BCGP: Previous Meeting Minutes

p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g m i n u t e s

November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007 at Townson Library, Towson. In attendance: Patsy Allen, Maria Allwine, Mike Depew. 1. There was one agenda item from the CC: the proposal presented by Charm City to run a full slate of congressional candidates in 2008 The proposal suggested one treasurer, one manager, and one press person. We will look into this, and see whether we need figureheads for each campaign. 2. Patsy will look into more local races, although we know the smallest in terms of voters is the state legislature. 3. Maria wants to concentrate on educating Maryland voters about the impacts of slots prior to the referendum in the fall. She does not want to run for office again. Mike may be willing if he meets the qualifications (he's 22). 4. Mike wants to work on setting up internships for all the local schools, perhaps to get some help setting up chapters at those schools. 5. We also discussed moving the meetings, since Mondays are very difficult for Maria and she's one of the most consistent attendees.

June 18, 2007
June 18, 2007 at Townson Library, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Maria Allwine 1. We agreed to meet every other month if we get a positive response to the email reminder of the meeting.

March 19, 2007
March 19, 2007 at Patsy Allen's home, Towson. In attendance: Mike Depew, Patsy Allen, Keith Salkowski, S. Jim Kim, Dave Goldsmith (by phone) Action items (from CC) 1. Baltimore City Office – majority of locals support the idea of having an office Will the Baltimore County Greens support the office? Yes, Baltimore County will support the effort with $10/month, and at least several days of labor each month (Brian Bittner, Mike Depew, Patsy Allen [1/mo]) IF we have a coordinator to organize what we do at the office, and if we cannot get a similar or better facility at a comparable price. A better office would be in a more central location, with a store front office or signs to promote walk-in traffic 2. The Anne Arundel Greens have proposed a change in by-laws. Are there any other proposed changes? No 3. GPUS delegate responsibilities – do we accept the job description Karen handed out? Yes Can a delegate to GPUS also be a local’s delegate to MGP? Yes Do we need term limits for delegates? No Local items Is there a public place where we can meet? Mike will look into possibilities in the area.

February 19, 2007
February 19, 2007 at Patsy Allen's home, Towson. Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen attending 7 pm February 19, 2007 Action items from CC Do we want to spend $960 on the state fair? Yes, if there is support from the rest of the State Do we want to spend about $100/month on an office in Baltimore City? No If not, is there something else we think we should spend our money on? Yes, a cell phone

January 15, 2007
January 15, 2007 at Patsy Allen's home, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith Patsy Allen, Maria Allwine, Keith Salkowski 1.) Discussed Electoral Committe issues. 2.) Review of MGP-CC. 3.) Discussed Maria's proposed 2007 Baltimore City Council campaign.

December 18, 2006
December 18, 2006 at Patsy Allen's home, Towson. In attendance: Patsy Allen, Maria Allwine, Dave Goldsmith Q.) Should locals nominate candidates by consensus or voting? A.) Voting, in order to maintain a uniform system (one person, one vote) across locals in a "confederacy." Q.) How should nominations that span two or more locals be handled? A.) The way we do it now, through the use of ad hoc "confederacies." Q.) Should the MGP-CC automatically endorse candidates who have been nominated by their local(s)? A.) No. There may be extraordinary circumstances in which the MGP-CC votes to deny the MGP endorsement to a nominated candidate. Q.) Should locals require paper ballots for nominations? A.) Yes, in order to maintain a verifiable system across locals in a "confederacy." The ballots should include a line for "none of the above." Q.) Should candidates be required to make formal requests for nomination to all effected locals(s)? A.) Each local can decide for itself whether it requires or merely requests in person, phone, mail, or email nomination requests from candidates. Each MGP member can decide whether he or she will support the nomination of a candidate(s) who does not make a good faith effort to meet with them. Q.) Endorsement deadlines. A.) The MGP should give early endorsement to nominated candidates in January. Latecomers can be given endorsement as late as is practically possible. Q.) Who can run for public office on the MGP ballot line? A.) Registered Greens who meet the legal requirements, who have filled out the MGP candidate application and received the appropriate local(s) and MGP-CC endorsements, and who are NOT decision makers in any other political party. Q.) Who can vote on candidate nominations at the local level? A.) Registered Greens who are NOT decision makers in any other political party. Q.) How do non-geographic locals (i.e. the now-defunct "Fiesta Greens", etc.) participate in candidate nominations? A.) Each member of a non-geographic local votes in the local where she or he is registered to vote with the MD Board of Elections. Q.) How can the MGP improve the vetting of proposed candidates? A.) Video-record the candidates in mock interviews for evaluation and training purposes; improve the candidate application to include specific questions related to the candidate's behavior and attitudes towards issues related to the 10 Key Values. Q.) What campaign donation limits should the MGP-CC require? A.) Don't change the current system whereby the MGP-CC reviews the campaign donation plans of candidates who have been approved by their effected locals. ---------------------------------------- Other Issues Discussed: Q.) What changes are needed to the current system of MGP- sponsored (affiliated?) listserves? A.) The Village Greens (VG) listserve should not allow the routine "proxy postings" of non-VG subscriber's messages. Q.) What about members with "dual-loyalties (i.e.. Pop-Greens, Dem-Greens, etc.) A.) They are welcome to work with us, and participate in our events and meetings, etc. as long as they make their dual-loyalties known to the group(s.) However, they CANNOT vote at the local or statewide levels.

November 20, 2006
November 20, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Patsy Allen, Brian Bittner, Mike DePew, Keith Salkowski 1.) Discussed whether Baltimore County wanted to try to justify a second cc delegate (the answer was no, but Keith wants to know who is our the delegate). 2.) Discussed whether a Green who is participating in the decision making body of another party can be a candidate or a member of the cc the answer was no, and no, nor can s/he be an officer.

October 16, 2006
October 16, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Elana Snyder. 1.) Discuss changing BCGP meetings to quarterly, etc. 2.) Discuss definition of an active member. 3.) Discuss changes to MGP-CC meetings (less frequent, etc.) 4.) Discuss outreach to colleges and universitiesin BC.

September 18, 2006
September 18, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen 1.) Review of MD State Fair tabling event; approval to reimburse Dav for State Fair expenses by BCGP (1/3) and MGP (2/3.) 2.) Review of status of BCGP petition gathering drive. 3.) Review of MGP-CC meeting. 4.) Plans for Dave's sign-waving opportunities. Signup Sheet at: www.baltimorecountygreens.org/signwaving06.pdf

August 21, 2006
August 21, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Scott Snyder 1.) Notes from MGP-CC: Zeese received pledge of $1 million for his "Voters for Peace" campaign from a wealthy contributor in California?; GPUS is financial trouble; Each local must make it clear who are their voting members; MGP approved Charm City local approved (all BCGP delegates voted in favor); radio ads in Baltimore are $10 / minute?; MGP approved "Take Back BGE" 6-point plan; MPG has collected for 5,000 petiton signatures / BCGP has collected 21% of our goal; MGP approved all 3 BGP delegate candidates in the 43rd (all BCGP delegates voted in favor.) BCGP voting members include: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Scott Snyder; Dave will contact other members to get their decisions re: voting membership; Dave will look into radio ads in BC; Patsy Allen will petition at Waverly Farmers Mkt in Guilford-- call her; 2.)State Fair update-- need to fill all time slots; reimbursement for supplies.

July 17, 2006
July 17, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Myles Hoenig, Greg Hemingway, Maria Allwine, Linda Kelly, Jim Kelly, Jimmy Harkin, Kim Fell, Keith Salkowski, Patsy Allen, Bob Kozak, Joanne Ivancic 1.) Vote on the nomination of Maria Allwine MD State Senate 43rd District: Endorsed by consensus. 2.) Introduction of Democratic Judge Mickey Norman. 3.) "Slate" of "Take Back BGE" candidates ("Maryland-ization" discussion.) 4.) Introduction of and vote on the nomination of Bob Kozak for US Congress 6th District: Endorsed by consensus. 5.) Introduction of and vote on the nomination of Kim Fell for MD House of Delegates 7th District: Endorsed by consensus. 6.) Discussion of Chris Bush / Josh Brand candidacy for MD House of Delegates. BCGP agreed we must meet with the candidates before we can vote on their endorsement. Dave will contact Chris and request meeting next Monday. 7.) Call for 1 new BCGP delegates to the MGP: Dave will fill in at next MGP-CC. 8.) Status of MGP petition drive-- Artscape Tabling Opportunity July 21-23, 2006. 9.) Update on Judge Frank endorsement-- rejected by MGP as not allowed in bylaw because we cannot endorse a non-Green, even in non-partisan races. 10.) State Fair Aug. 25 - Sep. 4- sign up sheet 11.) Vote on the nomination of Dave Goldsmith MD House of Delegates 11th District: Endorsed by consensus.

June 19, 2006
June 19, 2006 at Ruby Tuesdays, Towson. In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Victor Pleskacz, Daniel Waldman, James Madigan, Chris Bush. 1.) "Slate" of "Bust-BGE" Green Party candidates. Chris Bush reported there are some 8 or 9 Greens and 7 or 8 progressive Dems who are prepared to stand or run on this "slate" in MD in November. Dave Goldsmith reported he and Kim Fell will stand in Balto. Co.; filing deadline in June 30th. The group discussed names for the campaign and website. 2.) Reviewed MGP Assembly; about 70 people, about broke even financially, Gar Alperovitz was excellent as keynote speaker, Patsy Allen was elected co-chair. 3.) We need a new delegate to the MGP-CC as Daniel is stepping down in August.

May 15, 2006
May 15, 2006 at Towson U. BCGP Caucus In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Daniel Waldman, Keith Salkowski, Michael McNabb, Bob Clark, Frank Mullen, James Madigan, MIke Depew, Patsy Allen, Myles Hoenig, Chris Bush. 1.) Chris Bush and Myles Hoenig presented their plans for getting a "slate" of local candidates to run on a "Bust-BGE" platform in 2006. So far they have three candidates, and Dave Goldsmith also agreed to stand for office. 2.) BCGP voted by consensus (7 for, 2 against, 1 abstain) to endorse Arthur Frank for Judge.

April 17, 2006
April 17, 2006 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Daniel Waldman, Sheldon Laskin, Patsy Allen, Jeff Lambert, James Madigan. 1.) Races in 2006: Jeff Lambert wants to walk, not stand for county council or house of delegates from Freeland- area. There are some 40 races in Baltimore COunty-- the BCGP would like to try to fill at least half of them. Dave will give Patsy target list of candidatez and she will give Dave back the offices that are contested in 2006 and encumbents in their districts. 2.) BCGP approves MGP efforts re: Ft. Detrick 3.) Daniel will step down as our MGP delegate in June-- we need at least one new delegate. 4.) BCGP agreed to give $200 to the MGP to pay for our booth at the State Fair. 5.) Harford Co. is now a local.

March 20, 2006
March 20, 2006 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Nancy Miller, Tracy Miller, Andy Bent, Brian Bittner, Miuke Depew, Daniel Waldman, Patsy Allen, Sheldon Laskin, Frank Mullen, Christa Zimmerman, Steve Zimmerman. 1.) Steve Lafferty, Andy Bent and Tracy Miller, Democratic candidates for House of Delegates in the 42nd District will introduced themselves to the BCGP. 2.) Members approved by consensus our continuing to allow non-Green Party candidates to speak at our regular meetings. 3.) Members approved by consensus our attempting to recuruit and run local candidates for local races in November 2006, even if many are "standing" as opposed to "running" for the following offices: Baltimore County has 7 council seats, an executive, a states attorney, a clerk of courts, a register of wills, a sheriff, and 3 orphans court judges (these don't have to be lawyers). Additionally there: State House of Delegate races and National House races for seats which include Baltimore County. 4.) EarthFest: TENT: Sunday, April 23, 12-6, Party for Green Values, Druid Hill Park: The Columbus Pavillion (Pat Cruz bighugewoman@yahoo.com) 5.) MUPJ Tabling Event Saturday, April 29th, 9am-5pm, MD United for Peace and Justice MGP Tabling Event, Seton Keough HS, Baltimore (Dave dave@baltimorecountygreens.org) Dave wuill be there from 10PM-1PM; Frank from 1PM-3PM; Sheldon from 9AM-1PM; Patsy from 11AM-1PM. 6.) MGP Assembly update: we need money for the mailer-- please contact Beth to donate. 7.) The BCGP caucus will be at Towson U. on Monday, May 15th in lieu of our regualr monthly meeting. 8.) The BCGP phone-a-thon is tentaively scheduled for Edgars Resturant Sunday April 30th.

February 20, 2006
February 20, 2006 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Arthur Frank, Patrick O'Neill, Mike Depew, Patsy Allen, Frank Mullen, Karen Zeller, Chris Bush, Greg Hemingway, Keith Salkowski, Frank Manchett. 1.) BCGP needs a petiton drive coordinator-- contact Alan Mattlage at: mattlage@umd.edu . Frank and Keith have volunteered to be co-coordinators of the BCGP petition drive. Keith wants 26 activists to pledge 100 signatures each. 2.) Discussion of Arthur M. Frank for Judge endorsement. Mr. Frank is cross-filing as a Dem and a Rep in the primary and wants the Greens ballot line in the general. 3.) Election-related bills. Patsy discussed Brochin's IRV bill; blackbox paper trails; Health Care Act (Northeast states coalition); Green Lobby Night in 2 weeks. 4.) Assembly update. Frank and Mike idicate the MGP Assembly will be on June 3rd at Linthicum Hall on the campus of Towson U. 5.) Internship. Mike is coordinating the offering of a Green Party internship at Towson U.

January 16, 2006
Meeting of January 16, 2006 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Mike Depew, Ali Simon, Patsy Allen, Frank Mullen, Bob Clark, James Madigan, Greg Hemingway, Keith Salkowski, Sheldon Laskin. 1.)Discussion and vote on Kevin Zeese endorsement for U.S. Senate. The vote was: 8 for endorsement; 1 opposed to endorsement; 1 abstention. 2.)The MGP Lobby Night is the Monday March 6; contact Robb Tufts (rtufts812@yahoo.com.) 3.)Mark Miller requested and received authorization to hire a third attorney as part of the MGP’s ballot access lawsuit. Fees for this stage will be covered under the same law that entitles Mark & Frank to be compensated by the state. 4.)MGP nominations: Proposal A was approved with the amendment that locals would caucus in May, not April. The vote was 10 yes, 2 no, 1 abstention. BCGP voted "yes." 5.)Locals should email Nathan Bahn (nathanbahn@fastmail.fm) with local news for the newsletter. 6.)Daniel (djazzie@verizon.net) needs people to help organize the 2006 Assembly. The Assembly may be held at Towson University on the first Saturday in June. 7.) James brought up the topic of binding arbitration for State workers and discussed ideas for enrolling the help of the BCGP towards regaining that right for MD workers. 8.) Patsy brought up the topic of attacking invasive species and discussed ideas for enrolling the help of the BCGP in facilitating their removal.

December 19, 2005
Meeting of December 19, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Bob Clark, Scott Snyder, Brian Bittner, Patrick O'Neill, Jaime Ratkoff, Keith Salkowski, Mike Depew, Julie Mae, Karen Zeller, Daniel Waldman, Patsy Allen, April Baldwin, Emily Johnson 1.) Zeese endorsement process: The Baltimore County Greens decided by consensus to vote on the Zeese endorsement at our next meeting which is January 16, 2006 at 7:00 PM at Ruby Tuesdays in Towson. The online vote will be held open through January 31, 2006, with the final results made known on February 1, 2006. A number of members request that Zeese attend the January 16 meeting in order to answer questions and especially to clarify his intentions regarding his "Unity" campaign. Dave will contact Zeese and post this info on the BCGP listserve to facilitate online voting. 2.) Internship: Mike Depew outlined his ongoing efforts to secure a college student as a MGP intern. 3.) MGP Assembly: Daniel told the group about his efforts to coordinate the MGP 2006 Assembly, and asked for our help.

November 21, 2005
Meeting of November 21, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Daniel Waldman, Patsy Allen, Bob Clark, James Madigan Bob Clark told us that Kevin Zeese is running for Senate, that we have a wonderful opportunity to support a good candidate. Bob would like to begin signwaving for Kevin as soon as possible, maybe once or twice a week, at Padonia and York roads. He would like some help from an artistic t ype to make signs, and from people willing to stand and wave with him. Baltimore City is hosting a forum for Kevin Zeese on December 14, 2005 at the All People’s Congress, 435 E 31st St. Patsy explained the three choices the electoral committee has presented for us to rank, and will distribute them to the list serve. We reviewed the last cc meeting, including a discussion of Virginia Rodino’s representation for GPUS (national). We will put on the list serve for more feedback the question for which the CC requested input - whether Virginia should be asked to resign if she cannot fulfill the responsibility of informing and voting for Maryland Greens. Mark Miller provided us an update on the lawsuits. The lastest ruling indicates that we are indeed entitled to attorneys fees, although another hearing is required to determine what feesa are fair. There was some discussion on streamlining decision making. Bob is finding it frustrating to try accomplish anything. We explained that grassroots democracy is at the heart of our values, and that we try to invite the participation of as many greens as possible in all of our significant decisions.

October 17, 2005
Meeting of October 17, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patrick O'Neill, Cheryl Brown, Frank Mullen, Sheldon Laskin, Daniel Waldman, Patsy Allen, Keith Salkowski 1.) October 25th training on campaign reporting and software for Maryland races from 6 to 8pm in the Annapolis SBE office, (if you can't make this and have 15 people, we can arrange a special training - call Terry at 410-269-2875.) 2.) Because of sparse attendance, there was no quorum at the October MGP-CC. 3.) The MGP needs volunteers for the fundraising committee. 4.) The MGP needs (at least!) $2K by 11/5 for lawsuit expenses [The BOE would appear to be deliberately drawing out the process; possibly to exhaust our resources. The new expenses are for trial transcripts and an economic consultant who will model our economic losses.] 5.) The IGC listserv needs an administrator who is skilled and expert in listserv management. 6.) Daniel Waldman has stepped down as convener for PR committee. 7.) The Newsletter "rejection" message needs to be changed. 8.) We need to ask Richard Ellsberry if he knows anyone who would be willing to act as listserv administrator [an internship, perhaps?] 9.) MGP Treasurer Beth Hufnagel needs a fundraising chair 10.) BCGP account has $572.34 11.) Alan Mattlage stated that there is a dire need for petition drive coordinators 12.) Dave will look into a telephone solicitation "party" at Edgars on a Sunday before Thanksgiving.

September 19, 2005
Meeting of September 19, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Scott Snyder, Craig Herud, Patsy Allen, Vo Cheng, Frank Mullen 1) Discuss the legislative agenda for 2006: Override veto of minimum wage bill; override veto of health care registry; promote IRV; promote returning MD National Guard to our state. 2) Locals should consider endorsing their local branch of United for Peace and Justice: Dave will contact Ron & Carol Solomon's UPJ organization in Baltimore County and forward our endorsement. 3) Frank Mullen will coordinate our Ballot Access petition drive in Baltimore County. 4) Comments on Ted's MGP Platform draft will be sent online. 5) Vo has contacted new leads; Patsy suggests we hold non-meeting events quarterly for new lead recruitment. 6) State Fair was a success but we need more staffers next time. 7) Ballot access lawsuit is not settled and will probably have to go back to court next year. 8) Carpooling to Anti-War rally on Sept. 24th from Friends is available. Coordination with Vo is necessary to get banners, tables, etc. BCGP members plan to go to the rally. 9) Green Festival in DC will be attended by Patsy. 10) Progressive Baltimore County is having an event on Sunday, Kevin Zeese will speak, and Dave and others will try to do tabling there.

August 15, 2005
Meeting of August 15, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Sheldon Laskin, Craig Herud, Greg Hemingway, Emory J. Mills 1.) Last meeting before the State Fair-- we still need help. Craig donated recycled bags for sale at State Fair. Greg donated $60 toward the show booth. 2.) Saturday, September 10 7pm- The Accidental Activist Free Performance) Place: McManus Theatre, Loyola College, 4501 North Charles, Baltimore Good place to register Greens and get petition signatures! 3.) "Eyes Wide Shut" at JHU 9/10 & 9/11.

July 18, 2005
Meeting of July 18, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Daniel Waldman, Frank Mullen, James Madigan, Scott Snyder. 0.) Report on MGP-CC: Charm City recognition delayed pending representation at the MGP-CC; Fundraising Committee established and local coordinators are needed. 1.) Next MGP Strategic Planning Meeting scheduled for August. 2.) MGP is $221 in the red (the MGP lost thousands of dollars on the Assembly mailer; the BCGP agreed to donate $200 to the MGP from the $412 in our account and Scott will contribute $100 to the BCGP account. 3.) MGP recognized the Fiesta Greens! 4.) Volunteers needed for MD State Fair Aug. 26th - Sep. 5. Staffing schedule will be posted on BCGP website. 5.) Daniel will ask Virginia Rodino to clarify her comments as reported in the press re: support for Iraqi resistance. 6.) Anti-War demonstration in D.C. on Sept. 24th. 7.) Discussion of GDI proposals re: Green "Internal Democracy." Daniel will consolidate BCGP member's feedback on the three proposals and forward to the MGP national delegates. 8.) The TSU Greens are planning monthly movie/fundraising nights. 9.) MGP Electoral Committee does not support Rick's proposed IRV letter to candidates and does not support the BCGP "Early bird" endorsement proposal. 10.) BCGP members agreed to request $60 / year dues. 11.) MGP requests a local to the host 2006 Assembly.

June 20, 2005
Meeting of June 20, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Ali Simon, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Vo Cheng, Seldom Laskin, Daniel Waldman, Frank Mullen, Keith Salkowski, James Madigan, Kevin Zeese. 1.) Patsy Allen reported on the meeting with Delegate Jim Brochin; Brochin requested the meeting, indicated that he would sponsor an IRV bill in the upcoming session and asked that the Greens not run a candidate against him. 2.) Kevin Zeese explained his "Unity" campaign for Senate, fielded questions, and asked for our support. A short discussion followed his departure. 3.) The BCGP confirmed by consensus our support for Robb Tufts as Maryland delegate to the National CCC. 4.) The BCGP confirmed by consensus that Keith Salkowski and Daniel Waldman are the BCGP voting delegates to the MGP and that Dave Goldsmith and Ali Simon are the alternate voting delegates to the MGP.

May 16, 2005
Meeting of May 16, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Bob Clark, Bob Kneebone, Vo Cheng, Patsy Allen, Chuck Michaels, Rick Kunkel, Daniel Waldman, Pat Cruz 1.) UMBC Activated again. Contact: Melissa Smith smithm1@umbc.edu 2.) MGP Assembly in June help needed: setup early and cleanup late; sell MGP goods; sell lunches; pickup cake at bakery. 3.) Introduction to two prospective candidates who live in Baltimore County: Bob Kneebone, Comptroller;Chuck Michaels, Senate. 4.) Frederick Greens recognized as a local; plan to run a candidate for Alderman in 2005. 5.) MGP Lawsuit update/ legal defense fund requests donations. 6.) S.S. Rally date set Saturday June 25th 10am-12pm 7.) Kevin Zeese / Senate Race / "unity ticket" discussion 8.) BCGP will propose to the MGP that we have an "earlybird" candidate endorsement proceedure that would allow statewide candidates to receive endorsements in January 2006.

April 18, 2005
Meeting of April 18, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Mike Depew, Ali Simon, Scott Synder, Patsy Allen, Vo Cheng, Bob Clark, Pat Cruz, Greg Hemingway 1.) Plans for Baltimore Gay Pride 2005 Festival, June 18 & 19: Approved $37.50 for tabling fee; Vo Cheng and Marcel Estevez (BGP) will coordinate. 2.) Plans for tabling at Peace, Justice, & Environment Conference in Frederick on April 30: MGP will table there. 3.) Send newsletter articles to Alan Mattlage at: am215@umail.umd.edu 4.) Discuss ideas for new BCGP literature (see BGP sample): Dave will create a new draft brochure. 5.) Discuss change of address for BCGP: BCGP mail will be sent to Dave's home address- 10913 Summit Ave. Woodstock, MD 21163. 6.) Discuss contacting new member: Scott will contact her. 7.) MGP party forming petition is available (see samples.) Send names of petition collectors to Alan Mattlage at: am215@umail.umd.edu 8.) Fiesta Greens Movie Night at TSU 5/5/05 “The Motorcycle Diaries” 9.) Deadline to run for MGP offices 4/20/05: Vo has accepted the position of first BCGP delegate to the MGP-CC; Dave is second delegate. 10.) Get your Green card at gp.org-- $18 goes to the MGP. 11.) Finance: $6,314 in MGP and locals accounts; $399 in BCGP account. 12.) The winter mailing will just break-even. 13.) Email platform ideas (especially related to Maryland) to Eileen Scott at: ecscott@mindspring.com 14.) GPUS has money again, extra funds from Cobb’s post-election efforts in OH were given to the national. 15.) Ballot Access lawsuit continues, Patsy will be deposed. 16.) UMBC Greens are getting active again: Mike & Ali will contact them.

