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June 2004 Newsletter
Green Party of Sonoma County (GPSC) News for June:
1. Green Talk: What Should the Green Party Do About a Presidential Candidate?
2. Green Party County Council Welcomes Two New Members
3. Santa Rosa City Council District Elections Initiative and Campaign
4. May 30: Santa Rosa Peace March & Day in the Park
5. Calendar of Upcoming Meetings and Events
6. Contact information
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GREEN TALK:
WHAT SHOULD THE GREEN PARTY DO ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
Thursday, June 3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Environmental Center, 404A Mendocino Ave (near 5th Street), Santa Rosa
Jared Laiti and Tim Morgan, both Sonoma County delegates to the Presidential
nominating convention, will present a formal debate during the first hour on
this question. Jared will represent the position that Greens should support
Ralph Nader as Presidential Candidate. Tim will represent the position that
Greens should select Presidential Candidate David Cobb. The audience will be
allowed to ask questions of the speakers and a friendly poll of the group's
opinions will be taken on the debate and the topic of the debate.
Time and equipment willing, several short videos or audio programs may be presented.
If you would like to ask the debaters questions by email before the event,
please send them to sonomagreens@lists.riseup.net.
Green Talks are free, informal meetings hosted by the Green Party of Sonoma
County on the first Thursday of each month. To get more information, suggest f
uture topics, or join the Green Talk Working Group, please
email greentalk@sonomagreenparty.org or call 542-3037.
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GREEN PARTY COUNTY COUNCIL WELCOMES TWO NEW MEMBERS
At the May General Meeting of the GPSC, an election was held to fill two
vacancies on the Green Party of Sonoma County Council. Three candidates
were nominated by those members attending, and a secret ballot was cast
using ranked voting. Tim Morgan was elected in first round of voting, and
Veronica Lopez won the final seat in the second round after Tim's surplus
votes were redistributed.
Veronica and Tim join Susan Chunco, Michael Sandler, Skaidra Smith-Heisters,
Ann Tompkins, and Justin Whitaker on the seven-seat GPSC County Council,
the body responsible for day-to-day operations of the county Green Party.
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SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ELECTIONS INITIATIVE AND CAMPAIGN
A very important local Santa Rosa city council district elections initiative
is circulating from now until mid-June. This initiative, if passed, will help
break the pattern of Santa Rosa city council representatives all coming the
wealthier northeastern quadrant of the city, and give Santa Rosa more
broad-based, diversified representation on the council.
If passed, beginning with the 2006 election, the city council will be composed
of seven council members elected by district. The districts will be numbered
one through seven beginning at the northeast "corner"
of the City and proceeding clockwise south, west, and north with district seven
located in the northwest "corner." No district will overlap any other district.
If you are a Santa Rosa resident, please help this effort by signing this
petition. It is being circulated at the Downtown Santa Rosa Market which takes
place on Wednesday nights along 4th Street. For more information, contact
Tim Smith at 206-0260 or by email at Rioryon@aol.com
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MAY 30: SANTA ROSA PEACE MARCH & DAY IN THE PARK
Join us Sunday, May 30, for a peace march and rally at Juilliard Park.
Meet at 10 am, March starts at 11 AM Roseland Shops Parking Lot, 655 Sebastopol
Road near Dutton Avenue (if you wish to leave car downtown, the Santa Rosa
Route 9 bus leaves from the Downtown terminal at 10:45 am, reaching Sebastopol
Road in time for start of the march)
March to Juilliard Park Santa Rosa Avenue near Sonoma Avenue For a FREE
Community Day in the Park, 12-5 PM
Kathy Twers, Mother of Jan Hulke who is deployed in Iraq, will speak.
Performances by
* Copper Wimmin
* Danza Mexica Coyolxauqui
* Peace Warrior
* Raging Grannies
* Rondella Eben Ecar
* Salaam Shalom
* Tai Shan
Plus: Poetry - Non Violence Training - Activist Circles - Speakers & information
about: Peace and Justice - Living Wage - Farm Workers - Fair Trade - Green Bloc
- Taxes for Peace - Socially Responsible Investing - Community Supported
Agriculture - Community Media - and more!
Sponsored by the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County For information, call 707-575-8902
Endorsed by: Code Pink, United Farm Workers, Not In Our Name So. Co., Adopt
an Activist, Voice of Roma, Green Bloc of So. Co., Healdsburg Peace Project,
Food Not Bombs, Petaluma Progressives, Progressive Club, Green Party of Sonoma County...
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Calendar of Upcoming Meetings and Events
*NOTE* To check for new events and schedule changes, visit the GPSC
on-line calendar at http://www.cagreens.org/c/sonoma/calendar.pl
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30 (Sun) SANTA ROSA PEACE MARCH & DAY IN THE PARK
For info, see item #4 in this newsletter.
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3 (Thu) GREEN TALK:
WHAT SHOULD THE GREEN PARTY DO ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
7 PM, Environmental Center, 404A Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa
For more info, see item #1 in this newsletter.
8 (Tue) BYLAWS WORKING GROUP MEETING
7 PM. Contact: bylaws@sonomagreenparty.org or call 542-3037
16 (Wed) DEADLINE FOR GPSC NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS FOR JULY
Email an outline for a newsletter article or information on a
Green-related event to pc@sonomagreenparty.org
17 (Thu) GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
7-9 PM, Environmental Center, 404A Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa
The general meeting is held every 3rd Thursday. All interested
Greens are welcome to attend!
Info: info@sonomagreenparty.org
24 (Thu) GREEN TALKS WORKING GROUP MEETING
7 PM. Contact: greentalk@sonomagreenparty.org or 542-3037
24 (Thu) OUTREACH WORKING GROUP MEETING
7 PM. Contact: outreach@sonomagreenparty.org
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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WORKING GROUPS (WG)
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Bill of Rights Defense WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_bordc.shtml
Contact: bordc@sonomagreenparty.org
Bylaws WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_bylaws.shtml
Contact: bylaws@sonomagreenparty.org or 542-3037
Next meeting: 6/8 at 7 PM
Campus Greens - Sonoma State University Chapter
Contact: jaredl@sbcglobal.net
Listserve: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/sonomacampusgreens
(Interested in starting a SRJC chapter? Email jswingaling@hotmail.com)
Electoral Reform WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_er.shtml
Contact: er@sonomacountygreenparty.org or Jim Housman at 823-7564
Green Talk WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_greentalk.shtml
Contact: greentalk@sonomagreenparty.org or 542-3037
Next Meeting: 6/24 at 7 PM
IT (Information Technologies) WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_it.shtml
Contact: it@sonomagreenparty.org
Outreach WG
Contact: outreach@sonomagreenparty.org, darius0@comcast.net or
953-4682
Next meeting: 6/24 (every 4th Thursday of each month)
PC (Public Communications) WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_pc.shtml
Contact: pc@sonomagreenparty.org
Tabling WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_table.shtml
Contact: Tim Smith at 206-0260 or Rioryon@aol.com
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West Sonoma County Green Party Chapter
Contact: Jan Meiswinkel at 524-8818.
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