[StrategyPlan] Wiki and Announcement

Wed Jan 12 13:09:51 PST 2011

I talked to Marnie and explained the purpose of our particular Wiki page 
and that her 2012 Proposal needs to be deleted, she understood, and I deleted 
it. I also did a bunch of formatting myself to make it more clear where to post 
things, and so forth. I'd much prefer seperate discussion pages for each 
question and topic, but couldn't quite figure out how to do that. So, everything 
is on 1 discussion page for now, and laid out so folks can figure it out easily. 
I left in "topics", to which we can add...and made it clear this is voluntary 
for any Greens and they can also add topics to hopefully alleviate any more 
concerns that Jim has. Again, this is NOT the end-all, finished product...it 
will have quirks and we'll need to continually re-assess and possibly change the 
set-up. Its a good start for now!. Oh my Goddess...its finally started! 

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: Bert <truekahuna at comcast.net>
To: GPCA Strategy Planning <strategyplan at cagreens.org>
Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 10:36:34 AM
Subject: Re: [StrategyPlan] Wiki and Announcement

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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