SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/17/07-1/23/07 NEWS: - Green Party Activist Marc Salomon in "We Rented A Chicken Suit?" http://tinyurl.com/y3atct - Citizen Susan (King) Feedback on Gavin Newsom event http://tinyurl.com/y6bgc6 EVENTS: This week: - 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting - 1/20: Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All! - 1/21: WestSide Green Club - 1/23: Transportation Working Group Next week: - 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds Save the date: - 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets - 2/13: County Council Meeting - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Jon Stewart & Co. show montage inspired by President Bush's 20,000- troop speech (http://tinyurl.com/y6rtwl) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: This is the monthly meeting of the SF Green Party. The agenda is set by the CC the previous week, but can be modified at the beginning of the meeting. Agenda: Facil Sue and Marc, Notes Susan, Timekeeper Jim. 5 minutes - Intro and accreditation. 15 minutes - Decision, Compassionate Use endorsement. Shona will email text to post here. 2 minutes - Presentation, Progressive Pledge of Allegiance (Jim Adams) 5-10 minutes - John Rizzo Update, and potential announcement of longer discussion with him later at a CIWG meeting 1st Monday in February. 15 minutes - Bylaws: First reading of proposed bylaws change (below) dealing with selection of GPCA delegates 5 minutes - Bylaws discussion: get more feedback on what the GM/WG quorums should be. 30 minutes - Discussion of our endorsement policy 2 minutes - Transgender Training 20 minutes - Working Group Reports: People of Color Caucus, Transportation, Animal Advocacy, HLU, CIWG, GROW, Westside, FIG, Sustainability, Electoral Reform 5 minutes - Announcement of wanting to form a WG: Compassionate Use and 10 minutes - GPCA report, Bruce Announcements --------- 1/20: Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All! WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:30AM: Pier 5 (on Embarcadero Street near Market Street) San Francisco, CA 11:30AM: Multi-issue counter-demonstration to the “Walk for Life” route along the Embarcadero waterfront, ending in a community rally at Aquatic Park with more speakers, music and art. 4:00PM: BACORR will also host a post-rally gathering at New Valencia Hall at 1908 Mission St (at 15th Street), San Francisco INFORMATION: Call 415-730-2917, email bacorrinfo@riseup.net, or visit www.bacorr.org. DETAILS: Come celebrate Roe Vs. Wade and stand up for reproductive rights at the “Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All!” pro-choice events. --------- 1/21: WestSide Green Club WHEN: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:00PM-5:00PM WHERE: Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 - 28th Ave, between Taraval and Ulloa, San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call Barry at 664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713 DETAILS: Bring your calendar, because we will be scheduling the rest of 2007 meetings and planning 2007 activities. --------- 1/23: Transportation Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Topics for discussion: MUNI riders union, free MUNI, and others suggested by participants. We will also submit our active membership list for 2007 (based on participation in the group in 2006) and elect new co-chairs --------- 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 37, 2007 7:00PM Humanist Hall 390 27th Street Oakland, CA Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00PM Women's Building 3543 18th Street San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call (415) 822-4732 www.littlebirds.net Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org DETAILS: Come to the screening of "Little Birds" and talk with Carolyn Ho, mother of Lieutenant Ehren Watada. A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced a film depicting the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story. Watai has published various articles on Iraq and made frequent live news reports on Japanese mainstream television during the Baghdad air raids. After the screening, we will have a panel discussion with the filmmaker and Carolyn Ho (Mother of Lt. Ehren Watada*). Endorsed by Lt.Watada Support Committee & APIs Resist: www.thankyoult.org --------- 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, February 10, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage@riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. --------- 2/13: County Council Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Join us to plan the agenda for the following Wednesday's General Meeting. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Join host Krissy Keefer as we welcome our elected Green and progressive representatives in our annual bash featuring music, guest speakers, performances and more! ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. 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