<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103199" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103222">I continue to come back to the fact that we are a legitimate political party. And, I feel that we should endorse only those from our own legitimate political party. It makes zero sense to me to endorse a non-Green. I can't even wrap my mind around it. As far as I know, DEMS don't endorse Greens or Rs. Rs don't endorse Greens or DEMS, so why in the world would we endorse anyone but a registered Green? Are we insecure about our party? I joined the Greens to be a green and to elect Greens. As a party, I firmly believe we should endorse only Greens. Individual Green Party members are free to do what they wish on election day.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103200"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103662" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103661"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103660"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103659"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103658"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eric Brooks <brookse32@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes <gpca-votes@sfgreens.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 24, 2018 3:11 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103667"><br><div id="yiv3063411082"><style>#yiv3063411082 #yiv3063411082 --
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103664"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519490311934_103861">I don’t think it is off topic. Endorsement of candidates is one way that the Green Party communicates with the public.<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">Aren't we off topic here, in that this is conditions we're asking to put in place when a non-Green seeks our endorsement? This proposal has nothing to do with how we communicate our values to the general public,
which I agree is a worthy topic, just not relevant to the question of conditions required for endorsement.</div>
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal">On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Genevieve Marcus <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:genevieve.marcus@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:genevieve.marcus@gmail.com">genevieve.marcus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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This conversation mainly addresses non Green people who might be attracted to the Party by a non Green endorsement of someone they admire.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal"><span style="">Of course, all Green parties should support the 10 Key Values. But some Values, like Decentralization, might not be understood by the 50%</span></div>
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal"><span style="">of the population that doesn't vote. Especially because this is a big country and the Green Party continues to run candidates to lead it. Does that mean we don't support decentralization
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal">On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:54 PM, shane que hee <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:squehee@ucla.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:squehee@ucla.edu">squehee@ucla.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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I agree with Eric since it is GPCA and not GPUS.<br clear="none">
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The Pillars are ideal for peopl who want things short , sweet and malleable like millennials<br clear="none">
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The 10 Key Values are a bit extreme for attracting new Green voters. The 4 Pillars are a more acceptable start.<br clear="none">
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I put forward the friendly amendment *to* the proposed amendment to make it the 10 Key Values rather than 4 Pillars.</div>
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<div class="yiv3063411082MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;">From: gpca-votes [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org"> mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org</a>] On Behalf Of Sadie Fulton</div>
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Subject: Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates</div>
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I agree - Genevieve's proposal sounds fantastic. Win/win. :)</div>
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 13:17 Ann Menasche <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aemenasche@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:aemenasche@gmail.com">aemenasche@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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That is an excellent suggestion.</div>
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On Feb 21, 2018, at 11:30 AM, Genevieve Marcus <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:genevieve.marcus@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:genevieve.marcus@gmail.com"> genevieve.marcus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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To reconcile these two excellent opinions, what if, in addition to not accepting corporate funding we added a requirement that</div>
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the prospective endorsee supports our Four Pillars? That shouldn't be hard.Â
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Then, when we announce our endorsement, we would mention that among the reasons for the endorsement is the fact that s/he also supports the GP values expressed in our Four Pillars: Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice and Equality, Ecological Wisdom, and
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That way we promote the GP as well as the candidate.</div>
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Erik <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com">erikrydberg34@gmail.com</a> > wrote:</div>
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Everyone read the language. We will not endorse candidates that take Corporate Money or who belong to parties that take Corporate Money. This proposal clearly prohibits endorsing Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, American Independent, etc. But it opens
the doors for Peace and Freedom(badly wants to work with us), Socialist Alternative, African People’s Socialist Party, Corporate-Free Independents, etc.Â
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The oldest Green Party in the United States is the Maine Green Independent Party. They were the first one to form in 1984. They opened their ballot to Independents and even hyphenated their name and they currently are running more candidates than any state
party. 38 compared to our 18. I’m not suggesting we hyphenate our name but we should become the vehicle for corporate free parties and candidates.Â
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This proposal sends a signal that we are inclusive to Socialists and corporate free parties and candidates.</div>
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 4:43 AM Thomas Leavitt <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thomleavitt@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thomleavitt@gmail.com">thomleavitt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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I oppose this. What drew me to the Green Party in 1990 was the idea that to be a member of the Green Party, you MUST adhere to the Ten Key Values (and if you did not do so, you could not be an active member), that the Green Party was a party of principle, that
refused to compromise its core values for the purposes of political advantage. Unlike the Democrats, who bluntly stated "we would rather be a party of the majority, than a party of principle" (the individual who said this was later convicted of corruption
and removed from office). Candidates running for office in other parties are not obligated to abide by Green principles, or to adhere to the Green Party Platform, and are not accountable to the membership of our party.</div>
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We should not be endorsing any candidate not registered as a Green, and running on the Green Party ticket (unless the office is non-partisan and the candidate cannot run as a Green). The Green Party of California exists to promote the Green Party, and to support
and promote Green Party candidates. Our limited resources should be focused on promoting our own candidates and our own party. If people want access to them, they can seek our endorsement and run on our ballot line. The logic behind this will inevitably lead
to justifying our endorsement of "progressive Democrats" who ostensibly refuse contributions from PACs and corporations (while benefiting from corporate funded Democratic Party resources deployed on their behalf); more importantly, it will be the functional
death of our party as ambitious individuals seek office as "independents" with the goal of having their cake (our endorsement) and eating it (not being accountable to our party once elected); the likely result should such individuals be elected is affiliation
with the Democrats for purely pragmatic reasons (and as the consequence of extreme peer pressure from fellow electeds). We already lose enough folks to the Democratic Party as it is. We are not a political lobby, we do not make general purpose endorsements.
