March 2006 - Media - list.sfgreens.org

[SFGP Media] Final Release: Green Candidates Vie for Endorsement
by ErikaSF＠aol.com 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 13, 2006 San Francisco Green Party http://www.sfgreenparty.org Contact: Susan King: 415-834-5524 Erika McDonald: 415-337-1499 Green Candidates Vie For Endorsement; San Francisco Green Party Hosts Candidate Forum SAN FRANCISCO--The political campaign season is again fast approaching, and the San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) has scheduled its first candidate forum of 2006 for Wednesday, March 15 at 7 PM. The candidates appearing, all registered Greens running for state or federal office, will be vying for the endorsement of the San Francisco Green Party. The following declared candidates have been given questionnaires and invited to speak at the forum, which will be held at the SFGP office, located at 1028A Howard Street: Peter Camejo, Governor http://www.votecamejo.com/ Donna Warren, Lt. Governor http://www.donnawarren.com/ Forrest Hill, Secretary of State http://www.voteforrest.org/ Mehul Thakker, Treasurer http://www.votethakker.com/ Mike Wyman, Attorney General http://votewyman.org/ (site under construction) Laura Wells, Controller http://www.laurawells.org/ Sarah Knoop, Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry Cafiero, Insurance Commissioner http://www.votecafiero.com/ Barry Hermanson, State Assembly District 12 http://www.barryhermanson.org Krissy Keefer, Congressional District 8 http://www.krissyforcongress.com/ Todd Chretian, US Senate http://www.todd4senate.org Tian Harter, US Senate http://www.tianharter.org/ Kent Mesplay, US Senate Deliberations regarding endorsement will begin immediately after the forum, with final decisions to be made by the end of a March 22 follow-up meeting. ##END

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[SFGP Media] draft release on candidate forum
by ErikaSF＠aol.com 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

FOR IMMEDIAT RELEASE Monday, March 13, 2006 San Francisco Green Party http://www.sfgreenparty.org Contact: Susan King: 415-823-5524 Erika McDonald: 415-337-1499 Green Candidates Vie For Endorsement; San Francisco Green Party Hosts Candidate Forum SAN FRANCISCO--The political campaign season is again fast approaching, and the San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) has scheduled its first candidate forum of 2006 for Wednesday, March 15 at 7 PM. The candidates appearing, all registered Greens running for state or federal office, will be vying for the endorsement of the SF Greens. The following declared candidates have been given questionnaires and invited to speak at the forum, which will be held at the SFGP office, located at 1028 A Howard Street: Peter Camejo, Governor http://www.votecamejo.com/ Donna Warren, Lt. Governor http://www.donnawarren.com/ Forrest Hill, Secretary of State http://www.voteforrest.org/ Mehul Thakker, Treasurer http://www.votethakker.com/ Mike Wyman, Attorney General http://votewyman.org/ (site under construction) Laura Wells, Controller http://www.laurawells.org/ Sarah Knoop, Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry Cafiero, Insurance Commissioner http://www.votecafiero.com/ State Assembly District 12: Barry Hermanson http://www.barryhermanson.org Congressional District 8: Krissy Keefer http://www.krissyforcongress.com/ US Senate: Todd Chretian, Tian Harter, and Kent Mesplay http:// www.Todd4Senate.org, http://www.tianharter.org/index.shtml Deliberations regarding endorsement will begin immediately after the forum, with final decisions to be made by the end of a March 22 follow-up meeting. ##END

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[SFGP Media] Media regarding upcoming candidate forum and fundraiser
by ErikaSF＠aol.com 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Hi Folks, I am crafting a release about the candidate forum on March 15. I hope to have it ready to go by Monday. I don't anticipate much media, but we have a good chance of getting some bloggers or alt media to attend. A few important questions: **should we also post the event as a calendar item on Indymedia and such? Do we want the general public to attend, even non-Greens? **start time - the SFGP web site says 7:30, but I heard it may start at 7. **Who is confirmed to speak? **Is the intention for the questionnaires to also be made public? Can they be made available to the media upon request? Do we anticipate having all completed questionnaires returned to the SFGP by March 15? We should also prepare a release announcing the anticipated endorsements. I also noticed that our Campaign & Candidates working group info on the web site needs a little updating, and I can help with that as well. We may want to post our 2006 questionnaire on it and certainly update the working group chair contact info. Regarding the March 29 fundraiser, if we have a place, time and a few confirmed performers we can go ahead and draft a calendar announcement, and I am happy to help. We'll need to have it ready by March 15 to get it into the Guardian. Some other places also have a 2+ week advance deadline. I can also help with VIP lounge and hospitality. Thanks everyone! Erika

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[SFGP Media] welcome to SFGP media list
by John-Marc Chandonia 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Hi, You've been subscribed to this SFGP media list if you're either a CC member or currently active in the media working group. The purpose of this list is to edit and approve action items and press releases to be sent out to a larger group of Green Party members. If you don't want to be on the list, you can unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of this message. At our last meeting, the CC approved a new policy for use of our "action" email list, as the old list was not getting much use and we felt the resource was being wasted. The "action" list is a subset of our newsletter subscribers who wanted to be subjected to more frequent email with action items (such as requests to attend hearings or write letters). We're still aiming for an average of about 1 message per week. An example of the sort of thing we'd send to this list would be a request to attend public meetings such as the recent Redevelopment hearings or a school board meeting, or to write a letter to the editor. Our policy is that any active Green can send a draft announcement to this list, then people on the list reply to all with their edits or simply say "approve." If 3 people approve the final language in an announcement, Erika will send it out to the full list (action(a)sfgreens.org) Also, if you know anybody else who's interested in editing/approving messages, either the CC or GM can add them to this committee. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://sfgreens.org/

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