[Sustain] Community Choice press conference; Mary Ratcliff just wrote to ask "Wasn'...

[civillib at cwnet.com]

All,

I am available to help, as the GPCA press secretary, craft a release. Just
give me a day or 2 notice. This is an issue we can disseminate via release
to not only local, but statewide media.

Feel free to contact me anytime.

Peace,

Cres


At 01:28 PM 4/10/2007 -0700, Don Eichelberger wrote:
>All-
>
>It looks like we have a week to put together a press statement for 
>the event, and I can help.  One focus can be on how local action can 
>make a statement against the exploitation of Native Lands for any 
>industrial purpose, which is in line with the Social Justice Plank on 
>Native Americans of the State Party. 
>http://www.cagreens.org/platform/platform_justice.shtml#native
>
>I don't think it would be hard to argue that the city greens would 
>agree to oppose any energy put in to the SF grid by any source that 
>violates environmental justice, but I do not believe anything 
>specific to the subject has passed through general membership 
>consideration.  Should it be a release from the Green Party of SF or 
>the Sustainability WG?
>
>I look forward to tonight's event.
>
>See you there,
>
>Don
>
>At 08:41 AM 4/10/2007, ErikaSF at aol.com wrote:
>>Hi Ann,
>>Thanks for your thoughts on this, and for an attempt at a release.
>>If no one responded to your thought about writing a release, it is 
>>because we did not think we needed to.  I have written many releases 
>>for the SF Green Party, and I just write it, send it to the County 
>>Council for approval, and then distribute it to the media.  There is 
>>no need for the extra step of telling people you might write a release.
>>I wish I could help you expand these words into a release, but I 
>>have to work all day and will not have time.  I also know nothing 
>>about the press conference today.  I don't know when it will be, or 
>>who may be speaking.  This is knowledge I would need anyway if I 
>>were to write a release.
>>
>>Anyway, thanks for your efforts nevertheless.
>>
>>Best,
>>Erika
>>In a message dated 4/9/2007 11:54:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>>anniegarrison at mac.com writes:
>>I think I not only aimed this at the list but at most everyone else 
>>in the susainability group, plus Erika (the SF Greens sole 
>>publicist?), though I know there's at least one more gal in the 
>>working group, who just moved over here from the East Bay.  I really 
>>wanted an answer 'cause I was still plannin' to try and get myself 
>>down to City Hall by noon tomorrow.
>>
>>Has it been postponed?  And could someone please remind me of the 
>>Howard Street address of the Peak Oil Education event tomorrow 
>>night?  7:30, right?  I was planning to try to make both events---on 
>>time, which, as you know, would be a small miracle, for me.
>>
>>Please don't make me go racing off to City Hall if this thing has 
>>been postponed.  I'd expect Mary R. to get an announcement of a 
>>postponement before I would.
>>
>>This came up because I offered to write a paragraph or so saying 
>>this means we won't be needing any gas turbine peaker power in 
>>Bayview Hunters Point or Lakeview-Oceanside-Merced, or any 
>>coal-fired power from the native Southwest and nobody took me up on 
>>it, so I hoped that meant somebody had it covered 'cause I don't 
>>care if I do it; I just hope it's included in the press 
>>conference.   Actually, I'd just as soon see somebody else do it, 
>>but I will if no one else steps forward.  Or maybe I already did:
>>
>>This legislation means that the CIty and County of San Francisco 
>>won't be needing any gas turbine peaker power in Bayview Hunters 
>>Point or Lakeview-Oceanside-Merced, or any coal-fired power from the 
>>native Four Corners.
>>
>>There.  Done.  Can anyone try and get that into the press release?
>>
>>   R&R, for one'n all---A.
>>
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