[statecom] The 2007 Green Party National Meeting

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Eli, Thank you for advice.
Below is the best and most recent (today's) version that has all needed 
information,
as well as information about how to get more.
If you wish to edit or abbreviate it, please do so.
I will do my best to help with the selection of additional delegates.
Peace,
Elie

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The 2007 Green Party National Meeting
held in Reading, Pennsylvania
from July 12 to July 15
at the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham Hotel,

welcomes your attendance

I forward the following information from the
Chair of the Annual National Meeting Committee,
Ruth Weill



Annual Meeting Schedule,
(times are subject to revision)

Thursday
at the hotel

Registration begins at 8am
Breakfast 8:00-8:45am
Workshop session # 1 9-10:15am
Workshop session # 2 10:30-11:45am

Lunch 12:00-12:45pm
Workshop session # 3 1:00-2:15pm
Workshop session # 4 2:30-3:45pm
Workshop session # 5 4:00-5:15pm

Dinner
Music Event in the evening

Friday
at the hotel

Breakfast 8:00-8:45am
Workshop session # 6 9:00-10:15am
Workshop session # 7 10:30-11:45am
Lunch 12:00-12:45pm

Plenary  1-5:30pm w/ snacks

Declared Presidential Candidate Forum 5:30-7pm
Main Speaker, Ralph Nader, will introduce the
declared candidates (list of candidates at http://www.gp.org/)
Dinner
International Event early evening
Music Event in the evening

Saturday
at Sovereign Performing Arts Center

Breakfast 8:00-8:45am
Plenary 9:00-12:30pm
Lunch 12:45-1:15pm
Plenary 1:30-5:30pm
Dinner
Ballot Access Rally/Evening entertainment/music 7:30pm

Sunday
at the hotel

Breakfast 8:00-8:45am
Plenary 9:00-12:30pm
Lunch 12:45pm-1:30pm
Various meetings, that were requested.

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Information for those who are considering participation

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.