[statecom-discuss] revised propoal for State Comm meet: Pres Election 2008

[BillCunningham]

Mike,

How does another state-level committee square with the idea of fewer state-level committees? What happened to your consolidation proposal? 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Heichman <mikeheichman at verizon.net>
>Sent: Jul 20, 2007 5:10 PM
>To: Discussion List for StateCom members <statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org>
>Subject: [statecom-discuss] revised propoal for State Comm meet: Pres	Election 2008
>
>July 20, 2007
>
>Hi State Comm. Members:
>
>Recently I have received some feedback about my proposal for the 2008 
>Presidential Elections and am making some major modifications.
>
>I am asking for your feedback and asking for co-sponsors. I will also 
>post this at our GRP website and send this to the CDLC for their reactions.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike Heichman
>
>-------------------------------
>
>THE JULY 29 STATECOMM. MEETING SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO INSURE THAT WE WILL 
>BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
>
>Mike Heichman, Interim Coordinator of the CDLC
>617-265-8143 mikeheichman at verizon.net
>
>Previous to the last State Comm. meeting the CDLC was moving forward 
>very slowly with only a couple of poorly attended meetings. Since that 
>time, I have attempted to have one meeting and only Grace and John 
>Andrews, both of them very active with other party business, responded 
>that they could attend. Since I was also busy with other party business 
>(and the rest of my life), I never scheduled the meeting.
>
>As the Interim Coordinator of the CDLC, I must report to the State 
>Committee that unless something else is done, I am concerned that we 
>will not be able to implement one of our major responsibilities.
>
>I propose that we do the following:
>
>1. The State Comm. will establish a “Presidential 2008 Election 
>Committee”. Members of the State Comm. will be encouraged to join along 
>with current members of the CDLC. Of course this committee will of 
>course be open to all GRP members.
>
>3. This committee will do the following:
>
>a. With our NC delegates, we will coordinate our plans with the National 
>Green Party and with the Green Party candidates.
>
>b. We will be knowledgeable about the appropriate campaign laws and 
>timetable and handle relations with the Secretary of State’s office.
>
>c. It will adopt a plan to adequately educate our members and the 
>general public about the Green Party candidates who will be seeking the 
>party’s nomination. On March 4, 2008 our members should be able to make 
>an informed choice.
>
>d. It will coordinate sending a diverse delegation to the Green Party’s 
>national convention. Appropriate proportional representation based on 
>the primary vote will determine the number of delegates for each 
>candidate and volunteers who can represent different candidates will 
>contact the candidates to be their designees for the national 
>convention. It is predictable that if our party leaves the decision of 
>who should be the delegates to the national candidates that this process 
>will benefit our most privileged and active members. Our party needs to 
>set up affirmative action rules in the selection of our delegation. To 
>the extent that we don’t, we will lack diversity.
>
>e. It will work with the GRP Finance Committee to do some fundraising in 
>order to make sure that attendance at the Green Party’s national 
>convention will not be an economic obstacle for any of our delegates.
>
>f. After the March 4 Primary, it will plan a campaign in support of the 
>Green ticket.
>
>Below are the plans created by the CDLC in 2003 for the 2004 elections. 
>Unfortunately, at this late date, we do not have plans for the 2008 
>election!
>
>
>
>2004 Presidential Election Plan: 
>http://www.green-rainbow.org/Committees/Candidate_Development_Legal/Activities/2004/campaign_plan/2004presplan.html
>
>2004 National Presidential Convention Delegate Selection Rules: 
>http://www.green-rainbow.org/Committees/Candidate_Development_Legal/Activities/2004/campaign_plan/2004presdelegateplan.html
>
>
>
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Bill Cunningham