From JamBoi at Greens.org Wed Nov 12 02:34:23 2008 From: JamBoi at Greens.org (Drew Johnson) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:34:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-news] North Valley Greens core meeting Thu 7pm Caroline Yacoub's place Message-ID: <50505.76.102.118.218.1226486063.squirrel@www.greens.org> North Valley folks (Sunnyvale and north) come join us for Green fun and plans for outreach, socials and issue and candidate campaigning. BRING: your wonderful Green self, if handy a Green friend and your ideas (and if you'd like to -- not required -- a snack) WHAT: core meeting of the North Valley Greens Thursday 7pm eve. @ Caroline Yacoub's WHEN: This Thursday, November 13th WHERE: 323 N Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94085 in Sunnyvale, near Maude and Mathilda Green is Connection! Drew From JamBoi at Greens.org Thu Nov 13 15:52:28 2008 From: JamBoi at Greens.org (Drew Johnson) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:52:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-news] GreenPinkTrain 2 SF Green Festival this Saturday Message-ID: <52663.76.102.118.218.1226620348.squirrel@www.greens.org> GREEN HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! Some of us Greens and (Code) Pinkers are taking an Auto-Free Adventure going to the Green Festival this Saturday AM Nov 15th ( http://www.greenfestivals.org/san-francisco ) by enjoying a ride on Caltrain ( http://caltrain.org ) to get there. Yes, carpooling, bicycling and other forms of mass transit are equally 'green' so we're not discouraging any of that, but for those who don't want to drive in and park in SF or who'd just enjoy the kinship of friendly Greens and Pinkers, or If you've always wondered how to take Caltrain this will be a guided experience (providing you come to one of the stops where Greens will be guiding from -- I'll start from the downtown SJ Caltrain "Diridon" Station). Plus this will be sort of a warmup for the MLK Freedom Train in February. ;-) NOTE: Optionally you may bring your BIKE on the train. If you choose to do this show 10 minutes earlier and AFTER BUYING YOUR CALTRAIN TICKET FROM THE TICKET MACHINE wait with your bike at the northernmost end of whatever station you're departing from and the last car on the north (leading) end of the train will be marked with a big yellow bike ARRIVAL & TICKETS: ARRIVE WITH ENOUGH TIME TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET AND IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE GIVE YOURSELF AN EXTRA TEN OR FIFTEEN MINUTES TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF. WITH THIS IN MIND I'VE ADDED 15 MINUTES TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TIMES. FIRST THING GO TO TICKET MACHINE & BUY YOUR CALTRAIN TICKET!!! YOU CAN'T BOARD WITHOUT IT. * "ELIGIBLE" = DISCOUNT FOR SENIOR / YOUTH / DISABLED / MEDICARE CARD HOLDER DAY PASS PRICES (BASED ON HOW MANY 'ZONES (ie. HOW FAR) YOU TRAVEL: 4 ZONES (ie. any station from SJ through Lawrence traveling to SF) ADULT: $15.00 * ELIGIBLE: 3 ZONES (ie. any station from Sunnyvale through Menlo Park traveling to SF) ADULT: $11.50 * ELIGIBLE: $ 5.75 2 ZONES (ie. any station Redwood City through Milbrae to SF) ADULT: $8 * ELIGIBLE: $4 1 ZONE (ie. from San Bruno or S. SF to SF ADULT: $4.50 * ELIGIBLE: $2.25 WHEN TO GET YOURSELF TO CALTRAIN STATION: Tamien: 9:15AM * SJ Downtown "Diridon" 9:45 Santa Clara (El Camino & 9:50 Lawrence (off of Kifer) 9:55 Sunnyvale (Evelyn & Mathilda)10:00 *MV (Evelyn & Castro) 10:00 San Antonio (& Showers) 10:05 California Ave (& Park Ave) 10:10 Palo Alto (University) 10:15 Menlo Park (El Camino) 10:20 SINCE WEEKEND TRAINS ARE 'LOCALS' THEY STOP AT EACH STOP (NO EXPRESS TRAINS) SO INSTEAD OF WEEKDAY 1 HOUR FR. SJ TO SF EXPECT 1.5 HR. BRING A BOOK OR A FRIEND, KICK BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE. NOTE: ON THE WAY BACK, THE TRAINS START ONCE PER HOUR ON THE HOUR UNTIL MIDNIGHT (EXCEPT THERE'S NO 11PM TRAIN). ONCE WE ARRIVE AT THE SF STATION (4TH AND TOWNSEND) WE'LL WALK AND RIDE OUR BIKES TOGETHER 5 BLOCKS TO THE San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (at Brannan St) San Francisco, CA 94103 STOP BY THE SF GREEN PARTY BOOTH OUTSIDE THE EXHIBIT CENTER AND THE CODE PINK BOOTH INSIDE AND SAY HI!!! Green Festival PRICE is $15 for one day (or free if you bring your Coop America card or a print out of the e-mail from them). The schedule is at http://www.greenfestivals.org/san-francisco/schedules/ This year's Featured speakers include: Dr. Cornel West, Chuck D, Winona LaDuke, Van Jones and Rickie Byars Beckwith. http://www.greenfestivals.org/san-francisco "Welcome to Green Festival?, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America. We?re celebrating what?s working in our communities?for people, business and the environment. Join us at the nation?s premier sustainability event in San Francisco for 3 days filled with the best in green! > 125 renowned authors, leaders & educators > 350 eco-friendly businesses in a unique marketplace > Workshops, green films, kids? activities, live music & more > Delicious, organic, vegetarian cuisine" Green and Pink is Core! Drew