Please note that the Greater New Orleans Green Party ceased operations after the floods of 2005. A new group is being organized in 2016 under the name Green Party of New Orleans. Find more information about the current effort at tiny.cc/gpnola, and feel free to browse this site (green.rox.com) which is being maintained as an historical record.
Coordinating Committee Minutes (8.12.01) (Easy to read-- do so!!!) Greens: Our last GNOGP Coordinating Committee meeting went very well. Here is a list of the decisions and plans we made in easy-to-read format. These minutes include any and all dissent or debate. Please take the time to read this because some important and cool decisions were made! Attendance: Art Carpenter, John Clark, Steve Godfrey, DJ Pate, Daisy Bebert, Jason Neville, Tonya Jordan (via phone call) -- Our Treasurer Art reported that our balance is about $750, which includes $250 made from the Green Rally and the after-party @ Cafe Brasil -- DJ will call warehouse/office owner Ron Fowler or Neil Guidry to work out the final touches on our nearly-complete office -- Tonya has been working on the GNOGP newsletter in Shreveport. We talked with her over the phone and ok'd the list of articles that she has been compliling. (passes without objections) She has spent $35 of the $110 that we have given her. The newsletter looks to be about 6 pages. -- John will call his friend Andre who has expressed interest in running for public office -- Daisy was empowered to contact Antoinette Harrell-Miller to provide group with information regarding Antoinette's possible campaign (passes without objection) -- Jason was elected to State Coordinating Committee as a GNGOP representative, pending final approval from Membership (passes without objection) -- Jason and Steve were empowered to work on a labor outreach plan which would ditribute information about the living wage ballot initiative and voter registration forms to hotel/hospitality workers downtown (passes without objection) -- Acknowledging the need for a comprehensive Green Plan for New Orleans in the upcoming elections, a group will begin meeting to create and synthesize a platform for our GP. A UNO Geaduate student Rachel who some of you may know volunteered her advocacy plan to the GP for guidance. Her plan covers affordable housing and other Green issues of concern. John showed us some elements of the G/GPUSA platform and will get together with Jason and others to get a plan together - Our next CC meeting will be Sunday Aug 26, 7PM @ 125 Stallings (John's office at Loyola) - Our next General Meeting will be Sunday Sept 9, 7PM @ our new office (7930 Palm St. behind Five Happiness in Mid-City). At our 8/26 meeting, DJ will report office status and based on that we might decide to make the meeting a celebration of some kind to break in the new crib. Here were some announcements made at the meeting: - Tonya sent out pledge reminders - movie series to begin in a few weeks - Labor Mtg 8/13 at Tulane - David Cobb has been in contact with Jason about affiliating with GP of the US - Malik Rahim and Antoinette Harrell-Miller have expressed interest in joining the Coord. Comm. thanks and peace, Jason neville, GNOGP secretary