[announce-gpco] GPCO Monthly Status Report - June 2004
Lanny Kness
lannykness@comcast.net
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:34:21 -0600
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GPCO Monthly Status Report - June 2004
This is the monthly status report of the activity of the GPCO State =
officers. In it, we will briefly outline the activities that have =
occurred in the previous month, and list the activities to accomplish in =
the next.=20
Please do not respond to this email on the GPCO Discuss list! If you =
have a specific question stemming from this status report, email =
directly the officer responsible for the item.=20
June Activities - Completed
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1) 2004 GPUS National Convention. - The GPCO delegates traveled to =
Milwaukee for a successful convention. Highlights of the weeks =
activities were:=20
- CSPAN gave the GPUS 3 hours of national air time by broadcasting the =
Saturday evening rally.=20
- Because of proxy voting, we were able to cast our 22 allowed votes.=20
- David Cobb and Pat LaMarche were nominated as the Green Party's =
Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. Cobb/LaMarche earned 408 =
of 770 votes in the second round.=20
- The results of the Steering Committee election were: 2 year terms: =
Gwen Wages - Mississippi, Jody Haug - Washington, Marc Sansom - =
Illinois, 1 year terms: Gray Newman - North Carolina, Peggy Lewis - =
California, Maya O'Connor - DC, Treasurer, 2 year term: Jake Schneider, =
Steering Committee member not up for election and serving one year more =
are: Secretary Greg Gerritt - Rhode Island, Co-Chair Jo Chamberlain - =
California
- The Kinsey campaign staffed a table at the convention allowing it to =
network with Greens interested in Bob's message. I would like to thank =
the Kinsey campaign for doing this.
2) Instructions to delegates on GPUS Platform and GPUS Critique Proposal =
- I failed to generate a review and discussion of Malkan's and Butcher's =
views on the Tax sections of the proposed platform. Therefore, i had =
them send their views to the delegates for their consideration. I also =
failed to put thru Council a proposal that instructed the delegates how =
to vote on the GPUS Platform. We left it to the delegates to get the =
sense of the convention on the Platform and to vote as they saw fit. =
lannykness@comcast.net
3) Selection of a Delegation Coordinator for GPCO national delegates - =
The delegation selected Dave Chandler for this role. I would like to =
thank Dave for this extra effort he put in. Bill McCormick =
Bmccormick522@aol.com, Dave Chandler, EditorDave@msn.com
4) Interesting fundraiser - Newly weds Gay Elizabeth Houptman and Peter =
Alejandro Yribia requested instead of gifts that donations be made to =
specific charities and organizations. So Barbara Maxie donated $25 to =
the GPCO in their name! I had Brad send them a wedding card. =
Congratulations to the couple! lannykness@comcast.net, Brad Klafehn, =
bklafehn@mindspring.com
5) Council Proposals - The following proposals were acted on:
011-04 Adding 3 additional Greens as delegates, passed
012-04 Donation of $100 from the GPCO to each active State Campaign, =
passed
013-04 Electing Bruce Meyer to serve as a National Delegate at the GPUS =
National Convention, passed
July Activities - To do
--------------------------------
1) Delegate allotment: I will be submitting a Council proposal that =
outlines rules for allocating national delegates to the Presidential =
candidates per the vote taken at the State nominating convention. This =
is required for 2 reasons: A) rounding errors B) What to do if we do not =
have 22 votes (delegates and proxies) at the National Convention. I will =
submit these "allocating national delegate" rules for inclusion in the =
GPCO Procedures and Guidelines. lannykness@comcast.net
2) State Meeting / Nominating Convention minutes - Bruce McNaughton will =
be completing the official minutes from the State meetings on April =
24th. These will be posted on the GPCO website when completed. Bruce =
McNaughton brucemcn@iopener.net
3) State Meeting Platform Proposal Conference Call - I will be setting =
up a conference call for the Council to determine the sequence of events =
that occurred during presentation of the Platform proposal, to hear any =
grievances, and determine any actions. The ground rules need to be =
determined, but i intend that any registered Green may monitor the call. =
We did not complete this in June because we lacked the minutes of the =
State Meeting. lannykness@comcast.net
4) La Plata Reinstatement Proposal - Krista Batterson and Todd Cronin =
may submit a proposal to Council to reinstate the La Plata Chapter.
