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When: Saturday October 22, 2005 9:00am - 5:00pm Where: Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernois, Ferndale MI 48220 (Converted brick school building, W side of street, 3 blocks S of 9 Mile) See detailed directions below. =================================================== Lodging Ramada Inn, 17017 W 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 552-7777 (~ 4 miles E. of meeting) The Ramada Inn is a few miles away from the community center where the meeting will be held. Their regular room rates are $79.00 per night, which gets you either 2 double beds or 1 king. Red Roof Inn, 2350 Rochester Court, Troy, MI 48083 Inn Phone: (248) 689-4391 A little further away, the Red Roof Inn at 2350 Rochester Court (near the multiple intersections of Rochester Road, Stevenson Highway, 16 Mile Road and I-75) has the same bed arrangement for $53.00, or $63.00 if you want a microwave and small refrigerator in the room. =================================================== Meeting Agenda/timeline: (subject to change) All business; no workshops, presentations, etc. Officers and committee reports; resolutions; discussions of budget; state party office, IRV ballot proposal, election year schedule, revival of AWOG, candidate and member recruitment, etc. will be held at this meeting. If you have additional items to be added to the agenda, please contact Art Myatt at meetingmanager@migreens.org Top of page =================================================== Registration: $10.00 BEFORE October 15, $15.00 after that date or at the door. FEE WAIVERS AVAILABLE. If possible, please consider paying more than the minimum registration fee to cover expenses for our members who need to use the feewaiver option. Mail registrations to: Meeting Manager Art Myatt, 50 Woodward Heights, Pleasant Ridge 48069; 248-548-6175 Email: meetingmanager@migreens.org Email is preferred. If you call, please leave a message and I will get back with you as soon as possible. Registration information to include: Your name, street address, membership status in GPMI, GPMI voting status if known* *According to our bylaws, there are two ways to be accorded voting rights at SMMs: 1. Any member in good standing (dues paid) who has attended a meeting within the last four quarters automatically has voting rights 2. Other members may apply to the Meeting Manager, who will request that one existing member who already has voting rights vouch for the applicant's interest in and support of the party. Unfortunately, we cannot accept credit card registrations EXCEPT you can use your credit card via the GPMI web site by using PayPal. =================================================== DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: Saturday, October 15, 2005 via email or postal mail (no email attachments will be accepted; please send your proposal/s in the body of an email) This will allow the Meeting Manager time to compile all proposals and mail them to registered meeting participants at least one week prior to the meeting. Proposals submitted after that time will be considered for discussion on the floor of the meeting, and proposers are responsible for bringing sufficient copies of their submission. Please note that there is absolutely no guarantee that proposals submitted after the deadline will find time on the agenda. Proposals submitted PRIOR to the deadline will be accepted on first-received, first included basis as follows: 1st emailed submission followed by first postal submission, etc., until in the Meeting Manager's estimation all available business discussion time has been allocated. The Meeting Manager will then post a tentative business agenda listing the proposed agenda items for discussion along with any items that did not seem to fit, and will follow the will of the membership as much as possible in creating the final agenda. Top of page =================================================== Directions from I-696 and Woodward Ave, Royal Oak in Oakland County MI 1. Start on WOODWARD AVE & I 696 in ROYAL OAK) 2. Turn South on Woodward Ave. (M-1) - go 1.2 mi 3. Turn Right (West) on W 9 MILE RD - go 0.4 mi 4. Turn Left (South) on LIVERNOIS ST - go 0.3 mi 5. Arrive at 1201 LIVERNOIS ST, FERNDALE, on the Right map is available at: http://www.art4exec.org/FerndaleSMM.GIF Getting to Ferndale By rail: Three Amtrak trains on the Chicago - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek - Port Huron - Detroit - Pontiac line arrive daily at the Royal Oak depot, about two and a half miles from the Kulick Center, at 2:49 pm, 8:10 pm and 12:49 am. Three westbound trains depart at 7:00 am 11:25 am and 4:50 pm. http://www.amtrak.com or (800) 872-7245. By bus: Greyhound operates a variety of routes connecting Duluth, Iron Mountain. Calumet, Mackinaw City, Traverse City, Saginaw, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, Pontiac, Benton Harbor, Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Toledo/downriver and a line through Gary and South Bend which may be convenient if you live close to the border. Greyhound also stops in Royal Oak. http://www.greyhound.com or (800) 231-2222. By air: Be advised that the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association is currently on strike against Northwest Airlines and that Northwest has filed for bankruptcy, so you might want to think twice about considering riding on Northwest or Mesaba, their regional carrier. I'll coordinate transportation connections. Anybody wanting rides to and around Ferndale, contact me. I'll match up potential car-poolers, too, from anywhere in the state. For hikers, directions from the Royal Oak Amtrak/Greyhound station: South on Washington (west side of Royal Oak Transit Center) to Woodward Avenue South-southeast on Woodward Avenue to Oakridge Street West on Oakridge one block to Livernois South on Livernois to the Kulick Center. Douglas Campbell Co-chair, Green Party of Michigan The Green Party's first candidate for Governor of Michigan, 2002 Nader/LaDuke Campaign Coordinator, The Motor City, 2000 335 e. Lewiston, Ferndale, Michigan, U.S.A. 48220-1356 NaderLaDuke2000Detroit (at) Yahoo.com (248) 542-5216 Top of page =================================================== To participate in policy and process discussion, please join our business listserve. Send a blank email to: migreens-business-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Find the GPMI Bylaws and Platform, as well as a list of local chapters and contacts statewide, at migreens.org Pay Dues & Donate Online Via Paypal! migreens.org/gppaypal.htm =================================================== Green Party of Michigan 548 South Main St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 663-3555 Email: info@migreens.org Web: migreens.org ===================================================
last updated: 17 Sept 2005