[candidate-development] [statecom-discuss] Delegate Plan - contains latest updates as of June 30, 2008
Mike Heichman
mikeheichman at verizon.net
Mon Jun 30 16:33:32 EDT 2008
Hi Elie,
I just sent a message asking if the decisions made by the 6-29 statement
were inclued in your proposal.
Additional concerns and requests:
1. Would you please include how each proposed delegate would contribute
to our diversity goals? Specifically-next to each proposed delegate,
please list their gender and specific ways that each one contributes to
fulfilling our diversity goals.
2. Repeating an old concern: Is there any commitment in your proposal
for the party to take responsibility to raise funds to help enable
potential low-income delegates from attending the convention in Chicago?
Thanks,
Mike Heichman
Yarden wrote:
>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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