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<DIV>Great! Thank you.<BR> </DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Kendra Gonzales </SPAN></FONT><BR>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jim Stauffer <jims@greens.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> strategyplan@cagreens.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, January 5, 2011 6:03:52 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [StrategyPlan] CC on Strategy Plan Announcement<BR></FONT><BR>I can make the change to the last draft regarding the strategyplan list as the <BR>alternate send-to address and get the message out tomorrow. Messages sent on <BR>weekends have a higher rate of being missed.<BR><BR>To clarify, the issue wasn't about prohibiting people from subscribing to the <BR>strategy list, it was about having all responses on the wiki.<BR><BR><BR>Jim<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 1/5/2011 2:43 PM, Kendra Gonzales wrote:<BR>> I will stand aside re my concern about not allowing other Greens to subscribe<BR>> to the Strategy Listserve, and agree to keep the wording in
the email to "Post<BR>> your feedback to.....".<BR>><BR>> I understand the importance of suggesting that County Councils start<BR>> organizing strategy sessions on a regional basis. I absolutely agree. As<BR>> stated previously, the reason that is not in THIS initial email, is to not<BR>> overload the email and the reader with too much info all at once. This is an<BR>> /initial/ email, just to get the conversation started....it is certainly not<BR>> an end product, just one of many emails that will have to go out to continue<BR>> engaging local Greens in the very large and on-going process of what we are<BR>> trying to accomplish.<BR>><BR>> We can easily send another "reminder" email in a couple weeks for those who<BR>> have not responded and add our suggestion of regional meetings. Follow-up<BR>> phone calls are also very important, and thanks to Barry and Adrienne for<BR>> taking that on!.<BR>><BR>>
To answer Barry's concern about spelling out "why" this is a good<BR>> project....I'm sorry, but if any Green reading the email cannot figure out the<BR>> importance of stategizing for the future of our Party then they would most<BR>> likely not be interested in it anyway!.<BR>><BR>> The first 2 or 3 sentences of the email are meant to engage and excite the<BR>> reader, what else could possibly be said?. We could spend another week<BR>> creating the perfect opening tag line, but we need to gety started already!<BR>><BR>> Unless I hear any more outstanding concerns, I will plan on sending the final<BR>> draft to Jim to send out to County Contacts by friday am.<BR>><BR>> Thanks all!<BR>><BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> *From:* Jim Stauffer <<A href="mailto:jims@greens.org" ymailto="mailto:jims@greens.org">jims@greens.org</A>><BR>> *To:* GPCA
Strategy Planning <<A href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org" ymailto="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org">strategyplan@cagreens.org</A>><BR>> *Sent:* Tue, January 4, 2011 5:00:41 PM<BR>> *Subject:* [StrategyPlan] CC on Strategy Plan Announcement<BR>><BR>> The CC reviewed the proposed announcement last night. It's ready to go as soon<BR>> as Kendra and I work out wording about how this list will be used as the<BR>> alternate posting spot.<BR>><BR>> There were some concerns, listed below. Our final conclusion was to address<BR>> the concerns in a follow-up message in one week.<BR>><BR>> Barry Hermanson was concerned that the message states that this is important,<BR>> but didn't describe why. He's going to pen a few lines for the follow-up.<BR>><BR>> I raised the concern about not promoting the idea of counties gathering into<BR>> small groups for their discussions. A few others agreed. That will also
