[StrategyPlan] Wiki and Announcement

Wed Jan 12 10:36:34 PST 2011

JUST FOR THE RECORD, I (BERT) DID NOT MAKE THE CURRENT CHANGES TO THE 
WIKI pages for "GPCA Strategic Action Plan". The content, as it has been 
changed, and which has now been annouced via County Contacts, has 
ABSOLUTELY NO RESEMBLENCE to what CCWG (Kendra), GIWG (Bert), or IT 
(Jim) were trying to put together.

Please note that "GPCA Strategic Action Plan" was NOT, repeat NOT, 
supposed to be the "2012 Plan". The "GPCA Strategic Action Plan" was 
intended to work in concert with, the "2012 Plan".

Someone has gone well over the "unilateral actions" limit on this and 
needs to recognize that there are other voices in GPCA beside her own.

Bert

Jim Stauffer wrote:
> So, we are still having the same debate about whether or not we should 
> be telling the counties what topics to discuss. How many more months do 
> you want to spend on this issue? And, who said *these* are the topics we 
> need to discuss? I don't remember any consensus around that.
> 
> If you and Shane think these topics are the most important, then bring 
> them up when you have your county/group meeting.
> 
> I am adamantly opposed to listing these topics in the intro to the wiki 
> as if they are some definitive list ordained by the GPCA. If you really 
> want to pursue creating such a list, it's going to need a lot more 
> buy-in than just you and Shane.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/10/2011 6:01 PM, Kendra Gonzales wrote:
>> For the sake of getting this done, I'll agree to removing the list of 
>> topics,
>> *_for now. _*
>> I'd like to add those topics back in after we start seeing some 
>> feedback from
>> locals...maybe in beginning of March?. We are supposed to be strategizing
>> also, so using Wiki makes sense to faciliate that process. These 
>> topics are
>> certainly some of the things we need to start talking about.
>>
>> Kendra Gonzales
>> www.vccool.org
>> www.cagreens.org/ventura
>> "All the energy stored in the Earth's reserves of coal, oil, and 
>> natural gas
>> is matched by the energy from 20 days of sunshine" ---Union of Concerned
>> Scientists
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>
>> *From:* Jim Stauffer <jims at greens.org>
>> *To:* strategyplan at cagreens.org
>> *Sent:* Mon, January 10, 2011 5:18:05 PM
>> *Subject:* [StrategyPlan] Wiki and Announcement
>>
>> This is a carry-on from our previous thread.
>>
>>
>> The text of the current draft announcement is pasted below. It includes
>> instructions for posting comments. But, after comparing the 
>> announcement and
>> the wiki, it seems that they are aimed more at individual responses 
>> rather
>> than group responses.
>>
>> We've been talking all along about counties having group meetings. A 
>> secondary
>> purpose of this project was to encourage counties to get together with 
>> their
>> neighbors for an afternoon. As I reported, the CC wants this and is 
>> planning
>> on promoting it in a follow-up announcement.
>>
>> Our primary interest is in getting these group reports. Then we can have
>> individuals adding responses to those reports, or adding new topics.
>>
>> I'm going to change the bullet-list instructions in the announcement. 
>> The last
>> two bullets will be:
>>
>> * Click the Discussion tab and type or paste your group's report 
>> directly on
>> the page.
>>
>> * Individuals are invited to comment on these reports, or to add new 
>> topics.
>>
>>
>> For an intro on the wiki main page, I suggest we just use pertinent 
>> paragraphs
>> from the announcement. We can add a ToC when we decide on how to 
>> sub-divide
>> the responses.
>>
>> And I assume we're removing that list of Current Topics.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> =================================================================
>>
>> [ The final announcement is in HTML with links, highlights and 
>> emphasis. ]
>>
>>
>>
>> Fellow Greens,
>>
>> 2011 is the ideal time to set goals for the Party and develop 
>> strategies to
>> implement them!
>>
>> The Green Party of California is very excited about creating "The GPCA
>> Strategic Action Plan"
>>
>> Your input is absolutely vital in making this happen!!
>>
>> We have very basic questions to ask Greens in every County:
>>
>> * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in 2011/2012? How?
>> * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in the next 5 
>> years? How?
>> * What can The Green Party of California accomplish in the next 10 years?
>> How?
>>
>>
>> Please forward this message to your local lists, present and discuss 
>> at your
>> next meeting, or however else you want to share this exciting project 
>> with
>> other Greens.
>>
>> We plan to collect your responses, blend them with things we've been 
>> talking
>> about, and create a draft outline GPCA Strategic Action Plan for our 
>> Spring
>> Plenary.
>> This document will be continually evolving throughout 2011 and needs 
>> to be
>> something useful for all of us as we plan ahead.
>>
>> We've made it really easy!.
>>
>> * Just go to this wiki page: Strategy Plan Wiki.
>> * Log-in or create an account. (10 seconds; link in upper right corner).
>> * Click the Discussion tab and type or paste your input directly on 
>> the page.
>> * You are invited to share your ideas on all the Strategy Topics.
>>
>>
>> Please keep your comments short, specific, realistic and action-based.
>>
>> We also have an email lists as an alternative to the wiki for your 
>> responses
>> if you prefer. The address to send a message to this list is
>> strategyplan at cagreens.org <mailto:strategyplan at cagreens.org>.
>>
>> Wiki is a much better format than email for gathering lots of data, 
>> please
>> give it a try.
>> Its really quite easy!
>>
>> Please post your input on Wiki no later than the End of February.
>> We look forward to hearing from you........
>>
>> Let's get this Party started!!
>>
>>
>> -- GPCA Standing Groups and the Coordinating Committee
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