[statecom-discuss] CDLC phone meeting this Wednesday at 9PM-please join us

Mon Mar 26 11:54:48 EST 2007

Hi Members of State Comm,

The last few months the work of CDLC has been done by a very small number.

We need more willing hearts and helping hands.

Please join us for this Wednesday's  phone conference starting at 9 PM. 

Thanks,

Mike Heichman

Original Message:
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From: mikeheichman at verizon.net mikeheichman at verizon.net
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:06:47 -0400
To: candidate-development at green-rainbow.org
Subject: [candidate-development] CDLC phone meeting this Wednesday at
9PM-please join us

Hi CDLC,

Our next phone meeting will be this Wednesday, March 26 at 9 PM. 
I hope that you can join us. 

CALL 1-401-694-1600 & then add 1066787#.

Below is the proposed agenda. If you want to add to the agenda, please send
a message.

Below the agenda is the minutes from our 2-22 meeting.

Thanks,

Mike Heichman
Interim Coordinator
mikeheichman at verizon.net
617-265-8143

AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 26th CDLC MEETING

1.	Functions for this meeting (chair, recorder, etc.)

2.	Preparing for the April 16 State Comm. Meeting

a.	Mike Heichman’s proposal (Sent out earlier. Let me know if you want me
to send you a copy.)
b.	Any other proposals?
c.	Preparing a report for State Comm.

3.	Continue to Develop a Plan for the Recruitment, Training and Support of
Candidates for the 2008 Elections

a.	The national party and the 2008 Presidential Election
b.	U.S. Senate & Congress
c.	State Legislative
d.	Ballot Question

4.	Report from the SPWG

5.	What do we need to do to continue to assess the 2006 campaigns in order
to be in a stronger position to 
recruit, train and assist future GRP candidates and campaign staff?

a.	Final Report from John Andrews and his Questionnaire to Candidates and
Campaign Managers
b.	Progress Report from Mike on creating "CDLC Campaign Resource and
Training Manuals"
c.	Anything else?

6.	Reports on 2007 Municipal Electoral Campaigns

a.	List of Candidates so far
b.	Other News
c.	Ideas for support from the CDLC

7.	Future Meetings (days of the week, time, physical meetings/phone
meetings, etc.)

8.	Other Ideas

Meeting (By Telecon) of Green-Rainbow Party Candidate Development and Legal
Committee
February 22, 2007-9:00 pm,

Present by telephone: John Andrews, Mike Heichman, Jaime McLaughlin, 
Grace Ross, John Walsh, Ellie Yarden. [Note: Number of people online 
varied during the meeting.]

Minutes taken by John Andrews.

MUNICIPAL RACES

Mike Heichman has compiled a list of known GRP candidates for municipal 
offices in 2007. This list includes:

Chuck Turner, City Council, Boston
Rich Purcell, City Council, Holyoke
Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge
Adam Sacks, Town Meeting, Lexington
Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead
Grace Ross, Mayor/City Council, Worcester (being explored)

2008 PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Ellie Yarden’s proposal was passed by State Committee. Its basic 
significance is that the GRP intends to place the name of a GRP/GPUS 
member on its presidential primary line in 2008. The delegates elected 
will thus be pledged to a GRP(GPUS) member and not to any third party or 
independent candidate. This intention could be reconsidered by the state 
convention.

It was reported that at this time Ralph Nader has stated that he intends 
to run unless some other candidate he considers worthy appears. But 
Nader has not made any commitment to run as a Green candidate.

Ellie suggested that CDLC members keep an eye on the national GPUS 
Presidential Campaign Support webpage at http://www.gp.org/committees/pcsc .