March 21, 2005
Meeting of March 21, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Mike Depew, Ali Simon, Scott Synder, Patsy Allen, Rick Kunkel, Sheldon Laskin, Bob Clark, Pat Cruz, Daniel Waldman, Keith Salkowski 1.) Finance: $302 in the BCGP account; $6282 in all MGP accounts. 2.) The statewide mailer is probably going to pay for itself. 3.) The MGP newsletter needs articles: send them to Alan Mattlage at: am215@umail.umd.edu 4.) Send money for Glen Ross' legal fund; call (410) 366-0894 for details. 5.) Anyone going to the MGP party in Baltimore on the 19th should bring BCGP literature, etc. 6.) Patsy Allen is the new convenor of the MGP Electoral Committee! 7.) MGP Electoral Committee meeting at Nina's 3/31/05 at 7:30 PM; call 410-377-6828 for info. 8.) Discussion: For which offices should the MGP run candidates in 2006? Dave will compile notes and send on BCGP list. 9.) Discussion: Ideas for an MGP Platform for 2006. Dave will compile notes and send on BCGP list. 10.) New petitions for Party Status should be available on the MGP website in a week. 11.) Discussion: Does the BCGP have ideas for voting processes for internal National, State, and Local GP races. Some ideas were shared, no concensus was reached. 12.) Since 2000, the MGP has grown by 1,000 new registered members every 7 months on average. 13.) Fiesta Greens- A new local is forming based on PARTIES! The members of the BCGP in attendence at our meeting tonight gave consensus approval of the Fiesta Greens. 14.) Bob Clark proposed and is organizing a rally at Social Security Headquarters in Woodlawn, Baltimore County. The members of the BCGP in attendence at our meeting tonight gave consensus approval for the rally at Social Security Headquarters. 15.) The Party for the Party in Baltimore on the 19th was a big sucess-- the MGP raised over $1,000 and registered new members! 16.) The first movie night at TSU was held-- over thirty people attended and watched "Outfoxed."

February 21, 2005
Meeting of February 21, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Mike Depew, Ali Simon, Scott Synder, Hanno Beck, Patsy Allen, Rick Kunkel, Sheldon Laskin 1.) MUPJ/IPA Peace Conference in Frederick, MD. Do we want to be a sponsor? Host a table? [Dave will ask Ron Solomon to post info to the listserve.] 2.) Paid Staff Proposal for the MGP. [Tentatively approved. Dave will send proposal link to the listserve for feedback.] 3.) Need volunteers to join Assembly Committee – coordinate speakers, workshops. Contact Ann Forno at: tanteann1969@hotmail.com 4.) Discuss if individual will donate to Montgomery County Local Requests that the CC donates to “Save Our Communities” and that the total donated from locals, CC, and/or individuals be at least $1000. [BCGP wants to donate $150 if we have the funds. Dave will check with the treasurer.] 5.) Locals need to discuss and create report issues/concerns regarding formation of new locals to submit to By-Laws Committee.[Dave will post ideas for comment to the BCGP list.] 6.) MGP State Fair booth approved. [BCGP will be coordinating this event.] 7.) Meeting re: GP Presidential selection process reform, Sunday March 6th. Contact Richard Ochs (rjochs@comcast.net or 410-254-8674) for info. 8.) Progressive organization outreach efforts (we are being contacted and should reciprocate.) 9.) Petition drive-- any collected signatures from now forward are valid. 10.) BCGP now has two voting delegates to the MGP-CC; Scott and Dave. Scott will be stepping sown and we need a replacement. 11.) Glenn Ross lawsuit is progressing. 12.) Do we want a table at the MGP Party/Fundraiser Sunday, December 12 10:00am - 5pm in Baltimore? 13.) MGP registered voters= 7566; BCGP voters= 1152; MGP money $1003 "unencumbered" state / $6000 for locals; BCGP $? 14.) Ali is planning a movie night/ membership drive at TSU.

January 17, 2005
Meeting of January 17, 2005 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Daniel Waldman, Vo Cheng, James Madigan, Jimmy Harkin, Frank Mullen, Mike Depew, Ali Simon 1.) Vo Cheng: Equality Maryland Lobby Day, Annapolis, 14 February 2005 2.) Statewide Mailing and February Party Update: APPROVED $188 BCGP EXPENSE FOR MAILING IN JANUARY 3.) MGP Bylaw Changes: Forming new locals discussion 4.) Need MGP delegates to National GP Presidential Process & Strategic Planning groups 5.) Regional GreenThink Tank educational org (Contact Eileen) 6.) Need BCGP volunteer for MGP Assembly committee: DAN & PAT & FRANK 7.) Ben Manski of Wisconsin told the National GP there is an anonymous donor seeking to give the party $25k / year to "put the fear of god into the Democrats" 8.) MGP need an electoral committee chair as Maria Allwine has dropped out 9.) Follow-up to Glenn Ross lawsuit- HE THINKS HE IS BEING BRIBED TO DROP THE SUIT. 10.) BGP membership at 7,500 plus BC (approx. 1000?) 11.) Look for MGP website calendar on new MGP website in February 12.) Second BCGP delegate to the MGP-CC expected in February 13.) March 7th lobby day organized by AAC greens: DAN 14.) Anti-Inauguration Acvtions 15.) TSU Greens discussing fund raiser/movie night.

December 20, 2004
Meeting of December 20, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Bob Clark, Joyce Clark, Patsy Allen, James Madigan, Scott Synder, Mike Depew, Greg Hemingway 1.) Review of MGP-CC * BGP v. Charm City - BCGP approves Charm City local and suggests MGP revisit bylaws regarding creation of locals to prevent the unintended consequences of malicious actors taking advantage of easy requirements for the creation of new locals. * Ross v. Branch lawsuit- BCGP approved MGP support of lawsuit to overturn the results of the 2004 Baltimore City council election on the grounds that the winner was not eligible to run because she failed to file any of her required financial statements to the board of elections. 2.) Choose BCGP membership coordinator for 2005- will send email to the BCGP list to fill this position. 3.) $397 in BCGP account / $7,000 in all MGP accounts. 4.) BCGP mailer in Jan.- a PDF version will be emailed to the BCGP list for comment. 5.) Dave will act as second voting delegate to the MGP-CC until a permanent second voting delegate is selected. A request for a second voting delegate will be sent to the BCGP list.

November 15, 2004
Meeting of November 15, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Hanno Beck, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Karen Zeller, Ron Solomon, Cat Audette, Rachael Markowitz, Daniel Waldman, Paul Goudfrooij, Mary Rackson, Vo Cheng, Pat Cruz, Sarah Weishampel, Diana Gutierpel 1.) Proposed mailer to Greens in the county. (Daniel / Vo) Agreed to create a local mailer. Vo, Cat, and Karen will work on it. 2.) Compiled precinct lists for BCGP (Dave) Patsy will work do it. 3.) Electoral strategies for 2005 & 2006 (Dave) Petition drive, 2005 Annapolis race, placeholders, governor, primaries, IRV, paid candidates, Libertarian/Green cooperation. 4.) Help w/ assembly (Pat) 5.) Report from MGP-CC (Pat) 6.) Zap Sexism Task Force (Rachel) Request that we sign letter of support for Baltimore-area women in progressive organizations who have been harrassed by men. 7.) Follow-up leads (Karen) Agreed to contact new Greens. 8.) Literature (Dave) Cat's sister will create logo, graphics, layouts for our mailers. 9.) TSU Update (Mike) Are getting SGA accreditation, do not want to establish their own local yet; will host January MGP-CC. 10.) Candidate Debriefing (Patsy) Says it was worthwhile.

October 18, 2004
Meeting of October 18, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Hanno Beck, Scott Snyder, Rick Kunkel, Patsy Allen, Mike Depew, Ali Simon, Sheldon Laskin, Karen Zeller 1.) Banner waving plans for final week before election. 2.) TSU - Green group forming. 3.) Help with Keith's campaign. 4.) Post-election party at Karen's. 5.) Hanno's yardsign stolen! 6.) Distributing lists for calling (contact Scott.) 7.) Tikkun meeting Nov. 10th (Contact Sheldon.) 8.) Longterm strategy (contact Beth.)

September 20, 2004
Meeting of September 20, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Frank Mullen, Dan Waldman, Hanno Beck, Scott Snyder, Greg Hemingway, Rick Kunkel, Patsy Allen, Paul Goudfrooij, Ron Solomon, Greg Thomas, Pat Cruz 1.) Dave Goldsmith (primary) and Scott Snyder (secondary) authorized to spend BCGP money. 2.) Announced that Dave "volunteered" BCGP members onto MGP-CC committes. 3.) Discussed contacting BCGP registered Greens before election (Vo to give contact list to Scott for distribution to activists.) 4.) Rick Kunkel checked and approved the Baltimore County sample ballot at the BOE. 5.) Annoucement: Dec. 4th Strategic Planning Meeting at Beth Hufnagle's 10am-2pm. 6.) Information: 6,600 registered Greens / $2,000 State Account / $397 BCGP account. 7.) Approved sign-waving on highways / approved Dan to request funds from Federal fund for banners. 8.) Announced U.B. and T.S.U. tabling events 9.) Discussed handouts for events. 10.) Hanno requested help for BGP treasurer. 11.) Patsy requested feedback for candidate questionaire. 12.) Dave will contact Allison re: P.O. Box-- is it still being checked? 13.) Ron related Virginia Rodino's "confederation"/ she was approved as Congressional candidate. 14.) Daniel announced Loch Raven cleanup. 15.) Daniel suggested cooperation with Libertarians. 16.) Pat annouced tabling events should occur before voter registration cut-off date Oct. 2. (Fells Point) 17.) Scott announced funding for campaigns.

August 16, 2004
Meeting of August 16, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Sheldon Laskin, Daniel Waldman, Vo Cheng, Ann Marie Herud, Craig Herud, Patsy Allen, Greg Hemingway, James Madigan 1. Dave: Discussion of State Fair booth staffing 2. Patsy: Discussion of campaign issues 3. Greg: Discussion of Campign contributions 4. James: Request for Brandon Welsh campaign help 5. Sheldon: Discussion of Boston Social Forum and local Tikkun community 6. Daniel: Request for press contact help 7. Vo: Request for Keith's campaign phone calls 8. Craig: Note current issue of Tricycle is about politics and worth reading

June 21, 2004
Meeting of June 21, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's In attendance: Dan Waldman, Ron Solomon, Patsy Allen, Maria Allwine, Hanno Beck, Keith Salkowski, Rick Kunkel, Karen Zeller, Vo Chen, Dave Goldsmith, Virginia Rodino, Greg Hemingway 1. It was voted by consensus to temporarily suspend/amend the normal candidate nominating procedures. In lieu of the normal two week waiting period, it was decided that candidates could be nominated immediately, and that the nomination would be subject to a two-week provisional period during which objections or questions could be raised. 2. The following candidates presented themselves to the group and were nominated by consensus by the BCGP: a.Patsy Allen – U.S. House, 3rd district b.Virginia Rodino – U.S. House, 7th district c.Maria Allwine – U.S. Senate d.Greg Hemingway – U.S. House, 6th district 3.The following tabling events were discussed: a.Charles Theater – for opening of Fahrenheit 9/11 – Friday night 6/25 b.Latino Fest – Weekend of 6/26 and 6/27 at Patterson Park c.Loch Raven cleanup – Late September/Early October d.State Fair – per Dave Goldsmith, we are approximately $200 short for tabling at the State Fair. Several attendees of the meeting pledged donations to make up the shortfall. Dave will investigate whether or not we can still get a table. 4. New meeting location – We are still in search of a new and permanent meeting location. Suggestions are welcome.

May 17, 2004
Meeting of May 17, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's 1. Upcoming events (Dave, Vo) Gay Pride – 6/19 and 6/20 – Vo to ensure that we will have a table at Druid Hill Park on 6/20. Cost is $65 to set up a table. Victor will supply the tent. Dave Goldsmith is coordinating with the MD State Fair for us to have a table. The fair runs for approximately one week, which is the week leading up to (and including) labor day weekend. 2. Platform discussion (Patsy) – Keith suggested added energy as a discussion item. Patsy would like comments on the platform. 3. Contact people for campus community (Rick) – We need a liasion for each camput. The following people volunteered: Scott – UMBC (contact is David Gill), Patsy –Goucher and Towson, Rick – Villa Julie. We still need a contact for the local community colleges. 4. Green Fundraiser (Pat) – There will be a fundraiser at St. John’s church in Baltimore. Donations of goods and services are needed. Contacts are Pat and Rob Tufts from the AA Greens. Every local is expected to bring bread or desert to the fundraiser. 5. State Assembly (Pat) – Volunteers are needed to help out with the State Assembly. Contact Pat if you are interested. 6. Review of net etiquette (Dave) – The MD Green Party has asked for comments on their “net etiquette” document. Please give feedback. 7. CC meeting (Rick) – (a) The BCGP has $522 in its account. (b) If we determine that we want to run “placeholder” candidates, the last day to file with the state is July 1st. (c) report on legislative agenda; 2 of 9 pieces of legislation forwarded by the Green Party were passed. They were the non-incarceration legislation and the renewable energy bill. (d) David Cobb spoke at the CC meeting. 8. MD Green Party newsletter (Dave) – The MD Green Party would like to send their newsletter automatically to everyone on the BCGP listserv. We agreed by consensus that people should not be automatically subscribed, but should be sent one e-mail with an option to subscribe for future e-mails. 9. Registration Drive (Dave) – The BCGP needs a registration coordinator. 10. GPUS (Dave) – A female delegate is needed from MD for the GPUS. 11. Update on Keith’s campaign (Keith) – Keith Salkowski’s campaign for the U.S. House, 2nd district, has established a website, keithforcongress.org.

