{news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Urgent!: Pledge **NOW** to help the Arizona Greens get ballot status!

[Charlie Pillsbury]

if you can, please send $25, $50 or even $100 to the *Arizona Green Party f*or
their petition drive.

we may need their help down the road.  thanks, charlie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greg Jan <gregjan4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Urgent!: Pledge **NOW** to help the Arizona Greens get
ballot status!
To: Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

Dear Greens,
At an anticipated cost of $1.00 per signature, an additional $9,000 will
need to be raised within the next 6 to 8 days, in order for Arizona to have
a realistic chance of achieving ballot access.  While this might sound like
a near-impossible task, I actually think it's quite achieveable if the total
amount is spread out across the country, in amounts that are much easier to
think about raising.

I truly believe that if we -- together -- are actually able to raise $9,000
for Arizona within just 4 to 6 days, that we'll all feel a lot better about
our national party, and personally, about being Greens!

PS -- Checks for the ballot access drive should be sent to:
                     Green Ballot Access
                     PO Box 77312
                     Tucson AZ 85703

Claudia Ellquist (the ballot access drive's contact) can be reached at:
520.622.3339,  ellquist.co.atty at juno.com

Phil Huckelberry <phil.huckelberry at gmail.com> wrote:
   Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:26:38 -0600
From: "Phil Huckelberry" <phil.huckelberry at gmail.com>
To: "natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org" <Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Subject: [usgp-nc] Ballot Access Committee Report

Ballot Access Committee
Monthly Report
February 10, 2008

BAC approved the disbursement of $4,000 to the Arizona Green Party to
assist with their ballot drive. Arizona is considered our top
priority because it is a difficult state and has the second-earliest
deadline. They need about 30,000 signatures by March 6, and currently
have about 11,000. Greens from other states are going to Arizona to
assist. The feeling is that if we lose Arizona, it will set a bad
precedent for other difficult ballot states.

The committee is developing short analysis papers for other state
ballot lines. We currently have such papers submitted for Arizona,
Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, and Utah.

Fundraising is a significant concern of the committee. The GPUS
website has a page set up for ballot access earmarked contributions
but there's not a substantive outreach program for this. It has been
suggested that the Field Director could play a role in fundraising.

While it has been relatively straightforward for the committee
to focus on Arizona, very soon there will be numerous major drives
going on, and this will be the first time the committee has really
been engaging this process. Trying to figure out what precisely the
committee can do to assist when the onslaught of petition drives
really takes off will be a thorny matter, but interest and
determination are both high.

Respectfully Submitted,
Phil Huckelberry
Co-Chair, GPUS
Co-Chair, BAC
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