Announcement List for SF Green Party: November 22, 2007 Send items to news@sfgreens.org. Please note that items are edited for length and content. ******************************** SPECIAL NOTICE ********************************* Special Green Party General Membership Meeting 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) (MEETING CHANGED THIS MONTH TO 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28) Topics: - National Green Party Nomination Convention, July 10-13, 2008, in Chicago! - Discussion of the November Election + Become a Delegate to the National Green Party Nominating Convention, July 10-13, 2008, in Chicago! The contacts for the Presidential candidates appearing on California's Primary Ballot are below. If you are interested in being a delegate to the Green Party's national nominating convention July 10-13 in Chicago, IL, please contact the candidate of your choice below first. You may only apply with one candidate. Each county has been asked to compile a list of back-up delegates in case candidates fall short of obtaining the necessary number of delegates required. The San Francisco Green Party will compile its back-up list at this meeting, starting at 9 p.m. A full explanation of the process and updated information about California's delegation size (it is still unknown at this point) will be discussed. You may approach any candidate below to be added to SF's delegate list. Cynthia McKinney(CA), former U.S. Representative from GA Contacts: Sanda Everett: sanda@greensolutions.org John Morton: jlm108@yahoo.com http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/ Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, 1996 and 2000 Green presidential nominee, 2004 independent presidential candidate. Contact: Tinker Dominguez at tink@cruzio.com; www.draftnader.org Contact these candidates directly: Kent Mesplay (CA), Biomedical engineer who sought Green presidential nomination in 2004 from California. http://www.mesplay.org/ Kat Swift (TX), State Party Co-Chair, progressive activist and newspaper credit manager. http://www.votekat.info/ Elaine Brown (GA), Former Black Panther Party leader, noted author, community and prison justice activist. http://www.elainebrown.org/ Jared Ball, college professor and freelance journalist from the District of Columbia. http://www.jaredball.com/ Jesse Johnson, filmmaker, 2006 Senate candidate & 2004 gubernatorial candidate for the Mountain Party from West Virginia. From the California National Delegation Chair Sanda Everett: To become a delegate to the nominating convention, you need to be either recruited by one of the seven candidates to be on their slate, and/or volunteer with your county to be back-up slate that the candidates can choose from if they do not recruit enough on their own. For the candidates recruiting, it is not just a matter of numbers, as the numbers also have a requirement to match several diversity factors. Information will be going out to the counties about seeking folks wanting to attend as nominating delegates. Delegates can be listed on a county slate as well as a candidate slate, but they can't be on more than one candidate's slate. Candidates will not know how many delegates they actually need until: 1) we know how many delegates CA is apportioned; 2) what proportion of the vote they get in the February primary. When contacting a candidate, provide the following information, your: full name, phone, email, mailing address county of residence gender (to allow gender balance): racial/ethnic group (to allow racial diversity): other under-represented group (LGBT, disabled, etc.) ______ + Join Green Party political activists and analysts in a discussion of the November election results. Without a Green challenge to the Democratic Party, the San Francisco election could have been a disaster. But thanks to a campaign that relied on a coalition of environmentalists and labor, voters were convinced that public transit trumps private vehicles, even when the opposition muddled the campaign with a bogus proposition. The panel will discuss the ramifications of Proposition A's approval, with the transfer of authority to the Municipal Transportation Agency and failed Proposition H, which would have increased crowded downtown traffic. The Green Party panel includes: -Marc Solomon, electoral analyst -Dave Snyder, transportation policy director of SPUR and Livable City board member -Sue Vaughan, County Council member -Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, labor organizer -John Rizzo, College Board member and Sierra Club leader ************************************************************************************ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Buy Nothing Day: Friday, Nov. 23 If America's busiest shopping day of the year is too revolting for you, why not revolt against mad consumption for a day; who knows, maybe it will slip into a second day; then a third, then.... - Take in a movie that day and follow Reverend Billy and the Church of the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: The end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt! Opening at the Lumiere Nov. 23. http://wwjbmovie.com * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. (see above) 1028-A Howard Street, between 6th and 7th Streets * Joint SFGP Transportation & Sustainability Working Group meeting: Thursday, Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m. SFGP Office, 1028-A Howard St. (Between 6th & 7th Streets; SOMA, near Civic Center MUNI/BART Topics will begin with transportation and are: - Transportation And Land Use Coalition (TALC) Regional Transportation Platform - Response To The Bunker Fuel Spill In SF Bay - Update On The Peak Oil Taskforce - Important Update On Campaign To Stop Polluting Fossil Fuel Power Plant In Bayview - Update On Community Choice Renewable Energy Project * Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor Fundraiser: Friday, Nov. 30, 7-9 p.m. Law Office of Gonzalez and Leigh, 2 Shaw Alley, between 1st and 2nd streets It's official! *Mark Sanchez* for *District 9 Supervisor* and we need your support. * Imagine Peace 2008 - New Year's Eve Party: Dec. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wax Museum, Fisherman's Wharf, 145 Jefferson St. Celebrate New Year's Eve with CODEPINK and Global Exchange Tickets at www.globalexchange.org/imaginepeace2008 * “Blue & Green Ball” Fundraiser for Todd Blair: Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., $10 SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan St. Blair is an artist, producer, curator and teacher at California College of the Arts. Todd, who was injured in a tragic forklift accident in September at an arts festival in Amsterdam. The evening includes DJ Vordo, the Gibson Pearl, Bellydancing, Art by the Flaming Lotus Girls, Electromechanical, robotic and interactive art, auction, food and cocktails. http://srl.org/shows/events/todd/ * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, 2008 www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 ________________ NEWS Trailblazing plastic-bag ban begins in The City http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_plastic_bag_ban_071119.shtml SF: National leader in use of veggie-oil fuel http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5132 Presidential hopefuls McKinney and Kucinich speak out http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1615 Controversial Laguna housing project on UC Berkeley site fast tracked http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5030&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=3... Supervisors approve city-issued ID cards http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_municipal_id_071121.shtml Hands Off Iran http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071210/hedges America's Rich Citizens can't escape our poor public infrastructure http://www.alternet.org/story/68541/ ___________________ "DEAR CANADA: LET U.S. WAR RESISTERS STAY!" To sign the appeal, or for more information, follow: www.couragetoresist.org/canada Green Party veterans interested in starting a GP caucus to increase benefits, etc., contact jimdorenkott2@yahoo.com ____________________ BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! The San Francisco Green Party is engaged in numerous financially intensive activities/events, including our first-ever election newspaper with the SFGP's candidate and proposition endorsements for the recent November election. We distributed this paper to every registered Green in San Francisco, which set us back thousands of dollars in mailing, production and printing costs. 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