April 19, 2004
Meeting of April 19, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's Attending: Rick Kunkel, Scott Snyder, Hanno Beck, Greg Hemmingway, Dave Green, Elmer Smith, Vo Cheng, Patsy Allen, Craig Herud, Sheldon Laskins, Pat Cruz, Mike Morrill, Keith Salkowski Membership – We need to do more outreach to increase our membership. Running a campaign increased awareness and membership in 2002, the same will happen this year. There are many upcoming events that would be good for tabling, including the Baltimore Gay Pride festival (June 19 & 20), the Charles Village festival, sowe bohemian festival (Memorial Day ), national trails with river sweep the first weekend in June in Harford County. We will table at one or more events each month, from now until November, to increase membership. Paul suggests we should be doing more “concrete” work, like putting forth policy proposals to the zoning commissioners, school board, and similar bodies. We have signed up to table at the State Fair, August 24 – September 4. The cost is $650, plus insurance. We agreed to go ahead, provided we can get several local groups to share the costs with us. Our local currently has $392. Hanno requested our local membership list for the David Cobb for president campaign. The State hasn’t responded to his request. We discussed whether giving this campaign the list would obligate us to share it with any green candidate. Dave Goldsmith suggested we share it, as long as the campaign will commit to: 1. Give us any updated information it acquires; and 2. Destroys it at the end of the campaign. We agreed to share it with the Cobb campaign. We also agreed that requests will be handled one at a time, particularly this year since there are “green” candidates who are stand-ins for Nader, an independent candidate. If we get additional requests between meetings, we will e-mail for consensus, and call Paul and Elmer, who do not have e-mail. The Green presidential candidates have been invited to attend the Maryland Assembly on June 5 for a candidates’ forum. Ken Mesplay, Lorna Salzman, Carol Miller will speak, and David Cobb may speak as well. Keith Salkowicz would like to be our nominee for congress for the 2nd district against Dutch Ruppersberger. He is interested in spreading the word about green issues and an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, and wants to raise public awareness of policies and issues by reaching out to mainstream voters. Locally, he is interested in economic development. He is a small business owner of a video production company, is pro choice, will think about gay marriage. He listed some of his priorities, as follows: Campaign reform Iraq Universal health care Economic development of environmentally friendly technologies Living wage Improve national security by reducing dependence on oil Tax reform Higher funding for mass transit After we talked with Keith, we asked him to leave so we could discuss his nomination. The county will nominate only one candidate for any office (for which there is one seat). As there was a blocking concern, we voted anonymously. The vote was 10 for, 1 against, with 1 abstention. Mike Morrill was not allowed to vote since he is not registered as a green in Baltimore County. Mike offered to help us with recruiting candidates in the future.

March 15, 2004
Meeting of March 15, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's Attendees: Dan Waldman, Ron Solomon, Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Greg Hemingway, Scott Snyder, Pat Cruz, Hanno Beck 1.) BCGP Delegate to state CC – Scott Snyder may be delegate; Daniel Waldman and Patsy Allen will be alternates. Meetings are normally the second Sunday of every month. The next two meetings are 4/18 in Howard County and 5/16 in Montgomery County 2.) Fred Campbell – running for non-partisan race in Columbia for a seat on the Columbia Council. Election is 4/24. Fred would like individuals to have votes rather than households. 3.) Update from MGP CC meeting – 6,330 registered Greens, $598 in BCGP account; Alan Matledge wants to invite civic organizations to table at convention on 6/5. 4.) Art making day for June convention – Pat to organize. 5.) Pat – Open positions at MGP. In dire need of co-chairs, especially female. Also need recording secretary and treasurer. 6.) Pat – June 4th – Assembly fundraiser. St. John’s Church, 27th and St. Paul St. – Band, dinner, drinks. Donations of food and $ will be accepted. Silent auction, dinner 7:30-9:00, drinks after 9:00. Sliding cost $10, $15, and $25. 7.) National convention 6/24-6/28 – Milwaukee – need 12 delegates. 8.) We voted on a proposal to allow 16 or 17 year olds to vote in the assembly, with pre-registration required. The proposal was approved by consensus. 9.) We discussed whether or not delegates (to the national convention???) had to be pre-registered. Discussion was tabled until the MGP finalizes a resolution. 10.) The April BCGP meeting will again be held at Ruby Tuesday’s in Towson. 11.) PR Update – Daniel – Wed. at 12:00 Marc Steiner will be discussing MD legislative session; Daniel could use help calling registered Greens to ask them to be subject matter experts. 12.) Ron Solomon discussed the Maryland United for Peace and Justice annual statewide conference to be held 5/1 at the Takoma Presbyterian Church in Takoma Park, Maryland. Ron asked the BCGP to endorse the conference, and it was endorsed by consensus. The BCGP will table with the MGP. 13.) Dave Goldsmith – Open Debate (opendebate.org) – BCGP voted to endorse and endorsed by consensus.

February 16, 2004
Meeting of February 16, 2004 at Ruby Tuesday's Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Rick Kunkel, Greg Hemingway, Ron Solomon, Sheldon Laskin, Paul West, Hanno Beck, Pat Cruz, Scott Synder, Alex Bartuua, Jess Garman, Vo Cheng, Daniel Waldman, Keith Salkowski, Karen Zeller, Paul Goudfrooy, Dan Jenkins. 1.) Approved BCGP Nominating Procedure by consensus. 2.) Agreed on BCGP Candidate "Placeholder" Strategy by consensus.

December 15, 2003
Meeting of December 15, 2003 at Ruby Tuesday's Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Rick Kunkel, Patsy Allen, Greg Hemingway, Ron Solomon, Sheldon Laskin, Paul West, Hanno Beck, Pat Cruz 1. Mailing to interested activists inviting nominations is ready - Greg sent letters by email, and read to Paul, received no negative comments, and will mail 2. Candidate workshop / Mailer Workshop is scheduled for January 31st and February 1st at University of Baltimore, approximate cost $15. This information will be included in the newsletter Rick has drafted and emailed. The newsletter will also be an attempt to increase involvement and raise funds, and will be going out around the first of the year. It will include our meeting schedule for the next three months. Ruby Tuesday's is accessible to those with disabilities, near public transportation, and available immediately. It may be difficulty to hear depending upon how crowded the restaurant is. We will meet here for the next three months, and ask for other places in the newsletter. Paul mentioned he hadn't had a chance to review the newsletter, Rick had offered to deliver it to a friend to read. 3. Platform - we need to have any more comments as soon as possible. How should we ratify the platform? Sheldon will attempt to combine the pieces into one coherent document that addresses current reality and our vision. Please email Sheldon if you have questions we should cover in our discussion of the platform. 4. Proposed convention Tentatively planned for March 6, 2004, soon after primaries to maximize interest. That may be too soon for us to properly prepare. It will cost money. We are looking for senatorial and congressional candidates, and would like to ratify the platform at that time. The candidates will need to be nominated by the local in which they are running. There are no state rules if the party does not have a petition or a primary, which means that the deadline for candidate registration would be in the summer. Jeff Rose of Howard County is interested in running for congress in Cardin's current district. Baltimore City is having a convention on March 20, 2004 5. Electoral Committee The last state meeting was cancelled due to snow. Rick Kunkel is chair, and voting member for Baltimore County. They are working on State candidate nominating procedures. We discussed Ron's proposed nominating procedures for Baltimore County. - Please send Ron any comments on the proposed nominating procedures as soon as possible, particularly your choices where he included several options. Candidate Applications should be sent to the P.O. Box; Allison is picking up the mail. A potential candidate must read the national platform and state whether or not he/she agrees with each of the ten key values, and must submit a statement of the key issues in their campaign. 6. The Public Relations Committee has had 2 meetings. a. Public relations committee would like to include member relations as well. We voted to make this change to their founding resolution. b. Outreach to senior citizens, college students, religious organizations, ethnic business organizations, and ethnic minorities will be included. c. The committee would like to develop a speakers bureau , which could alert people to potentially divisive terms to avoid, and offer training to speakers d. The committee would like to establish a telephone line, which is more professional than voice mail. Paul offered to answer the phone. A remote forwarding line would cost $16.80 a month + $.10 per call. e. The committee would like to establish a permanent office to maintain a consistent profile, and discussed some very low cost possibilities.. f. The committee would like to establish a program of fundraisers. g. The committee also proposed an amendment to the founding resolution to enable it to advise on fund raising activities h. The committee would like to record and track anything designed to reach ten or more people. Their next meeting will be January 3rd at 2 pm. in the coffee shop of the Towson Barnes and Noble. 7. NEWS There will be a Maryland conference of United for Peace and Justice on May 1, 2004 in Takoma Park. The organization is looking for cosponsors. They also hold an annual contest for high school essays and art work. This will be on the agenda for our next meeting. Green Presidential candidate David Cobb will be in the area again, tentatively on February 2nd. Further details will be provided as known. On January 24th there will be a People's Summit downtown. It would be good to have a green party speaker (and tabling?).

November 17, 2003
BCGP Minutes of 11/17/03 at Patsy Allen's House. Attending: Dave Goldsmith, Scott Snyder, Ron Solomon, Patsy Allen, Greg Hemingway, Barbara Slavinsky, Paul West, Rick Kunkel. Minutes: Dave Goldsmith 1. Greg will write outreach letter and mail it by next meeting. 2. Pat & Johanna will create mockup of membership/ fundraiser mailer by next meeting. 3. Allison will check P.O. Box often after membership/ fundraiser mailer is sent. 4. Approve $105 to Dave for website hosting and for fresh BC-BOE list of members on disc. 5. Dave plans to help get Paul online. 6. Next meet at Greg Hemmingway's? (Ruby Tuesdays is a potential, too.)

October 20, 2003
BCGP Minutes of 10/20/03 Attending: Greg Hemingway, Rick Kunkel, Paul West, Pat Cruz, Patsy Allen, Victor Pleskacz, Hanno Beck, Dave Goldsmith, Scott Snyder, Sheldon Laskin, +2 guests Facilitator: Pat Cruz Minutes: Greg Hemingway 1. PR Initiative – Paul West Paul would like to start a group or committee focused on items such as senior outreach, college outreach, media time, etc. Paul to take the lead on forming a Committee on Public Relations 2. BCGP Nominating Convention – Paul West Paul suggested that we have a nominating convention in the Spring of 2004, around the time of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Potential speakers were discussed, and Sheldon indicated that he would contact Peter Camejo to see if he would be interested in speaking and what he would require. Sheldon noted that we would need a “name” to draw people to the event. A suggestion was made to get a Green presidential candidate. It was suggested that the event be held in late February to early March. 3. Strategy for 2004 races – Rick Kunkel There are 12 seats in Baltimore City where Greens are running. The Green Party may be approached by candidates in 2004 who want to use the Green ballot line. The question was raised re: do we want to recruit for the five congressional seats? The state election deadline to run is August 2, 2004. Dave Goldsmith noted that our order of preference would be candidates that run for office, then candidates that file but do not run (“standing” candidates), and then no candidates. We discussed ways of getting candidates including phone, mailing, going to meetings of sympathetic groups. Dave indicated that he would e-mail a list of sympathetic groups and Greg offered to collect additions from all members. Pat indicated that she would call Paul to read him the list. We agreed to do a mailing to sympathetic groups on recycled paper. 4. MGP legislative agenda for 2004 A legislative “scorecard” has been proposed for the Green Party to push certain agenda items. Sheldon suggested that tax reform be part of the scorecard. Victor suggested child care reform, which is also an ACORN issue. We need to clarify which form of IRV we will be following, and investigate whether or not the Diebold machines are equipped to do IRV. Scott Snyder agreed to follow Thornton and funding issues. Greg agreed to follow the death penalty moratorium. Victor agreed to follow the child care issue. 5. Renewable standard portfolio It was proposed that we encourage Baltimore County to enact that a certain percentage of energy used by the County come from renewable sources. Sheldon agreed to look at this issue and get a copy to Paul of the Montgomery County legislation that was passed. 6. Review of candidate nominating procedures – Rick (for Ron Solomon) Rick to post document to listserv for comment. “Endorsing” of candidates to be discussed at the next meeting. 7. BCGP annual mailer Letter will be sent. Pat Cruz agreed to draft the letter. Greg agreed to do the reproduction, and Dave agreed to do the labels. We will organize an envelope stuffing event. 8. Platform committee Paul will read over the phone for someone to type up and distribute to the group. 9. State report Coordinator of quarterly newsletter is needed. Articles are needed for the MGP website (contact Erik Michelsen). 10. Ad Hoc Campaign Finance Committee To be held at Linda Shade’s house Sunday, 10/26. 11. End the Occupation rally to be held Saturday 10/25.

