Awesome stuff from CH & IT! Outstanding! And, BIG MAHALO's for their fantastic work! Aloha, all! Let’s get to it… regarding all the words upon everything we/The Green Party attempts to convey to the world, and I'll start with this/pamphlet (again, done perfectly by CH & IT) first. That is a ton of information on any pamphlet for anyone to absorb, a ton. I'm sure a millennial with the attention span of an ant will enjoy cuddling up to that pamphlet at night. Back in the 80's floppy disks, Bon-Jovi and E.T. were the in things. Sadly, we also had Reagonomics, Cabbage Patch Kids and Milli Vanilli... Uhhg. Let’s fast forward almost 4 decades… A.I., SpacX, and faster than light information moving around us, constantly. Most importantly the 21st century of U.S. politics has become a vicious and ferocious political atmosphere. That same atmosphere evolves through every single political cycle. With such little resources (we're talking a very skimpy budget & a lack human bodies) the Green Party can only do our very best to compete with these two monolithic marketing juggernauts (Dumbocrats & Repiglicans), you know the same two party’s that continue to abuse, trample, rape and pillage our villages day by day. We have to do every single thing within our resources to gain favor from our prospective audiences, to be plausible, to show worth and value from as many U.S. voters a possible. That is the only way we can be “productive” to obtain support, funding in the years ahead and [ultimately] get Greens in offices and filling seats, right? Isn’t that our most major goal instead of being Green Peace, instead of being MADD, or a group just trying to educate the masses on how to behave to one another? Yes, it is important to be informed, but I am very sure we can do far more by getting into those seats and offices first, then we can have lab classes for everyone. …seats first. Now that I'm part of this Ohana/family... I'll shoot it to ya'll straight... don't take it as a jab, but it is all about how we are perceived, how we brand and how we stamp as many as possible with our impressions. Are they too long and drawn out, I am inclined to say yah-damn-right they are. I don’t think, I know that we need to be more concise and to the point. Bullet points for our *10 Commandments*/10 Key Values thus simplifying their meanings. This question may put most of you off, but does there need to be ten Key Values? Can we do five? I get it, the premise and the vision were all there at that particular time (1984'ish) in our nation's history, and people in those days actually had time to sit and read their favourite books. However, time moves on (quicker than ever before), nations and their cultures evolve, and I believe we should along with it. The constitution has been amended 17 times due to the growth of our still very beautiful and fantastic nation. A nation that I am still going to stand with and support. Both the Dumbocrats and Repiglicans (legislators, judiciaries and executives – not the voting republic) have altered dozens of foundational aspects of their verbiage along with the print of their party’s platform, their mission statements, their values and folkways to fit their target market, which still is the U.S. Voting Republic. And, even their bylaws, but that's a whole other tub to scrub. With attention spans shortening from hours to seconds, maybe we should rethink and "Millenialatize (Miltz)" our brand, message and our vision to fit the times? I could go on, but let’s just start with the obvious – we’ve got to practice the K.I.S.S. method, or we’ll continue as we are now. Or, better yet, let’s set the standard and prove to the Green Party nationally that California or, whatever state wants to evolve with us is being PRODUCTIVE. Well, if anyone wants to come on my show tonight or future nights and discus, please feel free as I have a Youtube Lives stream called Mana Talk with James <https://www.youtube.com/user/101jbrjaw/videos?view_as=subscriber>. I’m on a few times a week during the evenings and everyone on the planet is invited. Mahalo nui loha (thank you very much), James Young 714 371 8963 On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Nassim Nouri <nassim1nouri@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, We’d like to share some updates from IT and Clearinghouse. Thanks to Brett and our volunteer translator Rohan, we have some new resources:
- The *Spanish version of the GPCA trifold*, as well as the English version trifold and contact card are now available for download, under media under Participate pull down nav, at: http://cagreens.org/media The printed Spanish version will be available at the June GA, (possibly sooner).
Please let us know how many 100packs you’d like ahead of time. What other languages does your county need as a downloadable version?
- We now have an *interactive map* and pull down (link at the top right nav on cagreens.org homepage), to find your county party. http://cagreens.org/county-map
Please let Brett know if your county page needs to be updated or directly linked to your own website.
- There’s now a *google calendar* (link at the top right nav on cagreens.org homepage) for committees, working groups, county monthly meetings and MAJOR state events. http://cagreens.org/calendar-0
Please send Brett any such recurring events you want added, provide a link if you have an own event page.
Thank you all,
Nassim CH & IT Committee GP Santa Clara County
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