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

[Maureen Doyle]

mike, i am going to attend the CDLC (instead of my
local) because we decided it is more important. More
people will come over from the local meeting (Saxe
Room, worcester public library) if time allows.

thanks! maureen
--- Mike Heichman <mikeheichman at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> >
> > 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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