[statecom] PROPOSAL #A: APPOINT WANDA BOEKE AS FEMALE FACILITATOR OF THE SPECIAL STATE COMMITTEE MEETING

[Larry Ely]

Gary,

You are not the facilitator, so even while you are having this text cross 
your transom, you will just have to bite your tongue when you find certain 
opinions bubling up from within your subconscious.

Larry




At 03:09 PM 6/27/08, you wrote:

>larry:
>
>what you just proposed is not within the purview of jamie's role. he can 
>only accept and manage proposals, not go to every suspect and non-suspect, 
>grab them by the collar, and get a guarantee out of them that they won't 
>put forth the proposal you fear.
>
>gary
>
>--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Larry Ely <tetrahedrons at crocker.com> wrote:
>
>From: Larry Ely <tetrahedrons at crocker.com>
>Subject: Re: [statecom] PROPOSAL #A: APPOINT WANDA BOEKE AS FEMALE 
>FACILITATOR OF THE SPECIAL STATE COMMITTEE MEETING
>To: wjboeke at gmail.com, jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org, "State Committee Official 
>Business" <statecom at green-rainbow.org>
>Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 2:51 PM
>
>Wanda and Jamie,
>
>In reply to Jamie's question to me below, I still have concerns, but I
>would be willing to step aside from my concerns on Proposal #A (to appoint
>Wanda Boeke as female co-facilitator of the special state committee
>meeting), provided I hear from each of you (and that you send to StateCom
>list as well) that by doing so there will not be a proposal or an action
>taken that would retroactively invalidate the vote on Proposal #1, done
>under facilitation just by Jamie (with consultation with Dan), before Wanda
>volunteered to co-facilitate this special state committee meeting.
>
>Larry
>
>
>Larry,
>
>Both Wanda and I have attempted to address your concern regarding
>choosing Wanda Boeke as a facilitator for this meeting.  Does your
>concern remain, and if so, would you be willing to stand aside on your
>concern?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jamie
>
>On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Larry Ely <tetrahedrons at crocker.com>
>wrote:
>  > BALLOT: PROPOSAL #A: APPOINT WANDA BOEKE AS FEMALE FACILITATOR OF THE
>  >  SPECIAL STATE COMMITTEE MEETING
>  >
>  >  DELEGATE NAME: Larry Ely
>  >  DELEGATE EMAIL ADDRESS OR PHONE IF NO EMAIL: tetrahedrons at crocker.com
>  >  DELEGATE CHOICE: Yes concerns
>  >
>  > I am concerned that the facilitators of this virtual meeting  - Jamie
>  > O'Keefe with consultation with Dan Melnechuk - could have up their
>sleeve
>  > the abrogation of the vote on Proposal #1 by virtue of some bylaw
>  > interpretation they might produce on the basis of changing the personnel
>  > makeup of the facilitation in midstream.
>  >
>  > We have witnessed a continual abuse of process and an undermining of
>  > constructive, positive energy and efforts throughout the Party by Jamie,
>  > Mike, Gary, and Grace (with others inducted later, such as Jim
>Hammerman),
>  > who have lost votes related to our Delegate Selection Plan  75:25 to
>80:20
>  > in StateComs and in AdComs ever since our convention last August, yet
>have
>  > repeatedly brought the issue back up.  The capstone to this was Grace and
>  > Dan taking unilateral action (outside of AdCom party-legal process) in
>  > going to a lawyer for an opinion on our DSP to counter the opinion we had
>  > gotten from the Secretary of the Commonwealth.  Speaking frankly, I have
>no
>  > trust in Jamie, as lieutenant for this obstructive minority contingent.
>So
>  > I have grave concerns about this proposal, even while I admire Wanda
>Boeke
>  > for her abilities, honesty, fairness, non-partisanship, and knowledge of
>  > Green deliberative processes.
>  >
>  > I wish Grace would explain to us her obsession with altering at the 11th
>  > hour in proposal #1 the composition of StateCom in order to implement the
>  > DSP with its diversity allocations already agreed to in StateCom and
>  > Adcom.  What is the basis of her apparent distrust?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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>--
>peace,
>
>Jamie
>--
>James O'Keefe
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