{news} more info on Chicago Convention 2008

[Charlie Pillsbury]

On the first ballot, these were the first choice venues.  Chicago was
selected through IRV.

34 B5 - Berkeley
24 C1 - Chicago-July 10-13
23 M3 - Minneapolis
18 D9 - Detroit
8   C2 - Chicago-July 17-20

*Blackstone Hotel/Chicago Theatre*
If high-profile guest speakers, media coverage and an unmistakable *presence
* in downtown Chicago is what the Green Party wants from its 2008
convention, there is no better venue combination than the restored
Blackstone Hotel and the historic Chicago Theatre.

*DATES*

July 10-13, 2008
*BLACKSTONE HOTEL*

Most plenary meetings and breakouts will be held at the Blackstone Hotel.

The Blackstone Hotel is being completely renovated and will open in Fall.

Located right on Grant Park, with beautiful views of Lake Michigan and
Buckingham Fountain.

When it reopens, it will be a union shop.

It will be the "greenest" hotel in the city, complete with a "green" roof.

The hotel stands at the site where anti-war protestors clashed with police
during the 1968 Democratic Convention.

The Blackstone has a rich political history, and they are very excited about
hosting the Green Party convention!

*CHICAGO THEATRE*

Chicago Threatre, which holds 3,200 people, is where the nominating
convention and super rally will be held.

The Green Party name would appear on the most recognizable marquee in the
city.

It's located in the heart of a bustling downtown.

Chicago Theatre is a union shop.

*ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY*

In 2006, gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney received 10% of the vote
statewide.

The success of the Whitney campaign was helped by a coordinated statewide
volunteer petition drive (collecting 37K signatures), a successful legal
defense to challenges by the Democrats, and an agressive media campaign that
got Whitney into the news, into polls and eventually into debates.

Thanks to the Whitney candidacy, the Illinois Green Party now has a
statewide established ballot line through 2010.

Our primary is Feb. 5, and several
candidates<http://www.greenconvention2008.com/candidates.shtml>have
already begun petitioning. A convention in Chicago will bring
attention
to more than a dozen candidates in 2008.


On 8/31/07, Charlie Pillsbury <chapillsbury at igc.org> wrote:
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>   Cliff's correct.  Two days ago the GPUS picked Chicago's bid for the 2ndweekend in July 2008.  I think the selection is tentative pending closing
> the deal with the hotel.  I will send more info later.  C.
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> *On Behalf Of *Clifford Thornton
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> I think Chicago has been picked already.
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> *Subject:* {news} Green Party chooses Chicago for Convention in 2008
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> *Green Party to decide on 2008 National Convention site*
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> *Green Party of the United States*
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> Thursday, August 2, 2007
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> Contacts:
> Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org
> Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org
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> *Green Party to decide on the site for the 2008 Green National Convention*
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>    - *The contenders: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Oakland*
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>  WASHINGTON , DC -- The Green Party of the United States is preparing to
> decide on the site for the party's 2008 national nominating convention, at
> which Green delegates from nearly every state will choose a presidential
> nominee.
>
> The four cities under consideration are Chicago, Illinois; Detroit,
> Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Oakland, California.
>
> "The Green Party's National Committee is discussing proposals from the
> four cities and is expected to vote on the site in late August," said Ruth
> Weill, co-chair of the party's Annual National Meeting Committee. "We've
> been very impressed with the presenters from the four sites, and we're
> excited and looking forward to the National Committee's decision."
>
> Ms. Weill noted that the National Committee will use 'ranked choice
> voting' (instant run-off voting) <http://www.fairvote.org> to choose the
> site.
>
> The proposals were introduced during the Green Party's 2007 national
> meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania <http://www.gp.org/meeting2007>. Previous
> Green Party convention sites are Los Angeles, California (1996); Denver,
> Colorado (2000); and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2004).
>
> Proposals for the 2008 Green Party convention site:
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>    - Chicago , Illinois http://www.greenconvention2008.com/
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>    - Detroit , Michigan http://www.detroitgreens.org/anm08/
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>
>    - Minneapolis , Minnesota http://www.gpus2008.mngreens.org
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>
>    - Oakland/Berkeley, California
>    http://rachel.cagreens.org/oakland/html/2008_convention.html
>
>  Video clips of the 2007 Green Party meeting in Reading, featuring
> speeches by Ralph Nader, former Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney, and 2008
> Green presidential candidates, have been uploaded at <http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/
> >.
>
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> MORE INFORMATION
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> Green Party of the United States
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> o Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
> o Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
> o 2007 national Green Party meeting in Reading, Pa.: video footage, blog
> and media coverage http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/
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> 'Open Letter to Michael Moore' from the Green Party on 'Sicko,' health
> care reform
> http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_09.shtml
> http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0710-03.htm
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