[Platform] Fwd: [statecom-discuss] next meeting of the Platform Comm.-please respond

[John Walsh]

I know what a leader is but what is a "leader"?
john walsh
p.s. I see the GRP bogged down in various coalitions that are and  
will be controlled by the DoD (Dull Old Democrats).  Why?  In fact I  
bet I can tell you everything that will be said and even how it will  
be said in these entirely predictable efforts.  That is because it  
has been done so often and while perhaps preserving the Democrat  
Party status quo leads on to nothing more.  The cliche is that  
insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly expecting to get  
different results.


On Jun 11, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Nat Fortune wrote:

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> From: "mikeheichman at verizon.net" <mikeheichman at verizon.net>
> Date: June 11, 2008 12:21:44 PM EDT
> To: statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org
> Subject: Re: [statecom-discuss] next meeting of the Platform Comm.-
> please respond
> Reply-To: mikeheichman at verizon.net, Discussion List for StateCom
> members <statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org>
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> Hi Members of the State Comm:
>
> I am sending you a letter that I just sent to the Platform Comm. I  
> have
> given up waiting for someone to call a
> meeting, so I have done so myself.
>
> I welcome your feedback to my action.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Heichman
>
> PS I do not have posting privileges for Adcom. Would someone forward
> this
> to Adcom?
>
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>
> June 11, 2008
>
> Dear Members of the Platform Committee:
>
> A couple of months ago I joined the Platform Committee and have been
> working on the ABWG Project. Every so
> often, I have called on the “leaders” of the Platform Comm. to call a
> general meeting.  It is my understanding that
> the Platform Comm. does not have any elected leadership and no one has
> responded to my request. In the
> meantime, the work of the committee moves on and/or does not move on
> often
> without adequate reports to the
> Platform Comm. and meetings to give feedback and support to ongoing
> projects as well as considering proposals to
> do other work. On June 5, Merelice, the co-chair of our party, sent a
> request to the Platform Comm. to review some
> of our “older” statements, and there has not been a response to her
> request. Every so often Merelice sends us a
> request for some feedback and recommendation about supporting/
> endorsing an
> issue.
>
> I have decided that it would be foolish for me to continue to send out
> request to the “leaders” of the Platform
> Comm. since my requests have been ignored and/or the committee is
> without
> “leaders”. I am therefore deciding to
> call a meeting (teleconference) of the Platform Comm. for next week
> from.
> The meeting will start at 8:30 PM and
> end no later than 10 PM.
>
> Please respond and let me know which days you would make a meeting:
>
> 	Monday, June 16
> 	Tuesday, June 17
> 	Thursday, June 19
>
> Below are my agenda ideas. Please comment and submit your ideas  
> what you
> think the committee should focus its
> energies.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Heichman
> mikeheichman at verizon.net
> 617-265-8143
>
> Mike’s Proposed Agenda—request feedback and your ideas
>
> I.	Reports from Current Subcommittees
>
> A.	ABWG
> B.	Secure Green Futures
> C.	Am I forgetting other projects?
>
> II.	Proposals for new work
>
> A.	Join the “Campaign for Our Communities, the statewide coalition
> that is
> leading the organizing against the
> mandatory ballot question that would repeal the state income tax.
> B.	Come up with a process to respond to requests for issue support  
> (from
> Adcom, endorsed GRP candidates, ballot
> questions, etc.)
> C.	Other Proposals?
>
> III.	State Committee Business
>
> A.	Vetting any proposals for the June 29th State Comm. Meeting
> B.	Adcom’s request to play our role in the “sunset review
> process” (See the
> letter below.)
>
> IV.	Other Business
> V.	Election of Officers
>
>
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John V. Walsh, MD
Professor of Physiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue, N.
Worcester, MA, 01655-0127
Phone (work): 508-856-3360
Phone (cell): 508-868-1653
email: john.walsh at umassmed.edu