . Looking for a movie on Green entrepreneurs.
6:30 refreshments. Movie at 7 PM. The current issue of Yes
Magazine (yesmagazine.org) has info on Green entrepreneurs.
Caroline and Merriam would like suggestions for movies. also:
bravenewfilms.org. <br>
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The "-news" list is for one-way announcements is for people who want
to know about announcements but not chatter. <br>
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