To the members of the SGA Discussions list, This is a retraction of my previous message. This forum is for proposals only, and my accident was uninformed. Please accept my earnest apology. Attached is my message to the Coordinating Committee, And a second apology for this message as well. Thank you, Chris 916.704.0058 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guber the Candidate <guberthecandidate@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 11:58 AM Subject: Fwd: My Regret To: chris@bestofbroadway.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guber the Candidate <guberthecandidate@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 11:54 AM Subject: My Regret To: gpca-cc@cagreens.org Greetings to the Coordinating Committee, As a candidate for statewide office, I want to acknowledge an error I have made. First, in that I sent an email proposing an "endorse all" option to the SGA mailing list. My error was that the email was intended for the GPCA forum, and was intended to be drafted, edited, and sent today, after contacting you. I acknowledge that I am attracting attention to and representing Greens in my campaign, and am moving forward by typing emails with the recipients field blank, so as not to release any unproofed work. I am grateful for the response of Mx. Brooks with his assurance that the Voting period will be extended. Even in my sloppiness, they were gracious with my concern. I will be posting in the GPCA thread shortly with an apology to the SGA. I really want to emphasize that Mx. Jones and Mx. Fimbres both declined invitations to moderated "debates" in accordance with the idea that we are each green in our own way, and to pick one another apart would be counterproductive to the party, and weaken one another's campaign. I speak for myself when I posit that not a single one of us wishes to contribute further to divisiveness within the party, and that the sum of our parts is a TRIPLE EDGED SWORD fighting for our values. We can set an example to the state of what happens when a party comes together and does not allow itself to be divided. That our consensus is to listen with elephant ears to peoples ideas and channel the best ones into the main stream. With gratitude for your time and energy in keeping this whole project from falling apart, our continued growth (which is also in our improvement) and lastly, I propose an election window of March 29-April 4. That is a full week's vote, after the official list of candidates is certified with the Secretary of State. After so much effort and momentum has been applied amongst our peers and families, on behalf of the party's mission and values, I feel that a lack of endorsement two days before the deadline in, what has been for me a process that started in 2015, led me to stand at a table in Sacramento's Lavender district for Jill for 90 days, would not be a deterrent to any other candidates campaign. As a teacher, it would be equivalent to giving a student a D grade three days before the final. Lastly, the vote of no confidence would apply a certain doom and distance to the work performed by all of these statewide candidates in their tireless efforts to gather their own signatures, travel across the state, and put their personal reputations on the chopping block. These people all could have chosen to run as NPP or Dems, but for some reason, they still want to stand up for us. With apologies, and for your patience, Thank You all. Christopher Carlson 916.704.0058 <(916)%20704-0058>