Announcement List for SF Green Party: November 29, 2007 Send items to news@sfgreens.org. Please note that items may be edited for length and content. _______________ Green Party General Membership Meeting 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) The General Meeting is held 7-9 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month. _______________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor Fundraiser: Friday, Nov. 30, 6-9 p.m. Law Office of Gonzalez and Leigh, 2 Shaw Alley, between 1st and 2nd streets Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor, and we need your support. * “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/ * Campaigns and Issues Working Group: Monday, Dec. 3, 7-9 p.m. For location, call 415-701-7090 Agenda: Upcoming February 2008 Election 1) Park Bond--outside presenter to discuss the merits of a bond on February's ballot. 2) Green Presidential primary--should the SF Green Party endorse in this election? There are seven candidates qualified on the ballot for Greens to choose from. * Rape, Race and Prostitution: The Cash Connection: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia, 2nd Flr Auditorium Suggested donation: $10; no one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. All Welcome! For info: 415-626-4114, or sf@crossroadswomen.net. * Animal Advocacy Working Group of SF Green Party Meeting: Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant (www.goldeneravegetarian.com), 572 O'Farrell St. At 7 p.m., people will arrive to order dinner if they need it, and the official meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. Look for the wolf-pup greeting card. For more information, please contact Rosalind Lord at rclord@seaserpent.com. * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ * 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 * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, 2008 www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 ________________ NEWS McClellan revelations demand immediate impeachment, say Greens http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_11_28.shtml Cheney, Like President, Threatens Iran http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/washington/22cheney.html European Greens congratulate Australian Greens for successful election races http://www.europeangreens.org/cms/default/dok/207/207694.european_greens_con... Green Roofs Take Root (National Wildlife Mag) http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=119&articleID=1538 One Illegal War in the Middle East is Enough Sign this online petition to U.S. Senators demanding a halt to the Administration's reckless drive to invade Iran: http://act.truemajorityaction.org/iranpetition?campaign_KEY=1209&page=home ____________________ 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 DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL GREEN PARTY NOMINATING CONVENTION on July 10-13, 2008. Submit delegate paperwork to the SFGP by Dec. 7, 2007. 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. 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.) ____________________ 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 the paper to every registered Green in San Francisco, which set us back thousands of dollars in mailing, production and printing costs. Please help in our fundraising efforts by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one-time donation! Your generous contributions now will help us finish the year on strong financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. Please help us remain solvent by donating now! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ____________________ Volunteers Needed: Contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com. Thank you for your on-going support! To unsubscribe, go here: http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce