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North Carolina
Green Party Hits Home Run at the National Annual Meeting
The
NC Greens hosted the Annual National Meeting of the Green Party of the
United States from July 23 to July 26th at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North
Carolina. Although a smaller meeting than past ANMs, the meeting was
considered a great success by the national party.The workshops were of high
quality and generally well-attended. The plenary sessions were focused
and produced direction for the party in the coming year. And it was
profitable, generating the highest revenue of any national meeting
since 2000. Many people worked hard to make this meeting a success, and
the national party recognized this in a message from GPUS director
Brent MacMillan.
In
addition to the Annual Meeting committee members from the national
party, several state members stand out for their contributions to the success of the meeting. From the
Triangle Area, Theresa El-Amin acted as the liaison to the GPUS Black
Caucus, and was instrumental in coordinating numerous details for the
meeting, not the least of which was obtaining information for visitors
from the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ed
King and his host of volunteers, including Anne Wolfley, Dick Paddock,
Theresa, and Susan O'Neil, managed 6 successive days of making sure
people got to and from the airport, train and bus stations, hotels, and
the Ruffin dormitory. Dick and Marcia Everett (Harnett County) provided help
and support throughout the meeting with the innumerable on site tasks.
Susan and Jan Martell stocked the NCGP table, and Jan created and
printed wildly popular buttons, which were almost all consumed.
George
Friday of Gastonia, Co-Chair of the state party, acted as a moderator
at the Friday afternoon health care forum, and lent her expertise as an
organizer and coordinator to the entire meeting process. Nick Triplett
of Charlotte developed and maintained a beautiful meeting website that received many
complements from national delegates and visitors
The
fund raising event on Saturday, July 25th was also a huge success, with
help from George Friday, Dick Paddock, Anne Wolfley, Susan O'Neil, Elena Everett, Samiron Dutta,
Jan Martell, Larry Abbott and David Ireland. The outstanding cooking
and catering of Vimala Rajendran, along with entertainment from ThaTruth
and The Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble made the event. Many thanks to
George Martin and George Friday for
acting
as MCs, and to Kat Swift and Jesse Johnson for addressing the assemble
between acts.
I
am sure I have missed some people, and that oversight is not intended
to minimize their efforts, but is instead a function of my faulty
recall. My apologies to any such persons, please feel free to correct
my errors by contacting me.
Our
thanks also to all who attended. This meeting was important for many
reasons, not the least of which is that we are energized to tackle the many challenges facing us with
new confidence and an assurance that we can succeed.
Join
us as the NCGP moves forward to offer the a vital and viable political
alternative to the current government by cronyism that afflicts the
state and the nation.
Wayne
Turner
Co-Chair
North
Carolina Green Party
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