{news} minutes November 2004 SCC meeting,part 3 of 3

Wed Dec 15 01:06:16 EST 2004

Appendix 3  Proposal on endorsing "A Cultural Evening for Palestine"

                Green Party Meeting Proposal Form

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals):  Green Party of CT Women's Caucus

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email):  Justine McCabe  justinemccabe at earthlink.net  860-354-1822

SUBJECT (10 words or less):  Endorsing Al-Awda-CT sponsored event, "A Cultural Evening for Palestine," to benefit the Al-Rowwad Children's Theater,  December 4, First United Methodist Church, Middletown.  

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee):

 In June, 2003, the SCC of the Green Party of CT voted to make the CT chapter of Al-Awda-the Palestine Right of Return Coalition-an allied organization.  This designation includes supporting its activities/goals, which are consonant with our values and CTGP and USGP platform positions endorsing the legal and human right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

[This position was endorsed by CTGP on 2 occasions, October, 2000 and March, 2001.  See USGP Platform on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/democracy.html#310677; 

For the entire USGP Platform: http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/index.html]

Palestinian civil society and economy are currently in ruins, as Israel's violent and illegal occupation continues into its 38th year.  This event will be supporting Palestinian arts, an essential part of any peaceful society. Specifically, this event will benefit a US tour of the Al-Rowwad Children's Theater, whose members are residents of the Aida Refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.  The Theater's aims include  " Distract[ing] children from the heavy atmosphere of war and violence surrounding them and engage them in peaceful activities. (See http://www.artistsnetwork.org/news13/news614.html).  

After a dinner prepared by Oliva Cafe, there will be a showing of feature film Rana's Wedding, the 2003 recipient of Human Rights Watch International Film Festival's Nestor Almendros Prize.

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Al-Awda-CT, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, presents:

Dinner & A Movie:

A CULTURAL EVENING FOR PALESTINE 

[photo]  Members of Al Rowwad Children's Theater from Aida Refugee Camp 

Please join us for an evening of Palestinian culture!

Saturday, December 4 at 6 p.m.

First United Methodist Church

24 Old Church Street, Middletown, CT 

Tickets: $20 per person; $10 students and children under 12

·      Middle Eastern food prepared by New York Times' five-star chef/owner of Oliva Café, New Preston

·      A screening of the award-winning Palestinian film  Rana's Wedding

·      Doorprizes, silent auction of Palestinian arts, crafts, and olive oil

All proceeds will benefit the U.S. 2005 summer tour of Al Rowwad Children's Theater from Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem.  

Reservations and tickets are available by calling 860-536-4640, 860-824-7636, or by sending a check to Palestine Right to Return Coalition,  P.O. Box 1172, Orange, CT 06477-7172. 

Seating is limited!  Please reserve early!

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is a registered charitable and educational  nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible. For more information, go to www.al-awda.org.

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Appendix 4.  Handout "Proposal for the Project for a Green American Connecticut".

Authored by Calvin L. Nicholson and Ralph A. Ferrucci;  11/29/04

Proposed Two Year Campaign Strategy for the 2006 State and Federal Elections

Introduction:  To better prepare for the 2006 election and subsequent state and federal elections, the following proposal is presented to organize a two-year effort to prepare for statewide and federal elections.  The following proposal consists of three main components:

**An Election Committee who oversee the initial selection of candidates and propose the campaign and nomination guidelines for all candidates.

**A Fundraising Committee who will be solely focused on raising capital for the State Party.

**A Two-Year Guideline for preparing and executing a successful Green Party slate for the 2006 elections.

[I.]  New Election Committee

A. Focus on Statewide and Federal Offices (non-Presidential)

B. Composition and Size

1) No greater than 25

2) Chairman and Structure

i.    5-7 Greens (1 chair)

ii.   7-15 Greens (2 co-chairs)

iii.   15+ Greens (3 co-chairs)

3) Chairpersons voted annually by committee

C. Committee will decide Preliminary Slate of state and federal candidates for the nominees

D. Decide on Primary and Campaign Guidelines, which will exceed state and federal standards.

E. Decide on any proposed state level referendums.

F. Members cannot belong to any other committee.

G. Decide target races for party growth.

[II.]  New Fundraising Committee

A. No more than five Greens, one chairperson.

B. Cannot belong to any other committee within the State Party.

C. Will submit monthly reports to the State Party.

D. Decide Fundraising strategies beyond phone banking and street canvassing.  All strategies approved by the State Party.

E. Will receive stipend of the funds raised.

[III.]  Proposed timeline (January 2, 2005 - November 1, 2006)

A.  1/15/05 - 11/15/05:  Decide statewide platform and referendums for 2006.

B.  1/15/05 -   3/15/06:  Potential candidates selected for state and federal races.

C.  Last Saturday of April 2006:  State Party Convention.

D.  5/1/06 - 10/31/06:  Main Campaign Thrust

1. Phase One:

i. Ballot Access--May 1, 2006 - June 1, 2006

ii. Voter Registration--May 1, 2006 - October 15, 2006

iii. Community Forums (correlate with local Greens) -- May 1, 2006-August 30, 2006

2. Phase Two:

i.  Op-ed pieces (in conjunction with media committee) -- August 1, 2006-November 1, 2006

ii. Phone banking -- October 1, 2006-November 1, 2006

E. Election Day -- November 6, 2006

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     If you have serious disagreements with the accuracy of anything written in these minutes, please contact the secretary, Ed DuBrule, at edubrule at sbcglobal.net or 860-523-4016.  If your e-mail or letter is titled "I remember things happened differently" or "I remember that this also occurred", I will treat your e-mail or letter (or a summary of it) as an addendum to these minutes.  Such e-mails or letters must be received within 4 weeks of the date of publication of the minutes to the News listserve to be considered addenda.

     Addenda are published to the News listserve and are considered part of the minutes.  They are brought to the following month's SCC meeting (for distribution at the time the minutes are approved/disapproved);  they are posted to the CT Green Party website as part of the minutes.
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