{news} "Green Policy 2005" Madison , WI

[Tim McKee]

Green Policy 2005

A Gathering to Share Issues and Actions and Possibly Discuss 
Coordinating 
our Work

Hosted by Green Officeholders and
Supported by the Green Institute, the Havens Center and Liberty Tree

Green officeholders in Dane County and Madison, Wisconsin, are putting 
out 
an invitation to all Green officeholders to meet in beautiful Madison, 
Wisconsin, on the weekend of June 25th and 26th, 2005 to discuss our 
activities as officeholders, share our successes and failures, and talk 
about possibly coordinating our activities for greater impact.

I hope that you can come to Madison for our gathering. We Green 
officeholders need to work together and share our experiences. I think 
this 
meeting can really improve our effectiveness and impact. – Brenda 
Konkel, 
City Council, Madison, Wisc.

Where:          Madison, Wisc,

When:            June 25-26

Cost:              No registration cost to attendees

Who:              This event is open to officeholders. Officeholders 
may 
request that their staff be included. Certain speakers and 
representatives 
may also be invited.

Purpose:      To encourage communication, sharing and possibly 
coordination 
between officeholders. Any follow-on work, organization, or effort 
after 
this conference is at the choice and decision of those attending.

Keynote speaker to be determined

Housing:      Local organizers will help attendees find free housing 
among 
local people if they cannot afford a hotel.

Scholarships:         Conference sponsors are offering scholarships to 
a 
limited number of officeholders to assist them with the expense for 
their 
travel and in some cases, for hotel rooms. They will not pay 100% of 
these 
costs. The purpose of the scholarships is to support diversity in 
attendance as it relates to racial, gender, sexual orientation, age, 
office 
type and geography, to the greatest degree possible. Forms will be 
posted 
on a website now under construction to apply for these funds. In the 
mean 
time, forms can be requested at the email address below.

Please contact Dean Myerson at 
<mailto:dean at greeninstitute.net>dean at greeninstitute.net for further 
information. A website will be announced shortly.

This event is being co-hosted by the Green Institute, the Havens Center 
and 
Liberty Tree. These non-profit, non-partisan organizations are legally 
prohibited from expending funds to support or oppose particular 
candidates 
for electoral office, and are therefore participating in this event 
solely 
to carry out its nonprofit purpose, which is to educate on issues of 
importance to our values.


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