As
approved by the CCC on 8-15-04
Present: Susan Fawcett (MI), Amy Heart (WI), Jane Hunter (NJ),
Brent McMillan (DC), Jason Neville (LA), Juscha Robinson (WI),
Tom Sevigny (CT), David Silva (LC), Jen Walling (IL)
Not Present: Ross and Damien
Facilitator: Tom
Notetaker: Brent
1. Introductions
Tom did a recap of the meeting in Milwaukee on Sunday for the
benefit of Jason Neville who was not able to make the meeting.
2. CCC Structure and Operations
a. Strategic Planning
Juscha: We began in September to put together the strategic
plan. It took 2 ½ months from start to end. It needs to be
tweaked once a year.
Jane asked that this be an agenda item for the next call.
Perhaps 30 minutes allocated. Jason expressed his interest in
this.
b. CCC Coordination
Generally there is a conference call every two weeks. Tom will
do an on-line poll for which night works best for everyone. The
SC has received an application from Cindy Asrir of Nebraska for
the open seat on the CCC. The open seat has to be a woman since
gender balance is mandated by the bylaws. We need people to
volunteer for facilitation and notetaker typically 10 weeks in
advance.
c. Budget & Expenses
Juscha will send out the budget and expenses for 2004 to the
whole committee. The current budget is tight. The Co-chairs
should definitely be involved. Jane has offered to help.
d. State Associates
Brent sent out the CCC State List 2004 to the whole committee.
He also discussed the possibility of a Mentor program that could
be developed. How can we help and support Brent. David would
like to help with ballot access. Jen has also offered to help.
She is a law student. Brent encouraged the CCC to check out the
description of the State Associates meeting at Milwaukee in the
June PD Report. Jason indicated that it is important for the CCC
to encourage SA's to be active organizers. Brent talked about
developing the SA's role in the elections database. We have
begun regional SA conference calls and talked about the CCC's
participation.
e. Staff Supervision
David, Amy and Jane all expressed interest in this. We talked
about reformatting the weekly work reports to include a to do
list. Juscha offered to go over the 3 month review with the new
personnel subcommittee.
f. CCC Webpage
We need a content coordinator. It currently needs updating.
3. Campaign Assistance
a. Resources Subcommittee
The Resources Subcommittee review applications, make
recommendations to the whole committee and assign committee
liaisons to applicants. The previous CCC had three members with
two alternates when there were conflicts of interest. Tom, David
and Jen volunteered. Jason and Amy are willing to be alternates.
b. Volunteers and interns
Tom currently receives and distributes Green Wave contacts.
Brent does periodic follow-up to see if volunteers are actually
being contacted by the states. David, Susan and Jane all
expressed interest in this. Brent is working on recruiting
Interns to work in the national office.
c. Campaign Schools
The CCC works to identify regions and states that are interested
in hosting campaign schools. At the State Associates meeting in
Milwaukee it was suggested that the CCC develop a campaign
school kit. Jason indicated that the southern states talked a
lot at the convention. Perhaps the southeast region could host.
Juscha suggested the possibility of smaller mini-regions such as
Georgia/Florida. Jen Walling is planning on attending the Future
Focus Institute that is hosted by the Campus Greens. It was
suggested that she contact Brian Sandberg. Brent encouraged
everyone to check out the recent Washington Post analysis of the
south. Party Fault Line http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Rural areas are often forgotten and need encouragement. We need
to get materials up on the web from past campaign schools. Amy
Heart volunteered to help. Juscha encouraged that an individual
needs to take on responsibility for a region. David is willing
to help.
d. Coordinated Congressional Campaign
There have been two conference calls so far. A summary of issues
needs to be posted. Encourage new CCC members to check out the
2002 Green Commitment to America available at: http://www.gp.org/candidate_pledge.html.
There are two congressional list servs that have been set up.
One is for announcements and the other is for discussion. We are
working towards a joint statement. We will also be working on
how to utilize this statement. We are in the process of
subscribing members. David and Susan expressed interest.
e. Hotline
This involves responding to calls and emails in regards to
specific campaigns. Brent will be interviewing each of the new
CCC members for inclusion in the Green Consultants Directory.
f. Campaign Manual/Video
Currently the 3rd edition is available online. This also
includes making sure that campaign schools get videotaped and
that this footage becomes available for future use. David has
film experience. Jason expressed interest in developing the next
generation of campaign manual.
4. Subcommittees and representatives
a. BAWG
Juscha and Brent will continue on the BAWG. Jason is interested
as well.
b. PCSC
Tom is interested. Jane is currently active on the PCSC and will
continue. We need strong ties between the BAWG and the PCSC.
