|
2005.04.10
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PAST MEETINGS.
No outstanding minutes requiring approval
2. BUDGET UPDATES? Decision on expenditure for Nick Mellis
Þ Fundraising exceeding goals for the year
Þ Biggest direct mail
Þ About to do biggest prospect mailing
Þ Release to second or third budget tier??
Þ Need budget and fundraising policies and procedures
Þ Need a donor "bill of rights"
Þ Nick is reliable to do this-wants to develop a Green channel in
the US-travel and materials expense money for Northeast campaign
school
3. RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE
A. ACTION ITEM - Develop new application for resources; Update
website (Jenn, David, Brent, Tom)
Þ At least $1000 available for campaign funding (2 campaigns) by
May 10
Þ May be more to come
B. ACTION ITEM - Update of campaign manual (Amy)
Þ No news from Amy
4. CAMPAIGN SCHOOLS
A. ACTION ITEM - Develop template for campaign school (Jane, Jenn,
Rob and Cindy)
Þ Jenn sorting through materials, will send to list
B. ACTION ITEM - Identify locations for campaign schools in 2005
(Entire committee)
Þ Cascadia School
· 30 ppl showed up, were hoping for 100 - went well
· ask, overview, campaign management, Brent did working with the
media workshop
· candidates identified - Brent is doing follow-up
Þ Ohio School
Þ Great Lakes School
· Will be discussed on upcoming GL call
· Best as a fall school
Þ Northeast
Þ Southern
· Executive committee open to hosting
· Have good set of questions
Þ Annual Meeting
· Mini-school in Tulsa
· Need for coordination
· Brent wants to invite Richard Winger to speak
· Workshops around strategic planning - SPWG - long term
strategic planning focus for convention
· 5 rooms - 1 press, 1 workspace, +3 (concurrent for campaign
school), probably 2 tracks, emphasize ballot access
Þ Chesapeake School - Howard and UGC - Elaine Brown speaking,
trying to recruit her as a Green - space $200 - outreach to 2
separate student community - Ed Grief (ex-progressive Republican
operative) doing a workshop
5. STATE ASSOCIATES PROGRAM
A. ACTION ITEM - Schedule regional conference call with state
associates (Completion date 1/31/05; entire committee)
Tom - Northeast
Rob - Chesapeake
Jen and Cindy - Prairie
Brent - Pacific Northwest
Amy - Great Lakes
Jane and David - Southwest
Jason - Southern
6. MAINTAIN WEB PAGE/LISTSERVERS
A. ACTION ITEM - Add new templates (Completion date 1/31/05; Jane)
B. ACTION ITEM - Solve problem concerning ownership of election
database (Completion date 1/31/05; Tom and Brent)
Þ Creating a new one (codeweavers); no timeframe
C. Action Item - plan for literature templates on the website
7. SUBCOMMITTEES/LIASIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS
A. BAWG - Brent
B. CAMPUS GREENS - Jenn
Starting formal talks to make Campus Greens national a caucus of
GP-US
Getting a listserve
Working toward developing a "spring break" campaign
training
Campus Greens Campaign Manual
C. OFFICEHOLDERS NETWORK - Gray, Brent, Amy
Madison - Green Institute and ??? Institute - this summer - major
event for office holders - officeholders are soooo busy
D. Liaisons with caucuses. How to get more minorities and women to
run as candidates. Set up meetings for Tulsa… target specific
projects…
|