Former Green Party national co-chair Greg Gerritt of Rhode Island, Green Party mayor of the Village of Greenwich, NY and national party web manager David Doonan and Campaign Foundations and Georgia Green Party co-founder Hugh Esco have founded a new business to help Greens running for office win their elections.
This business, a cooperative, will focus on helping Greens with a wide variety of tasks associated with elections. Taking on such varied responsibilities as helping assemble campaign management teams, starting a fundraising program and website design, the cooperative intends to offer these services to Green candidates at as low a cost as possible. They also intend to offer services in ballot access petitioning.
Gerritt sent a more detailed statement of the cooperative’s plans, which can be read by clicking this article’s headline.
Green Party candidates and state parties deserve the best tools and campaign advice possible. They deserve to have their campaign needs served by dedicated Greens who can provide the services that candidates in other parties routinely obtain. The Green Candidates Resource Center is a cooperative created by long time Greens with years of campaign experience. We can provide Greens with many of the services that currently seem to flow from party specific campaign firms that do not make services available to Green candidates.
David Doonan, Hugh Esco, and Greg Gerritt have begun a cooperative, one that will grow through time. We make available to Green Parties and Green candidates a wide variety of organizing, intellectual, software, and personnel services. We can provide programs, teach campaign teams, help candidates hire staff, develop fundraising strategies, create a policy center for a campaign, and help a campaign use media more effectively, old school and new. At this point we do not have any cooperators who are willing to travel extensively and manage a campaign away from home, but we
expect that service will be offered soon as well.We also know Green candidates have scarce resources, and we are committed to making sure that our services actually help your campaigns develop, knowing that if we do not help you, you will be unable to afford any services. We share that risk with you because we have all been there and done that.
Please check out our website at http://greencandidatesresourcecenter.com/
Send us an email, give our initial contact person, Greg Gerritt, a call at 401-331-0529. We are happy to talk to Green candidates and state parties, and can not know how to help you unless we communicate. Conversations while we decide how best to work together are always free.
Please feel free to share this email with everyone running, thinking of running, or helping a campaign. Share it also with Greens who might be interested in participating in this cooperative. We look forward to helping Greens run better races.
The Green Candidates Resource Center Cooperative
David Doonan NY
Hugh Esco GA
Greg Gerritt RI
“As for Green Party Watch, well I was banned from posting there a LONG time ago. Dissenting views are not really tolerated there at all.”
Dissenting views are tolerated at GPW; I see criticism of the Green Party there all the time. You can get banned for trolling, altho the site owner is typically quite lenient.
It’s nice to know that Libertarians aren’t the only people fighting those closest to them.
As an aside, THIS is what the GP are now discussing. Of course us “destructo-greens” tried to warn them that this would happen, when they deliberately disenfranchised Nader supporters but ,hey why look at that when you can simply ban us and more importantly, our message.
Background
The GPUS Rules and Procedures, Fiscal Policy, in the section pertaining to Loans, states that loans totaling over $2000 must be approved by a vote of the National Committee.
The National Committee has previously approved three proposals for
interest-free loans from Greens:
Proposal 262, March 2007, for $9,900; repaid within four months.
Proposal 334, January 2008, for $9,600; repaid within two months.
Proposal 353, June 2008, for $15,000; $11,500 repaid within six months;
$4500 remains owed to Jody Grage and Budd Dickinson, who agreed to
delay repayment.
GPUS has several urgent needs for immediate funds.
We have been given notice by our current landlord that she will be remodeling the space we currently occupy into a residential unit. As a result, we need funding for moving expenses as well as the deposit and first month’s rent at our new location.
Our bill with the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago from the 2008 convention is still not paid in full. This is a pressing obligation, payment is long overdue, and we must take care of it right away.
We owe Red Sun Press for the last direct mail project and must pay them before we can do another one.
We also need funds to allow the staff to explore and evaluate new short-term fundraising initiatives to increase our revenue stream.
We need to replenish our merchandise inventory for the Annual National Meeting in Durham to increase profits from these purchases.
As a first step toward repaying state sharing, we need $1000 to cover state-driven state sharing for 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. State-driven state sharing refers to mutual fundraising initiatives that are primarily driven by the work of the state Green Party.
Therefore, the Steering Committee requests approval for interest-free loans totaling no more than $25,000 to be used for the following purposes:
$3000 – new office expenses
$7000 – Palmer House Hilton
$8500 – Red Sun Press
$2500 – staff-driven projects to enhance fundraising
$3000 – resupply merchandise inventory
$1000 – payment of 2008 and 1st Quarter 2009 state-driven state sharing
Proposal
1. The National Committee agrees to accept interest-free loans from Green Party members amounting to a total of no more than $25,000. These loans will be used for the following purposes:
a. $3000 – new office expenses
b. $7000 – Palmer House Hilton
c. $8500 – Red Sun Press
d. $2500 – staff-driven projects to enhance fundraising
e. $3000 – resupply merchandise inventory
f. $1000 – payment of 2008 and 1st Quarter 2009 state-driven state sharing
2. If the loans have not already been repaid, funds from the $30,400
released to us by the Juoni Trust in January 2010 will repay those who
participate in this loan.
