Green Party of California

Application for Member, Delegation to Green Party of the United States
(job description)
received June 28th, 2007

Name  -  John Morton
City - Oakland
County  - Alameda
Contact information - 510-610-1773 / email- JLM108@yahoo.com

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1) Please list any prior or current positions, related experience, and/or personal and professional skills within of the Green Party that you have, that apply to this position.

* Joined Green Party during Nader campaign, 2000
* Tabled for Oakland Greens with Laura Wells, 2001-02
* Worked on many GP campaigns, including Camejo in 2002 and 2003, Aimee Allison in 2004 and 2005, local ballot measures, etc
* Drafted “Corporations vs. Democracy” plank for GPCA platform, 2003
* Elected to Alameda GP County Council, 2004-06
* Appointed an East Bay Regional Rep to GPCA-CC, 2004-06
* Logistics coordinator for GPCA Gathering in Oakland, 2005
* Attended many GPCA Plenary meetings, 2003-2007
* Currently an East Bay Regional Alt to GPCA-CC

2) Please list any prior or current positions, related experience, and/or personal and professional skills outside of the Green Party that you have, that apply to this position.

* BA from Wabash College, Indiana, 1964
* Certificate in French Language and Lit, Sorbonne, 1965
* Vietnam war draftee, 1966-1967
* Dropped acid in Katmandu, 1968
* Worked, taught, and built small businesses in Europe and Asia
* MBA from San Francisco State University, 1987
* Worked with Burmese political refugees on Thai border, 1994-2000
* Wrote chapter on World Bank-financed Thai dams for “Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground”, Soft Skull Press, 2007
* Member, Board of Directors, California non-profit Burmese-American Democratic Alliance

3) Please describe your vision for serving as GPUS Delegate including addressing the job description for GPUS Delegate.

Emphasize Decentralization and Grassroots Democracy when building a national organization. The Green Party is a political movement first and a political party second. Our actions must always be subordinate to our principles and our focus should be on implementing the 10 KV.

I will faithfully attend to GPUS delegate duties as required. Since I am not a member of an underrepresented minority, I would also be happy to serve as an alternate.