[Gpca-votes] Coordinating Committee Application

Fri Oct 6 06:54:22 PDT 2017

Thank you, Laura!

On Oct 5, 2017 9:28 PM, "Laura Wells" <laurawells510 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Nicole and everyone,
>
> Nicole, your application was received on the due date August 10th.
> Unfortunately, along with other emails sent to applications at cagreens.org,
> it was not transparent to those of us who needed to see them. The
> applications emails were archived after a long delay on September 17, and
> have not been archived since then. We were able to see earlier applications
> but not those received on August 10.
>
> We are fixing the problem, and making sure that all candidates who applied
> for either the female or male CC vacancies will be listed. You will see a
> revision soon. Thank you for alerting everyone to the problem.
>
> Laura Wells
> SGA Vote Administrator
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Nicole Castor <nmcastorsilva at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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