SUMMER 2005 MEETING MINUTES

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>CuCGP meeting minutes for Thursday May 26,2005 at the South Vineland 
United 
>Methodist Church.In attendance:Jim Webster,Gregory Lee Lane,Nancy 
Harges 
>and Rich Raimonde.
>630pm-Chair Lane calls the meeting to order.Lane briefly went over 
some 
>proposed bylaws changes.Raimonde read the meeting minutes into the 
>record.Raimonde called for approval of the minutes with a second from 
>Lane,minutes approved by unanimous consent. Lane gave a Treasurers 
Report 
>in leau of the absence of Helen Kalla.The treasury now stands at 
>$241.00.Lane asked to be appointed interim Treasurer of the CuCGP 
until 
>Kalla resumes her duties.Motion by Raimonde,second by Webster,motion 
>carried unanimously.Discussion ensued about the possibility of meeting 
on a 
>different day of the month in the future.It was tentatively decided to 
meet 
>on the third Tuesday of the month beginning in July. It was also 
decided we 
>would meet in July at the home of Elaine Marston in Millville.There 
was 
>discussion about rewriting the 10 key values and posssibly adopting 
the core principals of the England/Wales
> Green Party.  It was decided to undertake a local 
version 
>with emphasis on the four pillars .Motion by Raimonde, second by 
Lane, motion 
>passed unanimously. Jim Webster volunteered to undertake this task and 
>report back to the membership. Pass the hat.8pm-Raimonde made a motion 
to 
>adjourn,second by Webster,motion passed unanimously.Rich 
Raimonde,CuCGP 
>recording secretary.
   

CuCGP meeting minutes for Thursday 6/23/05 at the South Vineland United 
Methodist Church at Main Road and Sherman Avenues in Vineland. In 
attendance:Nancy Harges,Gregory Lee Lane,Ken McGill and Rich Raimonde.

640pm-Chair Lane calls the meeting to order. Minutes from the 5/26/05 
meeting were approved by unanimous consent with one amendment.Lane 
advised 
that the next meeting would be on Thursday July 21,2005 at the home of 
Elaine Marston at 1301 Goldfinch Lane in Millville beginning at 
630pm.Lane 
said he would like to restore our meetings to the 3rd Thursday of each 
month.
Discussion.Motion to restore was made by Lane,second by Ken 
McGill.Motion 
carried unanimous approval.Treasurer pro-temp Lane advised that we have 
$322.00 in the treasury.Treasury report was adapted by unanimous 
consent.Lane put forward the revised CuCGP bylaws for the memberships 
review.Discussion.Raimonde made a motion to adapt,second by 
McGill,motion 
carried unanimously.Discussion ensued about our October meeting which 
will 
celebrate our 5th anniversary.
It was decided to pursue speakers,including those opposed to the 
Speedway as 
well as Ken McGills daughter who could contribute her expertise on 
renewable 
energy.Raimonde said he would look into getting the Vineland Libraby as 
a 
venue since that was the site of the very first meeting 5 years 
ago.Chair 
Lane advised that GPNJ gubernatorial candidate Matt Thieke would be 
avalable 
to speak at our August meeting and he would keep us posted.Lane passed 
around a tri-fold brochure he intends to distribute at the Cumberland 
Mall.This brochure outlined the core values of the GP which 
differentiate us 
from the Democrats and Republicans.This brochure will be used as an 
outreach 
recruiting tool of the CuCGP,and it was very well received by the 
membership 
for its professional appearance and effective writing.Pass the hat.Lane 
discussed the newly recieived voting machines which have been made 
available 
by the county for public events.Ken McGill asked how the CuCGP 
resolution in 
support of the lawsuit launched by Citizens United oppposing the 
Speedway 
was received by CU? Discussion.The consensus was that the resolution 
was 
well received.Discussion ensued about the need for additional fund 
raising 
to support political campaigns launched by the CuCGP this coming 
November.Raimonde suggested another flea market sale at Vinelands 
U-Sell in 
September and Lane said he would "get with" Raimonde regarding this 
possibility.Other fundraising possibilities were also 
discussed.835pm-Motion 
was made by Raimonde to adjourn,second by  McGill.Motion carried 
unanimously.Rich Raimonde,CuCGP recording secretary.

