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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/1/2013 11:21 PM, Caroline Yacoub
wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Yay!</span></div>
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<br>
<br>
Thanks to all who signed (and especially circulated)
nominating papers. <br>
<br>
<br>
There was a little drama in this, because we didn't know if
the state Coordinating Committee would demand to see our nominating
papers and check them with some list of registered voters.
Therefore, we made sure we had at least the minimum number of
signatures, eliminated duplicates, and checked all with the lists of
voters from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. We needed
20 signatures from people registered Green in Santa Clara County.
We had collected 22 signatures, but one was a duplicate. That left
us with 21. I found only 18 of those in the roster Jim Doyle got
from the Registrar of Voters around May 30, 2012. Since we were 3
shy, I went to the Registrar of Voters office. A computer terminal
there allowed me to search their database by name but not by
address. The latter was a problem, because I had trouble reading
some of the printed names, and I found some of the 18 in the old
list from their address. I found the first of the 3 but not the
second. Then I learned that specifying only the first few letters
of the last name gave me all people in the list matching that, so
"Roc" matched both "Rocka" (of which there were none) and "Rocha".
<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks again, <br>
Spencer <br>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Spencer
Graves <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"><spencer.graves@prodsyse.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> GPSCC
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"><sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org></a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Monday, July 1, 2013 10:05 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: County Council of Green Party of
Santa Clara County<br>
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<div> Hello, All: <wbr> <wbr> <wbr> We now
have an officially recognized County Council again;
see the note from Sanda Everette below. <wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> Spencer <wbr> <wbr>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com" target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com">mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com</a></td>
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nowrap="nowrap">To: </th>
<td>Spencer Graves <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com">mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a></td>
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nowrap="nowrap">CC: </th>
<td>Alex Shantz <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:alexshantz@gmail.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:alexshantz@gmail.com">mailto:alexshantz@gmail.com</a>,
Jim Doyle <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net">mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>,
Betsy Wolf-Graves <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com">mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>,
warner bloomberg <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:WSB3ATTYCA@aol.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:WSB3ATTYCA@aol.com">mailto:WSB3ATTYCA@aol.com</a>,
Drew <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com">mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>,
John Thielking <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="yiv1422276672moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com">mailto: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.
<div><wbr> </div>
<div>Go forth and prosper.<wbr>
<div class="yiv1422276672gmail_extra"><wbr>
<div>Sanda Everette, GPCA delegation to GPUS,
GPCA Coordinating Committee<wbr> "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="yiv1422276672gmail_quote">On Mon,
Jul 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Sanda Everette <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com">sanda.greensolutions@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<wbr>
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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. <wbr> <wbr> Sanda
Everette, co-chair
<div>GPCA Delegation</div>
<div>GPCA Coordinating Committee </div>
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<div class="yiv1422276672h5">
<div><wbr> On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:57
PM, Spencer Graves <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>>
wrote:<wbr> <wbr> </div>
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<div>
<div>Hello, Sanda: <wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> 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: <wbr> <wbr> <wbr>
* James Doyle <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net">mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>,
408-269-3299, 1668 Nora Way,
San Jose CA 95124<wbr> *
Spencer Graves <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org">mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org</a>,
M: 408-655-4567, H:
408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct.,
San José, CA 95126 <wbr> *
Mark "Drew" Johnson <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com">mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>,
408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St.
#335, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086<wbr>
* John Thielking <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com">mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>,
408-914-2751, 592 Mountain
Home Dr, San Jose, CA 95136<wbr>
* Betsy Wolf-Graves <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com">mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>,
408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct.,
San José, CA 95126<wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> 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.
<wbr> <wbr> <wbr> 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. <wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> 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. <wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> Sincerely, <wbr>
Spencer Graves<wbr> <wbr>
<wbr> On 4/26/2013 6:35 PM,
Sanda Everette wrote:<wbr> </div>
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<div
class="yiv1422276672gmail_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" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>></span>
wrote:<wbr>
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1px;
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solid;">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>
</blockquote>
<div><wbr> </div>
<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>
<div style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;"><wbr>
</div>
<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>
<div style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;"> </div>
<div> </div>
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<br>
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" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net">j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>>,
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">408-269-3299</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Spencer Graves <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org">spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org</a>>,
M: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">408-655-4567</a>,
H: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">408-294-5779</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* John Thielking <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com">pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">408-561-1390</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Drew Johnson <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"
target="_blank"
rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com">Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">408-520-1652</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Betsy Wolf-Graves
<<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com">betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>>,
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href=""
rel="nofollow">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-size:
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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>
<div
style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif;"><wbr>
</div>
<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"
rel="nofollow">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>
<div
style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif;"><wbr>
</div>
<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;"><wbr>
</div>
<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"
rel="nofollow">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>
</div>
<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=""
rel="nofollow">408-655-4567</a><br>
web: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com/" target="_blank"
rel="nofollow">http://www.structuremonitoring.com/</a><br>
<br>
</font></span></blockquote>
</div>
<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>
</div>
</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 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com">www.structuremonitoring.com</a>
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