<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">To Jeff, and others,<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The SGA administrators were able to correct a
previous error which excluded my name from the ballot for open seat (female)
Coordinating Committee. Since this question was addressed to those such candidates,
I am taking the liberty to chime in as my name is now on the ballot. Thanks, again, for fixing the error, admins.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“What can our party do to
grow our party’s membership aside from running candidates in elections? Your
ideas?</span>”</b><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What a great question!
It’s one my County Council and I ponder quite frequently. In my own opinion, <b>the single most important
factor in drawing in more Greens is to set a good example as a Green
yourself</b>. Seems simple, but this
involves having integrity in beliefs and actions, while still having enough
flexibility to recognize when it's time to expand from existing beliefs or biases.
This means <b>representing Green Party according to our Ten Key Values</b>, and
making sure statements reflect this, whether they are made online, in
person, or through other media channels. What we say and do should be consistent with the Ten Key Values, as well as our Party Platform. Of course, this becomes possible only by <b>knowing and completely
understanding the meaning and implications behind our Four Pillars and Ten Key
Values</b>. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Since helping to re-activate the County Council for Green
Party of Sacramento, I have participated with the other members of our council,
in various events and media spots. The
idea is to <b>establish a presence</b>. We work
together as a team to achieve this, for encouragement and to help each other
avoid burn-out! If there is a march or
rally which relates to our key values, you can bet a Sac Green will be there,
representing with a banner, or other Green Party regalia. We have been mentioned in our local news
(Sacramento Bee/ Fox40) for just simply being there! Whether we are tabling at events, or volunteering in the community, we are wearing a GP button, and often have registration forms with us. We are in constant contact with non-partisan groups and coalitions and frequently place our endorsement of Green-valued events, in order for others to see "Green Party of Sacramento County" on different invites. This all helps tremendously just to <b>get the party
name out there</b>. <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are typically at least a couple Greens attending City
Council meetings on any given Tuesday, and these meetings are televised. Speakers from the council will typically
introduce themselves as being associated with the party, if they choose. Before speaking on an issue, we always make sure to check the platform to ensure our speech is consistent with the party's stance.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had the pleasure of guest hosting three weeks in a row on
the student radio station for UC Davis (KDVS), where I was given the
opportunity to speak as a Green on different issues. This station is a popular choice to left-leaning people in our area.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">We make ourselves available for contact to our county Greens on social media and through our email list-serve. I had also recently obtained a county voter list and am in the process of divvying up the tens of thousands of names with the rest of the council, so that we can reach more of our county greens (if you'd like to know how to get info for your county, contact me). <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Having an active County Council </b>also seems to help
tremendously. Looking at older voter
statistics from my county, it seems Green registration was at a high during the
count in Oct. 2014 (3,942) and then fell off by quite a bit in later counts. This might coincide with the timing of the last council becoming inactive. Please see the images below, gathered from
the California Secretary of State website.
We have seen significant Green Party growth over the process of last
year’s election cycle in our county, and had almost 10,000 votes for Jill Stein in the General Election! Although this may or not be attributed to what we have been doing,
having an active council seems to have a positive effect on registration. We are proud, regardless, even if we are just
playing catch-up for now. <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>In sum, I feel having a local presence, letting the community know you are there, being available for contact, all while presenting a positive and accurate reflection of the party, is the way to</b> <b>grow</b>. I, personally, do not like the idea of recruitment and feel that it seems dishonest to go “running after people.” People should come to the party by their own accord when they see we are doing good things and that our ideology reflects theirs. I feel that many voters/potential voters see through gimmicks and the advertisement-like nature behind the "Bernie Movement" and are looking for more substance. And if they are looking for more substance, we should be looking for <i>them</i>!</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#38761d">Nicole Castor</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#38761d">Co-Coordinator, GP Sacramento County</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#38761d">Candidate for GPCA Coordinating Committee (female)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#93c47d"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Sacramento County Greens 2014: 3,942 (0.58%)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_j8gxk43r1_15ef57d8d1dd8851" width="469" height="562" style="margin-right: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Last Count Before the Primary 2016: 3,111</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_j8gxotbv6_15ef580e6fd92611" width="442" height="562" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:center"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Two Months Before Election 2016: 3,397</b></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_j8gxlp7m2_15ef57eaecc4f9d5" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="434" height="562"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><div style="text-align:center"><b>Most Current Official Count 2017: 3,890 (0.50%)</b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_j8gxvm1w7_15ef585bdcae9dfd" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="452" height="562"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>2016 Presidential Election Results Sacramento County: 9,846 (1.8%) Jill Stein</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_j8gy1r529_15ef58a1c734f651" width="434" height="562" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><br><br><br><p></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Erik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com" target="_blank">erikrydberg34@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Spam detection software, running on the system "<a href="http://gateway.dolorespark.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gateway.dolorespark.org</a>",<br>
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Content preview: Implement Ben Emery's AP Political Science outreach program.<br>
Go to all your local high schools and set up a day with the AP political<br>
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<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Erik <<a href="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com">erikrydberg34@gmail.com</a>><br>To: GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes <<a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:04:01 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] Party growth<br><div><div dir="auto">Implement Ben Emery's AP Political Science outreach program. Go to all your local high schools and set up a day with the AP political science teachers to speak to the classes. Many of the students are required to volunteer time for campaign to get their college credits. Make them do table and voter registration for the Green party.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 7:03 AM Jeff Lebow <<a href="mailto:jlebow@socal.rr.com" target="_blank">jlebow@socal.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Deatra,<br>
What can our party do to grow our ranks that we are not doing today?<br>
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