September 15, 2003
BCGP minutes of 9/15/03 Attending: Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Hanno Beck, Pat Cruz, Allison Fletcher, Greg Hemingway, Paul West, James Madigan, Victor Pleskacz, Rick Kunkel. Facilitating: Pat Cruz Time keeping: Dave Goldsmith Taking minutes: Rick Kunkel Organic and Fair Wage clothing John and Iona Connor presented a variety of clothing manufactured in the US with fair wages and organic cotton. Contact them at Grassroots Cooperatives, PO Box 369, Libertyville MD 21762, 301-898-0891. The BCGP Platform The platform group intends to meet in September to come up with a first draft to present to the larger group and to the BCGP listserve. The draft platform will be placed on the BCGP for feedback. The platform group will also suggest a process for the platform to be approved. Elections 1. The offices up for election in 2004 in Baltimore County are a) presidential, b) the US Senate seat held by Barbara Mikulski, and c) five House of Representative seats. All five of these seats overlap several other counties and/or city. Two of the districts that cross into far northern Baltimore County have only a very small voter base in Baltimore County. The three other districts (held by Elijah Cummings, Ben Cardin, and Dutch Ruppersberger) have substantial voter base in Baltimore County. 2. Since the Maryland Green Party now has easy ballot access, we are hoping that Greens will begin to express interest in running for office. 3. It is vital that we compose candidate nominating procedures. This effort is being spearheaded by Ron Solomon, Allison Fletcher and Paul West. Tonight¹s group brainstormed ideas that Ron, Allison and Paul may want to incorporate. Rick will turn in their initial draft to the state electoral committee, as requested, at the next state meeting on 10/12/03. 4. Tonight¹s group agreed that we should expend effort on recruiting potential candidates for 2004 races. The methods to do this include a) via the annual mailing, b) phoning our membership, c) contacting like minded groups, d) posting a recruitment blurb on our website. It was noted that even if a congressional campaign is a small one, the candidate must, at a minimum, attend all debates. 5. There are a number of candidates running for office in Baltimore City in 2004 (city council, mayor, etc). BCGP members are encouraged to volunteer on these campaigns. Contact the Baltimore City Green Party at 410=662-8169 or office@baltimoregreens.org Meeting Place 1. The majority of attendees support the idea of a fixed meeting place, as opposed to our current rotating system. Those members who preferred rotating had as their reasons a) the potential cost of paying for a spot, and b) the fact that some members would permanently have to travel longer distances if the place was fixed. 2. Paul West offered the meeting room in his apartment building as a possible fixed location. It would be cost free. We will meet there in October, and then decide whether to continue to meet there. Miscellaneous Issues 1. The MGP has requested a brief update on all locals¹ activities to put on the MGP website. Patsy Allen volunteered to write the piece, and requests that people send her information to include. Her contact info is pallen19@juno.com 2. It was decided to send a party invitation/fundraiser as our annual mailer. The party, in which no business will be transacted, will occur on Saturday 11/1 from 6-10 PM, with place to be determined. Pat Cruz will organize the party. Paul will explore whether his meeting room would be available. 3. James Madigan is interested in organizing a protest of state budget cuts. Possible date may be the first week of the General Assembly. Contact him at madiganmanj@mail.com 4. The "Growing Our Party" proposal of Linda Schade and Kevin Zeese was discussed. All members agree to read the proposal and give Rick Kunkel feedback so he knows how to vote at the next MGP CC meeting on 10/12. 5. We will table at Essex Day on 9/21. Victor Plescacz is the main organizer. Nine attendees sign up to staff the table at various hours. If raining, call 410-780-8888 to see if event is still on. Next meeting TABCO building, 1st floor, E. Joppa Road (two blocks east of the Towson Circle, on the south side of the street). Parking is easiest at the Towsontown Mall.

August 18, 2003
BCGP GENERAL MEETING - SCOTT SNYDER'S HOUSE AUGUST 18, 2003 Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Ron Solomon, Scott Synder, Victor Pleskacz, James Madigan 1. Delayed discussion on platform and voting procedures until next month. 2. Discussion of MGP victory-- we can now run candidates w/o individual petition drives! 3. Scott will compile a list of elected offices in the county in 2004, with filing dates and costs. 4. Ron will develop the first draft of nominating procedures for the BCGP. 5. James is considering running for office and will do some preparatory work. 6. We will be tabling at Essex Day on September 21. 7. Notes from MGP CC: MGP CC Meeting notes: Next MGP CC Sept. 14th in Howard County at Ahelton Adventist Church on Guilford Rd.; Mike Cornell from Howard County first Green in MD history appointed to non-partisan River Hill Village Board of Directors; Mark Miller wants each local to develop a nominating process for local candidates; $3966.18 in the MGP treasury; $608.39 in the BCGP treasury; 5700 registered Greens in the state; State platform committee wants to meet with each local's platform committee to share ideas for a statewide platform; campaign finance, seems to be moving to saying what is in place now is a guideline, new rules will be voted on in December, any changes later will not affect candidates for 2004 races.

July 22, 2003
BCGP GENERAL MEETING - RON SOLOMON'S HOUSE JULY 22, 2003 Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Rick Kunkel, Scott Synder, Michael Morrill, Paul West, Patsy Allen, Ron Solomon, Nina Ruttledge, James Madigan 1. John Conner of Grassroots Cooperative will speak for 15 minutes at out August meeting. 2. Nina has agreed to be out Alternate Delegate to the MGP CC monthly meetings. 3. Platform Committee has developed 13 items; will present a report at the next monthly BCGP meeting. 4. The suggestion for an annual BCGP Conference / Fundraiser / Social was made. 5. A discussion on BCGP Policies and Procedures was begun and will be resumed at our August meeting. 6. We agreed to spend $50 to table at Essex Day 9/21. 7. We were reminded that Artscape is this weekend, some of us will help the BGP table there on Saturday. 8. We agreed to pay the BCGP $60 website hosting bill. 9. It was made known that on October 10th in Harrisburg, PA, a "People's Debate" forum will take place among all the candidates for president. 10. The minority outreach committee members discussed their activities. 11. There was a discussion on having a permanent venue for meetings; Nina and Scott will look into locations. 12. There was a discussion of the MGP Annual Assembly and the controversy over the MGP $100 campaign finance limit. 13. There was a discussion of the successfull tabling event at the Nader rally at JHU. 14. There was a discussion about the National Green Party Conference, and the funding for the Black Caucus "College Tour" and the determination to run a presidential candidate uin 2004.

June 16, 2003
BCGP GENERAL MEETING - GREG HEMINGWAY'S JUNE 16, 2003 1. DEMOCRACY RISING JUNE 26TH 5:30-7:00 Fliers, Telephone banking, tickets, e-mail to people who helped w/Rick's campaign, telephone banking rally, assembly, website. Dave to make brochures PAC center for organizing 410-662-8169 2. Tabling - too late for July 4th Towson Parade & Timonium Fair this year. Dave - Should we aim at tabling at Timonium Fair next year 2004? $600 for run of fair (5-6 days). Visibility is important. Nov. and Dec. agenda. Jan. registration date. 3. T-shirts - Dave to get artwork to Allison. Print large logo on back, w/small BCGP on front left. ASAP. 4. Button maker- $200-325? 1 inch and 1/4 to 1 inch and 1/2, Borrow Montgomery County large button maker and trade our small button maker. Ron suggests Pat is authorized to spend $250 if she thinks machine is worthwhile and if not she will come back to us before next mail through phone and e-mail to see if we'd be willing to spend more. 5. Candidates in 2004? - Mikulski, Cardin - Sheldon wouldn't want to run against them because they tend towards Green values anyway. 6. Platform & electoral politics - Will suggests starting a committee to research, discussion, debate, and recommendations. Zoning issues for example. Ron - instant run-off voting - do we want to make that one of our major issues? Platform needs to be developed and on website expressed concisely to be more accessible. Rick, Paul, Sheldon, Patsy, Ron, Hanno would work on it. Paul would be willing to organize the committee. Focus on local issues and take into account state and national issues (e.g. Balt. County doing in terms of Patriot Act?) where they impact local level. Sheldon Laskin will host first meeting. Paul West 410-825-7709. No executive power for decision making. Take recommendations back to group. Jim Brochin - Platform committee would give him our suggestions for legislature. 7. Artscape - last weekend of July, Theresa Adams, Pat's friend, will let us table by her car. 8. Dave Survey - Hanno didn't get one in original go around. Neither did Patsy or Allison. 9. Minority outreach report. Next meeting July 12th at Borders at 10:30 am. 10. "What WMD?" vigil - Signs Ron, Greg, Bob Kaufmann, Ron's wife, Dave, Jonathon Mizell overpass in Catonville. 1 hour - state police and county police - Support the troops sign- w/Republican Party logo on back. Lots of thumbs up and beeps, people w/ flags too. Impeding traffic. Police checking law. Okay, just don't step off curb. Signs way too small. Make next ones much larger. 11. Pat - Ad Hoc Committee - Proposals 1)Keep $100 limit 2) $4000 3)Change $100 limit 4)None of above 12. Ron - Events June 19th rally Baltimore Sun bldg. 501 N. Calvert- solidarity w/writers. No bylines on articles. Charles St. Bridge opening block party by Penn station 3-11. 13. Paul - made inquiry w/Balt. Co about outreach to students. Mock elections. Waiting to hear from law department 14. Protest - General Cinema - ACORN - boycott 15. Allison "Bursar" - all checks to Eric/reimbursement 16.Co-op - Grassroots Cooperative, John Conner - 15 minutes in July. 17. Presidential Election 2004 - Dave attended State Assembly debate about 2004. Discussion w/BCGP: should we run candidate in 2004? In what situation would you not support a Green candidate? Who? Sheldon - Green convention before Democratic convention? Kusinch or Dean nominated, problems w/ running Green candidate. John Kerry? Run a candidate. Jack - idea of another Bush in office so repellant Greg- someone registered Green, not Nader or a Dem who lost that convention Patsy- vote Green - who? Rick - safe state, Kusinich or Dean would be great Anne Marie - priority to get rid of Bush Craig - appalled by idea of Bush and Republicans having 4 more years; start from bottom up Ron - Safe or not, if Maryland supports. Run a candidate to build a party. Huge mistake for Nader not to negotiate w/Gore. Had power and let it slip away. To have that power have to run a candidate w/strategy to win. Paul - National level - party prestige & recognition - visibility & raise issues. State level - could vote for someone to oppose Bush. Hanno - vote w/joy for Green candidate. 1st felt in last election. Part of something that's a Green Party obligation to run candidates where and when possible Allison - look at long term progressive goals Pat - Vote for Nader because he didn't compromise Jim - abstain - Ralph Independent? Sheldon - build the party w/candidate who can speak to people outside the party. Henry Wallis - progressives not joiners, tend to be independent. A candidate who can keep energy and educate people. Dave - want us to run a Green candidate - Alana Hartsock, someone who is a Green. 18. Ron to host next month's meeting - July 21st. 8111 McDonogh Rd., 410-363-3140. Ask John Connors for July. 19. Greg to check library for August meeting. 20. Sheldon - Pat to send press release for assembly. No state press and publicity.

May 19, 2003
Baltimore County Green Party Minutes May 19, 2003 Patsy Allen's house Attendance: Will Poole, Dave Goldsmith, Rick Kunkel, Hanno Beck, Patsy Allen, Allison Fletcher, Sheldon Laskin, Ron Solomon, Greg Hemingway, Jack Summer, Pat Cruz 1. Tikkun - alternatives for Middle East Peace - organization started by Rabbi Michael Lerner. Dave has been attending meetings at new Howard County local. He asked if we'd like to table at the 1st National Conference June 1-4 where Tikkun will be meeting w/state representatives, such as Elijah Cummings. Ron noted that there is some controversy between Tikkun and other groups. BCGP members decided tabling would be a good opportunity. Patsy, Sheldon, and Will might be able to table on the 1st. Dave to check on fees and location. 2. Tabling Opportunities - A. Ron provided info about PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) and Transit Riders League meetings as possible places to table or attend. B. Rick suggested Towson 4th of July parade. Will look into cost & e-mail members for marching commitment. Group felt we'd need at least 10 people marching to make positive impression. C. Greg will get more info about volunteer day in city as possible place to network/table. D. Dave will find out cost of Timonium Fair. E. Need dates for Art Scape. F. Patsy suggested hosting reception/house party for students early in fall semester. G. Pat said Hillendale Elementary, where she teaches, would allow us to table at Spring Fair June 14th. Rick and Will can help w/tabling. 3. MGP state meeting was 5/18. Dave and Pat attended. Discussion included: A. Analysis of campaign strategies from 2002 election. B. Contribution limits for members of locals and campaigns. Pat will report to ad hoc election committee on our local's ideas. Members unanimously agreed that MGP & candidates should not accept donations from corporations, unions, or PACs. Members thought campaign contribution limit should be left to locals, not state issue. Our local will discuss w/potential candidates and work w/them to set appropriate limit. C. Montgomery HS has teens who want to do internships for Greens. Pat will ask them to create art car for us. Need car. D. National Convention in Washington DC July 17-20. E. July 13th CC meeting in St. Mary's, childcare available, camping. F. State Assembly, June 21st at Anne Arundel Community College, will offer free childcare. Party/fund raiser at Annapolis pub on Friday June 20th. G. Need state co-chair to replace Isaac. 4. Support the Truth Vigil to be held Thur. May 29th at 5pm on Frederick Rd. overpass in response to Support Our Troops banners/Iraq war. Will hang BCGP banners. Pat, Dave and Jack to make signs saying, No imminent threat? What WMD? Clear and Present Danger? Do you feel safe now? Stop Preemptive Warfare. Ron, Will, Dave, Rick, Pat, Patsy & Jack can attend. Dave will post announcement on list serve. 5. Baltimore Antiwar Coordinating Committee - Ron has been attending. Voted that Ron will officially represent BCGP. Focus is on the cost of war, i.e. paid for by poor, cuts in social programs. Next meeting June 1st @ 7pm @ PAC. 6. Will Poole introduced himself. Disability rights activist. Will talk to Dave about making website and graphics at meetings accessible to blind. 7. Letter to newly registered BC Greens. Patsy composed and will copy and send. 8. New BCGP address - PO Box 101, Baldwin, MD 21013. Rick to forward mail from old Towson box and close it down. 9. Minority Outreach Committee first meeting Saturday, May 31st 11:00 at Borders café. 10. Next meeting June 16th at Greg Hemmingway's 102 Hedgewood Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093, 410-825, 3888. July 21st meeting at Ron Solomon's, 8111 McDonegh Rd., Balt. 21208.