   Cumberland County Green Party meeting minutes for Wednesday July 
20,2005.Meeting held at the home of Elaine Marston,1301 Goldfinch Lane 
in 
Millville. In attendance:Gregory Lee Lane,Ken McGill,Elaine 
Marston,Rich 
Raimonde.
630pm-Chairman Gregory Lee Lane called the meeting to order.Lane asked 
Raimonde to read the meeting minutes from the 6/23/05 meeting into the 
record.Raimonde obliged.Discussion.Raimonde made a motion to accept the 
minutes,second by Ken McGill,motion passed unanimously.Treasurer 
Pro-Temp 
Lane distributed a Treasurers Report totally 
$347.00.Discussion.Coordinator 
Ken McGill asked some pointed questions which were clarified by 
Lane.Motion 
to approve by McGill,second by Lane,motion received unanimous approval. 
Discussion was then intiated by Lane regarding the venues for upcoming 
membership meetings. A number of options were discussed and it was 
decided 
to rotate between the Vineland venue at the Church (3rd Thursdays) and 
Elaine Marston's home in Millville (3rd Wednesdays) every other 
month.The 
subsequent meeting schedule has since been posted on the CuCGP 
website.Chair 
Lane then brought to discussion whether we should open a bank account 
for 
our Treasury Funds, under what title or name to do so and at what 
bank?Of 
the variety of local banks discussed the membership decided to open the 
account with Colonial Bank which is most convenient for Treasurer 
Pro-Temp 
Lane. The membership recommended that Lane discuss this further with 
GPNJ 
Treasurer Liz Arnone so as to garner additional information and make an 
informed decision. Chairman Lane assured us that he would do so.
Discussion ensued on Lane and McGill making a formal presentation to 
the 
GPNJ Green Council to convene the 2006 State Convention at the Vineland 
Ramada Inn's Fairmount Room with the CuCGP serving as the host county 
local.Costs and other factors were discussed.The membership at this 
time 
gave a unanimous voice vote of consent for Lane and McGill to pursue 
this 
effort.Various fundraising efforts were then discussed.The tabling at 
Viineland U-Sell Flea Market will go on as planned,the date could be 
Friday 
October 7 at a cost of $12 or Saturday October 8 at a cost of $19.The 
date 
will be finalized at our August meeting depending on the amount of 
participation by the membership as a whole.Ken McGill then put forward 
two 
excellent fundraising proposals,one would be a pin with the letters 
"GP" set 
into a map of New Jersey. This could be distributed at the State 
Convention 
with the CuCGP getting a percentage of the receipts.Another proposal 
put 
forward by McGill was to commision a painting by a local artists and 
for the 
membership to sell tickets with the winning ticket being awarded this 
"one 
of a kind" painting. It was recommended that the tickets be sold at a 
reasonable price of $5 a piece, with the artist being paid a flat fee 
or 
possibly a perscentage of the proceeds. Both of these suggestions by 
McGill 
were well received by the membership.Another fundraising idea put 
forward by 
Gregory Lee Lane was for the membership to pursue the selling of 
"links" on 
our website to kindred businesses.This proposal also was 
enthusiastically 
received with Raimonde offering to proposition JerseyPolitics.com with 
an 
offer of a link for a year at a charge of $25.In other business,Chair 
Lane 
said the GPNJ was pursuing a law suit in conjunction with the 
Libertarian 
and Conservative Parties to garner State recognition of all three as 
legitimate state recognized political parties with all the legal status 
and 
recognition accorded the Democrat and GOP parties. The cost of this 
litigation will be approximately $3300 for GPNJ.

At this time Raimonde said he had arranged for the Executive Director of The Levoy Theatre

 to appear on "Get Over It" on Monday, August 8 &

GPNJ gubernatorial candidate Matt Thieke will appear 
on 
WVLT's call in program "Get over it" from 7-8pm on Monday September 12th.

Raimonde advised that Chuck Woodrow who is a candidate for 
Gloucester 
County Freeholder would be "calling in" to the program. Chairman Lane 
chimed 
in that he would be serving as Thieke's webmaster on a Gubernatorial 
website 
that Lane has graciously consented to host.Raimonde said he received a 
call 
earlier in the day from the DAILY JOURNAL regarding our continued 
participation in the forthcoming Community Guide. Raimonde advised that 
he 
updated the DJ and gave them our new website address as well as 
chairman 
Gregory Lee Lane's info as our main contact person.Raimonde made 
mention 
that the DJ only listed Elaine Marstons house as being "on the 1300 
block of 
Goldfinch Lane" in the Region Briefs section but they did include our 
website and Gregorys home number for further information.Chairman Lane 
briefly talked about a recent article in the Arts District monthly THE 
INFERNO saying he would make a reply on our behalf regarding an article 
entitled "A tale of two back yards" which spoke of CuCGP in less than 
flattering terms.803pm-Raimonde made a motion to adjourn,second by 
Elaine 
Marston,motion carried unanimously.Rich Raimonde-CuCGP recording 
secretary.