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Kendra:<br><br>
If we intend to have a draft strategy plan for the March Budget General
Assembly in the plenary packet, a Jan 31 deadline is reasonable since
all of us (or in this case probably mostly you) need to consider
and digest the replies to formulate the draft strategic plan.---not a
short process. I also deliberately chose the budget deadline
because the co-cos should see beforehand any suggested innovations that
are in their areas and propose a budget for them. I suppose the
strategic plan could be slated to begin the next budget year---that is,
2012--but that is too long to wait in my opinion.<br><br>
What is your specific alternative time line? It sounds as if you
intend to present the March General Assembly with a draft plan cold
turkey---something that has much less chance of succeeding.<br><br>
We need to get people in the locals and Counties thinking immediately so
they can reply in a substantive manner. A month (January)
should be long enough to be able to answer one question.
<br><br>
I have also attached the latest version of the 14 questions we had for
general use....Shane Que Hee, Dec 16 2010<br>
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At 10:05 AM 12/16/2010, Kendra Gonzales wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Bert! Thank you!<br>
<br>
Sorry you'll get this 3 times...<br>
<br>
I love where you are going with this...exactly what I've been envisioning
and I hope we can just move forward already!.<br>
<br>
I also have some time starting fri and thru the weekend to look things
over and answer some of Bert's questions and brainstorm...hope others can
do the same. I hope we can get a preliminary email out to County Contacts
very soon. <br>
<br>
Shane - your suggestion to give the locals a deadline of Jan 31 is much
too short...though I really appreciate that we need to give some kind of
deadline. However, we should open the time frame to allow a fair and
realistice window of review, digestion, discussion, and
documentation...not to mention the follow-up that will have to be done to
light a fire under peoples bums. <br>
<br>
Plus....Jan 31 is the deadline for our working groups to get our
workplans completed...its just too much to add in this deadline at the
same time. <br>
<br>
This project will keep evolving over the next 3 months...the deadline
should be shortly before the Plenary for a first draft. Even then, a GPCA
Strategic Action Plan (I hope we'll adopt this title) is an always
evolving thing. There really is no absolute "end product" -
this is a framework we are creating that needs to be flexible enough to
accept societal, fiscal, electoral, and structural changes from within
our party and from without. Our Platform is also always evolving...same
sort of thing, but a specifically Stragetic Plan, in my mind, is the nuts
& bolts of the HOW we implement what our Platform says and of course
grow larger and stronger. <br>
<br>
Sorry....I do go on!. Lets get this started!<br>
<br><br>
Kendra Gonzales <br>
<a href="http://www.vccool.org/" eudora="autourl">www.vccool.org</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cagreens.org/ventura" eudora="autourl">
www.cagreens.org/ventura</a> <br>
"All the energy stored in the Earth's reserves of coal, oil, and
natural gas<br>
is matched by the energy from 20 days of sunshine"
---Union of Concerned Scientists <br><br>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b> Bert
<truekahuna@comcast.net><br>
<b>To:</b> Kendra Gonzales <earthworks_works@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Green Party Strategy Jan 2011
<strategyplan@cagreens.org>; GPCA Cocos
<gpca-cocos@cagreens.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thu, December 16, 2010 7:50:23 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gpca-cocos] revisit of approach<br>
</font><br>
To all,<br><br>
Two points: I volunteered to handle the wiki work and I asked for
direction.<br><br>
I don't see that anyone else is handling this, so I will. If someone ELSE
wants to do the wiki thing, or if there is some wiki other than
wiki.cagreens.org, then say so. Otherwise I am moving forward.<br><br>
OK, on to the directions. I am going to ask questions of the CO-CO's on
this list. The time right now it is 12/16/10 0645. If you have
answers or opinions, please get them to me within 36 hours.<br><br>
Definition:<br><br>
Just so we have names for stuff, I am going to call the entries in the
Main Page "Categories" and each page within an category (other
than the Table of Contents - a.k.a. first page beneath the category) is a
"topic".<br><br>
Example categories: "Green 2012", "Props 2010", and
"IT" are all existing "categories" in the GPCA
wiki.<br><br>
Example topics: within the Props 2010 article, are the "topics"
Props2010/18, Props2010/19, etc.<br><br>
Please digest the above. Also, I think my names for these things suck. So
if someone has a better set of names for use in conversations just like
this one, then say so and we'll use them.<br><br>
Step 1:<br><br>
Am I creating a new category? Or am I extending the Green 2012
category?<br><br>
Unless I hear otherwise: I will create a new category named "Moving
Forward: A Party Strategy" (or something hifalutin like that). Why?
