[Platform] Question for GRP Peeps: Is the Draft Merged Platform a Good Starting Place?

[Yarden]

Colby,
Sorry that you have received only one response -- mine.  Perhaps it is 
a little late for some people -- who have not had time to compare that 
document with the report submitted by the Task Force -- to begin the 
detailed comparison that would enable them to make a reasoned judgement 
about what would be the best point of departure for Saturday's 
discussion.   Perhaps, you could give your opinion since you believe 
that there is time, between now and then, to express a reasoned 
preference if there is some ground for such choice.

In any case, the decision about which to go with should be made by the 
ExpCom, which asked for the task force in the first place, before we 
meet so that we are not placed in a position of using up time for 
discussion of the content (of either) in a discussion about which one 
we should be discussing.

I am not normally an advocate of efficiency, and am prepared to go all 
night so that we can have something ready to go to press for signature 
gathering efforts as fast as possible -- if, and only if the convention 
decides on a slate that needs a platform -- but I have a sense that 
other people might prefer that the point of departure be that which was 
previously implied by the very creation of the task force.

Correct me if I am mistaken -- please.
Peace,
Elie (in Cambridge)

On Friday, February 24, 2006, at 03:13 PM, Colby E.Peterson wrote:

> Dear Green-Rainbow Party Supporters and Activists,
>
> The Exploratory Committee, responsible for organizing the Nominating 
> Convention and the possible slate of statewide candidates, wanted to 
> broadly contact the Party's activists to review the attached draft 
> platform that was compiled and discussed but never decided upon when 
> we became the merged Green-Rainbow Party.
>
> We are aware that Party members wanted to begin defining the GRP 
> platform for this electoral season at the Nominating Convention this 
> March 4th.
>
> What we want to know is this:
>
> "Is this document an acceptable starting point for discussions on 
> March 4th?"
>
> Please review and reply as soon as possible.
>
> Please note that we are NOT asking if you agree with all of this or 
> how it is worded, nor asking you to send in suggestions.  What we ARE 
> asking is if this document begins to encompass what should be in the 
> general scope and focuses of the GRP platform.
>
> We recognize that platforms are and should continue to be a living and 
> growing document.
>
> Please advise if you think we can begin here.
>
> Many thanks,
>     Your Exploratory Committee
>
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