minutes for Oct. 18 meeting

Pacific Green Party of Oregon
State Co-ordinating Committee Meeting
Oct. 18, 2009
Telephone Conference Call [308] 344-6400 863 543

1. Introductions
tristin mock, mike vanhandel, charles newlin, suzia aufderheide, michael meo

2. Approval of Last Meeting Minutes
conscenced on minutes

3. Treasurer's Report Pat Driscoll, 5 min.
no treasurer. mike vanhandel will contact pat for next meeting

4. Website Calendar
michael m will ask seth if we can put calendar on the green line

6. Defend Oregon coalition progressive, political coalition, unions, wide variety of groups activity
m.m. liason advisory committee meeting
report from chris and helen who will be there 10/08/09
helen wants to write letter to paper, sizemore behind it?needs help with research

7. Jan/Feb convention location
m.m. is waiting for a positive response
metanoia house from portland

8. Establish meeting time
8:30 sunday, temporarily

9. Candidate for governor
tristin will not run for governor
committee will continue to look for others
nominal potential for state rep
rick s. and candy n. (need to register green)
mike b run against defazio
blumenaur will vote for single payer (street buzz)
chris xstein will run for 42nd district

10. Signature gathering for candidate statements rather than pay fee for position we can collect signatures
candidate statement
at the chapter level
are signatures district by district?
charles and m.m. will contact sos
approval to circulate petition for named candidates

11. Chapter Reports
Portland Metro
m.m. rod monroe "electoral fusion" -w/ progressive democrats - nov.5
Linn-Benton
charles - party decided to go to climate change talk
Jackson County
no news

Next Week facilitator: suzia notetaker: charles