{news} REMINDER- STATE MEETING TONIGHT-all chapters please send leaders!!

Tue Aug 30 08:07:33 EDT 2005

IF YOUR CHAPTER HAS NOT ATTENDED LATELY-PLEASE ASK IF SOMEONE CAN ATTEND- ANYONE MAY ATTEND ON THEIR LOCAL CHAPTER'S BEHALF

8-30-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

Time: 7 to 8:30pm, 8-30-05

Location: Middletown Public Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT

                    Hubbard Room

          Phone: 860-347-2528

Facilitator: To Be Determined

   Preliminaries: 

   (2 minutes): Introductions/identify chapters, recruit timekeeper and stacker. 
   (1 minute): Identify people present who are NOT voting representatives. 
   (1 minute): Adopt ground rules. 
   (2 minutes): Approval of tonight’s proposed agenda, additions and deletions. 
   (6 minutes): Comments and approval of 5-31-05, 6-26-05 and  7-26-05 SCC minutes. 
   (2 minutes): Comments and approval of April 26, 2005 SCC minutes. 
   (2 minutes): Comments and approval of March 2005 SCC minutes. 
   (15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer’s monthly report. 

   Reports: 

1. (2 minutes each): Chapter reports.

2. (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party representatives’ reports by Tim McKee and Thomas Sevigny.

3. (5 minutes): Women’s Caucus report.

4. (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa.

5. (2 minutes): legislative report from Mike DeRosa.

6. (5 minutes): 6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meetings from Barbara Barry.

7. (2 minutes): Strategy Committee.

   Presentation: 

1. (20 minutes): Green Party of CT Restructuring Plan and Goals for 2005/2006: working draft

by Kelly McCarthy and Aaron Gustafson.

   Proposal: 

1: EC proposal: What: Have voting members sign-in on a sheet at each SCC meeting. Goal: To assist the 

Secretary with a count of voters, if votes are taken during the SCC meeting.   

2: Shoreline Chapter proposal:

PROPOSAL

PRESENTER

Shoreline Chapter

CONTACT

SHORELINE CHAPTER

Lindsay Mathews, CO-CHAIR, 256 Shore Drive, Branford, CT 06405

(203) 488-3044

SUBJECT

Request for funding for mailing to Shoreline constituents.

BACKGROUND and PURPOSE

As a result of the information provided to us by the speaker from CCAG at

our June, SCC meeting, we would like to do a mailing and fundraising letter

to our constituents to update them on the struggle for publicly financed

elections in CT and to also use this mailing as a fundraiser.

PROPOSAL

We propose that the CT GP support this effort by funding this mailing.

The mailing to 250 people would include: 

Copies:  $44.73 (includes tax)

    a double sided flyer of facts/info given to us by CCAG

    a cover letter from our Chair

Envelopes:  $23.90

    250, #10 envelopes      $7.36

    250, #6/3/4" envelopes    7.58

    Tax @ 6%                    8.96

Labels: $17.57

    250, 2" x 4"           $10.98

    Tax @                          6.59

Postage: $150.60

    250 at 60 cents each    $150.60

Total Cost of Mailing:  $236.77

Directions:    www.mapquest.com

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      THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party member.
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National Committee member from Connecticut: Tim McKee (860) 324-1684

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