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<DIV>May I request that the 2 of you take up the particulars of the Wiki set-up?. I am overwhelmed with to-dos (I know I'm not the only one...) and have an in my face deadline of creating the entire CCWG Workplan and Budget 2011/2012 to be reviewed before next Wednesday's call. wah. </DIV>
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<DIV>Lets make sure we take the stress off ourselves that the Wiki will have to be "just right" before sending out the announcement. It will evolve and change as we go through this process anyway. As long as we have the very basics to start, which are the three very broad questions, and the 14 or so other topics....I think we're good to go!. </DIV>
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<DIV>I will be checking emails constantly as I always do, but need to focus on the CCWG Workplan. Go to it gentlemen!. </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Bert <truekahuna@comcast.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> strategyplan@cagreens.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, January 9, 2011 10:36:49 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [StrategyPlan] Strategy Plan Announcement<BR></FONT><BR>Jim,<BR><BR>I wouldn't say you've blown it at all. Kendra and I started that wiki page set last Sunday morning. What is there now was "thrown up" while we were on the phone together simply as a way to get started. It is still very much a work-in-progress.<BR><BR>As a second step, Kendra has collated the emails sent to this list - including your suggestions and has sent me the file. My part of "step 2" is to put all of that information into the wiki pages "as best I can".<BR><BR>The third step was to then ask for what would then be the second round of opinions on (what would then be) the
"prototype".<BR><BR>Also, and just to set the record straight, what you attribute as "Bert's original idea" wasn't mine at all. I have yet to advocate what should or should not be the content of our party strategy. I have argued only that:<BR><BR>(a) Whatever discussion points are decided upon, whether that's a list of questions or something else entirely, should be open to active input from the various county parties.<BR><BR>(b) That we all recognize that any goals, and strategy to acheive those goals, implies "tasks to be done".<BR><BR>(c) That we must agree ahead of time what "completion" means for each task (or set of tasks).<BR><BR>(d) That responsibility for those tasks has to be both assigned and accepted, and that part of that responsibility is agreeing to some manner of deadline.<BR><BR>(e) That there must be ongoing and active monitoring of our progress toward our goals.<BR><BR>I am trying to express my feeling that we must teach ourselves
that we can have reasonable expectations of one another and, furthermore, that the best way to satisfy those expectations is to learn to practice the most basic of management techniques. I know we're not a business and that we cannot run GPCA as though it were a business. But I also know that any strategy, no matter how well conceived, will not survive lack of execution.<BR><BR>Bert Heuer<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Jim Stauffer wrote:<BR>> <BR>> I really blew it on this one. I somehow missed Kendra's message on Thursday morning. Then I was out all day Friday and just saw the message last night.<BR>> <BR>> I was going to send it out today and then push the CC for a follow-up message to send next Thursday.<BR>> <BR>> But, in preparing the message I revisited the wiki, which I hadn't seen in a while, and I have to ask if that's really the final version.<BR>> <BR>> There are two headings with sub-lists of specific topics:<BR>>
<BR>> <A href="http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan" target=_blank>http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php/GPCA_Strategic_Action_Plan</A><BR>> <BR>> > This seems to be Bert's original idea based on the counties getting a set of questions they're suppose to answer. But now we're sending out just three broad categories to catch all comments.<BR>> <BR>> Consider the responses we're going to get. The counties, or county-groups, will send minutes or notes of their meeting. They will contain a variety of opinions and topics in no categorized manner. We (whoever will do this) will have to sort through these messages and copy/paste each item into a category/sub-topic.<BR>> <BR>> The wiki has to be structured to accommodate this. We need one level for counties to submit their minutes. Then we need a structure of category/sub-topics for discussion threads.<BR>> <BR>> Here's an update of a suggestion I
made a while back:<BR>> <BR>> L1 - Main Page<BR>> <BR>> Posts from county/group meetings<BR>> <BR>> Index (of L2 headings):<BR>> <BR>> L2 - Immediate Future (up to Nov 2012) Goals page<BR>> <BR>> Index (of L3 headings):<BR>> <BR>> Political Goals<BR>> L3 - Partisan and non-partisan candidates page<BR>> L3 - Campaigns and ballot proposition page<BR>> L3 - Election reforms page<BR>> <BR>> Other topics are gathered on the L2 page<BR>> <BR>> Internal / Party Goals<BR>> L3 - Voter registration page<BR>> L3 - Developing county Locals page<BR>> L3 - Fundraising page<BR>> L3 -
Internal structure and administration page<BR>> <BR>> Other topics are gathered on the L2 page<BR>> <BR>> L2 - Five Year Goals<BR>> <BR>> [same index of L3 headings]<BR>> <BR>> L2 - Ten Year Goals<BR>> <BR>> [same index of L3 headings]<BR>> ----------------------<BR>> <BR>> Or, we could switch the L2s and L3s:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> L2 - Partisan and non-partisan candidates page<BR>> <BR>> L3 - Immediate Future (up to Nov 2012)<BR>> L3 - Five Year Goals<BR>> L3 - Ten Year Goals<BR>> <BR>> L2 - etc.<BR>> <BR>> (This structure might actually be best)<BR>> --------------------------<BR>> <BR>> But we need to get this set up before we send the announcement. There may be individuals who want to
comment before their county has a meeting.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jim<BR>> <BR>> P.S. Bert - I think it's time you subscribed to this list. We're past the planning phase and now into the input and wiki maintenance phase.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On 1/6/2011 9:33 AM, Kendra Gonzales wrote:<BR>>> Great! Thank you.<BR>>> Kendra Gonzales<BR>>> <BR>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <BR>>> *From:* Jim Stauffer <<A href="mailto:jims@greens.org" ymailto="mailto:jims@greens.org">jims@greens.org</A>><BR>>> *To:* <A href="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org" ymailto="mailto:strategyplan@cagreens.org">strategyplan@cagreens.org</A><BR>>> *Sent:* Wed, January 5, 2011 6:03:52 PM<BR>>> *Subject:* Re: [StrategyPlan] CC on Strategy Plan Announcement<BR>>> <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>> <BR>> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>StrategyPlan mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:StrategyPlan@cagreens.org" ymailto="mailto:StrategyPlan@cagreens.org">StrategyPlan@cagreens.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/strategyplan" target=_blank>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/strategyplan</A><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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