April 21, 2003
BCGP General Meeting Dave Goldsmith's house April 21th, 2003 Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Craig Herud, Ann MArie Herud, Hanno Beck, Patsy Allen 1.) Reviewed BCGP Introductory letter Patsy developed; Patsy and Pat will send it out to the 200+ new BCGP contacts before the next meeting. 2.) BCGP endorsed the BACC peace march. 3.) Discussion by Dave about the BCGP working with Tikkun and attending their National Conference in June in DC. 4.) Mention by Craig of the Susquehana River Sweep April 26 (410-457-2482) 5.) Discussion that the deadline to comment to the FCC re: further consolidation of the media industry is forthcoming. 6.) Patsy agreed to host the May meeting.

March 17, 2003
BCGP General Meeting Hanno Beck's house March 17th, 2003 Attendance: Dave Goldsmith, Pat Cruz, Rick Kunkel, Greg Hemingway, Russel Tyldesley, Hanno Beck, Jim Kim, Allison Fletcher, Jack Summers 1) Cleanup April 5th - Karen Zeller reported to Allison that the Save Our Streams organization folded, apparently due to lack of funding. Karen is working w/Irvine Nature Center to host our clean up for April 5th. It will be held at a stream on Perring Parkway near the new Home Depot (south of the one on Joppa Rd.) The clean up will be from 9-12. The BCGP will be working with a group of high school students, so Karen hopes at least 20 people will be present. She said the site is in dire need of a clean up. The area has high visibility, and we should hang our banners in view of the crowds at the shopping center nearby. Karen is to send info. to Dave for the web site. Karen will contact Chesapeake Bay Foundation to find out if we can still get grant money. The money was being dispersed to us through SOS. We will not be conducting a survey of Towson Run because that was in conjunction with SOS. 2) Legislative Score Cards - Anne Arundel County GP very involved in collecting info for Legislative Score Card. Rick reported that tracking Balt. Co. legislation is on hold temporarily. Professor who tracks legislation has informed him that database is not correct. Said he will turn his data over to us once it is cleared up. Midsummer should have info for web site. 3) Membership Recruitment/Student Outreach Patsy was going to write up letter for new members. Hasn't contacted Johanna yet. Allison will switch our PO Box to Baldwin so it is convenient for her. Will forward mail from Towson box and provide Patty, et al w/new address for mailing. Aruhdhati Roy - Bia Riaz has video if Dave and Greg want to obtain it for Towson U. viewing. Dave has shown it on other campuses, but his copy was stolen from his car. 4) Minority Outreach - Allison sent Dave a notice about forming a Minority Outreach Committee which he will post on the web site. She also sent it out on our listserve. Jim Kim responded and will attend first meeting which will be held in April or May. The committee will plan and implement ways to encourage minority individuals to join the Greens. Dave to e-mail Allison list of contact info for people who selected Minority Outreach as the number 1 or 2 priority on survey. 5) Activist Directory - Dave set this up and sent out a password for everyone on the directory. Info currently on directory includes name, phone, e-mail, and top 10 green value. As it grows will add names for us to access. Discussion about whether or not we need to include additional information. Everyone on directory can submit bio to add to it. Purpose is to improve line of communication between members regarding specific activities. 6) Review of State Mtg. - Coordinating Council meeting - Rick & Pat attended. a. Newsletter delayed from original schedule, March 23rd deadline for articles, Rob Tufts is editor. Rick has his e-mail address. Looking for anti-war articles. b. Assembly in June - business mtgs. 1 day only Looking for people who are willing to run for state GP offices: Co-chair, secretary, treasurer, delegate to national level Looking for place to hold assembly in Anne Arundel County. Suggestions welcomed. Keynote speaker Green delegate from Maine. c. Antiwar resolution - e-mail vote for state resolution- BCGP approved original by13-0 vote, revised version by12-1. Revised "Whereas" version was preferred by 2-1 majority. Rick sent our vote result to state. d. Rick gave feedback to MD national delegates on two issues. Supported Louisiana to start official Green Party. Voted yes on a proposal describing decision-making process. e. Membership committee - Baltimore City has garnered many new Greens. We need to get some registered too! f. Technical - Hanno - coordinating local websites - Posing questions such as: some way to do w/out Yahoo.com? Alternative? Richard Ellsbury has found some solutions. Should we move our email functionings to these solutions? Discussion of names. Where should MD greens web site be hosted, include locals? Membership database, change of affiliation forms can go into database. Slow going. 7) Mission Statement - At last meeting two concerns expressed about Mission Statement "advocating for political change" & "ten key values" mentioned twice. Members unanimously voted to accept Mission Statement as follows, w/notation that it can be amended in the future if desired: The Baltimore County Green Party's (BCGP) mission is to mobilize an informed electorate in order to win office for Green Party candidates. We seek to further this mission by: · Providing information to the community about the Green Party and its policies; · Advocating for political change at the local, state, and national level; · Increasing Green voter registration to, and beyond, 1% of Baltimore County's total; · Involving ourselves in activities consistent with the ten key Green values; and · Acting as a point of contact and base of support for Green candidates. 8) Earth Day Event/Tabling - Dave will email Karen to find out what to do for Earth Day. Herring Run? April 22nd is Earth Day. Pat proposed a Green Fair for a future Earth Day. Pat will put together a 2-paragraph proposal. Russell will get state tourism board list of festivals and compile list of events that might work for tabling. Goal to table once a month April - October. 9) Political Campaigns in 2003 - Hanno hasn't heard from Isaac about any campaigns in 2003. If there aren't any in Baltimore County, we should assist city w/council election. Debate about when primary will be heard. Myles Koening running as Green. Possibly two others running. Russell 2004 - Democratic Manifesto book, Two Green Platforms - US GREENS, GREEN Party USA. Way in back of mind to run congressional campaign. 4,000 signatures (Rick). Opportunity to get in venues to get message out. Opening to be exploited. New registration cards say Republican/Democrats/Greens. No other third parties. Congressman Elijah Cummings is incumbent. Pat - Possibly would run for county council (2006). 10) Dave - Master's Degree in History - Working on project for degree - "Who are the Greens?" Will be collecting data from members between now and June. 11) $215 annual webhosting fee - Dave approved to get reimbursement from Erik Michelsen. 12) State - nonprofit group outside of political party for fundraising? Pat to ask about this. Let Hanno know. 13) T-shirts Allison to order more. Discussion about whether to continue w/same design or different. Will consider putting design on back of shirt this time. 14) MD antiwar coalition - newly formed - Mass protest on all capitals of every state. Pat helping organize. Move-on, AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) (e-mail list), War protest a "dying out", washing of flag in front of Flag House. Rick thinks it is good idea to participate for both recruitment purposes and to join forces w/other like minded groups. 15) Location of April 21st meeting - Parkville - Theresa Adam's house. Pat to send address to Dave for posting. Pat looking at colleges and Irvine Nature Center for other meeting places. Will have some lined up by April meeting. Allison will create "to do list" for everyone to accomplish between general meetings. Dave will send Allison list of Greens in Parkville area and she will look up phone numbers and call about upcoming meeting. Allison will also place notice of meeting in Patuxent newspaper. Pat will place notice of meeting in City Paper.

February 24, 2003
MINUTES - Baltimore County Green Party General Meeting, Monday February 24th, Patsy Allen's house, 505 Locksley Rd., Towson Attendance: Patsy Allen, Dave Goldsmith, Paul Goudfrooij, S. Jim Kim, Rick Kunkel, Karen Zeller, Jack Sumners, Renee` Rees, Hanno Beck, Pat Cruz, Allison Fletcher 1.) Towson Run clean up, Saturday, April 5th. Area to be cleaned will be determined by stream survey conducted in March. Karen will arrange survey time w/Brett of Save Our Streams. Survey and storm-drain painting depend upon spring weather. Patsy and Allison to participate. The April 5th clean up will be part of a multi-watershed clean-up day with about 100 sites. Should generate some positive publicity for BCGP. 2.) "Yes" vote on "Smoke Free Maryland" endorsement. (9 Yes, 2 No, 2 Abstain) 3.) Unanimous "Yes" vote on $500 annual cap on contributions to the BCGP. (12 Yes) 4.) Definition of "Active Member" - Patsy provided a definition for discussion. "An active member is one who has participated in two functions during the quarter, or four during the past six months. Functions include monthly meetings and activities listed on the web site, such as campaigning, protests, petitioning, and clean-ups." Members expressed concern that this definition might exclude members who have paid dues, but don't participate in meetings, or members who are active at home on the internet or phone, but don't attend meetings. Decision to use the definition, but w/flexibility. 5.) Discussion of decision-making process - First, will try to reach consensus to make decision. Barring a consensus, 2/3rd's of votes required on substantive issues and 51% on procedural issues. Electronic voting (e-mail, fax, or phone) will be conducted, but discussion will be allowed at meeting. Anyone who disagrees w/majority view on issue has right to come to meeting to share opinion and discuss. Final decision will be made at meeting, unless there is a deadline that must be met. These are general guidelines and may be revised in the future if necessary. 6.) Concern about list serve messages and characterization of BCGP - Dave said the state is working on setting up discussion groups on web site, but it is an idea that is percolating and won't take place in near future. Once state has completed this project, the Baltimore County web site can use the template to set up similar discussion site and reduce number of "discussion" type list serve messages. Dave said that more people join our list serve than drop off it. Hanno suggested posting guidelines for using the list serve that would automatically appear, but nobody has technical knowledge to do so. 7.) Personal information in data base - After discussion and input via e-mail from Greg Hemingway, it was decided that we would have a self-selected directory. Dave will contact "active" members to get permission to have them listed on directory. For now, directory will consist of name, address, e-mail, and individual's top 3 Green values. Everyone on directory will have password to access it so we can improve communication between members. Will reevaluate utility of directory versus risks after this "pilot program." More member info may be added in future, w/people's permission. 8.) BCGP membership representation to the monthly MGP Coordinating Council meetings - March Rick and Greg, April - Greg or Karen, May- Dave, June - Assembly. We need someone to attend in July when the meeting is a camp over held in south Maryland. CC meetings have been shortened and run about 1 hr. 15 min. 9.) Review of BCGP Mission Statement - Hanno cautioned that we shouldn't turn 10 key values into a sacred creed. Discussion followed about the validity of using values as measure for candidates. Pat suggested a procedural rule that each candidate be questioned on each value and perhaps provide a written statement on views. Karen suggested we form specific questions on each value to get a true sense of potential candidate's beliefs. Paul questioned the wording of the second point of missions statement, "advocating for political change." He noted that political change might have negative connotations for people, e.g. revolution, and also that once Greens are in office, we might not always be advocating for change. We are to discuss this wording further by e-mail and return to the issue at the March meeting. Proposed mission statement - The Baltimore County Green party (BCGP)'s mission is to mobilize an informed electorate in order to win office for Green Party candidates. We seek to further this mission by: · Providing information to the community about the Green Party and its policies; · Advocating for political change at the local, state, and national level; · Increasing Green voter registration to, and beyond, 1% of Baltimore County's total; · Involving ourselves in activities consistent with the ten key Green values; and · Acting as a point of contact and base of support for Green candidates who are aligned with the ten key Green values. 10.) Meeting places for 2003 - Pat Cruz will schedule meetings at least 3 months in advance so that we can post time and place on web, submit info. to publications, and invite Greens in each area. March 17th meeting will be at Hanno Beck's. Pat will look into scheduling meetings at Irvine Nature Center, UMBC, and BC Public Libraries. We will try to meet at a library 4 times a year in order to reach out to new areas in BC such as Catonsville & Essex. 11.) P&P - Karen will place March meeting info in Penny Saver and Patsy will contact Patuxent Publishing. Rick will call members in Catonsville area, 21228 & 21229 zip codes, to invite them to our March meeting. Allison will contact Catonsville Community College school paper. List of publications and contact info is on. BCGP web site. 12.) Voter Registration List - Dave obtained copy and was approved for $25 reimbursement from our funds. Now 250 Greens registered in BC. Rick reported on growth of Greens in BC - 181 in 2001, 400 in 2002, 687 in Dec. 2002, and 750 in Feb. 2003. 13) Mailing - Patsy and Karen will work on text for mailing/fundraising letter to new Greens. Johanna can help w/layout. Pat wil label and mail. Pat suggested a post card, tri-fold form to save paper. Rick said he has leftover paper from his campaign that we can use. Paul will look up phone numbers from new list after we've sent mailing and given time for responses. 14) Baltimore Sun ran an editorial by Vinnie DiMarco in Sunday Perspective section which blasted the Green Party. Brought up the spoiler issue in national and regional campaigns. Myles, Dave, and Jeff have all written letters to editor in response. Rick asked anyone else who writes to address the local races. Patsy pointed out that Rick's campaign did not cost the Democratic candidates the election. 15) Living Wage Issue at Towson University - Rick reported that Jim Brochin is negotiating w/the administration at TU and has decided not to introduce a Living Wage Bill in state this year. Students not fully satisfied, but Brochin asking for them to wait and see. 16) Film Festival - Pat said film about Green candidate in Columbia who was kidnapped before elections was shown in Annapolis and will be showing March 4th in DC. HBO has picked it up, but wants to edit it. 17) Peace Rally in DC March 15th. Pat rode bus to peace rally in NY and found the trip was excellent way to network. Greens should consider arranging for bus for 15th. 18) Anti-war photo essay Dave put together has received 50,000 website hits, and was recognition by national party. BCGP site picked up 2,500 hits as a result. Need high-speed flash animation to view it. 19) Earth Day - need to schedule event at next meeting. 20) Campaigns in 2003? If none in county, Hanno suggests we assist BGP w/city council elections. 21) Anti-war Lysistrata performance March 3 at 426 E. 31st. Street. Contact Tara Cariaso at tara_cariaso@yahoo.com for more info. 22) Next Meeting - March 17th @ 7 pm, Hanno Beck's, 647 Plymouth Rd., Catonsville, MD, 410-744-0521.

