Green Party News
UPCOMING EVENTS
Our next business meeting will be held in Newport News at 10:00 a.m., EST September 15, 2007 at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 65 Saunders Road, Newport News, VA 23601-1164. (See directions in the right sidebar.)
(Tentative) Agenda
10:00 Opening Circle
10:05 Introductions and welcome
10:10 Select Facilitators, Note-Taker, Timekeeper, & Vibes-Watcher
10:15 Approve Agenda
10:20 Local reports
11:10 Old Business
11:30 Break
11:40 Old Business (continued)
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Newspaper committee report
2:05 Press secretary's report
2:10 Treasurer's report
2:15 Co-chairs report
2:25 New Business
3:30 Break
3:40 New Business (continued)
4:00 Candidate nominations, endorsements, etc..
4:30 GPUS representatives report
4:55 Closing circle
5:00 Adjourn
Campaigns
Candidates who are considering a serious run for local or statewide office should get in touch with the Chair of the Candidate Exploration Committee or the closest Local.
Grassroots Democracy
- If you would like to form a new local in an area where there is none, please contact the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee.
- Greens interested in running for office should contact the Chair of the Candidate Exploration Committee.
- Locals organizing campaigns for 2007 need volunteers now. Please contact the local closest to you or the CEC Chair for volunteer information.
- Electoral politics is at the core of the GPVA. Here is one take on organizing.
- Visit our Green Electoral Campaign Archives for past activities. The GPVA is a consensus seeking organization.
- Investigate the Real Difference between the Green Party and the major parties.
- The Green Party needs your support. Please contact our Committee Chairs to volunteer some of your time, or consider a donation of whatever you can afford.
- The Green Party is Fully Committed to Peace!
- Opposition to the unpatriotic Patriot Act
- Publicly Funded Campaigns
- Open Source Verifiable Voting Systems
- More Voices and More Choices on the Ballot
- Open Debates Inclusive of Third Parties and Independents
- Women's Rights, including access to health care, job equality, and a Woman's Right to Choose
- Put an End to Racism
- Repeal Repressive Homophobic Laws - Full Equality for Members of the LGTBIQ Community
- Single Payer Health Care
- Affordable Housing
- Living Wage
- End Corporate Rule! Corporations should not have status as legal persons.
- A Level Playing Field for Family Farms amp; Small Business.
- Fair, Progressive Taxation
- Affordable Tuition
- Free/Open Source Software
- End the Death Penalty
- Treat Drug Use as a Health Problem, Not a Crime
- Traffic Reduction/Rail/Smart Growth
- Mattaponi River Dam/Prince William Reservoir
- Clean, Affordable Alternative Energy. No nukes, coal or other antiquated, expensive and unsustainable power.
- Identification of the Worst Local Polluters
- End the colonial status of our nation's capital. DC Statehood Now!
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