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Hello, All: <br>
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We now have an officially recognized County Council again;
see the note from Sanda Everette below. <br>
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<br>
Spencer <br>
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<td>Re: [GPSCC-chat] County Council of Green Party of Santa
Clara County</td>
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<td>Mon, 1 Jul 2013 21:37:57 -0700</td>
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<td>Sanda Everette <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com"><sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>Spencer Graves <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"><spencer.graves@prodsyse.com></a></td>
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<td>Alex Shantz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alexshantz@gmail.com"><alexshantz@gmail.com></a>, Jim Doyle
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"><j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net></a>, Betsy Wolf-Graves
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"><betsy237@prodsyse.com></a>, warner bloomberg
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:WSB3ATTYCA@aol.com"><WSB3ATTYCA@aol.com></a>, Drew
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"><Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com></a>, John Thielking
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"><pagesincolor@yahoo.com></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr">I was able to get it on the agenda, and in the last
minute of the call, we did certify your county council.
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<div>Go forth and prosper.<br>
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<div>Sanda Everette, GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA
Coordinating Committee<br>
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they
fight you, then you win." - Gandhi, describing the stages
of a winning strategy of nonviolent activism.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM,
Sanda Everette <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com"
target="_blank">sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Thank you for your diligence. I will bring this
to the CC. Maybe we can even take it as an emergency
agenda item for our teleconference tonight, though I
know we have a pretty full agenda. <br>
<br>
Sanda Everette, co-chair
<div>GPCA Delegation</div>
<div>GPCA Coordinating Committee </div>
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On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Spencer Graves <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>>
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<div>Hello, Sanda: <br>
<br>
<br>
This is to confirm that we held an
election for the County Council of the Green
Party of Santa Clara County last Thursday,
27 June 2013. Nominating papers for the
following candidates were presented: <br>
<br>
<br>
* James Doyle <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank"><j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net></a>,
408-269-3299, 1668 Nora Way, San Jose CA
95124<br>
* Spencer Graves <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org" target="_blank"><spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org></a>,
M: 408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779, 751
Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126 <br>
* Mark "Drew" Johnson <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"><Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com></a>,
408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St. #335,
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086<br>
* John Thielking <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"><pagesincolor@yahoo.com></a>,
408-914-2751, 592 Mountain Home Dr, San
Jose, CA 95136<br>
* Betsy Wolf-Graves <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank"><betsy237@prodsyse.com></a>,
408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA
95126<br>
<br>
<br>
Announcements for these elections were
made by email to standard Santa Clara County
Greens email list 24 May 2013, over a month
in advance. The elections have also been
advertised on the web site of the Green
Party of Santa Clara County since that
date. Nominating papers containing 21
signatures were collected. The 21
signatures were checked against the list of
registered voters in Santa Clara County.
All 21 were found to be registered Green. <br>
<br>
<br>
All five of these were elected by
consensus. Our county bylaws says we should
have seven on our county council. We hope
to recruit two others to fill the two
vacancies. <br>
<br>
<br>
Please confirm that we have met the
requirements for having a duly constituted
County Council consisting of these
individuals or explain what else we need to
do. <br>
<br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
Spencer Graves<br>
<br>
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On 4/26/2013 6:35 PM, Sanda Everette wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 25,
2013 at 10:36 AM, Spencer Graves <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">To:
The GPCA Coordinating Committee<br>
<br>
<br>
c/o Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz,
Co-Coordinators<br>
<br>
<br>
This letter responds to the request
by Sanda Everette that the Green
Party of Santa Clara County
officially re-appoint its 2012-2014
County Council members as there were
no GPSCC CC candidates on the June
2012 Primary Election ballot. As
previously, communicated, at its
regularly scheduled and announced
May 2012 general membership meeting
– consistent with long-standing
GPSCC Bylaws -- the sitting GPSCC CC
members appointed new members
beginning June 2012 and those
appointments were approved by the
members present.<br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Again
to clarify, a sitting County Council
can not appoint the next, incoming
County Council. Rather, any
appointment of a new County Council
can only occur after a vacancy has
occurred - i.e. after the outgoing
Council's term has ended - and then
only by the process specified in the
county's bylaws.</div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thus
any appointment for 2012-2014 made
before July 2012 could not be valid.</div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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Also, at its regularly scheduled
meeting on February 28, 2013 (fourth
Thursday of the month), GPSCC