Because Green 2012 is a two year plan and this "strategy thing"
seems to have different horizons.<br><br>
Step 2:<br><br>
Throughout all of the email threads, there have been a number of
questions suggested. So the next decision is:<br><br>
(a) Do we want one big topic for the whole thing (broken into
sections),<br><br>
OR<br><br>
(b) Do we want to break the discussion up into separate topics (ex: one
for each of the questions posed by various co-co's)<br><br>
Unless I hear otherwise: I will assume a separate topic for each
question. Why? Because I am anal-retentive that way. Also I see it as
helping "people who contribute" to stay focused (see
"direction" below). And so that "people who collate"
have an easier time of it.<br><br>
Step 3:<br><br>
Who do we expect to contribute? County councilpersons? State party
Co-co's? CC members? Any CA registered Green? Any Green at all? Any
person at all?<br><br>
I will get in touch with IT and we'll see about logins and rights and
such like.<br><br>
Step 4:<br><br>
I can/will read back through all of the email and create a "question
list". I can present the "question list" to THIS list for
comment.<br><br>
Note the "question list" is needed w/o regard to the decision
in Step 2.<br><br>
Really Note: the "question list" could be just the one question
posed by Jim. Though I agree with Kendra: if we ask one question w/o any
additional direction, I fear we will receive responses that are "all
over the map".<br><br>
Really Really Note: If someone else wants to do Step 4, then say so and I
won't spend MY time on it.<br><br>
Step 5:<br><br>
Assuming I am doing the work, I want to create the wiki category and
topic page(s) next weekend (12/18..12/19). That is when I have the time.
So, if I don't hear anything, or if what I do hear are equivocations and
ambiguity, then what work I do will be subject to my mind-reading skills
(and all overly-harsh passive-aggressive post-facto armchair
quarterbacking will be met with Bert's Standard Two Word
Response).<br><br>
Please get back to me ASAP; let's get this done together,<br><br>
Bert<br><br>
<br>
Kendra Gonzales wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Honestly, we are wasting too much time trying to agree on the right
questions. Though these are very relevent issues to raise and
thank you Jim and Shane (and others) for all of the input, its too
much...eyes will glaze over....mine are! Jim....hold on to your
hat....lets go with your approach and ask he locals ONE question:<br>
> "How should the GPCA move forward in 2011/2012, in 5
years, in 10 years?"<br>
> But, we MUST, MUST, MUST give direction on how the locals give
us the answer(s)!<br>
> Can we PLEASE, pretty please create a Wiki for this and try it out.
