{news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Invitation to Party Building Teleconferences

[Charlie Pillsbury]

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Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Invitation to Party Building Teleconferences

Invite: GPUS Activists  Teleconferences

A group of GP activists who served as state  volunteer contact during the
McKinney/Clemente 2008 presidential campaign have  continued email and
teleconference communications since November.  In  evolving discussions
about how
we might contribute to building the GPUS, we have  reached agreement to
sponsor monthly teleconferences that would be open to Green Party  members
from
around the U.S.

Our plan is to  invite GPUS officers and committee and caucus
representatives to describe  what they were doing and planning and
howinterested persons can support those  activities as well as how they
canempower
US to build the Party.

These calls would  last one to two hours, include a summary of efforts and
stated needs followed by  q & a, and would include the intention that the
audience would then report  information back to their respective state
delegations and Party organizations. With follow up  of needed help from
Greens at
large (some of our most resourceful  members!)
This will be focusing outward, i.e., workshops to help  people with
practical Party-building, and things they can use in their local and  state
parties.

We have three  teleconferences scheduled thus far:

1. Wednesday, June 3rd  beginning 9:00 pm EDT with Brent McMillan,
Political Director of GPUS, as our first presenter. An exciting place to
begin
with an Overall View of the GPUS to date.

2. Tuesday, June 30th beginning  9 pm EDT with Outreach doing skill
building on online activism, have your  computer handy as we may do an
action while
on the call, for those able  to.

3. Tuesday, July 7th also beginning at 9 pm EDT  we'll have Brian Bittner
from Ballot Access Committe discussing BA issues in  regards to the GPUS.

*If you wish to participate in this program please  reply by private e-mail
to: Holly Hart _hhart11 at gmail.com_*
(http://us.mc1115.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hhart11@gmail.com)
*NOTE:You will be  charged long distance charges by your telephone carrier
(as applicable).*

These will be facilitated  teleconferences using "stack" process for the
questions and discussion section  allowing the presenter to respond to
questions and comments in order.  We  are looking into how to record these
sessions
and/or archive them on-line for  access by GP members who cannot attend any
particular call.

These calls are intended as party building and informational activities
created by a group of Green Party  activists acting collaboratively by
consensus.  No "official  business" or "decisions" will occur by these
teleconferences. These calls are  intended to foster communication and
participation in
a manner which stays  focused on the announced agenda for each call without
distractions from other  agendas.

A reminder with the  call info and number will be sent out to those who
have contacted Holly to be on  the call both the week before the call and on
the day  of.

*If you have questions about any of the contents  of this message, reply by
private email to: Holly Hart _hhart11 at gmail.com_*
(http://us.mc1115.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hhart11@gmail.com) ,



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Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP
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