[Green] FW: Minutes of June 16 GSC meeting

[Annie Warmke]

Where does it say you can't support a candidate?  You cannot lobby with 
your tax status.  Annie

On 6/24/2024 8:54 AM, Mark Krivchenia via Green wrote:
> We do not have to be unbiased.  We have to be non-partisan. I think 
> there is a big difference.
>
> We can take strong stands on issues,  but not on candidates.
>
> Mark
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 21, 2024, at 11:14 AM, George Banziger via Green 
>> <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Thanks, Adeline
>>
>>     It seems that the issue of supporting candidates has morphed into 
>> what to include in our GSC minutes generally.
>>
>>     How do we define "GSC business?"
>>
>>
>> George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM Adeline Bailey 
>> <adesign4199 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello,
>>     Scribe here. Perhaps we should eliminate the reports that are not
>>     directly GSC business actions. We can still hear about them at
>>     the meeting and offer them to our members as separate items of
>>     interest (George always sends them out to the committee anyway),
>>     but let the minutes themselves reflect only GSC business. So
>>     Rebecca's report would be appropriate to include, but George's,
>>     not so much. *Please note; as a committee, we took no action in
>>     support of any candidate, issue, or legislative measures; we only
>>     heard from George about actions of the groups he reported on.*
>>     {One possible exception -  I wrote that we talked about
>>     Kripchak's ideas being more in line with GSC goals - I think that
>>     would be a biased statement.) As for discussing candidates by
>>     name, as long as it's just the facts of who was elected and who
>>     was appointed to various positions, I don't think that is biased,
>>     but I am open to changing if others see it differently.
>>     Maybe we should be more formal about our "official business" as
>>     well. It was my intention to put forward a motion regarding our
>>     taking the lead on the Climate Justice Revival, but somehow we
>>     went right by that. Hence, I called it a consensus decision.
>>     Important question: Shall I edit the minutes along the lines of
>>     my idea of bias in the minutes? Easy enough to do! Mostly
>>     deleting stuff (George's reports; tone down Kripchak discussion;
>>     take another look at wording about Rulli and Chavez ) Let me know
>>     and I'll get right on it!
>>     Adeline
>>
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>>     On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM George Banziger via Green
>>     <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
>>
>>         Debra, Dawn:
>>
>>             It occurs to me that we might be taking some risk to our
>>         non-profit status by mentioning specific candidates for
>>         public office in our meeting notes. Does anyone (Kat maybe?)
>>         know about this?
>>
>>
>>         George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)
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>>
>>         On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM frogdlm--- via Green
>>         <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
>>
>>             Adeline, thank you for your incredible scribe work.
>>
>>             Here are the minutes from our recent meeting.
>>
>>             Debra
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