If it doesn't work, fine we can work on getting those answers from locals
and documenting them somewhere ourselves.<br>
> We should be the ones to answer or give pros/cons on the
issues we've been bringing up and then combine that with what locals
respond with from this one very simple question.<br>
> How about it?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Kendra Gonzales<br>
>
<a href="http://www.vccool.org/" eudora="autourl">www.vccool.org</a><br>
>
<a href="http://www.cagreens.org/ventura" eudora="autourl">
www.cagreens.org/ventura</a><br>
> "All the energy stored in the Earth's reserves of coal, oil,
and natural gas<br>
> is matched by the energy from 20 days of sunshine"
---Union of Concerned Scientists<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *From:* shane que hee
<<a href="mailto:squehee@ucla.edu">squehee@ucla.edu</a>><br>
> *To:*
<a href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org">strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>
<br>
> *Sent:* Wed, December 15, 2010 1:26:23 PM<br>
> *Subject:* Re: [StrategyPlan] StrategyPlan Digest, Vol 3, Issue
7<br>
> <br>
> Everyone:<br>
> <br>
> Here is the latest version of my suggested letter to the
Counties/Locals:....Shane Que Hee, Dec 15 2010<br>
>
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> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> The Green Party of California needs the help of our County Councils
and<br>
> <br>
> Locals in charting our way forward following the November
elections.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> In keeping with our key value of decentralization we would like your
written<br>
> <br>
> response by January 31 2011 to the following questions that we hope
you can<br>
> <br>
> formulate at Locals/County/Regional meetings as appropriate:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 1.. Given the current recession and its detrimental effect on
fundraising,<br>
> <br>
> should GPCA and its Locals and Counties adopt a "survival
plan" until recovery<br>
> <br>
> is tangible (e.g. unemployment below 8%)? How would this affect all
goals and<br>
> <br>
> strategies?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 2. What are realistic voter registration goals? What attracts people
to a<br>
> <br>
> small party? What caused the California Green registration decline
of the past<br>
> <br>
> six years, can it be reversed? Was the 2010 election new
registrations of<br>
> <br>
> about 1,000 too unambitious?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 3. Given that we have fewer than 1% of registered voters, what are
realistic<br>
> <br>
> electoral strategies for a party of our size? Do we continue
attempts in<br>
> <br>
> partisan races or focus on non-partisan races?<br>
> <br>
> If there is to be focus on State-wide office, then should GPCA focus
on MOST "winnable seats"? What are the latter? What funding and
effort split is<br>
> <br>
> desirable?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 4. How do we recruit/develop electable candidates for non-partisan
offices?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 5. How do we recruit electable candidates for state-wide
offices?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 6. Does Prop 14 provide any potential to us? Should GPCA continue to
be part<br>
> <br>
> of the lawsuit against Prop 14? Do we raise funds for the
lawsuit?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 7. Should we make a real, concerted effort to promote ranked-choice
voting<br>
> <br>
> (i.e. Instant Runoff Voting and proportional representation)?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 8. Should GPCA consider closer ties with the Progressive Caucus of
the<br>
> <br>
> California Democratic Party? How would this work at the level of the
Locals<br>
> <br>
> and Counties?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 9. The GPCA's decentralized structure and consensus-seeking decision
process<br>
> <br>
> is an experiment that we've carried on for 20 years. Is it working
well<br>
> <br>
> enough? Is there a good balance of responsibilities between the
state party<br>
> <br>
> and the county parties? Should we examine giving more authority over
internal business<br>
> <br>
> to the state party? Is continuing to rely solely on volunteer labor
a viable<br>
> <br>
> plan for growth?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 10. What kind of representation do Counties/regions/locals want in
GPCA? How<br>
> <br>
> should the current system be changed for the better?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 11. What factors have created viable, stable Locals and Counties?
What factors<br>
> <br>
> have caused Locals and Counties to deteriorate?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 12. What resources do Locals and Counties need from the state party?
What resources does the state party need from Locals and Counties? What
specific services/mutual agreements do Counties/regions/locals want from
GPCA? How should the current system be changed?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 13. Should in-person General Assemblies be scrapped? If yes, what
should replace them? Are the alternatives cost-effective?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> 14: Do the Counties and Locals have other concerns about our future
not covered above in the previous 13 questions? Please provide your
assessments/perspectives..<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Please send the responses to