Resources
MDH
Say for example, I say here. It is my opinion that MDH is an asshole. I am practicing my absolutist right to speak my opinion. Trent can ban me or scrub my post. However, he may not because HE believes that I have the right to express my opinion. However, it is his choice.
You of course know that the constitution does not cover Trent, you, me or any individual.
It covers the GOVERNMENTS response to what you, me or Trent say, as individuals.
As an interesting aside, I always not that the Press (the media of the time) is the ONLY buisiness which is mentioned in the Constitution anywhere.
Media, free ideals and information has become my thing.
I’m curious now as to your definition of “free speech absolutist.” It sounds good on the surface, but how far does that go when I’m outside your house with a bull-horn at 3am? 😉
No, really, absurd scenarios aside, what’s the difference between your ideal of an absolutist and someone who believes in constitutional-level freedom of speech?
Trent
Agreed. Oh and in the spirit of the Free Market of Free Speech, Greggs asinine comments just went buh bye.
//:-)>———
“Of course, I am pretty close to being a Free Speech absolutist.”
As am I. He’s free to say whatever he wants here in the comments, or start his own site.
Thank you for finally removing my name. Now I can leave you alone.
One last note as I take my leave. Michael Cavlan…I don’t understand why you agree that this website is Trent’s bosses’ to do with as he pleases, but for some reason you think it’s not acceptable for the owner of GreeN Party Watch to do the same.
Buh buh boys and gurls.
DAMN
LOL
HIT WRONG BUTTON.
If someone turns out to be a dink then their ideas go down the shitter. That is what I meant.
Of course, I am pretty close to being a Free Speech absolutist.
Trent
You are correct. this is your site. So you have the right of personal property (something very near and dear to you Libs, from what I understand)
I was refering to the concept of the Free Market of Ideas. If someone turns out to be a dink, trhen their idea
Kim,
I offer my critiques here because 1.) It is the easiest most direct way. 2.) A critique in public decreases the odds of the writer acting like a dick (though apparently this isnt full proof). 3.) A public critique ensures the writer will be more careful next time. 4–and most importantly.) It tells all readers that we have already taken steps to correct the situation–so that we don’t get 15 emails about it.
And yet my name remains on the “about” page.
Please remove it.
“I do agree though that it is bad form (and very un-libertarian) to ban someone. Even when they were being such a dick, as Greg Jacoy was.”
Hardly. Bad form is being an ass (repeatedly) to a person who is allowing you to write at his blog. This is the third time Gregg Jocoy has jumped down my throat, he obviously can’t take even the smallest criticism–perhaps it is an ego thing, I don’t know.
It is definetly not un-libertarian. This blog is my private property (actually, that of my boss, but I act in his stead here). Gregg’s blog posts have consistently been pathetic, so im, in effect, firing him for his lack of effort.
And no, he has not been banned from commenting–no one is. He has only been banned from writing here, and only because of a childish need to lash out at the editor, who was simply making him aware of a mistake. There was no ill-will on my part, I infact did not know Gregg was the author–though I should have guessed.
“Please take a moment to review what you wrote yourself above. You *may* notice that two words are misspelled.”
Gregg,
Im writing in the comments, not in the news post itself.
No one can be banned from commenting, as far as I know. It seems like Trent decided to take away Gregg’s ability to post articles.
Yeah, it’s not that I’m assigned to the Green Party or anything like that. It’s just that I like writing about them because the Libertarian Party already gets a lot of coverage around here.
Lou Novak said,
—-2 out of 3 of the Green Party editors on this site are not Greens? ——
First of all, I think you mean writers. I am not an editor.
Second of all, saying that 2 out of 3 of the Green Party writers are not green is a funny way to look at it. In fact, it is more like, there is one person who is a green who committed to post here and, in addition, two of us who are not greens, who also post stuff about that party. No one claimed I was a “Green Party” anything.
And, Lou Novak said,
—-That’s why I get all my Green Party news at the source at http://www.gp.org and spend my time at Green Party Watch at http://www.greenpartywatch.org —
Well, Green Party Watch is a pretty cool site. And, people here are connected to it. And, this site links to it all the time.
But, gp.org is the official, national Green Party site. The info there is limited to the whims of the clique that run the national Green Party. And, it is not a news site, there is often no news there for days.
I guess the most interesting news at gp.org is to watch votes as they happen. When you go to the front page, you click on “committees” and “on-line voting” or something. Yeah, at least that is where direct, factual news happens at national.
Do you think there are Green Party members who would like to write here? If so, perhaps you should make the pitch to Trent and/or send a note to the contact e-mail.
-Kimberly
And speaking of being banned, whatever happened to that Anti-Catholic Christian? Did he get banned from IPR?
Kimberley
Hey, what the hell am I, chopped liver?
LOL
I do agree though that it is bad form (and very un-libertarian) to ban someone. Even when they were being such a dick, as Greg Jacoy was.
The concept of the free market of ideas means something or it doesn’t.
