(followed by a discussion of some of the tasks the party needs to accomplish during this period)
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2) October/November, 2000
• Green Candidate Registration Status/Preparation for Partisan races in 2002
To run in a partisan race in the 11/02 election, one must run in the 3/02 primary. To run in the 3/02 primary, one must be registered Green, either Registered Green by 12/01 (this year), or Register Decline to state by 12/01, and then change to Green by 9/01/01.
This means that for the Green Party to expand its possibilities for viable candidates in 2002, potential candidates who might not yet be Green need to be notified that they should change now. This information should go out as soon as possible, including by locals to people they think they might want to recruit.
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3) October 17th, 2000
• Agenda pack for November state meeting goes out (latest day for pack to go out and meeting 45-day advance noticing requirement).
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4) November 7th, 2000
• Municipal, state and national elections.
Locals and candidates are asked to send their results for local candidates to ereturns@greens.org, as they come in. Results will be tabulated on http://www.greens.org for the entire country. Locals and candidates are also asked to send campaign reports/analysis to ereturns@greens.org. These reports will form the basis for reports for state and national Green Party newsletters and web coverage.
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5) December 1st-3rd, 2000
• State meeting, San Diego, December 1st-3rd
Machinists Hall
5150 Kearney Mesa Rd.
San Diego, CA 92111
Decision-making items
1) ASGP affiliation; ASGP/GPUSA agreement
2) By-law change on CC election
3) ERWG on state party rules/state legislature
4) GPCA two-year work plan 2001-2002
Discussion items
1) report on 2000 elections
report and analysis from candidates and others involved in 2000 elections
2) discussion of process towards 2002 statewide elections
3) Implementation of Restructuring Plan (Lucy Colvin, Restructuring WG)
Working Group/Standing Committee time
Press Conference on Greens in November election and looking ahead
New Delegate Orientation
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7) January, 2001
• State Coordinating Committee meeting, face-to-face
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8) March/April 2001
• Municipal elections in March and April
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7) May 2001
• State meeting, Sacramento
(potential timing conflict for April - Global Green meeting in Australia, April 14th-16th http://www.global.greens.org.au/, and LA City Council election April 10th)
Decision-making items
1) Treasurer: State party budget
2) Coordinating Committee: Coordinating Committee at-large election (three seats)
3) By-Laws - Implementing language for the RWG changes approved in Berkeley.
4) Platform: Platform amendments (possible)
5) Electoral Reform: Strategy on state laws (possible follow up from December)
6) Coordinating Committee: Language to remove CC member or officers for cause
Discussion items
1) Campaigns & Candidates: Discussion of 2002 statewide elections
2) By-laws - Discussion of 80%voting threshold (possible)
Working Group/Standing Committee time
Possible Press Conference on issues of the day and looking to 2002
New Delegate Orientation
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6) September-November, 2001
• State meeting, San Mateo
Decision-making items
1) Coordinating Commitee: Position-taking on initiatives for March, 2002 ballot
2) Platform: Platform amendments (possible)
3) By-laws: Proposal regarding of 80% voting threshold (possible)
4) GPCA two-year work plan 2002-2003
5) Coordinating Committee: Coordinating Committee at-large election (three seats for terms ending in November)
Discussion items
1) Campaigns & Candidates: Presentation of recommendations for 2002 statewide elections (it is possible that there will be formal decisions to be made with this item, but it is also possible that there will only be discussion).
2) FPPC seminar
Working Group/Standing Committee time
Possible Press Conference on issues of the day and looking to 2002
New Delegate Orientation
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7) January, 2002
• State Coordinating Committee meeting, face-to-face
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8) Spring, 2002
• State meeting (after March primary, likely in April/May)
Decision-making items
1) Coordinating Committee: Position-taking on initiatives for November, 2002 ballot
Discussion items
1) Campaigns & Candidates: Report on 2002 elections
report and analysis from candidates and others involved in 2002 elections
Working Group/Standing Committee time
Possible Press Conference on issues of the day and looking to 2002
New Delegate Orientation
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9) Fall, 2002
• Polling of counties
Decision-making items
1) Coordinating Committee: Position-taking on initiatives for November, 2002 ballot (for any that were not addressed at Spring 2002 meeting).
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o GPCA state platform update
After the 11/00 election, the GPCA will surely be out of printed platforms. This makes it a good time to update the platform early, so it doesn’t all have to happen at the last minute.
In addition to the normal plank-by-plank work, a group should go through the platform looking things like ‘what is no longer timely and should be changed/eliminated’.
There should also be a discussion about whether we give a contact information, publicize our web site, offer a newsletter, soliticit donations, etc. I would like to see a well-done presentation of our electoral history, including our successes.
o Statewide Candidates for 2002
The final recommendation regarding statewide candidates should occur before the filing dates in November/December, 2001. This suggests the San Mateo plenary.
o March/April 2002 municipal and county elections statewide
what process do we have to seek out Green candidates for these races?
what process do we have to aid Green candidates in these races?
o November 2002 municipal, county, state and congressional elections?
what process do we have to seek out Green candidates for these races?
what process do we have to aid Green candidates in these races?
o Goals of Electoral Reform WG
Continue efforts on PR for county council.
Continue educating Green Party members by using PR for elections at state plenaries.
Encourage regional cooperation among locals on local campaigns for electoral reform. If the entire Bay Area, for example, selected a single local initiative on electoral reform, several counties could pool their resources and volunteers, score a victory and show the public that the Green Party can effect real change.
Try to find a state legislator willing to introduce legislation to create a Green Party section of the elections code.
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Statewide Candidates for 2002
In Berkeley, the Campaigns & Candidates WG set up an ad-hoc committee for looking at the state Green Party in the 2002 elections. The ad-hoc group must first come up with a process for going about this. The process will likely contain an analysis of:
• who are the likely candidates from the other parties
• what are the strengths and weaknesses of Green participation in any/all of the statewide constitutional races
• what sort of representation (geographic, gender, ethnic, racial, etc.) should the state ticket contain
• who are currently likely Green candidates
• who are candidates that Greens in the counties would recommend be approached
• who should be approached among this list and who shouldn’t
• what is the message to communicate to potential candidates/who will do it
The GPCA went through such a process, based on a decision taken at the state meeting immediately after the 1992 election (Monterrey, 11/92). The G&SWG met together with C&CWG. They made recommendations at the Santa Barbara (7/93) and San Francisco (1/94) plenaries. We should anticipate that such a process should take some plenary time at each of the next three plenaries, leading up to the filing date in 11/00 for running in the 3/01 primaries.