<a href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org">strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>
<<a href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>>.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> We hope to present the submitted responses and our resulting
proposed GPCA strategic plan for comment in the March Budget General
Assembly Plenary packet for discussion "....Kendra Gonzalez, CCWG
Co-Co, DEC 14 2010<br>
>
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> ><br>
> > Message: 1<br>
> > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:24:10 -0800<br>
> > From: Jim Stauffer
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<<a href="mailto:jims@greens.org" eudora="autourl">
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> > To: GPCA Strategy Planning
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> > Subject: Re: [StrategyPlan] [gpca-cocos] StrategyPlan
Digest, Vol 3,<br>
> > Issue 4<br>
> > Message-ID:
<<a href="mailto:4D0834DA.1040106@greens.org">
4D0834DA.1040106@greens.org</a>
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> > I cannot state how strongly I disagree with this.<br>
> ><br>
> > Jim<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 12/14/2010 7:07 AM, shane que hee wrote:<br>
> > > Kendra/Jim:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I agree that our request needs to be as short and
simple as possible.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I also think they should send their replies to this
strategy E mail listserve<br>
> > > by the end of January.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > We might then do a wiki.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > All I think we need to say to the Counties/Locals by
County Contacts is:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > "The Green Party of California needs the help
of our County Councils and<br>
> > > Locals in charting our way forward following the
November elections.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > .In keeping with our key value of decentralization
we would like your written<br>
> > > response by January 31 2011 to the following
questions that we hope you can<br>
> > > formulate at Locals/County/Regional meetings as
appropriate:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 1. Given the current recession and its detrimental
effect on fundraising,<br>
> > > should GPCA and its Locals and Counties adopt a
"survival plan" until recovery<br>
> > > is tangible (e.g. unemployment below 8%)? How would
this affect all goals and<br>
> > > strategies?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 2. What are realistic voter registration goals? What
attracts people to a<br>
> > > small party? What caused the California Green
registration decline of the past<br>
> > > six years, can it be reversed? Was the 2010 election
new registrations of<br>
> > > about 1,000 too unambitious?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 3. Given that we have fewer than 1% of registered
voters, what are realistic<br>
> > > electoral strategies for a party of our size? Do we
continue attempts in<br>
> > > partisan races or focus on non-partisan races?<br>
> > > If there is to be focus on State-wide office, then
should GPCA focus on MOST<br>
> > > "winnable seats"? What are the latter?
What funding and effort split is<br>
> > > desirable?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 4. How do we recruit/develop electable candidates
for non-partisan offices?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 5. How do we recruit electable candidates for
state-wide offices?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 6. Does Prop 14 provide any potential to us? Should
GPCA continue to be part<br>
> > > of the lawsuit against Prop 14? Do we raise funds
for the lawsuit?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 7. Should we make a real, concerted effort to
promote ranked-choice voting<br>
> > > (i.e. Instant Runoff Voting and proportional
representation)?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 8. Should GPCA consider closer ties with the
Progressive Caucus of the<br>
> > > California Democratic Party? How would this work at
the level of the Locals<br>
> > > and Counties?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 9. The GPCA's decentralized structure and
consensus-seeking decision process<br>
> > > is an experiment that we've carried on for 20 years.
Is it working well<br>
> > > enough? Is there a good balance of responsibilities
between the state party<br>
> > > and the<br>
> > > county parties? Should we examine giving more
authority over internal business<br>
> > > to the state party? Is continuing to rely solely on
volunteer labor a viable<br>
> > > plan for growth?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 10. What kind of representation do
Counties/regions/locals want in GPCA? How<br>
> > > should the current system be changed for the
better?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 11. What factors have created viable, stable Locals
and Counties? What factors<br>
> > > have caused Locals and Counties to deteriorate?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 12. What resources do Locals and Counties need from
the state party? What<br>
> > > resources does the state party need from Locals and
Counties? What specific<br>
> > > services/mutual agreements do
Counties/regions/locals want from GPCA? How<br>
> > > should the current system be changed?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > 13. Should in-person General Assemblies be scrapped?