January 20, 2003
BCGP meeting Minutes 1/20/03 Baltimore County Green Party Minutes from 1/20/03 Borders Bookstore, Towson Attendance: Rick Kunkel, Craig Herud, Anne Marie Herud, Patsy Allen, Karen Zeller, Allison Fletcher, James Madigan, Dave Goldsmith, Mark Breaux 1. Presentation from Mark Breaux on the Smoke Free Maryland Coalition. Working for 100% smoke-free indoor public places and workplaces, including eating and drinking establishments. Legislation going before state this year. Will Green Party support resolution? We will ask for feedback from active members of the local and take a vote at our next meeting. 2. Monday, February 17th we will meet at Patsy Allen's house 505 Locksley Rd., Towson. Contact info for directions will be on our website. 3. Discussion about cap for individual contributions to our local. Attendees at meeting supported raising the individual contribution limit from $100 per year to $500 per year. Dave will send memo to active members asking for opinions on issue. We will vote at our next meeting. 4. Definition of Active Members unclear. Patsy to work on writing a definition for our next meeting and a proposal for how to reach consensus on issues. Will look at BGP by-laws. 5. Side issue - concern about list serve messages and characterization of BCGP. Should be included on agenda for Feb. meeting. 6. Dave has created form for gathering info about members for a database. Attending members were asked to complete forms and return them to Dave. Allison to research how the state & city and other locals have dealt with issue of who has access to personal information in data base and make suggestions for our local at next meeting. 7. State Coordinating Council meetings - Rick has been representative. Other members substituted for him while he was running for Delegate. We decided to send reps on a rotating basis and Karen will create a schedule for the next 6 months. Karen, Rick, Dave, James, and Patsy all volunteered to go at least once during the year. 8. Mission Statement developed by Rick, Hano, and Greg. Patsy suggested that it state that candidates must embrace 10 key values. Otherwise, members thought it accurately reflected the goals of our local. Rick will take it back to Hano and Greg for final editing. Currently it reads: The Baltimore County Green Party (BCGP)'s mission is to mobilize an informed electorate in order to win office for Green Party candidates. We seek to further this mission by: · providing information to the community about the Green party and its policies; · advocating for political change at the local, state, and national level; · increasing Green voter registration to, and beyond, 1% of Baltimore County's total; · involving ourselves in activities consistent with the ten key Green values; and · acting as a point of contact and base of support for Green candidates. 9. Review of proposed projects: a. Scorecards - Rick is working on this project with Isaac Opalinsky and Erik Michelson from the state. They will track 10-15 pieces of legislation and provide a 'Green Grade" for the 181 state senators and delegates, which will be posted on state website. BCGP website will provide info about each Baltimore County delegate and senator including a summary of who he/she is and what stands he/she takes. Anyone who hears of important legislation to track, please pass the name and number of the bill on to Rick. Rick is also gathering and compiling data on campaign finances for state legislators. He could use help with this project. It will take about 40 hours to complete. b. Clean-up Days - Towson Run clean up 1st Saturday in April (April 5th). Karen will invite Brett of Save Our Streams to our next meeting to talk about doing a stream survey in March. Karen will reschedule storm drain painting once we have warmer weather. Jones Falls Association has money for plants, so may fund plantings in the fall. Craig noted that the lower Susquehanna River Heritage Sweep, a well attended clean up, will be held April 26th. Dave suggested that members of our local participate and perhaps assist Craig and Anne Marie in getting a local established in Harford County. c. Student Outreach - Greg & Dave working on this project. Dave has sent out Arundhati Roy's "Come September" speech on audio cd (w/a change of party affiliation and Green Party flier) to Green student organizations requesting that they play it on college campuses. He also gave copies to members at the meeting and asked us to listen to it and then pass it on to people who haven't yet registered Green. d. Membership Recruitment - State is working to increase Greens to 1% of registered voters, which equals about 27,000 voters. Dave is Baltimore County Membership Coordinator and reports to Mike Shea who excels at registering people. Dave passed out registration forms and asked members to work to register people so he could report progress in Balt. Co. e. Candidate Recruitment - Keep ears and eyes open for potential Green candidates for 2004 & 2006. f. Minority Outreach -Allison to work on proposal for involving people from minority groups in the Greens. Anyone who wants to assist, please contact Allison at akcf60@aol.com. 12. Rick represented Greens at the Living Wage Mtg. at Towson State University. Newly elected State Senator Jim Brochin arranged for Rick to participate. Baltimore County Greens to offer support for increasing wages for contractual employees (housekeepers, etc.) on Towson campus which is currently one of lowest paying campuses in the state, averaging around $5.15 an hour. 13. Keep watch for people who would be good public speakers. Dave working on creating Speaker's Bureau to address groups in the county. 14. Dave will update the BCGP data on the MD Green party website. Suggestions for what to include would be appreciated. 15. New organization - Anti-war Coordinating Committee will be meeting Feb. 2nd at 7pm in the city. Dave asked for a representative from our group. He will contact Ron Solomon to see if he would like to attend; Allison will go if Ron is unavailable. 16. Treasury added about $200 from fundraising since last meeting according to Karen. 17. Karen has been checking the PO box in Towson Towncenter and processing mail for over 7 months. Allison agreed to take over the task. 18. Meeting places - Dave proposed that we start meeting at various branches of Baltimore County Library so that we can schedule our meetings well in advance. Rick suggested that we call registered Greens to invite them to meetings in their areas. Libraries charge $30 for meeting space. Anne Marie recommended that we check on library bi-laws to make sure we can use the libraries every month. 19. State General Assembly is scheduled for June 14th. PAU

December 16, 2002
BCGP meeting Minutes 12/16/02 Attendees: Dave Goldsmith, Victor Pleskacz, Greg Hemmingway, Paul Phillips, Rick Kunkel, Tom Browne, Hanno Beck, Arancha Lattanzio, Karen Zeller 1.) Tom, Rick, and Greg agreed to write a draft BCGP mission statement for next month’s meeting. 2.) Karen reminded us that representatives are needed for the state and national committees. Dave indicated he would put links to both lists on the BCGP website. 3.) Dave and Karen discussed the first BCGP fundraising mailer: a.) Mailer went to 525 registered Greens in Baltimore County just before the November 5th elections b.) Costs for mailer was approximately $300 c.) Approximately 20 people responded and almost $1,000 was received in donations. d.) Dave summarized the results of the BCGP Survey that accompanied the fundraising letter: recruiting new members and candidates were the top priority of the respondents; Ecological Wisdom and Social Justice were the top concerns; and Cleanup Days, Meetings, and Demonstrations were the top activities. e.) Dave indicated a second mailing of approximately 225 other people in the BCGP database was sent a week ago. f.) It was suggested that a follow-up mailing to those who responded to both mailings would be a good idea, and that mailing would include our mission statement, and contact phone numbers. 4.) The BCGP approved Dave’s request to receive payment to cover the cost of commercial hosting of the BCGP website, and for the BCGP listserve. 5.) Rick indicated that the state party was suggesting that locals do their own fundraising, and submit 25% back to the state party. Rick agreed to be the point- person to collate BCGP member’s thoughts on this proposal from the state party. 6.) Karen suggested that we discuss maximum contribution amounts for the BCGP at our next meeting. 7.) Rick suggested that the BCGP consider developing a “Score Card” similar to the one created by the Progressive Party of Vermont. 8.) Dave suggested that the BCGP develop a “Projects List” and post it on our website, so that interested activists can see what we are doing, and choose which project to get involved with. Dave indicated that he will post the list which will include Score Card, Cleanup Days, Membership Recruitment, and Candidate Recruitment. 9.) Arancha indicated an interest in having our local represented at the upcoming anti- war demonstration in DC on January 18, 2003. 10.) Karen explained to the group that BGE & Pepco green power alternatives are now available for our residential electrical service.

November 18, 2002
MINUTES - Baltimore County Green Party Meeting - November 18th, 2002 In attendence: Pat Cruz, Rachel Markowitz, S. Jim Kim, Karen Zeller, Paul Goudfrooij, Patsy Allen, Greg Hemingway, Michael Shea, Victor Pleskacz, Allison Fletcher, Hanno Beck, Rick Kunkel, Jenny Siebenhaar, Brian Hughes, Dave Goldsmith, Ed Crutchfield 1.) Thank you to the volunteers that made the Rick Kunkel campaign such a success-- 5,456 votes! 2.) We are on track to have the neccessary petiton signatures statewide. 3.) P&P: The Sun continues to print Dave Goldsmith's letters to the editors every month. 4.) Date for Storm Drain Painting will be the weekend of December 14-15.

October 21, 2002
MINUTES - Baltimore County Green Party Meeting - October 21st, 2002 In attendence: Pat Cruz, Hanno Beck, Dave Goldsmith, Karen Zeller A short meeting before we broke to go to the candidate forum at TSU. A. Next week's Stop the War Rally in DC B. Report from the State CC meeting in Howard county 10/20/02; state of the 10k petition drive 1. Petition drive count is 11,500, we need 1,600 more by November 18th. Each local is asked to pick two dates for coordinated petitioning. 2. Budget is $2,222. 3. Next meeting is Nov. 17th at Dave Gross' house in AA county. 4. Maryland is the second fastest growing green state party in the US, behind Maine. 5. $100 is available for a mailing to registered Greens in Baltimore County. C. Request for all members to work the polls in the 42nd district on election day

September 16, 2002
Baltimore County Green Party Minutes September 16, 2002 Attendance: Rick Kunkel, Pat Cruz, Dave Goldsmith, Hano Beck, Victor Pleskacz, Karen Zeller, Greg Hemingway, James Madigan, Patsy Allen, Allison Fletcher 1. Pat Cruz is working to find a venue for Ralph Nader to speak. Talking to Hopkins U. about Shriver Hall. Also looking at Recher Theatre. Probably Oct. 18th or 19th. Party following might feature Disappear Fear. 2. Essex Day, moved to Sept. 22nd due to rain. James, Brian, and Victor will set up. Greg, Dave, and Hano will help gather signatures later in day. Suggestions to get signatures from people in lines for food. Dave to contact people in Essex zip code about helping out. 3. Discussion about state fair. Pat felt it wasn't effective. Dave felt it was a good thing to be visible and would set up there again. 4. League of Women Voters forum at Shepard Pratt Sept. 20th. Rick, Patsy and Pat hope to attend. 5. 10K petitions - Use Pat's booth at Waverly Market on Saturdays. Set goals. Baltimore County share = 2000. Goal for Essex Day - 500. By next meeting, hope to have 1000 gathered. When you vote, stay for 1 hour with petition. 6. Kunkel Campaign - Polling places - Towson High Greens will leaflet for Rick. Statistics say good poll worker can garner 20% votes for candidate. 42nd District has 34 precincts. Nader received 7 1/2% to 2 1/2%. 7 weeks remaining for Rick's campaign. Have to earn every vote. Continue finding places for yard signs. 6 time slots to fill for waving signs. 7. Website/Data Base - 790 in Database. Won't be kept on website. Call Dave for information. Greg urged us to return to this topic in January to decide what procedures will be used to safeguard people's privacy. Dave will e-mail all members currently on list to see if they want to have names removed from list. 8. Future Projects after 10K/Election - work w/MPT to get on open debate (presidential), improvements in website & database. 9. Next state meeting Howard County Oct. 20th, same day as Stop Global Warming Rally. Pat to contact Howard County to see about changing date. 10. Stream Clean up - Karen has students distributing fliers on campus. Meet @ 10 AM by Towsontown Blvd. Garage. Stream located behind garage. Greg & Karen worked to write grant proposal for Chesapeake Bay Foundation for $1400. Work in winter to paint storm drains w/"Do Not Dump, Chesapeake Bay Drainage," Survey other areas to clean, ID and clean up invasive plants in spring, tree planting in fall. 11. Greg to find out if Towson has radio station. College Greens UMBC, under BCGP website. Dave to talk w/Goucher and Hopkins about too. 12. Fundraising - Calendar - best price $2.10 each. Send to 500-700 people - $1000.

