[gpva-ic] Doodle Poll for Zoom With Margaret Elisabeth

[Sid Smith]

Thank you Tina, you have it exactly right. John is right that this is an
issue that causes more division than unity, but that is precisely why our
members need to be well-informed. That is what this meeting(s) will
accomplish.

Sid

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B. Sidney Smith



On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 11:47 AM Tina Rockett via gpva-ic <
gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org> wrote:

> John and All,
>
> Regardless of wanting to get involved, the vote on whether to disaffiliate
> the GAGP is going to come before the National Committee for a vote by the
> GPVA National Delegates. What happens to the greater Green Party also
> affects the GPVA.
>
> Hearing from Margaret from the NLGC (that brought the complaint) and from
> a GAGP representative would help inform our delegates for voting on behalf
> of the majority opinion of the GPVA.
>
> Best,
> Tina Rockett
> GPVA National Delegate
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 9, 2021, at 11:03 AM, John Reeder <jreeder123 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> 
> I personally have no interest in getting involved in this dispute.  I have
> been part over the past 50 decades of various progressive groups that got
> into trouble when they got into who was the "purist" member or what the
> only right way.   This arguing is never productive and does not grow an
> organization.   Sometime tolerance of views is the better way to go.
>
> A quote from a novel I studied is apt, "sometimes the fighting is so
> intense because so little was at stake."   Or the phrase "a tempest in a
> tea pot."
>
> More important discussion and use of our time should be how we are going
> to grow GPVA, get more members, address policy issues that are important
> for citizens of Virginia, and get some candidate to run.   Anything else is
> really a distraction of our precious time.
>
> John Reeder
> chair  Arlington Greens
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* gpva-ic <gpva-ic-bounces at vagreenparty.org> on behalf of GPVA
> Co-chair Tina Rockett via gpva-ic <gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 9, 2021 1:56 PM
> *To:* Jonah Thomas <jethomas5 at gmail.com>; GPVA Interim Committee
> Listserve <gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org>
> *Cc:* Blaizen Bloom <BlaizenBB at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [gpva-ic] Doodle Poll for Zoom With Margaret Elisabeth
>
> I would also like to hear from GAGP member Jimmy Cooper’s trans woman
> perspective in a preceding or follow up meeting, whichever
> Margaret/Jimmy/GPVA would prefer.
>
> Best,
> Tina
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 8, 2021, at 8:23 PM, Jonah Thomas via gpva-ic <
> gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 8:07 PM Ryan Wesdock via gpva-ic <
> gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org> wrote:
>
>
> Margaret Elisabeth, one of our national co-chairs and a member of the
> Lavender Caucus, has offered to come and speak to us via Zoom to explain
> the complaint and answer questions. To facilitate selecting a time to have
> them speak with us, I've set up a Doodle Poll here where folks can select
> which days work best for them. If a specific time on any evening works best
> for you (or a specific time does not work at all), please email me
> directly.
>
> https://doodle.com/poll/6w2e55k2va5k5wc6
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoodle.com%2Fpoll%2F6w2e55k2va5k5wc6&data=04%7C01%7C%7C921252a498194c1237e108d8fb5f5435%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637535734143560747%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=39YsxZRGZjMXt6zna5Xuv6QJyPUiP9zpdRCR8dDueEs%3D&reserved=0>
>
> I'll need responses back by the end of the weekend so we have adequate
> time to inform Margaret and to send out the selected day and time to our
> membership.
>
>
> Shouldn't we also schedule a meeting with a representative from GAGP?
>
> --
> Jonah Thomas
>
> We are limited, but the limits aren't where we think they are. We find
> them only by exceeding them.
>
>
>
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