If yes, what should<br>
> > > replace them? Are the alternatives
cost-effective?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Please send the responses to
<a href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org">strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>
<<a href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>>.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > We hope to present the submitted responses and our
resulting proposed GPCA<br>
> > > strategic plan for comment in the March Budget
General Assembly Plenary packet<br>
> > > for discussion "....Kendra Gonzalez, GCWG
Co-Co, DEC 14 2010"<br>
> > ><br>
> > > ....Shane Que Hee, Dec 14 2010<br>
> > >
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> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > At 12:00 PM 12/13/2010,
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> > >> Today's Topics:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> 1. web tool from Jenni Woodward (Kendra
Gonzales)<br>
> > >> 2. our approach to Strategizing (Kendra
Gonzales)<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
> > >>
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> > >><br>
> > >> Message: 1<br>
> > >> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:16:43 -0800 (PST)<br>
> > >> From: Kendra Gonzales
<<a href="mailto:earthworks_works@yahoo.com">
earthworks_works@yahoo.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:earthworks_works@yahoo.com" eudora="autourl">
mailto:earthworks_works@yahoo.com</a>>><br>
> > >> To: Green Party Strategy Jan 2011
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> > >> Subject: [StrategyPlan] web tool from Jenni
Woodward<br>
> > >> Message-ID:
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> > >> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> For consideration as a tool to use in our
Strategy process:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> (by the way, I'm curious as to who is subscribed
to this list?)<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Hi Gloria,<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Thank you for the endorsement of the
survey.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> FYI I copied Obama's OFA survey, made a few
edits to it so it is GPCA specific,<br>
> > >> and put it on my CAGreens-Test site.? The
revised survey for the GPCA has been<br>
> > >> available there since about 24 hours after I
emailed the GPCA folks who's<br>
> > >> addresses I have.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> I haven't checked if anyone has taken the
survey.? I'll do that in the next 72<br>
> > >> hours, and perhaps post some interim results on
the web site.? And I'll keep<br>
> > >> the<br>
> > >> survey "open" for anyone to take
through the holidays.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Please "pass it on" that the survey is
"up and running" on CAGreens-Test also<br>
> > >> very soon to be known as CAGreenIDEAS.org.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> I just yesterday registered a new domain name,
CAGreenIDEAS.org.? It will<br>
> > >> "point<br>
> > >> to" the very same CAGreens-Test site which
was not registered.? If all goes<br>
> > >> well<br>
> > >> the domain registration will allow people to web
search for things like this<br>
> > >> survey as well as find other content on the site
they o/w don't know is there.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> BTW: I think the "TRANSLATED" CAGreen,
SF Greens, US Greens feature I<br>
> > >> discovered<br>
> > >> just a few days before the Nov. 2 election is
WAY COOL! Potentially one can<br>
> > >> look<br>
> > >> at ANY Green web site in any of 52 languages,
even though the web site<br>
> > >> builder/maintainers never added
"translation of web pages" to their site.?<br>
> > >> Check<br>
> > >> it out in the "Web Links" section c/o
the left hand side Main Menu.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> CAGreens-Test is reached at:
<a href="http://www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test" eudora="autourl">
www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test</a>.<br>
> > >> CAGreenIDEAS.org will be reachable at either
cagreenideas.org or<br>
> > >>
<a href="http://www.cagreenideas.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.cagreenideas.org</a> .<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Jennifer Gopinathadasi Woodward<br>
> > >> San Francisco<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
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> > >> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:42:18 -0800 (PST)<br>
> > >> From: Kendra Gonzales
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> > >> Hello all,<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> I've briefly scanned over Jim's draft to send to
County Contacts....its not at<br>
> > >> all disimilar to what?we've been proposing.
However, I suggest we really<br>
> > >> simplify the email,?offer just a handful of
suggested topic items or questions<br>
> > >> for their consideration.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> The email is a bit too lengthy and people
might?feel overwhelmed when reading<br>
> > >> it....not to say?all the content isn't
important, but I've found that email<br>
> > >> communication warrants a short and to the point
approach because its just too<br>
> > >> easy to hit "delete". As evidenced by
this email, I have the same problem<br>
> > >> myself<br>
> > >> and need to really edit things down for
simplicity's sake!<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Another missing component is a place to send
local ideas and action items so we<br>
> > >> can record and organize them together into the
