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DESCRIPTION:  GP Strategic Retreat Campaigns & Candidates Working Group, and the 
 Strategy Committee are hosting a Stategic Retreat on February 23-25 
 (Friday-Sunday) in Sonoma County - Glen Ellen - Near Santa Rosa From 
 http://www.cagreens.org/cc/strategy/retreat/index.html - Register @ 
 http://register.cagreens.org/register.cgi Campus Greens Meeting 1pm Sat. 
 \n\nIn order to make this possible, inexpensive lodging on site 
 ($18.50)\nwill be available - and is encouraged - for both Friday and 
 Saturday\nevenings. Space is limited to 90 people sleeping on site and 
 115\nattending day-time sessions.  Parking is limited, so car-pooling 
 is\nstrongly encouraged.\n\nAll Retreat Attendees must register in advance 
 and pay a day fee of\n$19/person/day for Saturday and Sunday. There will be 
 no charge for\nFriday, day or night. The Saturday evening program is open 
 only to\nattendees of the daytime program.\n\nLodging is in dormitory style 
 rooms of four to 16 people. Attendees must\nbring their own bring linens, 
 pillows, sleeping bags.\n\nMeals are $7 breakfast, $9.25 lunch and $10.50 
 dinner (includes tip and\n7.75% Sonoma County sales tax.) Saturday evening 
 will feature\ncomplimentary local wine.\n\nHere is the registration 
 form:\nhttp://register.cagreens.org/register.cgi\n\nHere is the weekend's 
 schedule of events:\nhttp://www.cagreens.org/cc/strategy/retreat/ \n\nWe 
 look forward to seeing you in Sonoma.\n\nSincerely,\n\nWarner Bloomberg, 
 Campaigns & Candidates Working Group\nMike Feinstein, Strategy 
 Committee\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2007 2:07 pm \n\n\n Show Message Option 
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 \n\nGreening California\nStrategic Retreat\n\nFriday, February 23 to 
 Sunday, February 25\nGlen Ellen, Sonoma County\n\nSchedule (subject to 
 revision)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFriday, 
 February 23rd\n\nDaytime \nhiking in mountain trails, visits to local wine 
 country\ninformal gatherings\nEvening \nPot Luck dinner around fire place 
 in main lodge\nEvening Program 
 \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSaturday, 
 February 24th - Elections Planning 2007- 2008\nCampaigns & Candidates 
 Working Group \n\nMorning \n\n07:30 am Breakfast \n\n09:00 am Welcome 
 \nLarry Robinson, City Council, Sebastopol, Sonoma County (confirmed) \nSam 
 Pierce, City Council, Sebastopol, Sonoma County (confirmed) \n09:15 am 
 Keynote Addresses\nRoss Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, City/County of San 
 Francisco (confirmed) \nJane Kim, Board of Education, San Francisco Unified 
 School District (invited) \n10:15 am Strategies and opportunities for 
 nonpartisan elections in 2007 and 2008\n\nHow can the Green Party win more 
 non-partisan local races?\n\nPresenter: Greg Jan (Oakland)\nGeneral 
 overview and discussion; Identify possible key strategies; Identify local 
 organizers, candidate recruiters and potential candidates\n\nResource 
 links: \nGreen Party of California election results, by candidate\nGreen 
 Party of California election results, by year\nCalifornia Greens holding 
 elected office \n11:15 am Strategies and opportunities for nonpartisan 
 elections in 2007 and 2008\n\nHow can we best make use of the 2008 partisan 
 legislative races?\n\nPresenters: Greg Jan (Oakland), Mike Feinstein (Santa 
 Monica)\nGeneral overview and discussion; Identify possible key strategies; 
 Identify local organizers, candidate recruiters and potential candidates 
 \n\nAfternoon \n\n12:15 pm Lunch\n\n11:30 pm Developing tools and 
 organization for the 2008 elections\n\nWhat can we prepare in 2007 that 
 will help our candidates in 2008?\n\nPresenter: Warner Bloomberg (San 
 Jose)\n\n-- How do we connect candidate support preparations to local GP 
 organizing and registration efforts?\n-- How are the responsibilities and 
 activities of other GPCA Standing Committees and Working Groups related to 
 these ideas?\n-- How can we connect out platform and candidate 
 development?; do we have a media strategy to promote them both?\n\nTasks: 
 Create flow-sheet of goals and tasks and designate volunteers \nfor various 
 projects\n\n13:30 pm Afternoon Break \n\n\n03:50 pm Financial challenges 
 and candidate funding strategies for 2008\n\nGPCA involvement in candidate 
 funding:\n-- What are appropriate funding goals? \n-- How are distributions 
 to be decided?\n\nPresenter: Warner Bloomberg \n\nResource links: \nReport 
 of the GPCA Campaign Funding Support Committee (October 2006)\n\n15:00 pm 
 Financial challenges and candidate funding strategies for 2008\n\nProposal 
 for an independent candidate funding organization\n\nEvening \n\n\n06:00 pm 
 Dinner in dining hall \n\n07:30 pm Overview of the Green Party’s national 
 planning process for 2008\n.\n------ Brent McMillan, Political Director, 
 Green Party of the United States \n------ \n08:00 pm Main Speaker\n\n------ 
 Cynthia McKinney, Georgia Congresswoman\n\n------ introduced by Aimee 
 Allison, Green candidate for Oakland City Council 2006\n\nWine tasting 
 around fire pit 
 \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSunday, 
 February 25th - GPCA Two-Year Work Plan\nStrategy Committee \n\n\nMorning 
 \n07:30 am Breakfast\n\n09:00 am Green Party of California and the 2008 
 Presidential Elections\n\nPresentation/discussion on selecting and 
 instructing GPCA delegates to the GPUS 2008 presidential nominating 
 convention \n10:15 am Green Party of California and the 2008 Presidential 
 Elections\n\nPresentation/discussion on whether to hold a GPCA convention 
 after the GPUS 2008 presidential nominating convention \n11:15 am Internal 
 business of the Green Party of California\n\nPresentation/discussion of 
 Standing General Assembly concept \nPresenter: Jo Chamberlain (Half Moon 
 Bay) \nReport on existing GPCA polling of counties \nPresenter: Michael 
 Borenstein (Somerset) \nAfternoon \n\n12:30 noon Lunch\n\n11:45 pm Internal 
 business of the Green Party of California\n\nDiscussion of next steps, 
 updating Regional Representative election procedures \n13:30 pm Closing and 
 sunset on the mountainside, informal 
 gatherings\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nLast 
 Updated February 8th, 2007 MF\n 
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SUMMARY:Ca. Green Party Retreat in Sonoma{Glen Ellen}Fri.-Sun.
LOCATION: The location for the Strategic Retreat will be at \nGlen Ellen, Sonoma 
 County http://www.uccr.org/vom.htm, with\ndirections to the camp here 
 http://www.uccr.org/driving_vom.htm
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