You can critique me and my spelling any day. I have my big boy panties on, as the saying goes. In other words, I don’t give a crap.
Develop a thick skin in this old world. If you plan to have an opinion at all and a political fighter.
As for Green Party Watch, well I was banned from posting there a LONG time ago. Dissenting views are not really tolerated there at all.
IMHO, based on my experience.
I hope that this consulting firm works.
D.R.L, you seem to be popping up with TR stuff. Does this have anything to do with me or do we have parallel mental waves?
Damn!!! I actually agree with something Bob said!!
PEACE
2 out of 3 of the Green Party editors on this site are not Greens?
That’s why I get all my Green Party news at the source at http://www.gp.org and spend my time at Green Party Watch at http://www.greenpartywatch.org
Kennedy tried & failed. JFK,jr didn’t work out then the plane crash. Kerry tried & failed. Kennedy said we set up our guy Obama for 2008 with his Keynote Address. If Obama didn’t work out, Deval Patrick was also set up.
America got played like a violin.
I ask the question: Was Obama approached years ago to be part of an operation by Kennedy to elect a liberal democrat? It was found that it could be done with an acceptable black man candidate & a certain sequence of events starting with manipulating the progressives to support him-in this case by being against the war-and stealing back the black vote from the Clintons. Liberal vote + progressive vote + black vote= close nomination.
Hey, all.
I thought people only have in-fighting in the Green Party! Please don’t tell me we have to do this here!
Some thoughts added in the hope of understanding…
-Trent – I think that because our IPR writer’s list-serve is not efficient (so much spam it is discouraging to check), you think that it is more efficient to write critiques here. But, it has hurt my feelings before to have a public critique posted. It is an odd style for the editor to make notes – especially grammar/format – and take up the time of the whole community in the comments section. It also gives the writers a pinch of public humiliation in a way I don’t think you intended. My feelings have been hurt before.
Gregg, I am guessing that Trent chooses the comments section as medium for critique for a reason…some guesses: wants to be transparent since we are multi-partisan; doesn’t like IPR list-serve; doesn’t blog easily enough to edit drafts or something….so…maybe we have to rethink how that works.
Could Trent and Gregg maybe discuss this off-line? Or, at least on the writers’ list-serve. Between the ego of an editor and the ego of a writer, this could quickly become a fight as tedious as those in the Green Party and/or Libertarian Party.
I value the work you both do.
Thanks,
Kimberly Wilder
P.S. If Gregg does not post here, I have a great fear that all the Green Party news will be a bit unbalanced (and leaning a bit on the critique side.) Because, it would leave myself and Ross as the people who usually write about the greens, and neither of us is a green…
P.S.S. I am in the middle of a family health crisis, which is why I have not been posted. Not much time, and even less focus…
What does TR have to do with the reform party?
I don’t know about that “TR is a flawed…” stuff, though.
Trent, small nitpick. Even mental me noticed you are a wee bit Spellcheck challenged.
D.R.L, you seem to be popping up with TR stuff. Does this have anything to do with me or do we have parallel mental waves?
Trent wrote:
And I dont need an invitation to remove your writing privelges, that has already been done.
Trent,
Please take a moment to review what you wrote yourself above. You *may* notice that two words are misspelled.
I’d kindly ask you to remove my name from this site’s “about” page as well.
Gregg
No Gregg, I ask you to write well enough and then correct your OWN mistakes after I point them out. Furthermore, your post was so sloppily composed, that I couldn’t even tell where one part (your commentary) and the other (the email) began or ended.
And I dont need an invitation to remove your writing privelges, that has already been done.
One more time: on ichronography, the sun flower [Hey I am originally from Kansas!] is just dumb and whimpy. It is one thing to be non machismo, another thing to be an anti cultural whoosey!
The Centennial of the 1912 Bull Moose is coming up. TR is a flawed, BUT FAMOUS, pro progressive, pro parks and preserves, anti establishment non Democrat, non GOP candidate. Get a clue, get a clue!
Maybe the three guys involved are just not capable of not thinking out side the box. So many Greens, especially on the West Coast, are in that mode……
Trent,
If I don’t write “decently” enough for you, remove my writing privileges.
Editors edit. You don’t do that.
Gregg
Gregg,
Editors don’t do the work of the writers. Especially if the work is so shoddy. If you can’t write decently, then don’t.
Do gooders, knock yourselves out. Don’t expect to win. You do not have enough votes. Unless you can talk the libs into giving up their 13%. & not enough pressure. This is not Chile circa 1972. As long as the Fed can print dollars. The best that can be done (translation: the leftistest candidate that can be successful in the USA) is a clean cut(NO dreads), married mulatto, Kennedy sponsored liberal democrat. Just ask any supercomputer since JFK got shot.
Trent,
If you don’t like how a post is laid out, or it’s content, change it. That sir is what editors do.
Gregg
Please note where the email begins and the IPR post ends.
I have major concerns with the work product of 2 of the 3 people who are listed as part of this Cooperative. Just felt like saying my personal peace on the matter.
Thanks,
Kimberly Wilder