[statecom-discuss] Re: [Membership] Re: Message that we need to get out on October 27.

[BillCunningham]

A surge

-----Original Message-----
>From: gary hicks <gooberthink06 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2007 6:45 PM
>To: GRP Membership and Diversity Committee <membership at green-rainbow.org>, John Walsh <jvwalshmd at gmail.com>
>Cc: BillCunningham <etwee at earthlink.net>, membership at green-rainbow.org, statecom discussion <statecom-discuss at massgreens.org>, members ADCOM <adcom.members at green-rainbow.org>
>Subject: Re: [Membership] Re: Message that we need to get out on October 27.
>
>all:
>   
>  i got lost somewhere in this thread ---------------------EXACTLY WHAT DOES GREEN-RAINBOW WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS PROPOSED ACTION?
>   
>  gh
>
>Jamie O'Keefe <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org> wrote:
>  Hi John,
>
>> I respect your personal views BUT don't you think this should be
>> decided by some group or committee.
>
>Of course. A small group of people are doing the organizing. None of
>us want it that way. Thanks for stepping up to help with organizing
>such a group. :-) It would really help if someone would call the
>local chapters listed on our web site and see whether they can help
>with this effort.
>
>> You seem to be advocating a timid approach.
>
>I don't propose a timid approach.
>
>I would love us to have a speaker there exhorting those assembled to
>not go with the Dems but to go with us instead. However, the party
>decided to pull out of UJP over a year ago and so we didn't have
>representation when this came about and weren't there at the start to
>get one of our own in the speakers list.
>
>That is water under the bridge. Right now organizing ourselves so
>that we can have the largest contingent most visible contingent we can
>get with a well stated, well defined message that does not kowtow to
>the Dems is, in my mind, the most important thing we can do.
>
>We could create our own march afterwards, but there is a Palestine
>rally in Copley Sq. we may decide to attend and we do have a GP/GRP
>social/fundraiser that, several of us believe, would be an important
>tool to organize ourselves and just plain have some fun. I would
>rather we had 70+ people at our social all meeting one another and
>talking about where we go from here than doing another march that
>won't get us much attention.
>
>It would be nice to have record of additional people we can go back to
>for future efforts and events. We get that from the social.
>
>> Has anyone gone to organizing meetings for the event representing the Greens?
>
>Yes. Eli and a member of the GP of RI have stepped forward to do it.
>I have called on members of state com to attend these meetings several
>times.
>
>I appreciate and sympathize with your comments and feeling. Please
>realize we are volunteers doing what we can do with what we have.
>
>peace,
>
>Jamie
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Bill Cunningham