[statecom] Fwd: Received 2 Credential Applications from Massachusetts - Preliminary Credentials with Contingencies

[Merelice]

Dear StateCom colleagues,

Four StateCom members (three of whom are also AdCom members) -- Grace
Ross, Gary Hicks, Martina Robinson, and Jim Hammerman -- have chosen
to submit to the Green Party's delegation credentialing committee
their own version of the proposed Massachusetts delegation to the
national presidential nominating convention.

There is, of course, no official State Committee action to back this
alternative. The submitters claim that since the minutes of the last
StateCom meetings have not yet been approved, the StateCom's actions
and decisions are also not official.

This is for your information and is not intended to start a discussion
at this time. For the moment, our focus needs to be on getting some
remnants of a delegation to the convention. The email thread is below.

Merelice


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Merelice <merelice at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 7, 2008 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Received 2 Credential Applications from Massachusetts -
Preliminary Credentials with Contingencies
To: terrycampbell at ameritech.net
Cc: credcom at gp-us.org, members ADCOM <adcom.members at green-rainbow.org>


Dear Terry,

 Thank you for you willingness to be responsive to Grace Ross's request
 for help from the national party to resolve differences in the
 Green-Rainbow Party, the Mass. affiliate of the Green Party of the
 U.S.

 However, it appears that your committee is not the appropriate avenue
 and should not be burdened with this diversionary request. If there
 are people in the Massachusetts party who wish to proceed along those
 lines with the national party, it could be left to them to do so in an
 appropriate way (though it is the fervent hope of the Green-Rainbow
 State Committee that they will instead choose to accept its
 appropriate role and authority within the party).

 While differences obviously remain, the State Committee (on June 29)
 came to consensus on how the party would proceed in this matter. The
 governing body is the State Committee; the Administrative Committee
 (on July 30) then worked out how its members would fulfill the wishes
 of the State Committee to meet the extended deadline granted by your
 credentials committee.

 You are correct to conclude that the official delegation submission is
 the one signed by the four Party officers that you received from Dan
 Melnechuk, the Party's Treasurer.

 Thank you for your conscientious attention to this matter.

 Sincerely,

 MK Merelice, female co-chair
 Nat fortune, male co-chair



 On 7/6/08, Terry Campbell <terrycampbell at ameritech.net> wrote:
 >
 > Grace and others,
 >
 > The Credentials Committee has a limited purview to handle credentials and
 > any challenges regarding credentials. The Credentials Committee does not
 > represent the national party beyond credentials.
 >
 > I hear the 'cry for help'. The Credentials Committee will discuss this issue
 > at our next meeting to see if there is any direction we may provide to a
 > helpful resource within the national party.
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 >
 >
 > Terry Campbell
 >
 > Co-Chair, 2008 Presidential National Convention Credentials Committee
 >
 >
 >
 >  ________________________________
 >
 >
 > From: Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com [mailto:Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]
 >  Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:20 PM
 >  To: terrycampbell at ameritech.net; Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com; isis at isisdesign.com
 >  Cc: elibeck at gmail.com; treasurer at green-rainbow.org;
 > secretary at green-rainbow.org; cochairs at green-rainbow.org; credcom at gp-us.org
 >  Subject: Re: Received 2 Credential Applications from Massachusetts -
 > Preliminary Credentials with Contingencies
 >
 >
 > Terry - as you know the delegation that you describe as submitted by Grace
 > Ross - was actually submitted by three adcom members and two statecom
 > members.
 >
 >  And as we stated - all attempts at coming to unity here in Massachusetts
 > have failed...
 >
 >  We have sent this to you because the national party needs to help us
 > re-create unity here...
 >
 >  Thanks, Grace

 >  In a message dated 7/5/08 11:28:43 PM, terrycampbell at ameritech.net writes:
 >
 >
 >  The 2008 Presidential National Convention Credentials Committee has
 > received applications from Daniel Melnechuk and Grace Ross. The Credentials
 > Committee is bound by Proposal #345 which states in part:
 >
 >  4-2.3 Delegate Credential Applications shall bear the witness of the
 >  officers of the caucus or party or others authorized to make such a
 >  statement that delegates named in the application were duly chosen as
 >  delegates to the convention as provided for in the rules of the caucus
 >  or state Green Party (or grouping of Greens where there is no state
 >  party). If approved minutes are not available, the Application shall
 >  include other documentation of the delegates' selection.
 >
 >  The Credentials Committee interprets this to say that we must accept the
 > application submitted by the officers of the Green-Rainbow Party of
 > Massachusetts, more specifically, the one submitted by Daniel Melnechuk. The
 > Credentials Committee grants preliminary credentials to the delegates and
 > alternate delegates identified in Daniel Melnechuk's submittal contingent
 > upon receipt of missing residential addresses and year of birth for several
 > of the alternate delegates and contingent upon receipt of the two paper
 > copies of the credentials package.
 >
 >  The Credentials Committee encourages the submitters of the two separate
 > packages from Massachusetts to resolve their differences and unite for a
 > successful 2008 Presidential National Convention and a successful 2008
 > presidential campaign. Should there continue to be a dispute over the
 > validity of the preliminary credentials, please see sections 4.7 and 4.8 of
 > proposal #345 regarding how to challenge the preliminary credentials.
 >
 >  Regards,
 >
 >  Terry Campbell
 >  Co-Chair, 2008 Green Party Presidential National Convention Credentials
 > Committee
 >  815-540-0006
 >