The following is the way I would write the statement.

Harley

We need to create a sustainable economy that uses much less energy and other resources. The Green Party did not support the Bush bailout and does not support the Obama stimulus. We do support an entirely different approach to the economic crisis.

1. A real safety net to protect the people - unemployment benefits for all unemployed; a 25% increase in food assistance program benefits; a national health care program covering everyone; a moratorium on foreclosures and utility shutoffs; a path towards citizenship for immigrants.

2. A Green public works program -- jobs for everyone rebuilding our infrastructure, improving education, creating public spaces, gardens and organic farms as part of a green program to revitalizate our state. The emphasis should be on conservation of energy, using it efficiently, and developing renewable sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels in order to provide drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to stop global warming.

3. A peaceful and democratic foreign policy – Immediate elmination of all US foreign military bases and a stop to the money and weapons that subsidize Israel's oppressive occupation of Palestine.

4. We need to completely redesign our economy and our government which are failing both the people and the planet. We need grassroots democratic control of all the resources of society so that we focus on the needs and potentials of people.

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This is a comprehensive, clearly stated, and helpful, article, Art. I intend to use it for encouraging GPMI involvement next year.

Linda Cree, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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I've posted a status report (on how candidates are doing on qualifying for our "qualifying for endorsement" list) in a Q4E folder at the SCC's YahooGroups "Files" page. It's there in Excel, Quattro Pro, and HTML formats. I'll try to post the HTML file here, too.

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This is only up to d1 so far, but I may as well post it to make it easier for more people to get it, look at it, and comment.

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I just ran as a green party candidate in a local non-partisan race. I kept my GP affiliation under the radar as I felt that I stood a better chance of getting elected without going public about it.

Other GP (former) candidates and members clearly let me know that they would not support my stance, or my campaign.

At any rate, I hope other former, and future candidates, will post their outlooks on running, winning or losing. I hope we get better at winning, and at supporting our candidates.

Yours,
Hal Newnan

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I think the rulebook is meant to record rules established for the SCC and other committees, not specifically officer roles (which are listed in the bylaws).

The bylaw reads:

Article V, Section 2:
"H) The SCC shall ensure that, whenever the GPMI passes a motion that creates standing policy or procedure, such decisions are compiled and maintained in a document to be known as the GPMI “Rulebook”, along with any other standing or ad hoc committee policies and procedures submitted. The SCC shall also ensure that:
i) A hardcopy of the most current Rulebook is available for use at every statewide party meeting.
ii) The Rulebook is readily available to all GPMI members and locals
and is maintained in its entirety in at least one generally accessible electronic format (such as flat text, Rich Text Format, or HTML) in addition to any other electronic or non-electronic formats."

A page with officer duties, and how they have been done in the past could be very helpful for new officers or new GPMI members.

But I think the rulebook is meant to record broader policies and procedures. For example we currently try to maintain a gender balance for our National reps and delegations as a policy, but I don't think it is listed as a rule anywhere.

I had suggested the SCC database because SCC members should already have access, but I am willing to work here or elsewhere to see that we at least attempt to compile the rulebook.

Peace, Ken Mathenia

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