Brent has been active on specific projects and will continue to
be available to do so.
c. Green Officeholders Liaison
We have worked up and approved a proposal to assist the electeds
that are up for re-election. More and more we see where are
elected officials are being targeted when they go up for
re-election. Susan and David are interested. Ross?
d. DAWG
Jane would like to be the Liaison.
5. Other
a. Candidate Recruitment
David said that he heard good things at the convention about the
work here. The CCC just released a companion to the Campaign
Manual, the Candidate Recruiting Manual which is now available
on-line at: http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/manual.html
We
need to reach out to the identity caucuses. How do we track
diversity in the party? There was discussion at the convention
about developing a support group for women candidates. How might
the CCC work with this new group? Jen talked about how the youth
caucus is also talking about candidates running. Amy talked
about how we could work with the State Associates on candidate
recruiting and about how this might be tied to the development
of a mentor's program.
b. Elections database
Brent is working with Mike Feinstein and Kendra Markle. Jane
Hunter volunteered.
c. Reporting to the CC
Co-Chairs, Jason and Brent. This includes posting minutes, the
annual report and possibly a monthly report to the CC. Anyone
involved with this needs to be on the national list since this
also includes responding to issues on the national list.
d. Media Comm Liaison
Tom, Jane and Jason all expressed interest. Jane is currently on
the Media Committee. Brent emphasized the need for responding in
a timely fashion so that you don't lose the opportunity. Jane
talked about the process for developing draft media releases.
Tom will put out a call to the entire committee for who is
interested in being a Co-chair. Tom and Amy will continue as
temporary Co-chairs for now. Juscha indicated that two is
plenty. She also suggested that we put off the selection for a
couple of calls to see who shows up to actually work.
Brent asked for permission to pursue a lead on Ballot Access in
Kentucky. Support was given.
Juscha talked about the yahoo groups list.
The meeting was adjourned.
Not Present: Damien and Ross
Facilitator: Tom
Notetaker: Brent
2.I.b.* Campaign Schools
(Juscha was on the call for a short time so we began with the
Pennsylvania Campaign School.)
They are fairly flexible for the state. It would be possible to
bring in one or a few presenters. There is a possibility of
funds from GPoPA. The contact there is Robert. Juscha is willing
to help out. This is doable. Mike Livingston said he would help.
Amy is willing to help. Jane is willing to do a Media
presentation. Brent will scan past Campaign School
outlines/material into jpg format and post. Amy is willing to
get with Robert and find out what they are looking for. Jane is
willing to do OCR and editing of the Campaign School material.
3.a. BAWG
Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia will need help. Amy will call Tyler
about Missouri. Currently the big push is in Pennsylvania. We
need to schedule a BAWG call.
3.b. PCSC
PCSC call is Tuesday night.
1.d. State Associates
Contact Brent off list about interest in assisting state
associates. Jason would like to help with the Southern calls.
Jason will send Brent the list of the 13 states involved in the
Southern State Network. Brent will begin work on setting up a
Great Lakes Region call.
1.f. CCC Webpage
The contact info has been updated.
Brent will work to post the Campaign School materials without
links for now for review. Jane asked if Brent could set up a
place off list to go to get the latest ballot access info and
the State List info.
2.I.a Resources Subcommittee
The CCC has decided to extend the deadline for the 2nd cycle to
August 1st. Brent will post a notice widely on Monday. We need
to set up a conference call for the week of Aug. 1 to assign CCC
members to campaigns. Tom will organize the call.
2.I.c. Campaign Schools (revisited)
Jen asked if the CCC could become more involved next year in the
planning of the Future Focus Institute. Jen is willing to be the
liaison to the Campus Greens. They're have been problems with
the contacts in Davis. There have been questions of who was
responsible for notifying potential campaign school attendees.
2.I.d Coordinated Congressional Campaign
The third Conference Call was held on Wednesday, July 14. The
next call is scheduled for July 28th. The GCCC is working to
develop the joint statement in time for the next issue of Green
Pages. The congressional list servs are up and running.
3.b. PCSC (revisited)
Jane will follow-up with Dean on the Joint Fundraising issue.
Dean has done a lot of research on this. The PCSC is working on
crafting the message for this years campaign. They will
coordinate with the statement being developed for the
Coordinated Congressional Campaign.
Green Office Liaison
Amy is willing to do this. She will check in with Kevin McKeown.
4.e. Assist Media Committee
They have requested that we develop a list of candidates to look
out for. Send your suggestions to Brent. Jane is gathering
information from the Congressional Candidates on their focus
areas for use in future national press releases. Brent to send
request for information toe the Congressional Candidates in this
regard.
Fundraising Committee Requests
Tom will call Kara.
The meeting was adjourned.
* The numbers at the beginning of agenda items are consistent
with Strategic Plan designations.