[statecom-discuss] CDLC meeting THIS THURSDAY!!!!-please respond

[Mike Heichman]

Mike Heichman wrote:

> 12-24
>
> Hi State Comm.
>
> The next meeting of CDLC will be THIS THURSDAY, December 27 in 
> Worcester from 6:30-8:30 PM.
>
> Thanks to Grace for finding us a place to have dinner while we have 
> our meeting.
>
> Thai Cha Da, 264/2666 Park Av., Worcester 1-508-752-2211
>
> Please RSVP and contact me if you have any questions.
>
> Mike Heichman
> mikeheichman at verizon.net
> 617-265-8143
>
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>
> CDLC Meeting Minutes
> 12-20-07
>
> DRAFT MINUTES (PLEASE RESPOND AND HELP IMPROVE THESE MINUTES.)
>
>
> I. NEXT MEETING (DINNER & MEETING)-THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 6:30 PM IN 
> WORCESTER (GRACE WILL GET US A SPACE AT A RESTAURANT)
>
> II. Present: Elie (Interim Coordinator), Gary, Ralph, Grace, Emily, 
> Rob & Mike (recorder) 3 from Boston, 1 from Cambridge, 1 from 
> Worcester & 2 from Amherst. Thanks to Grace for arranging a space for 
> us in Worcester.
>
> III. Background Information
>
> A. Presidential Primary: Tuesday February 5; Last day to register to 
> vote: Wednesday, January 16
> B. Grace reported on the Adcom Meeting’s discussion about our 
> presidential primary: Adcom recommends that we do NOT have an event 
> with the Kennedy School of Government. Instead have at least one event 
> at Roxbury Community College and a second (if enough resources) in 
> Springfield, Holyoke.
>
> IV. We discussed different ideas and made some decisions:
>
> A. DECISION: We will seek to organize 2 forums: in Roxbury and 
> Springfield/Holyoke:
>
> 1. Focus on having events in communities of color with a high 
> concentration of low-income people in different regions of the state.
> 2. Draft Title: “What would it look like to have a Green Party 
> President at this time in history?”/”What would it look like if the 
> Greens were the dominant political party in the country today?”
>
> a. We need to work on the above.
> b. The thought was that we would present a positive frame for the event.
> c. All candidates who will be on our ballot will be invited to attend. 
> Someone mentioned about a surrogate speaker, but we didn’t discuss this.
> d. We need to further discuss the major goals of this event.
> e. Gary proposed that we see if we can get PBS to cover our forum 
> (national publicity); we will need assistance from the national Greens 
> for this idea.
> f. Elie expressed concern that some of the candidates my not have the 
> $ resources to come up to MA for our events (especially Swift and 
> Mesplay and maybe Brown). No one had any positive ideas. (We will need 
> to have party funds for our small campaign.)
>
> B. One of our objectives for CDLC is to help our party provide a level 
> playing field for all of our candidates. Grace expressed concern that 
> the national campaign could be all over after the February 5 primary 
> (“Super Tuesday”—a large # of delegates will already be selected by 
> that date.) If there is a clear winner by then, will the other 
> candidates have the resources and the will to continue their 
> campaigns? That would be a loss because a contested election would 
> provide organizing opportunities for Greens around the country.
>
> C. Grace proposed that we have a press conference at the State House. 
> At this event, there would be a videoconference and the media would 
> have an opportunity to interview the candidates. No one expressed 
> interest at this meeting to work on this idea.
>
> D. Emily proposed that we create a piece of campaign literature to 
> publicize these 2 events. Mike suggested that we use the GRP Newspaper 
> and was hopeful that the party would print sufficient copies besides 
> the ones that would be sent out to the GRP membership. After 
> discussion, it was decided that we would create the campaign 
> literature (information about the candidates and information about the 
> GRP)
>
> V. Who will do what?
>
> A. Gary, Ralph and Mike will work on a Roxbury event. First task will 
> be to contact Mel and Chuck and ask for their participation. Mike will 
> send out a draft of things that will be needed to be done to prepare 
> for these events.)
> B. Rob and Emily will help out with the event in Springfield/Holyoke. 
> Emily will contact Rick, Luis and Martina and offer Rob’s and Emily’s 
> assistance in working on the event. Additionally, Emily will contact 
> Eli (ComCom) and get information for our campaign literature.
> C. Elie will contact the presidential candidates and figure out the 
> best dates to have these 2 events.
> D. Grace will make contacts with others who will help us with these 2 
> events. Grace will see if she can get us a location for the 
> Springfield/Holyoke event at AIC (Grace: What do these initials stand 
> for?)
>
>
> VI. We discussed people that we contacted who we contacted who may be 
> interested in attending future meetings.
>
> A. Maureen Doyle
> B. Oliver Sawtelle
> C. Lawrence Kembro (Elie—help with spelling)
> D. Sarah Heller
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