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<DIV><FONT size=4>March 22, 2012</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I have not seen the following message posted to this email
list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>It is about being a delegate or alternate to the GPUS
Presidential Nominating Convention in Baltimore, Maryland the weekend of July
14-15, 2012. County GPs are supposed to supply backup delegates/alternates
for candidates who do not have a complete slate. The deadline to apply is
April 5, 2012. County Council members are supposed to pass on these kinds
of messages. Warner</FONT></DIV>
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From: contacts2006@cagreens.org<BR>To: Contacts2006@cagreens.org<BR>Sent:
3/5/2012 2:45:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: [GPCA-CC] [GPCA
Official Notice] Delegate Selection Procedure for the Presidential
Nominating Convention<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000
size=2 face=Arial>GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE<BR><BR>This is an
announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information, or
questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit
reply. Follow the contact directions<BR>stated in the
email.<BR><BR><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR>The
complete Delegate Selection Procedure for the Presidential<BR>Nominating
Convention for CA is on our website
at<BR>http://www.cagreens.org/gpus#PNC DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL
5.<BR><BR>Every year there is an Annual National Meeting which is attended
by<BR>National Committee (NC) Delegates. In addition, once every four
years<BR>there is a Presidential Nominating Convention. For more
information<BR>about the Baltimore convention, see
http://www.gpconvention2012.com/:<BR><BR>So in addition to the Annual
National Meeting which is attended by the<BR>NC Delegates, state parties
also send Presidential Nominating<BR>Convention (PNC) Delegates. CA
has been alloted 65 delegates out of<BR>about 150. Every state has
their own procedure to select their<BR>Nominating Convention Delegates and
the responsibility of those<BR>delegates. California is very specific:
Policies and Procedures for<BR>Selection and Conduct of GPCA Delegates to
the GPUS Presidential<BR>Nominating Convention<BR><BR>Basically, any GPCA
members can apply to be delegates to the GPUS<BR>Presidential Nominating
Convention, while only NC delegates will<BR>attend the Annual National
Meeting. The convention itself will be on<BR>July 14. Generally NC
delegates will also apply to be PNC delegates,<BR>but we need many more. You
can either apply in support of a particular<BR>candidate or through your
county with no designation. Read through<BR>the procedure to
understand that better. Applications must be<BR>submitted 60 days before the
Presidential Primary, which would be<BR>April 5. If you want to apply
directly to the candidates send your<BR>application with subject line CA
Delegate to PNC to:<BR><BR>For the Jill Stein delegation, write "Erika
P Wolf"<wolf@jillstein.org><BR>For the Kent Mesplay delegation, write
"Kent Mesplay"<info@mesplay.org><BR>For the Roseanne Barr delegation,
write "Eric Weinrib" <ericweinrib@gmail.com><BR><BR>If you are
applying through your county, send your application to your<BR>County
Council.<BR><BR>On your application, include your name, address, phone, and
email. If<BR>you are selected, you will also need to submit your year
of birth.<BR><BR>The candidate delegate slates and the county delegate
slates will be<BR>submitted to the Delegate Selection Committee. That
committee will<BR>work with the lists as proscribed in the procedure.
After the<BR>Presidential Primary on June 5, the committee will intensify
their<BR>work, selecting delegations proportionally to the results of
the<BR>Primary election votes.<BR>Because of the date of the primary as
compared to the date of the PNC,<BR>the committee will need to notify
delegates very quickly and you will<BR>need to be prepared to make your
final decision to accept the positon<BR>quickly as well. If you are
selecting to go, you will need to<BR>register immediately, though you can
register now if you so choose.<BR>There are specific rules guiding how you
will represent California.<BR><BR>Another important note: GPCA will
not fund your trip as a PNC<BR>delegate. You may see if your county
will help raise funds for you,<BR>and in some instances, candidates have
been known to help with your<BR>expenses.<BR><BR>If you have questions,
contact any member of the committee:<BR>Sanda Everette, San Mateo,
sanda@greens.org<BR>Peggy Koteen, San Luis Obispo,
pkoteen@aol.com<BR>Richard Gomez, Fresno,
nate136_66@yahoo.com<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Contacts2006
mailing
list<BR>Contacts2006@cagreens.org<BR>http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>