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Minutes
02.13.2005
CCC Meeting Minutes
Those in Attendance: Amy Heart (WI), Susan Fawcett (MI), Robb
Tufts (MD), Jen Walling (IL), Brent McMillan (DC), Phil
Huckelberry (IL), Cindy Asrir (NE)
Notetaker: Jen
Approval of Minutes - Jan. 30 - Approved.
1. Discussion of projects/how to spend $$ also discussion about
BAWG with Phil Huckleberry
Report by Phil Huckelberry on the BAWG -
BAWG has been a committee of the CCC. BAWG should be a standing
committee of its own at the level of other committees.
Need of BAWG to be going at all times and have policy and
procedures.
Amy - Do you feel that it would be more effective and efficient to
be separate from the CCC?
Phil - It already has been separate from the CCC. No direction
from the CCC to the BAWG. The PCSC really wants to do ballot
access. PCSC can't do much until after working group is done. PCSC
will have a lot to do during a presidential year.
Brent - Cobb has been calling for an in person meeting with the
steering committee. They will have a lot of recommendations. This
will probably have a lot of impact on how the PCSC and BAWG
operates. PCSC is kind of in limbo right now.
Jen - Can the BAWG and PCSC have a CCC members as a voting member?
Phil - PCSC already has that in their Policies and Procedures.
Hope that there will be a formal relationship.
Robb - What is going to be the BAWG's mission if it is it's own
committee?
Phil - Three components to ballot access - Petitioning,
Legislative/lobbying, and legal matters. Assisting states that
don't have a guaranteed ballot line in getting a guaranteed ballot
line.
Brent - Strategy and priorities. Draft ballot access report.
People are reviewing it for accuracy. National level should take a
more active role in pursuing ballot access. Another piece of that
is the legal committee. Also, we have a seat on COFOE. They engage
in lawsuits that have to do with ballot access and minority
parties. Strategy, priorities, budget
Phil - Proactively identify where we can make a difference
Robb - Concern about going into states where there isn't the
grassroots support to maintain ballot access
Phil - Need for outside support - people to help with election
code.
Brent - Tennessee - where people there didn't understand the law.
Want to prevent that
Cindy - many of the successful parties are organized by the
national level in terms of ballot access. This is something we
need to be willing to do.
Amy - if BAWG becomes its own committee, what if it gets bogged
down with committee organizational issues rather than action
Brent - Next staff member will be a field director.
Approve having the BAWG as a separate committee, but should have a
member from the CCC as a voting member.
Discussion of project/how to spend $$$ -
Brent - Finance committee has released a tier 1 budget.
Possibility that will get to the tier 2 before long. Need to flush
out an itemized budget at each of those three tiers. We should
also go beyond the third tier.
Jen - 9PM Eastern next Sunday, Budget subcommittee call
2. RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE
A. ACTION ITEM - Develop new application for resources (Completion
date 12/31/04; Jenn, David, Brent, Tom)
Jen - not quite done with the proposal. Can we approve it by
e-mail by next Sunday?
Consensus - Jen will send out proposal by Tuesday night and ask
for approval by Sunday.
B. ACTION ITEM - Compile feedback received from questionnaire sent
out to candidates (Completion date 12/31/04; Susan)
Susan - how should we make it available? Susan was thinking it
would go out before the election season or right after the
convention season.
Jen - Send out to our state associates? Would like to see it on
the website.
Brent - should I send it out to the State Associates list?
Susan - revise it every election cycle. Send it out to the SA
list.
Amy - send it out more than once.
Brent will send it again after the convention.
C. ACTION ITEM - Letter to Matt Gonzalez re: money for candidates
(Completion date 12/15/04; Tom and Jenn)
No update
D. ACTION ITEM - Update of campaign manual (Completion date
12/31/04; Amy)
Amy - will send out the campaign manual updated this week. Robb
made some good suggestions and some changes.
3. CAMPAIGN SCHOOLS
A. ACTION ITEM - Develop template for campaign school (Completion
date 1/31/05; Jane, Jenn, Rob and Cindy)
Jen - We'll be doing this by e-mail over the week.
B. ACTION ITEM - Identify locations for campaign schools in 2005
(Completion date 1/31/05; Entire committee)
Amy - this will be something to include in the budget proposal
Brent - Seattle/Cascadia campaign School April 1-3
Chesapeake - Late April, early May
Ohio Green Party - Toledo
Great Lakes - Chicago
Jen will talk to Ohio.
Susan - Michigan wants to do a late summer campaign school.
Brent - doesn't see the ability yet to do a Southern campaign
school. Maybe the thing to do is to bring the candidates from
Georgia to DC. Funding for travel costs.
Budget priority
Is there still the officeholders get together?
- It's been cancelled.
4. STATE ASSOCIATES PROGRAM
A. ACTION ITEM - Develop "job description" for State
Associates (Completion date 12/15/04; Brent)
DONE. Update sent to the State Associates list
B. ACTION ITEM - Schedule regional conference call with state
associates (Completion date 1/31/05; entire committee)
Brent - Pacific Northwest - held on Feb. 10 - had three state
associates - Washington, Idaho, Montana. Sent draft minutes to the
people on the call. Then will send to those not on the call.
Amy - Notice for a Great Lakes call in the next month.
Tom - Northeast
Rob - Chesapeake
Jen and Cindy - Prairie
Amy - Great Lakes
Jane and David - Southwest
Jason - Southern
5. MAINTAIN WEB PAGE/LISTSERVERS
A. ACTION ITEM - Add new templates (Completion date 1/31/05; Jane)
No Update
B. ACTION ITEM - Solve problem concerning ownership of election
database (Completion date 1/31/05; Tom and Brent)
No update
6. SUBCOMMITTEES/LIASIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS
A. ACTION ITEM - Reconvene BAWG (Completion date 1/31/05)
No update
B. CAMPUS GREENS - Jen
Anybody want to be on the Campus Edition of the Organizing
C. OFFICEHOLDERS NETWORK - Gray, Brent, Amy
No update
7. OTHER
A. Selection of Tom to the Strategy Committee
Brent read off list of Strategy Committee members.
Adjourn
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