"Plan".??How do we document<br>
> > >> everything? I have suggested Wiki....Marnie
Glickman has created one<br>
> > >> but?specific to her proposal for?the first part
of 2011. Can we use?it for the<br>
> > >> larger picture stuff
too??<a href="http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/Green_2012">
http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/Green_2012</a>.?<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Do we create our own Wiki, or use something else
all together?<br>
> > >> Jenni Woodward has also created a Greens
Specific virtual space on her own<br>
> > >> platform:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
> > >> CAGreens-Test is reached at:
<a href="http://www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test" eudora="autourl">
www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test</a>.<br>
> > >> CAGreenIDEAS.org will be reachable at either
cagreenideas.org or<br>
> > >>
<a href="http://www.cagreenideas.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.cagreenideas.org</a> .<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> I'll create a draft email to the counties as
well, and Barry said he was going<br>
> > >> to do one. Maybe between Jim, Barry, and myself
we can create a best approach.<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Kendra Gonzales<br>
> > >><br>
> > >><br>
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> > Message: 2<br>
> > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:10:08 -0800<br>
> > From: Jim Stauffer
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> > To:
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> > Subject: Re: [StrategyPlan] our approach to
Strategizing<br>
> > Message-ID:
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> > We really don't seem to be communicating. If you put out
a list of 10 issues<br>
> > (each one being fairly broad) and ask for pro/con
statements on each, you've<br>
> > just used up at least half of the 4 hours being proposed
for this exercise.<br>
> > That is not a "stating point" or just a
reference, it's a major task by<br>
> > itself. How do you get a "local view point" if
all you're asking is for them<br>
> > to rate a set of pre-determined ideas sent to them?<br>
> ><br>
> > Again, I'm trying to stress the need for Locals to tell
us what ideas they<br>
> > have. If they respond with some of the same ideas as in
the referenced list of<br>
> > issues, then they're telling us they agree.<br>
> ><br>
> > If we really think it's important to get their feedback
on the list of issues,<br>
> > let's just ask them to rate each on a scale of
importance, rather than asking<br>
> > for pro/con narratives that will require a lot of
discussion and documenting.<br>
> ><br>
> > You repeat, "All we are asking locals to do is
consider the issues we raise."<br>
> > I keep saying we should ask the Locals what issues they
are thinking about.<br>
> ><br>
> > As to the CC collecting responses, it is their designated
responsibility to<br>
> > produce a strategy plan for the party. And they have to
present it at a GA. We<br>
> > haven't discussed this part, but some team will need to
organize and analyze<br>
> > the responses. Wiki does not automatically organize
responses for you. Whether<br>
> > by email or wiki, someone(s) will have to collect and
work the data. We may<br>
> > get 'official' response from the meeting and some
individual responses. We<br>
> > need to distinguish between the two. I would like to see
the official<br>
> > responses go to the CC, or to this list if the CC
prefers.<br>
> ><br>
> > As to warning the Locals that this is coming, I can only
restate the number of<br>
> > years I've been doing this, and that there is a notable
difference in the<br>
> > response if you've had the opportunity to discuss the
issue with the Locals<br>
> > before sending them the project. But there are definitely
drawbacks to<br>
> > postponing this to the Summer.<br>
> ><br>
> > Jim<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 12/13/2010 9:08 PM, Kendra Gonzales wrote:<br>
> > > my responses in yellow below<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Kendra Gonzales<br>
> > ><br>
> > >
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> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > *From:* Jim Stauffer
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> > > *To:* GPCA Strategy Planning
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strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>
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mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org</a>>> *Sent:* Mon,<br>
> > > December 13, 2010 7:42:43 PM *Subject:* Re:
[StrategyPlan] our approach to<br>
> > > Strategizing<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Kendra -<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Every time I raise a concern or suggest something
different you say it's<br>
> > > the same as what you've proposed. It is not. Your
last proposal was to send<br>
> > > a list of issues to the counties and ask them to
write pro/con statements<br>
> > > on each. I'm proposing the counties tell us what
they think are the issues<br>
> > > we should concentrate on in the long term. Not
telling the counties what<br>
> > > issues the state party thinks we should work on and
see if they agree.<br>
> ><br>
> > > Yes, I suggest we send a short list of issues asking
for pros/cons, _just<br>
> > > as a starting point..._just as some kind of
reference or example of what a<br>
> > > Strategic Plan might include - just as you
suggest.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The only use I see for an issues list is as an
example of the kinds of<br>
> > > topics we want discussed. Again, exactly my point.
