Proposed General Membership Meeting Agenda for 5/22/13

The next General Membership meeting will be held from 7 – 9 pm Wednesday May 22nd at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, Room 3.  The address is 6532 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle.  The agenda will be as follows:

1. Coordinating Committee Report
2. Electoral Committee Report
3. Membership Committee
4. GPOS interaction on Seattle Public Financing of Campaigns
5. Announcements

 

 

Green Party of Seattle Co-Sponsoring CityClub Event 4/16/13 – Seattle Speaks: Shaping Seattle Neighborhoods

The Green Party of Seattle is co-sponsoring this event which is being organized by CityClub: http://www.seattlecityclub.org/20130416

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Seattle Speaks: Shaping Seattle Neighborhoods

In partnership with Seattle Channel & Town Hall Seattle

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Location: Town Hall (downstairs) | 1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

Doors Open: 6:00 p.m.

Audience Instructions: 6:30 p.m.

Program: 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.

Price: FREE!

To register, visit www.seattlecityclub.org or call (206) 682-7395. Seating is limited and advance registration is required.

What goes into making a neighborhood great and keeping it that way? With a proposed upzone in Seattle’s South Lake Union and other neighborhoods and lingering debate over past decisions, land-use issues are a popular and potentially polarizing topic these days. What lessons can be learned from past efforts and how are citizen voices being heard in the process? How should policy makers balance issues such as economic development, open space, densification, long-term growth, and neighborhood desires while keeping Seattle Seattle?

Seattle Channel host Brian Callanan will lead a live televised discussion featuring (to date) Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin, Vulcan’s Vice President of Real Estate Development Ada M. Healey, Department of Planning and Development Director Diane Sugimura, and other leaders, critics and stakeholders including YOU! Join us either at Town Hall or online, where you can take part in the polls and voice your opinion via social media and e-mail.  Presented in Partnership by CityClub, Seattle Channel and Town Hall Seattle.

 

Presented in Partnership by CityClub, Seattle Channel and Town Hall Seattle

Note: Attendees under 18 years of age, not accompanied by a parent or guardian, must bring this signed release form in order to be part of the live interactive audience. (Minors may still attend the event without a release, but cannot participate in the live studio portion of the audience.)

 

Green Party of Seattle Co-Sponsoring IOPS Gar Lipow Speaking Event on 4/21/13

The Green Party of Seattle is co-sponsoring an International Organization for a Participatory Society event on 4/21/13 where Gar Lipow will speak.

This is being held starting at 2:00 pm at Fremont Public Library and the topic is “Cooling a Fevered Planet.”  Collaboration & strategy sessions will follow.

More information can be found here: http://www.iopsociety.org/events/cooling-a-fevered-planet-connecting-the-movement

 

Green Party National Strategic Planning Survey

The Green Party of the US is looking for feedback on strategy and planning.

This is a chance for Green Party members to provide feedback at the national level about the direction the Green Party should take moving forward.

We encourage all local Greens to fill out the survey: http://surveymonkey.com/s/rankandfile

Submission deadline is 3/31/13.

 

Discussion Forum on the Green Party National Site

The website for the Green Party of the United States has an active discussion forum for Greens across the country.  Many issues related to the 10 key values are discussed here.  The various Green Party caucuses are also represented.

There are also many people posting notes building the party, about recent events and also about skills they can offer the Green Party.

You can find out more here: https://secure.gpus.org/secure/GreenPartyForum/index.php

The main site address is gp.org

 

Upcoming Progressive Campaign School Events in the Northwest

There are two upcoming campaign school events in our region which will be valuable for those looking to acquire skills for progressive campaigning or campaign support:

1. Green Campaign School for the Pacific Northwest on 3/16/13 in Portland, Oregon – http://www.jillstein.org/campaign_school_for_the_pacific_northwest [already happened]
2. Camp Wellstone the weekend of 4/26 – 4/28/13 in Seattle – http://www.wellstone.org/events/camp-wellstone-seattle

Registration for either event can be handled online.

Several Seattle Green Party members will attend the Portland event, and we will discuss the Wellstone April event in our next general membership meeting on 3/27/13 at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 7 pm.

 

Reminder to Unblock Seattle Green Party Newsletter Address

If you think you are on our email newsletter distribution list but never see our updates, make sure to unblock or add to your email approved recipient list this address:  info@seattlegreens.org.

You can also add this address to your contact list which will allow messages through a filter.

If you do not receive our email newsletters and would like to, please send us a note to GreenPartyofSeattle@gmail.com.