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May 1, 2008
7 pm
Huckleberry's Coffee [map]
To suggest an agenda item, contact
coordinator@harfordcountygreenparty.com.
April 1, 2008
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
February 29, 2008
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
On behalf of the Green Party, we attended the launch party of
Vote the Power,
a Harford County non-profit group that works to register voters and interest
people in the election process. We spoke about the Green Party's history
in Maryland, key values, and asked attendees to register Green.
February 1, 2008
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
We discussed and approved the Maryland Green Party's Presidential Nominating Procedures.
We attended the anti-war demonstration sponsored by
Just4Peace.
January 1, 2008
No meeting held on account of New Year's Day.
December 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
We discussed our legislative agenda for 2008.
November 1, 2007
No meeting held on account of sugar intoxication.
October 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
We scheduled a pumpkin-picking outing at Lohr's Orchard on October 20th.
The leadership will focus on fundraising over the winter in preparation for
summer events.
September 1, 2007
The Harford County Green Party decided to adopt a road and maintain it four
times a year.
The Harford County Green Party is drafting a statement to send to the committee
that is re-writing Harford County's zoning code. We would like to express
our principles and suggestions for green zoning laws. Please contact us at
coordinator@harfordcountygreenparty.com
with any suggestions
you have.
We will be sending a fundraising letter to all members of the party.
Members can donate on their own by writing a check to Maryland Green Party -
Harford County and sending it HGCP, P.O. Box 1721, Bel Air, MD 21014.
August 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell.
We discussed the Maryland Green Party's action items. On the matter of
allocating the money raised by the new MGP fundraising efforts, one-half of the
meeting supported the proposal as written (allocating money to the maintenance
of the office, Maryland Green Party locals and a candidate's fund, in thirds).
One half of those present supported amending the proposal to allow donors to
allocate funds according to their specific needs.
No consensus was reached on nominating Henry Immanuel. We will contact
Henry for more information.
July 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell,
Michael Lentowski
We discussed the formation of the Harford County Green Party softball
team and our plans to challenge the other parties in Harford County to a game.
If you are interested in playing softball or know someone who is, please e-mail
the coordinator at
coordinator@harfordcountygreenparty.com.
Shanna was (s)elected as Harford County's
delegate to the Coordinating Council. She will represent the local at
meetings of the Maryland Green Party. The business of the Coordinating
Council can be found on the web
here, and Shanna
can be reached through e-mail at
delegate@harfordcountygreenparty.com.
Anyone interested in providing support for the Maryland Green Party should
contact the office staff about volunteering
here.
June 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner
All members are encouraged to continue
recruiting new members.
May 1, 2007
No meeting held on account of high pollen counts.
April 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Shanna Borell
We thought about ways to get more people to join the Green Party and attend
meetings. We celebrated the formation of the Green Party Club at Harford
Community College.
March 1, 2007
No meeting held on account of malaise.
February 1, 2007
In attendance: Brian Bittner, Grant Holly
We discussed possible upcoming events for the spring and the importance of the
current recruitment drive. All members should work to recruit new registered
Greens in Harford County.
January 1, 2007
No meeting held on account of New Year's Day.
December 1, 2006
In attendance: Brian Bittner, James Townsend, Sam Skiles
We discussed our 2007 legislative agenda. A letter outlining our legislative
initiatives was approved by all members
in attendance. It will be sent to the County Executive, County Council President
and County Council members.
November 1, 2006
In attendance: Mike Schapiro, Shanna Borell, Brian Bittner, James Townsend,
Michael Lentowski, Janet Baer, Paul Baer,
Sam Skiles
We discussed action items from the Coordinating Council.
To define "active members," the group agreed that a broad definition that allows
for multiple ways to contribute
to Locals is best.
Members were asked to contact Brian to volunteer for any standing committees at
the state level.
We discussed legislative items we would like to pursue in 2007. Suggestions
included expanding recycling programs,
either by pushing for mandatory programs or looking for ways to increase
economic incentives for voluntary recycling.
Public transportation is a priority - we should suggest ways to increase bus
lines and bike lanes. Electoral reforms
we are interested in pursuing include instant runoff voting and increasing
measures for ballot security, such as a
verifiable paper trail.
We discussed new ways for spreading our message. We are interested in
coordinating letter-writing, media contact, and
spreading our agenda to other groups. We discussed starting a Campus Greens
group at Harford Community College.
We discussed our electoral agenda for 2007. Members agreed that running
candidates in municipal elections in
Bel Air, Havre de Grace and Aberdeen is a good idea. Prospective candidates are
asked to make their interest known.
The importance of completing our petition drive was noted. Craig Herud turned in
petitions he had collected.
We discussed ways to raise funds. We are looking to produce CDs of Green
appearances in interviews and on the radio
for distribution. We will attempt to produce these cheaply and solicit
donations. We also discussed selling items
such as fair trade products and Green Bags.
We discussed future meeting times. It was agreed that the first of every month
is a preferred meeting time. It is
easy to plan ahead for and the day of the week will change every month,
accommodating people who cannot make meetings
on certain days.
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