Green Party of Michigan
  State Membership Meeting
  May 18 & 19 (9am - 9pm Saturday & 9:30am - 3pm Sunday)

Where: 

 Camp Niobe
 4850 Mill Road
 Dryden, MI 48248
 (halfway between Flint and Port Huron, 
 just a few miles from the M-24 exit from I-75)

  large area map locating Camp Niobe with respect to 
  major highways in  the SE corner of Michigan; 

  or a detail map showing the roads in the immediate
  vicinity of Camp Niobe. 

Camp Niobe is located in the very south of Lapeer County.  It is
within just a few miles of both Macomb and Oakland counties, and
is relatively near Genessee and Wayne counties.  The camp is
located south of Dryden Road, between Rochester Road and the
"extension" of Van Dyke.  Both Rochester and Van Dyke are State
highways.

Camp Niobe has lovely 80 acre grounds, cabins which sleep 50 in
bunk beds, a lodge/dining room, and an Arts and Crafts building
which is suitable for plenary meetings or larger presentations.

The private lake on the grounds is drained by a creek which
empties into the Belle River.  There is a primitive but
functional outdoor "theatre," which includes bench seating. There
is also woodland, picnic sites, and a cleared field suitable both
for recreation and outdoor camping. Seven Ponds Nature Center,
operated by the Audobon Society, is quite near.

I could say much more.  Suffice it to say it should be a
wonderful venue for the meeting.

At our recent meeting, the West Oakland Watershed Greens voted to
invite Ingrid Betancourt to address the State meeting.  Ingrid is
the Greens candidate for President of Colombia who was kidnapped
3 weeks ago.  The idea of the invitation was to express
solidarity, and provide an organizing "vehicle."

  Alan Kaufman, West Oakland Watershed Greens

  

Deadline for Proposals and Agenda Items:  May 10
Send proposals to Meeting Manager
 Doug Campbell
 335 E. Lewiston, Ferndale, MI 48220
 Email: meetingmanager@migreens.org


To register, contact the Clearinghouse Coordinator: 
 Lynn Meadows
 Email: info@migreens.org
 Phone: 734-663-3555


Lodging/Meals:
We have been quoted the following prices:

 1 Night (group less than 30): $13.00
 1 Night (group more than 30): $12.00
 Meals:  Breakfast:  $4.50  Lunch:  $5.50 Dinner: $6.50

Vegetarian options will be provided. Five meals are anticipated.
This means the base cost for room and board will be under $40.00!

We should be able to arrange for outdoor camping, in addition to
the cabin accomodations, if people so desire

Also less rustic accomodations:
 (1) Fairfield Inn in Lapeer -- Info at 1-800-228-2800
 (2) Small Motel in Davison MI -- 810-653-5726
    about 25 miles west of Camp Niobe
    exit from I-69 onto M-15 Hwy (=State Rd)
    proceed north to the intersection with Wendy's on the left
    (also Rite Aide Pharm)
    Turn right 
    pass Oak Rd (blinking yellow)
    then 1/4 mile (past the trailer park and blue house)
    back behind all the tall fir trees
    is Maple Leaf--(circular drive leads back)
    CASH only--about $35 for two persons
    probably more for 3 occupants--
    mom-and-pop ice cream and fast food drive-in
    next door
    but quiet motel
    with very good TV with channels like Discover CNN History
    etc--    no phones as I recall--
    husband and wife managers on premises 24 hrs--
    (no illegal behavior tolerated)
    810 653 5726
    to reserve--no credit card needed as only cash accepted--


To qualify for Voting Rights at this meeting you must be a
member of the Green Party of Michigan in good standing and have
attended one previous GPMI meeting in the past four quarters.
EXCEPTION: Members who have not attended a previous meeting but
desire voting rights may petition the Meeting Manager;  contact
Doug Campbell meetingmanager@migreens.org for more information. 

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Agenda (as of 5/14/2002)

Theme of Meeting:  Activism, Growth (of the Green Party), Elections

Friday:

West Oakland Watershed (WOW) Greens set up committee arrives 
at Camp Niobe, sets up.
Early arrivers camp over night.

Saturday: 

8:00  Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30  Registration
9:15  Welcoming remarks
9:30  Final approval of agenda
10:00  Water presentation and discussion, breakouts
     Featured will be a report about the Perrier situation, a
     (written) report from Joanne Beemon, Charlevoix County Drain
     Commissioner, and participation by Prof. Marty Kaufman, 
     chair of the Earth Sciences Dept at UM Flint Breakouts 
     could include discussion of "water" issues for inclusion 
     in upcoming election campaigns, evaluation and discussion 
     of how working on issue campaigns affects Greens (and vice 
     versa) and so on. 
11:30  Miscellaneous (anticipated brief) resolutions
12:00  Lunch; SCC meeting begins (then continues at dinner)
1:15  Officer Reports, CCC report (Juscha) start of Nominations
      for State Officers
2:00  Peace - a report on April 20, the role of Michigan Greens,
      and discussion of our work in the immediate future.  
      Breakouts to follow.  Discussion will be led by Jim Moreno
      and Susan Fawcett, who participated in A20 in D.C.
3:30  Diversity - Facilitated by Amy Mondloch from Wisconsin Greens
5:00  Resolutions and Bylaws
6:15  Dinner, continuation of SCC meeting
7:30  Election of officers
8:00  Greens Elections workshop (Ziarno, Abel, Morgan, etc)
9:00  Free Ingrid Betancourt rally
Drum circle or ?? to follow

Sunday: 

8:30  Breakfast
9:30  Report backs from break-outs
10:30  Working session on elections, including issues, 
       committees, candidate recruitment.
12:00  Lunch
1:00  Closing matters, including review of the meeting with an 
      eye to submitting to SCC an evaluation of the "new" SMM 
      meeting process.
3:00 Final departure

Comments: There is ongoing discussion about resolutions, bylaws,
presentations.  At the time this is being written, Doug had
received about 15 such items. (None of them had been forwarded to
us at time of last tentative agenda dated May 7).  Two or three
concern the "expulsion" bylaw.  This will likely take some time
to work through.  Proponents of at least some of the others are
considering withdrawing their matters, or submitting to the SCC
for resolution.  Our current assessment is that if all motions,
resolutions, and "brief" presentations which have been submitted
to Doug actually proceed, they could require up to 4 hours of
plenary to resolve.  The agenda proposed above "slots" about 2
hours for such matters.

Please keep in mind that we have invited guests for both Saturday
morning and afternoon to participate in, or facilitate, sessions.

We have about 40 registrations already!

See you all soon.

Alan Kaufman
West Oakland Watershed (WOW) Greens

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