2008 SENATE RACE (KERRY)

John Kerry is expected to run for reelection in 2008. The most likely 
Republican challenger will be Charles Baker (head of Harvard-Pilgrim 
HMO, former head of the Pioneer Institute think tank). John Walsh and 
Ellie Yarden noted that this race is an opportunity for a GRP challenger 
to hold Senator Kerry accountable for his support of the Iraq war, among 
other things. This race could also achieve the 3 per cent statewide vote 
needed to retain GRP major party status under Massachusetts election 
law. It is important to find a good candidate. Mike reported on a 
conversation he had with a certain Boston City Councilor who would be an 
excellent candidate if he should decide to run. Grace reported that she 
had talked to another possible candidate who was qualified. John Andrews 
expressed concerns that in this race it might be difficult to get 
sufficient media coverage to get our message out. Grace felt that the 
press was now inclined to give more coverage to GRP candidates, and that 
past problems with visibility could be behind us. John suggested that we 
might need a preliminary campaign plan defining our objectives in the 
race and the resources we could offer a candidate. Mike suggested that 
at our next meeting we take up the question of forming an exploratory 
committee. He suggested that diversity be a consideration in the 
composition of this committee.

PLAN AND TIMETABLE

Mike Heichman is assembling a timeline for electoral activities, 
including statewide and legislative races and ballot questions. He will 
send a draft to the CDLC list is about a week.

There do not appear to any active GRP local referenda this year. However 
Ron Francis is working with local chapters on possible referenda 
campaigns in 2008. Grace has been discussing possible referenda 
addressing the issue of global warming.

CDLC CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE

John Andrews reported that because only two candidates (and one campaign 
manager) had returned the CDLC candidate questionnaire, the results are 
somewhat incomplete. No candidate from years prior to 2006 returned the 
questionnaire. Nevertheless, they provide some guidance on what 
candidates need from CDLC. John suggested that in the future, candidates 
be asked to agree to participate in post-campaign assessments as a 
condition of receiving GRP endorsement. In response to a request from 
Ellie Yarden, Grace Ross indicated that she will submit a response, 
although not all questions may be answered.

Mike Heichman sent a letter to candidates asking for copies of website 
material and suggesting that they hold post-campaign debriefings with 
their volunteers. He has not received any website material so far. It 
seems that some informal post-campaign meetings were held (by Ross and 
Stein campaigns), although no specific results from these were passed on 
to the CDLC.

CAMPAIGN MANUAL

Mike Heichman has drafted a new campaign manual using an IPPN manual as 
a starting point and collecting material from various sources.

VOTER LISTS

John Andrews is investigating ways in which the GRP could help 
candidates acquire and use voter lists. The objective is to acquire the 
lists with less effort and less cost, and to train campaign staff in 
their use. Notes on this subject have been posted to the CDLC email list.

STRATEGIC PLAN WORKING GROUP

As a result of a proposal passed by the State Committee, a Strategic 
Plan Working Group (SPWG) will meet over the next four months to write a 
strategic plan for GRP work in 2007-2009. The CDLC is allowed to appoint 
one person to be a member of the Strategic Plan Working Group (SPWG). 
Anyone can apply to the Party co-chairs for an appointment to one of the 
open positions. John Andrews suggested that Mike Heichman be appointed, 
but Mike declined, citing a current overload in his commitments. Mike 
suggested that since John was active in CDLC and was already involved in 
organizing the SPWG, John should be considered to be the CDLC 
representative. As a result, the co-chairs will be notified that John 
will be the CDLC appointment. John noted that a major part of the 
strategic plan would concern electoral issues, so the CDLC should both 
submit ideas to the SPWG and review the plan as it takes shape.

MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

John Walsh noted that creating an email contact list of GRP members 
would be of value in several ways. One way to create the list would be 
to call registered GRP voters by telephone and see if they would be 
willing to give us their email address. John Andrews commented that this 
would be a good project for a GRP local chapter, and this idea should be 
taken up by the Membership Committee. The question of whether email 
lists could be purchased for this purpose will be investigated.

CDLC PLANNING

Mike Heichman will contact CDLC participants by email to determine the 
best date for our next meeting.

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