All we are asking locals<br>
> > > to do is consider the issues we raise. They may
throw them right out as<br>
> > > being irrelevent, though I doubt that. Of course, we
also ask for their<br>
> > > ideas.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The message I'm proposing is not too long. It is
shorter than most GA<br>
> > > proposals, and it's not a complex topic. My
experience has been that<br>
> > > counties do respond (relatively speaking) to short,
succinct projects like<br>
> > > this. The only lengthy section of the message is the
reference list of<br>
> > > issues, but I assumed we would whittle that down. I
agree with the<br>
> > > whittling down<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The message asks each group to submit a summary of
their discussion to the<br>
> > > CC. I don't object to using a wiki, but I doubt its
usefulness so I don't<br>
> > > want to spend a lot of time on it.<br>
> ><br>
> > > So, if the CC is the recipient of all the data, then
they are responsible<br>
> > > for putting it into some sort of recorded
strutcture. What do you propose<br>
> > > that would be?. I disagree that Wiki is not useful.
Also, locals can have<br>
> > > an opportunity to post their responses and ideas
themselves. If they don't,<br>
> > > then fine...the CC can do it for them.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > I'd like to hear comments on the two approaches
being proposed:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > - Send a list of issues to the counties for their
comment.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > - Ask the counties to send us a list of issues. Why
not do both?. Send 10<br>
> > > "suggested" issues, ask for pros / cons
and ask for THEIR ideas too. That's<br>
> > > the main focus of what this project - the local
viewpoint. The 10 (or so)<br>
> > > items are just suggestions.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > My main concern is that this project is coming to
the counties with no<br>
> > > forewarning. There's better participation when the
project is first<br>
> > > discussed at a GA. This is now going to need some
active support from the<br>
> > > CC to promote it through the Regional Reps. Or, put
this off until after<br>
> > > the Spring GA.<br>
> ><br>
> > > I don't see the need for a warning. Its a pretty
basic request and simply<br>
> > > opening up lines of communication. We would waste
the entire first quarter<br>
> > > of 2011 waiting for the GA and then we certainly
don't have all of our<br>
> > > locals represented there. One of the benefits of
this proposal happening<br>
> > > now and throughout Jan, Feb, March is to offer
plenty of opportunity for<br>
> > > locals to receive, digest, discuss, and respond.
And, time for us to do<br>
> > > follow-up from those who don't respond to the
email(s). I would also like<br>
> > > to hear back from others please. The 10 suggested
items and Wiki seem to be<br>
> > > the only thing we disagree on. Getting close!<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > On 12/12/2010 12:42 PM, Kendra Gonzales wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> Hello all,<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> I've briefly scanned over Jim's draft to send to
County Contacts....its<br>
> > >> not at all disimilar to what we've been
proposing. However, I suggest we<br>
> > >> really simplify the email, offer just a handful
of suggested topic items<br>
> > >> or questions for their consideration.<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> The email is a bit too lengthy and people might
feel overwhelmed when<br>
> > >> reading it....not to say all the content isn't
important, but I've found<br>
> > >> that email communication warrants a short and to
the point approach<br>
> > >> because its just too easy to hit
"delete". As evidenced by this email, I<br>
> > >> have the same problem myself and need to really
edit things down for<br>
> > >> simplicity's sake!<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> Another missing component is a place to send
local ideas and action<br>
> > >> items so we can record and organize them
together into the "Plan". How do<br>
> > >> we document everything? I have suggested
Wiki....Marnie Glickman has<br>
> > >> created one but specific to her proposal for the
first part of 2011. Can<br>
> > >> we use it for the larger picture stuff too?<br>
> > >>
<a href="http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/Green_2012">
http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/Green_2012</a>.<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> Do we create our own Wiki, or use something else
all together?<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> Jenni Woodward has also created a Greens
Specific virtual space on her<br>
> > >> own platform:<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> CAGreens-Test is reached at:
<a href="http://www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test" eudora="autourl">
www.weblearningtools.org/CAGreens-Test</a>.<br>
> > >> CAGreenIDEAS.org will be reachable at either
cagreenideas.org or<br>
> > >>
<a href="http://www.cagreenideas.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.cagreenideas.org</a> .<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> I'll create a draft email to the counties as
well, and Barry said he was<br>
> > >> going to do one. Maybe between Jim, Barry, and
myself we can create a<br>
> > >> best approach.<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> Kendra Gonzales<br>
> > >><br>
> > ><br>
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