members present unanimously
consensed to reappoint existing
County Council members; one prior CC
member had left California. A notice
that such would be occurring was
placed on the GPSCC general
discussion email list – the main
communication vehicle to GPSCC
members – more than two weeks before
that meeting. This item also was
published in the draft agenda two
weeks before the meeting and on
additional days before the meeting.<br>
<br>
<br>
At the March 28, 2013, GPSCC general
membership meeting, the item was
presented. The volunteers alll
affirmed that they all live in Santa
Clara County and are willing to
continue serving as members of the
County Council of the Green Party of
Santa Clara County. Their
reappointment was reaffirmed by
unanimous consensus. Note: Pursuant
to GPCA and GPSCC Bylaws, the GPSCC
makes decisions, whenever possible,
by consensus. You may consider the
appointments made on March 28, 2013,
as “unanimously elected” if your
sense and sensibilities about such
matters require use of that
language.<br>
<br>
<br>
Also at the March 28, 2013, meeting,
I was tasked and agreed to write
this communication to the GPCA
Coordinating Committee
Co-Coordinators to identify the
current GPSCC County Council
members. The current GPSCC County
Council members and their email
contact information are:<br>
<br>
<br>
Names / emails / phone numbers:<br>
<br>
<br>
* Jim Doyle <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank">j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-269-3299"
value="+14082693299"
target="_blank">408-269-3299</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Spencer Graves <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org"
target="_blank">spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org</a>>,
M: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-655-4567"
value="+14086554567"
target="_blank">408-655-4567</a>,
H: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-294-5779"
value="+14082945779"
target="_blank">408-294-5779</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* John Thielking <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"
target="_blank">pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-561-1390"
value="+14085611390"
target="_blank">408-561-1390</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Drew Johnson <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"
target="_blank">Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-520-1652"
value="+14085201652"
target="_blank">408-520-1652</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Betsy Wolf-Graves <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank">betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-294-5779"
value="+14082945779"
target="_blank">408-294-5779</a><br>
<br>
<br>
*** Please let me know if this meets
your requirements. If it doesn't,
please explain why it doesn't, what
else we need to do, and point me to
the specific rules.<br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The
bylaws for such an appointment
where the county is already
considered active by the state
party are as follows (note: Santa
Clara County is considered active
because if its attendance at prior
General Assemblies, even if it
doesn't have an active county
council) </div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Vacancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_the_primary_election"
target="_blank">http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Vacancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_the_primary_election</a></div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">6-6.4 For
decisions to be valid at this
General Meeting, <b>in counties in
which where there is a
recognized County Organization,
either the number shall be equal
to the amount that would be
necessary to sign nomination
signatures to appear on the
County Council ballot in that
county; or at a meeting with
less than that number, but with
at least three, only those
candidates would be eligible who
present a nomination petition
with a number of signatures from
registered Greens in the county,
equal to the amount that would
be necessary to sign nomination
signatures to appear on the
County Council ballot in that
county</b>.</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div><font face="comic sans ms,
sans-serif">Its not clear from
the minutes of your meeting <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss/2013-March/014399.html"
target="_blank">http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss/2013-March/014399.html</a> that
there were either 20 individuals
present, or that those seeking
appointment had 20 nomination
signatures. Without either
criteria being satisfied, no
appointments can be made.</font></div>
<div><font face="comic sans ms,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
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<div><font face="comic sans ms,
sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:13px">As we
sent you before, there is
supposed to be a 21 day notice,
aided by the state Coordinating
Committee, notifying Greens in
your county of the date of
appointment. But then in
addition as per above, anyone
seeking appointment needs to
satisfy the criteria of either
having enough nominations
signatures to be eligible (that
number is likely 20 registered
Greens in Santa Clara County) OR
the number of people at the
meeting making the appointment
needs to be at least 20.</span> </font></div>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
<br>
Spencer Graves, GPSCC County Council
member, on behalf of the Green Party
of Santa Clara County<span><font
color="#888888"><br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD<br>
President and Chief Technology
Officer<br>
Structure Inspection and
Monitoring, Inc.<br>
751 Emerson Ct.<br>
San José, CA 95126<br>
ph: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:408-655-4567"
value="+14086554567"
target="_blank">408-655-4567</a><br>
web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com" target="_blank">www.structuremonitoring.com</a><br>
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<font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Sanda
Everette and Alex
Shantz, co-coordinators</font>
<div><font face="comic sans ms,
sans-serif">GPCA Coordinating
Committee</font></div>
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Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph: 408-655-4567
web: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com" target="_blank">www.structuremonitoring.com</a>
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