| Minutes
02.29.2004
CCC
Members in attendance: Mike Livingston (MD), Juscha Robinson
(WI), Tom Sevigny (CT), Gray Newman (NC) , Masada Disenhouse (NY),
Jeff Cropp (OR), Roy Williams (TX) and Brent McMillan (Political
Director). Facilitator: Mike, Note taker: Tom
1.
Minutes from last conference call approved by consensus
2.
Staff Report given by Brent:
A.
Discussion of Florida State Associates. Contacted Alan Kobrin,
delegate for Florida. Alan suggested a couple of people who would
make good state associates:
1) Kevin Aplin in Gainesville, he is a former campaign manager
2) Tony Stefan of Sarasota he is a former candidate.
B.
Resources subcommittee has received one questionnaire from a
former recipient of matching funds.
C.
Web page has been updated with the latest application for matching
funds
D.
Presidential debate tapes are now available
E.
Issued press release contradicting Terry McCauliffe's recent
statement regarding Greens joining the Democratic Party and had a
press conference with AK Senatorial candidate Jim Sykes in D.C.
3.
General discussion about the exact role of the political director
in the office. Specifically, should Brent be routing calls,
become a spokesperson and perform other duties outside of his
political director role. Decided to make recommendation to
SC regarding Brent's role that would clarify that Brent is to
focus on his duties as political director and not have other
duties thrust upon him.
4.
General discussion on fusion candidates. Decision to
"sit on it" at this time and ask states to express their
viewpoints on the issue. Fusion states according to Richard
Winger:
Besides
New York, fusion is totally legal in all circumstances in
Mississippi, South Carolina, Idaho and South Dakota.
And
it's legal in Connecticut, except unqualified parties can't
participate. But qualified minor parties can fuse with major
parties; or two qualified minor parties can fuse with each other.
Vermont
permits fusion for every group except that two qualified major
parties can't do it. But qualified minor parties can do it
with major parties.
Massachusetts,
California and New Hampshire permit it, except it can only be done
by write-in voting in the primaries.
Pennsylvania
permits it for certain offices.
And
on top of all that, about half the states permit it for president,
even though they generally don't realize it. That's because many
state anti-fusion laws are worded to put shackles on candidates
filing for the primary of more than a single party. But
presidential elector candidates are never chosen by primary.
In all states, they are chosen by party meetings.
5.
Campaign School update - working on Prairie School and looking at
potential May dates for a greater Los Angeles School.
6.
BAWG - Consensus to spend $1,000 on ballot access training.
States mentioned where VA, AL, KS, ID, NH, and OH.
7.
PCSC Update - Work continues on developing floor rules for
convention.
8.
General discussion on using the members of Office Holders Network
as consultants for campaign schools and other areas of expertise.
Currently, there is a proposal before the CC entitled
"Creation of a Green Office Holders Network." The
proposal can be found at: http://green.gpus.org/vote/displayproposal.php?proposalId=78
9.
Masada commented that the CCC was not doing enough to implement
the strategic plan, that we need to stay on top of the plan's
details. Consensus that future agendas will be structured to
reflect the outline of the strategic plan.
10.
General discussion on volunteers from GPUS web site. Who
should they be forwarded to in the various states and who should
perform this task. Brent, Juscha, and Tom will discuss and
develop a procedure.
11.
Juscha reminded everyone that money is available for those who
need financial assistance accessing the CCC, i.e. phone
bills. Contact Juscha is you are in need of assistance.
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