be<BR>> added to the follow-up.<BR>><BR>> We discussed the need for sending periodic reminders to the counties. Barry<BR>> and Adrienne volunteered to make calls. We should also send email reminders.<BR>><BR>> The section from the meeting minutes is copied below.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Jim<BR>><BR>> =====================================================================<BR>><BR>> Attending: Michael Borenstein, Barry Hermanson, Matt Leslie, Adrienne Prince,<BR>> David Quinley, Michael Rubin, Jim Stauffer.<BR>><BR>><BR>> 3 - Finalize draft and authorize distribution of the 'Strategy Notice' to the<BR>> County Contacts list. [10 min]<BR>><BR>> JS: Reads text of Kendra Gonzales’ Strategy Notice and intent of Wiki<BR>> discussion. She wants this distributed to the lists.<BR>><BR>> BH: I like it. The only thing that’s missing, is some statement at the<BR>> beginning as to why people should get
involved. Why is this an exciting<BR>> project? I personally believe this is an extraordinary time for the Greens.<BR>> I’d add 3 – 4 sentences at the beginning. She has put together a good basic<BR>> document.<BR>><BR>> AP: I would pass that input on to her.<BR>><BR>> JS: She and I are still having a technical discussion regarding the wiki vs.<BR>> the email list. Something that disappeared in the evolution of this document<BR>> is mention of getting counties together with their neighbors. We will get<BR>> better discussions if we can get more participants. I don’t know how anyone<BR>> else feels about these group meetings, but I think they’d be beneficial.<BR>><BR>> BH: The internal aspects of why it’s important to have good planning…I feel<BR>> should be mentioned.<BR>><BR>> MB: This notice is about as long as a County Contacts notice. These amendments<BR>> can be inserted very
briefly.<BR>><BR>> BH: I’d like to be a traveling liaison, helping the Counties/Regions conduct<BR>> their discussions.<BR>><BR>> MR: I agree with Jim. I’d be sad to see the ideas of special event gatherings<BR>> disappear from this. We should at least try and involve<BR>> not-the-usual-activists in our counties.<BR>><BR>> MB: I think that could be put back in…<BR>><BR>> JS: I wonder if we should send this one as-is, and then one week later, a<BR>> message about how to connect with the locals. It would be nice to give some<BR>> guidance about how to conduct a live meeting on this topic.<BR>><BR>> DQ: Could there be a connection to any of the data collecting that Marnie is<BR>> doing? Could she be gathering some feedback while doing her calling?<BR>><BR>> MB: We are trying to get individual and group suggestions for strategy for<BR>> short and long-term planning, to be created and consensed
upon at the next two<BR>> plenaries. What do we want for a timeline? It would be good to send this out asap.<BR>><BR>> BH: So we need to finish this tonight!<BR>><BR>> DQ: How is this different than anything we’ve tried to do in the past?<BR>><BR>> JS: We have never actually gone out to the counties for strategic input.or<BR>> long-term goal setting. This is an experiment, a major departure. It would be<BR>> nice to see if there are some common themes out there.<BR>><BR>> BH: Jim, are you going to send this out to the county contacts? Send out<BR>> several messages, with updates, and how-to’s. Maybe a couple of follow-up<BR>> messages in the next few weeks. I would make an offer that if counties or<BR>> regions want to include this on an agenda, I will attend the meeting just to<BR>> listen.<BR>><BR>> AP: So are we consensing that we send this to the county contacts list as-is,<BR>> with followup
messages over the next few weeks?<BR>><BR>> BH: We would then need to decide then the text of future messages.<BR>><BR>> MB: Passes by consensus.<BR>><BR>> AP: Is there a phone list we can use to follow up with? I’d like to make some<BR>> phone calls.<BR>><BR>> JS: Yes, we do have some phone numbers and emails. Its on the IT webside<BR>> behind the common password. Ca Green website/IT. Link called “county contacts.”<BR>><BR>> BH: I’ll make phone calls.<BR>><BR>> AP: I’ll do South, you can do North.<BR>><BR>> MB: And if they get 2 phone calls, all the better!<BR>><BR>> JS: Everything will go to the County Contacts list, the Co-Co’s list and the<BR>> GPCA list.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> StrategyPlan mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:StrategyPlan@cagreens.org" ymailto="mailto:StrategyPlan@cagreens.org">StrategyPlan@cagreens.org</A> <mailto:<A
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