5) GPUS Campaign donations: The State officers need to work with the =
candidates and the GPUS to maximize any funds that the GPUS can provided =
to our candidates. Kness will be investigating this avenue. The Kinsey =
campaign is already part of the program. lannykness@comcast.net
6) Gather status of GPCO committees - I will be working to contact the =
various GPCO committees to get a roster of those involved and a status =
report of recent and future activity. This is for the SAFE, Platform, =
Bylaws, etc. committees. I feel this is important for getting the GPCO =
moving forward. The work of the GPCO really occurs in these groups. =
lannykness@comcast.net
7) Current elected officials - I will be contacting all of the current =
elected officials as a good will gesture. I hope to get feedback from =
them and see where we can work better together. lannykness@comcast.net
8) GPCO "Procedures and Guidelines" - Determine and post the most =
recently revised version to the GPCO website. lannykness@comcast.net, =
Charlie Green oldbogus@ris.net
August Activities (look ahead)
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1) Growing the party: As Co-Chair, i will be submitting a proposal to =
get Council's commitment to growing the party and the formation of a =
small committee to formulate ideas on how to do this. =
lannykness@comcast.net
2) Fundraising: The State officers need to better support Bruce Meyer's =
efforts on the 20/20/20000 fundraising drive.=20
3) Quarterly conference call: I would like to have a State quarterly =
conference call. This is just to review the last 3 months, discuss any =
issues, and to consider what we need to accomplish in the next 3 months. =
Please send directly to me any comments / ideas about the content and =
format of this status report.=20
Thanks.
Lanny Kness
GPCO Co-Chair - lannykness@comcast.net
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>GPCO Monthly Status Report - June=20
2004</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is the monthly status report of =
the activity=20
of the GPCO State officers. In it, we will briefly outline the =
activities that=20
have occurred in the previous month, and list the activities to =
accomplish in=20
the next. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please do not respond to this email on =
the GPCO=20
Discuss list! If you have a specific question stemming from this status =
report,=20
email directly the officer responsible for the item. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>June Activities -=20
Completed<BR>-----------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) 2004 GPUS National Convention. - The =
GPCO=20
delegates traveled to Milwaukee for a successful convention. Highlights =
of the=20
weeks activities were: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>- CSPAN gave the GPUS 3 hours of national air time by broadcasting =
the=20
Saturday evening rally. </DIV>
<DIV>- Because of proxy voting, we were able to cast our 22 allowed =
votes.=20
</DIV>
<DIV>- David Cobb and Pat LaMarche were nominated as the Green Party's=20
Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. Cobb/LaMarche earned 408 =
of 770=20
votes in the second round. </DIV>
<DIV>- The results of the Steering Committee election were: 2 year =
terms:=20
Gwen Wages - Mississippi, Jody Haug - Washington, Marc Sansom - =
Illinois, 1 year=20
terms: Gray Newman - North Carolina, Peggy Lewis - California, Maya =
O'Connor -=20
DC, Treasurer, 2 year term: Jake Schneider, Steering Committee member =
not up for=20
election and serving one year more are: Secretary Greg Gerritt - =
Rhode=20
Island, Co-Chair Jo Chamberlain - California<BR>- The Kinsey campaign =
staffed a=20
table at the convention allowing it to network with Greens interested in =
Bob's=20
message. I would like to thank the Kinsey campaign for doing this.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) Instructions to delegates on GPUS =
Platform and=20
GPUS Critique Proposal - I failed to generate a review and discussion of =
Malkan's and Butcher's views on the Tax sections of the proposed =
platform.=20
Therefore, i had them send their views to the delegates for their =
consideration.=20
I also failed to put thru Council a proposal that instructed the =
delegates how=20
to vote on the GPUS Platform. We left it to the delegates to get the =
sense of=20
the convention on the Platform and to vote as they saw =
fit. </FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) Selection of a Delegation=20
Coordinator for GPCO national delegates - The delegation selected =
Dave=20
Chandler for this role. I would like to thank Dave for this =
extra effort he=20
put in. Bill McCormick <A=20
href=3D"mailto:Bmccormick522@aol.com">Bmccormick522@aol.com</A>, Dave =
Chandler, <A=20
href=3D"mailto:EditorDave@msn.com">EditorDave@msn.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4) Interesting fundraiser - Newly weds Gay Elizabeth Houptman=20
and Peter Alejandro Yribia requested instead of gifts that =
donations be=20
