[Platform] [candidate-development] ballot questions

[Merelice]

Hi Grace,

While CDLC's role is to help explain the process for a ballot
question, my understanding is that subgroups of the Platform Committee
are working on the content and have asked individuals involved in
particular issues to help develop wording for three or four possible
ballot questions.

As you know from our Thursday MAAPL meeting (Mass Alliance Against
Predatory Lending), I am depending on you and others on MAAPL's
Legislation and Legal Committee to help develop wording for the
predatory lending ballot initiative, and I look forward to getting
your recommendations.

The sense of urgency comes in part from the two-week deadline for
posting proposals for the April 12 StateCom meeting. I will post a
place-holder.

Trust that helps.
Merelice

On 3/28/08, Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com <Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi, CDLC folks-
>
>  We have not had a metingin a while and I know folks had wanted us not to
>  discuss concerns about the primary ballot because they wanted to get onto
>  questions of running people for legilative offices and of advisory questions.
>
>  >From reading the notes, it appears taht Jill and Gary were spuposed to be
>  heading up owrko n the process of filing ballots questions.
>
>  I was sick for that call and so have seen no offer to join any of the
>  subcommittees created on that call.
>
>  I would like, however, for jill and gary to at least report on their progress
>  if not actually have a CDLC call on what everyone felt was an overwhlemingly
>  urgent matter.
>
>  I have also now through two of my outside commitments run into discussion
>  where the groups I was with seemed to believe that the GRP was working advisory
>  ballot questions.
>
>  No such work has been reported to my knowledge by Jill and Gary.
>
>  Can we please have a report?   I imagine I am not the only one who would like
>  to know what is going on with this work and perhaps have input.
>
>  For instance, the other groups that have been contacted seem to think that
>  getting agreed upon language is incredibly urgent so they cannot go through
>  their normal decision-making process.
>
>  Jill & Gary, can you please clarify this urgency?   (I have not been able to
>  locate time line information on this urgency).   Can you also let us know how
>  you are proposing we target districts (party building? or SPWG?)
>
>  Thanks, Grace