[Gpca-votes] Fwd: Coordinating Committee Application

[Nicole Castor]

Eric,

I understand glitches can happen. However, I find it quite unusual that
both Christopher Cruz's and my applications were never received and not
archived. How were the other two received?

I don't believe the new admins had been selected at that point, but if they
had, I had no way to know this. There were no instructions to copy
application to admins in the cc announcement, either.

-N

On Oct 5, 2017 2:44 PM, "Nicole Castor" <nmcastorsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I had forwarded this to the GPCA General Discussion list and so I will
> forward it here, as well. This should confirm that I had sent application
> on time, and according to instructions. Also note that Christopher Cruz
> also had applied for male seat, and is not listed, either.
>
> -Nicole Castor
> GP Sacramento County
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Nicole Castor" <nmcastorsilva at gmail.com>
> Date: Aug 10, 2017 5:07 PM
> Subject: Coordinating Committee Application
> To: <applications at cagreens.org>
> Cc:
>
> My name is Nicole Castor. Coming from the “#demexit” wave, I joined the
> Green Party in July 2016. Having been registered Democrat for over
> seventeen years, my dissatisfaction and disappointment with the
> supposedly-progressive Democratic Party led me to finally realize that the
> needs of common people, the planet and future generations will neither be
> addressed nor met from within the corrupt and corporately-run two-party
> 'system'.
>
>
>
> I was born and raised in Lakewood, New Jersey, a culturally-diverse
> community which helped to shape my perspective and worldview. I had moved
> to California as a teen, spent a few years on each coast, and eventually
> settled down in California because of its affordable public colleges.  I
> attended a community college and transferred to California State University
> Sacramento, earning my BA in Sociology in 2008. My studies helped me
> recognize and address key issues affecting the marginalized in our society.
> Throughout college, I was active in my community, and often participated in
> various demonstrations and protests. Once I started a family, after
> college, my involvement toned down a bit as I dedicated my time as a
> stay-at-home-mom, focusing my activism on raising a couple of little
> radicals who will shape the system in their time!
>
>
>
> As my children are growing, I am now afforded more time to come back to
> the community involvement I’ve missed so much. After registering Green last
> year, I have been fortunate to meet others with a common deep concern for
> society. I quickly became involved in re-activating the Green Party of
> Sacramento County. Because of our hard work, we became a recognized County
> Council and are establishing a Green presence and visibility in the
> Sacramento area by joining committees, coalitions, and participating in
> events, actions and demonstrations.  We have been vocal about Homeless
> Rights issues when attending City Council meetings, had been mentioned in
> the local news for our participation in a recent “Reclaim MLK Day” march.
> As an individual, I had also had the opportunity to speak in support of the
> Green Party on the local Fox News and in an online Bloomberg View article [
> https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-23/two-part
> ies-aren-t-enough-for-all-u-s-voters].
>
>
>
> I currently hold a seat on the steering committee of the Sacramento
> Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights, am on Student Career Options
> Committee (countering military recruiters in high schools), an adjunct of
> Sacramento Area Peace Action.  I had given marginal help on the organizing
> committee for the Sacramento May Day March and provided supplemental
> support on the organizing committee for March on Monsanto Sacramento.  As
> well as my own involvement, I strongly urge others in the County Council to
> collaborate with other coalitions.
>
>
>
> In addition to the policy side, I was chosen as our County Council
> Co-Coordinator by the other Sacramento County Council members. That has
> helped me to gain an appreciation of how the party itself needs to be run,
> which was then further expanded when I attended the March 2017 GPCA General
> Assembly in Bakersfield, where I met similarly-committed Greens from around
> the state – contacts I hope to work with in the years to come.
>
>
>
> Most recently, I was honored to host, with my county, the most recent GPCA
> General Assembly in Sacramento.  The tremendous amount of work involved was
> worth every minute to see such a large turn-out of our state Greens.  It
> had been expressed by some that it was an incredibly productive and
> positive meeting.  The council and I were incredibly proud of the results
> of our work, and to see everyone attend, working in harmony.  Maybe it was
> too hot to argue, or maybe it was a great mix of people who felt the love
> and care which went into making that meeting possible.
>
>
>
> What do I wish to accomplish on the Coordinating Committee?
>
> The single-most important thing to me, in my work with my county Green
> Party, always comes down to integrity: integrity of the party and integrity
> of principles.  I want to make it clear, my intention to serve at the state
> level is not based on petty factional politics, but rather to a commitment,
> which is bigger than Green Party, but of course, Green Party is part of
> this.  This commitment is to make the world a better and more equitable
> place for future generations.  This will only happen through social
> movements, having political diversity in Congress, engaging disenchanted
> voters and non-voters, strategic growth of the party with substance, rather
> than bolting growth which favors quantity over quality.  I possess a strong
> ideological theoretical framework, from which I base my decisions, a mind
> of my own which does not take sides.  I feel that this is crucial to our
> party’s survival- to value what is right over what is popular, and to refer
> to our key values and the pillars which support our platform, to guide our
> decisions.  I did not come to GPCA for recognition, personal gain or to be
> commissioned as an activist.  I came to do my part in facilitating the
> changes necessary for social justice, by deepening my involvement with the
> party.
>
>
>
> The Green Party can be a truly transformative political party -- if and
> only if it remains true to its principles.   I strongly believe in the
> Green Party's Ten Key Values and see those as the most important basis of
> how we should operate.
>
>
>
> I also understand the necessity of the basic administrative work that the
> Coordinating Committee is responsible for, work that empowers the rest of
> the party – from ensuring our state meetings happen in a timely manner and
> are well-run, to appointing people to important committees, to recognizing
> new county parties and more. I am ready to attend the monthly Coordinating
> Committee teleconferences and do my share of those administrative tasks.
>
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