[candidate-development] Delegate Plan - contains latest updates as of June 30, 2008

[Yarden]

The following is the current delegate plan, an updated version of  
Proposal #3.  I t has been adjusted for receipt of the delegate list  
from the corrected lists sent by the McKinney campaign, other missing  
information, and has the latest corrections.  Please post for further  
reference.  Thank you.  Please send corrections as noted.
Elie Yarden
CDLC


Current Plan:  "PROPOSAL #3 (as amended 6/30/08)"

Title:  Proposal to send a full delegation from the Green-Rainbow
Party (GRP) to the 2008 Presidential National Nominating Convention
(NNC) of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS)

Sponsors:  Jill Stein,  Elie Yarden,  John Andrews,  Nat Fortune,  MK
Merelice,  Larry Ely,  Eli Beckerman

Background:  More than a year ago, the State Committee of the GRP
decided by consensus that the GRP would participate in the
Presidential Election of 2008, supporting the candidate of the GPUS,
by using the legal status of the GRP to conduct an open primary
according to the rules of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and those
of the GRP.

Accepted by the Commonwealth, by the candidates themselves, and
recommended by members of the party, six names were placed on the GRP
ballot by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The results of that
February 5 presidential primary election are as follows:

Ralph Nader: 744 (39.9%)
Cynthia McKinney: 474 (25.4%)
No Preference: 194 (10.4%)
Kat Swift: 60 (3.2%)
Jared Ball: 42 (2.3%)
Kent Mesplay: 39 (2.1%)
Elaine Brown: 38 (2.1%)
Write-ins 273: (14.6%)
Vote Total: 1864
Three of the candidates have chosen to select their delegates and
submit them for approval directly.

The CDLC Allocation of delegates, as modified by the decision of the
State Committee consensus of April 12, is:

Ralph Nader      		15 delegates
Cynthia McKinney  	9 delegates
No Preference     		4 delegates
Kat Swift              		1 delegate
Jared Ball        		1 delegate
Kent Mesplay      		1 delegate
Elaine Brown      		1 delegate

Diversity Goals, in addition to gender parity, specified by the
Delegate Selection Plan are:
African American         				4 delegates
Latino                       					5 (4) delegates
Asian, Pacific, and Native American   		3 Delegates
Gay. Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender   		5 (4) delegates

In addition to gender parity, we seek to insure that geographic
distribution criteria be met with regard to Congressional distribution
requirements - Nader, needing delegates from nine of ten districts,
and McKinney needing one from the 10th. Congressional District is
listed next to the name of each delegate. Other considerations of
diversity apply to income, age, physical condition, to insure that we
develop the inclusiveness defined by our 10 Key Values and political
program.

Summary:
This proposal (in accordance with the requirements of the Green-
Rainbow Party Presidential Nominating Convention Delegate Selection
Plan, as amended and approved by the Green-Rainbow Party State
Committee, April 12, 2008) presents three lists of persons who are
volunteering, under the rules of our delegation and all applicable
rules of the GPUS, to become delegates of the GRP to the 2008 NNC; and
thus provides the State Committee with all necessary information.

Proposal:
1. Delegates (and alternates) designated by the candidates.
The State Committee approves the appointment of the following persons
as delegates pledged to the named candidates.

submitted by and for Kent Mesplay
Rich Zitola - Clinton
Gerald Sykes III (alternate)

submitted by and for Kat Swift
Jamie McLaughlin - Boston, 8th
Anna Wei (alternate) - Revere, 8th

submitted by and for Cynthia McKinney
Lyn Meza - Chelsea, 8th					
Brother NorthStar - Leveret, 1th								
Grace C Ross - Worcester, 3rd				
David Schwab -  Williamstown, 1st				
Lisa Richards - Concord, 5th
Vincent J. O'Connor - Amherst, 1st		
Sue Bartone - Easthampton, 1st				
Owen Broadhurst - Agawam, 2nd			
Kim Lampereur - Boston, 8th		
Howard Weiss (alternate) - Cambridge, 8th		
Helen Beaumont (alternate) ________, 3th	
Vladimir Morales (alternate) - Amherst, 1th	
Athena Lee Bradley (alternate) - Greenfield, 1th	
Sandy Eaton	(alternate) ________, 10th		
Terezinha Cardoso (alternate) - Ashland, 3rd		
Aaron Tanaka (alternate) ________,							
Sandra Harris (alternate) - Chelsea, 8th				
Philip Kindler (alternate) - ________ ,6th
as Amended 6/27/08


2. Delegates (and alternates) selected by the GRP on behalf of
candidates who chose not to select their own delegates.
The State Committee selects  the following persons, submitted by the
Candidate Development and Legal Committee, as delegates pledged to the
named candidates. (Personal information available but not displayed
for privacy protection.)

Jared Ball
Wanda Boeke - Pittsfield -1st

Elaine Brown
Annie Butler - Cambridge - 8th

Ralph Nader
1 - Anaelisa Vanegas - Lee 1st
2 - Kenneth Duncan - Pittsfield - 1st
3 - Jill Stein - Lexington - 7th
4 - Nat Fortune - Whately - 1st
5 - Travis McGee  - Danvers - 6th
6 - Hallett German - Peabody - 6th
7- Andrew Fitzgerald - East Freetown - 4th
8 - Elie Yarden - Cambridge - 8th
[Note: seven more slots still to be filled, with a particular need for
gender parity and other diversity criteria.]

3.  Delegates (and alternates) selected by the GRP to serve as
uncommitted delegates (not pledged to any candidate, and according to
the rules of the convention, free to vote or abstain on all votes
taken by the convention).

The State Committee selects the following persons, submitted by the
Candidate Development and Legal Committee, as uncommitted delegates.

1 - Samantha Zitola - Berlin - 5th
2 - Scott Laugenour - Lenox - 1st
3 - Nancy Lee Wood - Taunton - 4th
4 - John W. Andrews - Lexington - 7th

Budget Impact
The financing of this proposal is directly related to diversity
goals.  It is desirable that monetary considerations not be the
determining factor in deciding whether one may volunteer and actually
attend the Convention. This includes loss of needed income.
Especially, the youth of the party are likely to require financial
assistance, as are the jobless without savings.  Limited income might
be the chief bar to attending for many of our members. People with
certain disabilities, among them the elderly and infirm, may be unable
to travel without special assistance that is extremely costly. While
lack of funds may not be a valid basis for making a decision, the
study and appreciation of impact is always needed.

Implementation
The full implementation of this proposal could require that the
Virtual Special State Committee meeting remain in session until July
to fulfill the remaining open slots.

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