August 19, 2002
MINUTES - Baltimore County Green Party Meeting - August 19th, 2002 Attendance: Karen Zeller, Patsy Allen, Ron Solomon, Eddie Taleb, Victor Pleskacz, Ellen Madigan, Brian Hughes, James Madigan, Greg Hemingway, Dave Goldsmith, Tanya DeKona, Allison Fletcher 1. Individuals introduced themselves and welcomed first time attendees. 2. Report from Maryland Coordinating Council - Patsy Allen attended the state CC meeting in August. - Morning Sunday is Green candidate in Baltimore City. She didn't complete petitioning, but will be on ballot if lawsuit is settled favorably. - The City Paper featured a story about Rick Kunkel in August. - Support for Longshore Union on West Coast. Ron will forward info. to Dave for posting on web site. - State Restoration Day (voting rights restored for convicted felons) should be attended by all Green candidates. - Goodsforgreens.com web site for Canadian company offering hats, etc. w/Green Party slogans. - Free State Justice Celebration in Chevy Chase in Sept. Maryland CC would like to raise $300 for tickets to send 4 Green candidates. - CC needs recording secretary. - Next CC meeting in Baltimore County. Allison to contact Pat Cruz for meeting info which Dave will post on web site. - Locals urged to get members out to petition for 10K at polling places for primary, Sep. 10th, and general election in Nov. - National Green party needs representative from each state to serve on Platform committee. If anyone is interested, contact CC. Individuals don't have to be National delegates to serve on committees. - Sep. 11th - check the MD web site for week of peace activities. Peace Rally in DC. - Presidential candidate committee being formed for 2004. - UMBC now has Green chapter. - Erik Michaelson, 410-956-3216, will be soliciting 200-250 people for funding for the state. - Want to organize counter protest for Neo-Nazi gathering Aug. 24th. - Sierra Club endorsed Linda Schades' candidacy, which is first time the Sierra Club has endorsed a Green candidate. Friends of Maryland also endorsed Linda. 2. Other events for interested members were noted. - Ron brought flyer for Women in Black war protest on Sep. 11th from 4-6. Goal is to form a Peace Path along Charles Street from the Inner Harbor to the Beltway. Approx. 4 people per block; groups can take blocks. Carry signs appropriate for Peace. Karen, Allison, Edie, Brian, Greg, and Patsy expressed interest in participating to represent Greens. Anyone wishing to join them may contact Allison at 410-592-6560. Contact info for Peace Path - 410-467-9112, Peacepath911@aol.com, web site - <peacepath911.com> - Anti-war demonstration @ Balt. World Trade Center 11:30-1 on 9/11. - Brian brought info about the Greater Baltimore Permaculture Guild. Introduction to Permaculture workshops will be held Aug. 18th in Cockeysville, Sept. 17th in Reisterstown, and Sep. 24 in Spring Grove, PA. Brian and three other instructors will be conducting a two-day workshop on Oct. 18 & 19th in Sonnewald Homestead in Spring Grove, PA. The workshop will include info on agriforest design and rainwater catchment. "Permaculture is an approach to planning human settlements that applies techniques and principles from ecology, appropriate technology, sustainable agriculture, cooperative economics, and the wisdom of indigenous peoples to create abundant and sustainable habitats for plants, animals and humans." For more info see the web site www.heathcote.org or contact Karen at karens@ic.org or 410-343-3478. - Patsy noted that Irvine nature center offers workshops on native plants. Tanya added that Irvine conducts Eco-tours. An Eco-tour will be given in Costa Rica Nov. 1st - 9th. 3. Report from National Party Convention - Dave. About 250 people attended mid-term convention in Philadelphia in July, including 50 Green party candidates. Ralph Nader gave what Dave termed "one of his best speeches." He suggested that activists volunteer 100 hours and donate at least $100 per year in order to make progress in the movement. Discussion about Ralph Nader's plans for 2004 - Nader hasn't announced his candidacy. Dave wondered why Nader always refers his audiences to citizenworks web site, but does not mention Green party. Brian said he heard former Cal. Gov. Jerry Brown on NPR and was impressed w/his commentary. Thought he would be a good Green candidate. Dave said his choice would be Randal Robinson, an activist who started the boycott on South Africa to end Apartheid. 4. Rick Kunkel's Campaign update - Karen. Rick submitted his petitions to the Election Board and is officially on the ballot. Volunteers are needed to WAVE SIGNS at intersections during rush hour. 5 team captains are organizing volunteers. Dave emphasized that this is the most important contribution volunteers can make towards Rick's campaign between now and the general election. Please contact Rick and volunteer to WAVE a SIGN on at least one occasion: <rickkunkel.org> 410-377-2190 - Rick had an interview w/Baltimore Sun, but it hasn't been published yet. - The Green Hour on the Mark Steiner Show in July was a success, and was replayed for PM program. The interview with Isaac Opalisnsky, Alison Gibbons, and Rick can be heard on the web site, and Dave has recorded the interview on CD to make available for publicity and info on the Green Party. 24 hours after show, BCGP web site had 12 inquires and BGP web site had 6. - Political forums will be listed on the web site. Greens urged to show up and raise issues. Rick attended one last week and another is coming up soon. 5. 10K tabling update - Artscape, we collected over 100 signatures. - STATE FAIR at Timonium Fairgrounds, Aug. 24-25 and Aug 31-Sep.1 - James to contact security and determine where we can petition, possibly the light rail stop. James has asked for volunteers from the city. The following people said they would be available - Marty, Dave, Rick, Allison, Karen (25th), and Victor. Volunteers should contact James at madiganmanj@mail.com - AFRICAN-AMERICAN FESTIVAL - Karen reported that is costs $200 to table at the African American festival in Towson in Sep. Perhaps individuals can petition w/out table. - ESSEX DAY - Victor urged us to table at Essex Day, Sunday, Sep. 15th. Cost is $50 for 2 parking spaces. Can sell T-shirts and items connected w/party, but not drinks/food. Victor will transport table, chairs & BGP and set up at 9 am. Brian has canopy we can use. - BANNER - Discussion followed about need for banner for tabling. Discussion covered topics of size, type, and verbiage for banner, as well as ways to display. It was decided that Dave would order a 5 ft. banner with a white background and green lettering that says Baltimore County Green Party and gives web site address in black. Estimated at about $80. Several members contributed money to help pay for banner. 6. Fund raising plans, brochure, web site - Dave. - WEB SITE - Sign up for the list serve on the redesigned <baltimorecountygreens.org> web site. This will help keep everyone informed and allow for discussions about the details of projects to take place between meetings. Dave has received very positive response to the web site. - CONTACT LIST - Dave has combined all contact info into one list. We need to decide how we will handle the distribution of contact list for phone banks, etc. Should it be available through password on web site? Megan Wallis has volunteered to look up phone numbers, so Dave will forward part of list to her. - AGENDA/MINUTES - posted on web site. List serve will notify people when agenda is up and when changes have been made. Need to have agenda up at least a week before meeting, and Allison needs to send changes to Dave. - Members expressed satisfaction with the brochure Dave designed. There was discussion about checklist items - wording, prioritizing issues, etc. It is available for perusal through web site. Dave would like feedback on it before printing final version. FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN PROPSAL - Dave designed calendars for fund raising through mail. In next 30-60 days use our contact list to ask registered Greens for $35 a year for annual membership. Anyone donating $35 would receive a calendar and T-shirt. Dave passed around sample calendars which can be also be viewed through the web site. Ideally, calendars would include date and location of meetings throughout next year. Individuals present expressed approval of calendars. Discussion followed about the amount to solicit for annual dues; percent of return we would get on a mailing, costs of the mailing versus potential for fund raising. Karen suggested we contact people outside of Rick's district since they have been contacted several times this year. Dave said he would take comments under consideration and would perhaps try a small sample mailing to test return factor. 7. SAVE-OUR-STREAMS - Karen toured sites with Brett Johnson of SOS. Decided to adopt Towson Run, which goes through Towson University campus and is in Rick's district. Karen will try to arrange for clean up on Sep. 28th, or thereafter. Info will be posted on list serve. SOS will provide trash bags and equipment. A volunteer from SOS will be there to assist w/clean-up and they will arrange for trash pick-up. Karen will contact Towson U. Student Activities Coordinator & Goucher to involve students in the clean-up event. We will follow clean-up w/picnic or some type of social event. Karen and Patsy will work on grant proposal from Chesapeake Bay Foundation to get money to purchase gloves, trees, food, etc. for clean-up. - Greg, Towson alum, will contact TAG member, Kana Neibert or someone else, to help organize a Green Party chapter on campus. Ellen suggested Dave contact Ben Valez of UMBC. Towson U will hold student welcome day Sep 14th (?). Good place for Rick to meet students and get new registered voters. 8. CLUB - Victor reported that BGP collected 650 signatures on the 14 single member city council district petitions, of which Victor collected at least 70%. By attending meetings as Green liaison and collecting signatures, Victor helped improve the Green Party reputation w/other organizations participating in club. A fund raising banquet, United in a Common Cause, will be held Sep. 12th 6-9pm, at Martin's. Tickets are $50. Victor proposed that Greens support the cause and hoped to fill 20-30 seats. He said it would be beneficial for Green candidates to attend and do networking. He'd like to introduce Rick and other candidates to CJ Ross. Members recognized work Victor has done, but no one at meeting wanted to attend the banquet. Anyone interested in attending can contact Victor at 410-282-2512. 9. Next meeting September 16th 7-9, location to be determined. 10. Hat passed for donations/dues. Forty dollars collected which will go towards purchase of banner. Submitted by Allison Fletcher

July 15, 2002
July 15, 2002 Attendance: Victor Pleskacz, Dave Goldsmith, Patsy Allen, Rick Kunkel, Brian Hughes, Ron Solomon, Karen Zeller, Paul Goudfrooij, Allison Fletcher 1. Rick Kunkel's Campaign The kick-off party was very successful & fun. Approximately 80 people attended. $1300 in funds raised. Drummers in the park added ambience & dancing at conclusion. Due to the redistricting, Rick needs 300 signatures on his petitions to run for House of Delegates. He has gathered around 700 with a validity rate of approx. 80%. In the past two weeks, 300 signatures have been gathered. Teams of petitioners will be working on at the following times from now through August 5th: Saturdays 10-1 Sundays 4-6 Mondays & Wednesdays 6-8 Please help out if you can! Rick's number is 410-377-2190. Rick's campaign committee recently mailed a letter and a petition to the 130 registered Greens in his district. Upon Ron's suggestion, the members attending the meeting each took some phone numbers for follow-up calls to urge people to collect signatures and return the petitions before the August 5th deadline. The mailing that Rick sent out for his kick-off brought a lot of people to the rally, but so far hasn't garnered a lot of funds through the mail (about $110 has been sent in so far.) Rick still needs to raise about $2000. Discussion about the best ways to raise money continued throughout the meeting. Generally, members seemed to agree that face-to-face fundraising in a "festive" atmosphere is most effective. Dave Goldsmith will work on planning a fundraiser in the near future. Rick will be a guest on the Mark Steiner show on WYPR. Possible dates - July 29th, 30th, or 31st. It will be called "The Green Hour," and will also feature Isaac Opalinsky and Alison Gibbons. Look for an e-mail announcing the date and time of Rick's "appearance" on the Mark Steiner show, and please listen and call in so the Green voices can be heard! Dave will record the show and post it on the Mdgreen website with the state's approval. Members discussed the public outrage at recent corporate fraud scandals and noted instances where mainstream media appeared to be under-reporting or misjudging the degree of the public's dissatisfaction with the