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 12:43 PM, GPCA Votes <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gpca.votes@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:gpca.votes@gmail.com">gpca.votes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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Please send your discussion comments to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org">
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Ranked Choice Vote Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates</div>
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Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck</div>
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The Green Party of California is currently prohibited from endorsing candidates who have good Green values and who take no corporate money: the GPCA needs visibility, in a positive way, and putting our name on endorsement lists of good candidates is one way
to get the Green Party name in the public eye. The GPCA wants to help voters vote for good candidates, even in races where we have no candidate. For instance, the Peace and Freedom Party can and does endorse Green Party candidates in state and federal
races, but the GPCA is prohibited from endorsing Peace and Freedom candidates. The GPCA currently cannot endorse candidates with No Party Preference or any other voter registration, even when we have no candidate running in the race. The GPCA cannot help
voters differentiate between good candidates who are aligned with Green values and take no corporate money and bad candidates (who may speak well) from the two-party system. The current endorsement policy is confusing: county parties are not prohibited from
endorsing candidates who are not Green, but the state party is; in addition, it precludes a possible endorsement even in the face of grassroots interest. The current endorsement policy was promulgated in the pre-Top-Two era, and, if left unreformed, will
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Changing the endorsement policy would advance the party’s attempts to implement Proportional Representation so that we can have a multi-party system and not a two-party system. By expanding our endorsement options, we will demonstrate that we will work in
coalitions and will endorse candidates who have green values, but who choose other political party affiliations. As it stands, people who want to “throw their hat in the ring†and yet who have no track record with the Green Party or allied organizations
are able to register Green and use our ballot line, and get an automatic advantage in the endorsement process, even though they may not be the best candidate. Moreover, given that there are many public perceptions over which Greens have very little control,
such as being marginalized or cast as “spoilers†or “third-party†candidates who “can’t win,†the endorsement area is one we can control. We can avoid marginalizing ourselves as people who are only interested in the label “Green Party,†not
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Furthermore, it is common advice in social media, for example (and even in life), that if you want likes, followers and friends, you’ve got to like, follow and friend others, as long as you stay true to your values. We need to reciprocate and be proactive,
not sit back and wait for everyone to switch to “team Green Party,†while we display an unwelcoming attitude. People want a new party, but our current restrictive endorsement procedures make us look as if we do not want to be an “umbrella party†or
“big tent†for all people who are aligned with our values and stances. It looks like we want to remain a small, exclusive “third†party with a narrow “sectarian†view of how change happens.</div>
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Accordingly, we recommend the following changes to the GPCA Endorsement Policy.</div>
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That the current GPCA Endorsement Policy be amended as follows:</div>
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That the policy be amended from its current text:</div>
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GPCA CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT POLICY FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS (approved by the GPCA General Assembly, June 25, 2006, 43-6-2)</div>
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2. The GPCA shall not make any endorsements of General Election candidates who are not Green Party members.</div>
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To read as follow:</div>
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GPCA CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT POLICY FOR ELECTIONS</div>
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2. The GPCA shall not make endorsements of candidates who accept corporate campaign contributions or who belong to any political party that accepts corporate campaign contributions.</div>
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Sponsors: This proposal has been endorsed and sponsored by the Green Party of Yolo County.</div>
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