June 19, 2020 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Happy Juneteenth! Thanks to all the Greens who have been participating in Black Lives Matter actions throughout the month. Follow our social media accounts (above) for up to the minute updates on events happening in SF and around the Bay Area. We are starting the process for making endorsements for the November election! Candidates who are registered Greens will be considered for early endorsement. Otherwise, we wait until the filing deadline (which has passed for Supervisor candidates, early August for other contests) to consider endorsing non-Greens. Because we can't meet in person due to the pandemic, and with technological barriers to participating via the internet, we are being as inclusive as possible in allowing our members to weigh in on endorsements. All Greens are welcome to ask questions of candidates and express affirmations and concerns, but only people who have volunteered with us since the beginning of 2019 can block consensus, or vote if we don't reach consensus. Here's how you can help: 1) Between now and June 24, review our draft Supervisor questionnaire (http://www.sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt) and email us any suggested changes or additions. Candidates will be send the final version, and have ~3 weeks to answer. 2) Review the candidates' answers, which will be posted on our website on July 15, and send us any feedback on who you think we should endorse, and why. 3) Join us on Zoom on July 22 for a live interview with candidates. 4) A recording of the Zoom call will then be posted on Youtube. If you can't join us live, you can watch it and send us any feedback on the candidates. *===========================* What: National Green Party meeting and Presidential Nominating Convention When: July 9-12 Where: Online The Green Party Annual National Meeting and Presidential Nominating Convention will be held online due to COVID-19. Get more info and register for the National Meeting, here: https://www.gp.org/convention The Presidential Nominating Convention will be broadcast LIVE for free on Saturday, July 11 starting at 9 am PDT. *===========================* What: SF Green Party Organizing When: All the time Where: Online Until the pandemic is under control, we will not be holding in-person meetings. Government will need to implement a widespread testing and contact tracing program in order to safely open things up. Unfortunately, a number of our active members do not have reliable internet access (especially with our public libraries closed), so holding general monthly meetings over Zoom is not an option. Instead, we have an email list for discussions between active members, and our county council (CC) meets by Zoom on the 3rd Wednesdays of every month. If you'd like to join our conversation online, or our CC meetings, please email cc@sfgreens.org with your name and contact info, and also please remind us if you've been to a meeting before. If you are unable to join us but still want to follow what's going on, you can call Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.