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Announcement List for SF Green Party: November 22, 2007 
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******************************** SPECIAL NOTICE
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Special Green Party General Membership Meeting   
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) 
(MEETING CHANGED THIS MONTH TO 7 P.M.  WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28)
Topics:
- National Green Party Nomination Convention, July 10-13, 2008, in
 Chicago!  
- Discussion of the November Election

+ Become a Delegate to the National Green Party Nominating Convention,
 July 10-13, 2008, in Chicago! 
The contacts for the Presidential candidates appearing on California's
 Primary Ballot are below.  If you are interested in being a delegate to
 the Green Party's national nominating convention July 10-13 in
 Chicago, IL, please contact the candidate of your choice below first. You may
 only apply with one candidate.  Each county has been asked to compile a
 list of back-up delegates in case candidates fall short of obtaining
 the necessary number of delegates required. The San Francisco Green
 Party will compile its back-up list at this meeting, starting at 9 p.m.  A
 full explanation of the process and updated information about
 California's delegation size (it is still unknown at this point)  will be
 discussed.

You may approach any candidate below to be added to SF's delegate list. 
Cynthia McKinney(CA), former U.S. Representative from GA
Contacts: 
Sanda Everett: sanda at greensolutions.org
John Morton: jlm108 at yahoo.com
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/  

Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, 1996 and 2000 Green presidential
 nominee, 2004 independent presidential candidate. 
Contact: Tinker Dominguez at tink at cruzio.com; www.draftnader.org

Contact these candidates directly:
Kent Mesplay (CA), Biomedical engineer who sought Green presidential
 nomination in 2004 from California.  http://www.mesplay.org/

Kat Swift (TX), State Party Co-Chair, progressive activist and
 newspaper credit manager. http://www.votekat.info/

Elaine Brown (GA), Former Black Panther Party leader, noted author,
 community and prison justice activist. http://www.elainebrown.org/ 

Jared Ball, college professor and freelance journalist from the
 District of Columbia. http://www.jaredball.com/

Jesse Johnson, filmmaker, 2006 Senate candidate & 2004 gubernatorial
 candidate for the Mountain Party from West Virginia.  

From the California National Delegation Chair Sanda Everett:
To become a delegate to the nominating convention, you need to be
 either recruited by one of the seven candidates to be on their slate, and/or
 volunteer with your county to be back-up slate that the candidates can
 choose from if they do not recruit enough on their own.  For the
 candidates recruiting, it is not just a matter of numbers, as the numbers
 also have a requirement to match  several diversity factors.  Information
 will be going out to the counties about seeking folks wanting to
 attend as nominating delegates. Delegates can be listed on a county slate as
 well as a candidate slate, but they can't be on more than one
 candidate's slate. Candidates will not know how many delegates they actually
 need until: 1) we know how many delegates CA is apportioned; 2) what
 proportion of the vote they get in the February primary.

When contacting a candidate, provide the following information, your:  
full name, phone, email, mailing address
county of residence
gender (to allow gender balance):
racial/ethnic group (to allow racial diversity):
other under-represented group (LGBT, disabled, etc.)
______

+ Join Green Party political activists and analysts in a  discussion of
 the November election results.  Without a Green challenge to the
 Democratic Party, the San Francisco election could have been a disaster. But
 thanks to a campaign that relied on a coalition of environmentalists
 and labor, voters were convinced that public transit trumps private
 vehicles, even when the  opposition muddled the campaign with a bogus
 proposition.  The panel will discuss the ramifications of Proposition A's
 approval, with the transfer of authority to the Municipal
 Transportation Agency and failed Proposition H, which would have increased
 crowded downtown traffic.  The Green Party panel includes:
-Marc Solomon, electoral analyst
-Dave Snyder, transportation policy director of SPUR and Livable City
 board member
-Sue Vaughan, County Council member
-Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, labor organizer
-John Rizzo, College Board member and Sierra Club leader