made to specific charities and organizations. So Barbara Maxie donated=20
$25 to the GPCO in their name! I had Brad send them a wedding card. =
Congratulations to the couple! <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A>, Brad =
Klafehn,=20
<A =
href=3D"mailto:bklafehn@mindspring.com">bklafehn@mindspring.com</A></DIV>=
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5) Council Proposals - The following proposals were acted on:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>011-04 Adding 3 additional Greens as delegates, passed</DIV>
<DIV>012-04 Donation of $100 from the GPCO to each active State =
Campaign,=20
passed</DIV>
<DIV>013-04 Electing Bruce Meyer to serve as a National Delegate at the =
GPUS=20
National Convention, passed</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>July Activities - To=20
do<BR>--------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) Delegate allotment: I will be =
submitting a=20
Council proposal that outlines rules for allocating national delegates =
to the=20
Presidential candidates per the vote taken at the State nominating =
convention.=20
This is required for 2 reasons: A) rounding errors B</FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>) What to do if we do not have 22 votes (delegates and proxies) =
at the=20
National Convention. I will submit these "allocating national =
delegate"=20
rules for inclusion in the GPCO Procedures and Guidelines. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) State Meeting / Nominating =
Convention minutes -=20
Bruce McNaughton will be completing the official minutes from the State =
meetings=20
on April 24th. These will be posted on the GPCO website when completed. =
Bruce=20
McNaughton <A=20
href=3D"mailto:brucemcn@iopener.net">brucemcn@iopener.net</A></FONT></DIV=
>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) State Meeting Platform Proposal =
Conference Call=20
- I will be setting up a conference call for the Council to determine =
the=20
sequence of events that occurred during presentation of the Platform =
proposal,=20
to hear any grievances, and determine any actions. The ground rules need =
to be=20
determined, but i intend that any registered Green may monitor the call. =
We did=20
not complete this in June because we lacked the minutes of the =
State=20
Meeting. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4) La Plata Reinstatement Proposal - =
Krista=20
Batterson and Todd Cronin may submit a proposal to Council to =
reinstate the=20
La Plata Chapter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5) GPUS Campaign donations: The State =
officers need=20
to work with the candidates and the GPUS to maximize any funds that the =
GPUS can=20
provided to our candidates. Kness will be investigating this avenue. The =
Kinsey=20
campaign is already part of the program. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6) Gather status of GPCO committees - I will be working to contact =
the=20
various GPCO committees to get a roster of those involved and a status =
report of=20
recent and future activity. This is for the SAFE, Platform, Bylaws, etc. =
committees. I feel this is important for getting the GPCO moving=20
forward. The work of the GPCO really occurs in these =
groups. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7) Current elected officials - I will be contacting all of the =
current=20
elected officials as a good will gesture. I hope to get feedback from =
them and=20
see where we can work better together. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8) GPCO "Procedures and Guidelines" - Determine and post the most =
recently=20
revised version to the GPCO website. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A>, =
Charlie Green=20
<A href=3D"mailto:oldbogus@ris.net">oldbogus@ris.net</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>August Activities (look=20
ahead)<BR>----------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) Growing the party: As Co-Chair, i =
will be=20
submitting a proposal to get Council's commitment to growing the party =
and the=20
formation of a small committee to formulate ideas on how to do this. <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) Fundraising: The State officers need =
to better=20
support Bruce Meyer's efforts on the 20/20/20000 fundraising drive.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3) Quarterly conference call: I would like to have a State =
quarterly=20
conference call. This is just to review the last 3 months, discuss any =
issues,=20
and to consider what we need to accomplish in the next 3 months. =
</DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please send directly to me any comments =
/ ideas=20
about the content and format of this status report. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lanny Kness</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>GPCO Co-Chair - <A=20
href=3D"mailto:lannykness@comcast.net">lannykness@comcast.net</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
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