[statecom] From the Co-Chairs Re: [adcom] Legal Opinion

[Yarden]

Mike,

Try this on for affirmative thinking.
Thank you for undertaking to bring people with diverse views of a  
situation together for a consultation a lawyer who has the legal  
expertise to show all parties to a dispute what are the legal  
constraints on possible solutions to that dispute.

Thank you for working together with all those who share your legal,  
fiduciary and ethical responsibilities to the Green-Rainbow Party in  
seeing that these were maximally fulfilled by all.

I am happy that by taking this action, you have not only acted in  
opposition to the spirit of factionalism, and to expose how the  
problems confronted by a party that espouses and ecological vision  
requires an commitment to both truth and reality cannot be solved  
except by increasing understanding and knowlege

Many see things differently.  It is a fact to be celebrated.  Respect  
for diversity a key value is also a recognition that the development  
of human consciousness proceeds very unevenly.  And that the  
ideological impediments to the further development of that  
consciousness in the direction of ecological wisdom demands a  
different and greater effort from those who are closer to it, than can  
justly demanded from those who are struggling to survive.

Whining about lack of appreciation is unbefitting for those who would  
have us pay for the privilege of playing "friends and enemies," while  
others, like myself would like to have a place to welcome others to  
join in our celebrations of being.
Elie Yarden
MRGRA


On May 26, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Mike Heichman wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Thank you for contacting a lawyer. Thank you for attempting to preform
> your legal, fiduciary and ethical responsibilities to our party to the
> best of your ability.
>
> I regret that what has happened to you has happened to all of us who
> have dared to not only see things differently, but to say so. You too
> have become an "enemy of the party".
>
> Many of us see things differently. What is wrong with this? Isn't
> "respect for diversity" one of our 10 key values? Why have so many  
> of us
> who love our party become the "enemies"-fair game to be attacked,
> punished and silenced?
>
> Please forward this to Adcom. I do not have posting privileges.
>
> Love,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> Daniel Melnechuk wrote:
>
>> Dear Adcom,
>>
>> I am not engaged in a complaint against the party. Nor am i signer of
>> the minority report. That said, the minority report is not a
>> complaint against the party, it is a minority opinion as allowed by
>> the bylaws. By attempting to label the minority report as a
>> complaint, implying it is a legal complaint, is not understanding the
>> nature of our bylaws in honoring what a minority report is. From the
>> bylaws:
>>
>> 11 Political Practices
>> 11.4 Minority Opinions. Significant minority opinions within the
>> Green-Rainbow Party will be recorded and communicated to other
>> national and regional Green organizations as appropriate.
>>
>> Declaring that i, or signers of the minority report, may not
>> participate in decision making in dealing with any issue is not
>> within your powers as cochairs as per our bylaws.
>>
>> See you at the meeting later today. Time for bed.
>>
>> Peace and Justice,
>> Daniel Melnechuk
>> Party Treasurer
>> State Committee Representative, Third Middlesex State Senate District
>> Procedures, Structures and Meetings Committee
>> Tech Committee
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 25, 2008, at 11:17 PM, Merelice wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 5/25/08, Daniel Melnechuk <isis at isisdesign.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear Statecom Reps and Adcom Members,
>>>>
>>>> Please review the legal opinion (PDF) just obtained from an
>>>> election lawyer
>>>> about commonwealth law, our delegate selection plan, and
>>>> communications with
>>>> Michelle Tassinari regarding same. I am not going to extract any
>>>> from the
>>>> opinion since the entirety is important to read.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Dear AdCom:
>>>
>>> Due to the submission of this letter from a lawyer working for two
>>> private clients, offering legal advice and threatening the  
>>> possibility
>>> of legal action otherwise, we will unfortunately need to devote time
>>> either at Monday's meeting or soon thereafter to consideration of
>>> hiring a lawyer who would be working for the Green-Rainbow Party to
>>> review the letter. It would, of course, be foolish and imprudent to
>>> rely on legal advice from a lawyer working for a client or clients
>>> currently engaged in a complaint against the party (i.e., the  
>>> minority
>>> report).
>>>
>>> Because the two clients ---Grace Ross and Dan Melnechuck --- are  
>>> also
>>> members of AdCom, it will be necessary for them and any signers of  
>>> the
>>> complaint known as the minority report to step aside and not
>>> participate in these decisions regarding the necessity and value of
>>> seeking, selecting, and  paying for legal counsel explicitly
>>> representing the party rather than these individuals.
>>>
>>> It will also be necessary for AdCom not to entertain any changes to
>>> the current delegate allocations as recommended by CDLC and already
>>> communicated to the candidates until such advice from a lawyer
>>> actually hired by the Party is received.
>>>
>>> Sustainably yours,
>>>
>>> Nat Fortune
>>> Merelice
>>>
>>> GRP co-chairs
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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