[statecom-discuss] News from the GPUS

[Yarden]

Item:  Report on upcoming convention arrangements from Ruth Weill, 
Chair of our convention committee contains useful information for those 
planning to attend.
From: Ruth Weill <moondog at execpc.com>
Date: Tue Jun 26, 2007  12:17:36 AM US/Eastern
To: convention committee <anmcom at green.gpus.org>, "Natlcomvotes" 
<natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>, 'USGP Discussion' 
<Natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>
Subject: [usgp-nc] Information about Reading

The 2007 Annual Meeting in Reading is almost here.

As some of you already know, the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham Hotel's rooms 
are sold out.  *The week of our convention will be a big week in 
Reading for hotels.  Be sure to make your reservations now.  We have 
reserved blocks of rooms at several motels that will only be held until 
July 3.  Please e-mail Dave Kurzweg, our meeting coordinator, at 
davidbkurzweg at hotmail.com for more information about this.  More 
specific information coming this week on how to reserve those rooms.*
Also visit the http://www.gpanc.org/  for links to the needing and 
offering housing and for a list of area hotel/motels.
If you are flying into the Philly airport July 11th and 12th there will 
be a shuttle service that will drop off at the hotel for $25.00 per 
person one way plus a $10.00 a van drop charge to be divided among the 
passengers , this is a special rate so please let us know asap if you 
are interested.  The company would like to get 6 passengers per van.   
Please contact Dave Kurzweg  at davidbkurzweg at hotmail.com   if you will 
need these services.  We need to get the reservations in by July 7th.   
Shuttles run every couple of hours.   There will also be some car 
shuttling during in between times and after Thursday, which will depend 
on need.  Please contact Hillary Aisenstein at hillarya at pobox.upenn.edu 
  Please also visit the http://www.gpanc.org/ and check the need and 
offering rides links to see if something works for you.

Later this week or early next week we will send out information 
regarding local mass transit as well.

If you have not registered yet please do so,  the $100 on line 
registration stops on July 6th.  On site registration is $115.

If you have not registered for the meal plan please do so right away.  
You will not be able to purchase the meal plan on site, it must be 
purchased ahead of time.  Please visit the site again at 
http://www.gpanc.org/ .  The plan is offering breakfast and lunch on 
Friday-Sunday.  Dinner is on your own.

Do you like good music?     Want to support GPUS and see some great 
bands?   Check out the shows on both Thursday and Friday evenings.  
They will both be held in the ballroom of the Ab. Lincoln hotel.

Saturday evening's activities involve a Ballot Access Rally featuring 
Ralph Nader, our own Diane White's reggae band Unbroken and DC Green 
Head Roc along with some other great music.  Sounds like quite an 
amazing event.
Please purchase your tickets for the following shows on the site at 
http://www.gpanc.org/
If you would like to volunteer sometime during the week we would 
welcome you. There are various needs from set up and breakdown of 
tables and chairs to delegate packet production and everything in 
between.  Please contact Jay Sweeney at jnln at epix.net  if you are 
willing to give a couple of hours.   Thanks!

We look forward to seeing you in Reading and watch your inbox for more 
information.

Thanks!

Ruth Weill
Chair ANMC



Item:  There maybe two new state delegations, both from the mountains, 
at the upcoming convention; West Virginia, and Montana.

Item:  Discussion on ID 295, Delegate Allocation for GPUS National 
Committee,
is actually proceeding in an orderly fashion, despite persistent 
efforts on the part of a few to throw the same monkey wrench into the 
works. Some alterations to the Committees counts have occurred as a 
result,

Elie Yarden
delegate, NCMA GRP