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted)

* Buy Nothing Day:  Friday, Nov. 23
If America's busiest shopping day of the year is too revolting for you,
 why not revolt against mad consumption for a day; who knows, maybe it
 will slip into a second day; then a third, then....
- Take in a movie that day and follow Reverend Billy and the Church of
 the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, as they go on a cross-country mission to
 save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: The end of mankind from
 consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!   Opening at the
 Lumiere Nov. 23.  http://wwjbmovie.com

* Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. 
(see above)
1028-A Howard Street, between 6th and 7th  Streets 

* Joint SFGP Transportation & Sustainability Working Group meeting:
 Thursday, Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m.
SFGP Office, 1028-A Howard St. (Between 6th & 7th Streets; SOMA, near
 Civic Center MUNI/BART
Topics will begin with transportation and are:
- Transportation And Land Use Coalition (TALC) Regional Transportation
 Platform
- Response To The Bunker Fuel Spill In SF Bay
- Update On The Peak Oil Taskforce
- Important Update On Campaign To Stop Polluting Fossil Fuel Power
 Plant In Bayview
- Update On Community Choice Renewable Energy Project

* Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor Fundraiser: Friday, Nov. 30,
 7-9 p.m.
Law Office of Gonzalez and Leigh, 2 Shaw Alley, between 1st and 2nd
 streets  
It's official! *Mark Sanchez* for *District 9 Supervisor* and we need
 your support.

* Imagine Peace 2008 - New Year's Eve Party: Dec. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Wax Museum, Fisherman's Wharf,  145 Jefferson St. 
Celebrate New Year's Eve with CODEPINK and Global Exchange
Tickets at www.globalexchange.org/imaginepeace2008

* “Blue & Green  Ball” Fundraiser for Todd Blair: Saturday, Dec. 1,
 8 p.m.-1 a.m., $10

SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan St.
Blair is an artist, producer, curator and teacher at California College
 of the Arts. Todd, who was injured in a tragic forklift accident in
 September at an arts festival in Amsterdam. The evening includes DJ
 Vordo, the Gibson Pearl, Bellydancing, Art by the Flaming Lotus Girls,
  Electromechanical, robotic and interactive art,  auction, food and
 cocktails. http://srl.org/shows/events/todd/

* Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13,
 2008
www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 
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NEWS

Trailblazing plastic-bag ban begins in The City
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_plastic_bag_ban_071119.shtml

SF: National leader in use of veggie-oil fuel
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5132

Presidential hopefuls McKinney and Kucinich speak out
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1615

Controversial Laguna housing project on UC Berkeley site fast tracked 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5030&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=326&volume_num=42&issue_num=08

Supervisors approve city-issued ID cards
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_municipal_id_071121.shtml

Hands Off Iran
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071210/hedges

America's Rich Citizens can't escape our poor public infrastructure
http://www.alternet.org/story/68541/
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"DEAR CANADA: LET U.S. WAR RESISTERS STAY!"
To sign the appeal, or for more information, follow:
 www.couragetoresist.org/canada

Green Party veterans interested in starting a GP caucus to increase
 benefits, etc., contact jimdorenkott2 at yahoo.com
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BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! 

The San Francisco Green Party is engaged in numerous financially
 intensive activities/events, including our first-ever election newspaper with
 the SFGP's candidate and proposition endorsements for the recent
 November election.  We distributed this paper to every registered   Green in
 San Francisco, which set us back thousands of dollars in mailing,
 production and printing costs. Please help in our fundraising efforts
 bybecoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one-time donation!  

Your generous contributions now will  help us finish the year on strong
 financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. Several
 SF Green Party candidates will need our support in November 2008,
 including  Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who is up for re-election in District
 5.  Please help us remain solvent by donating now!  www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html 

Volunteers Needed: Contact cc at sfgreens.org or
 susan_e_vaughan at yahoo.com.  
Thank you for your on-going support! 
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