Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of state Green Parties including the Green Party of California.

The Green National Committee (GNC) is the highest decision-making body of the Green Party of the United States. Delegates represent member state parties and accredited caucuses.  You can see what we have been working on by checking out our voting page.

The Green Party of California delegation to the GNC have been currently apportioned 25 delegates and 25 alternates. Currently, we have 25 delegates and 19 alternates, enabling us to cast all of our 25 votes.  

HOW TO BECOME A DELEGATE TO THE GREEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Please consider applying to serve as a Green Party of California delegate on the GNC or volunteering for a GPUS committee.  For more information, contact Delegation co-chair Sanda Everette at sanda@greens.org.  Applications must be submitted 60 days before each General Assembly.

Every year there is an Annual National Meeting which is attended by National Committee (NC) Delegates. 

 

PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION DELEGATE SLATES

2012 Green Party Annual National Meeting

Any CA Green Party member could apply to be a delegate to the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention on July 14th in Baltimore.  The deadline was April 5, 2012.

The Green Party of CA has been appportioned 65 delegates to the Presidential Nominating Convention (PNC).  The total number of possible delegates from around the country is 400.

For reference purposes, this was the procedure:

Policies and Procedures for Selection and Conduct of GPCA Delegates to the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention.
 
Registered Greens could apply in support of a particular candidate or through your county with no designation.
 
Those who applied directly to the candidates sent their application to campaign coordinators:
 
For the Jill Stein delegation, write  "Erika P Wolf"<wolf@jillstein.org>
For the Kent Mesplay delegation, write "Kent Mesplay"<info@mesplay.org>
For the Roseanne Barr delegation, write "Farheen Hakeem" <farheen@gp.org>
 
Those who applied through their county, sent applications to their respective County Council.
 
More information about the policies and procedures for GPCA delegates to the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention
 
The candidate delegate slates and the county delegate slates were submitted to the Delegate Selection Committee. That committee will work with the lists as proscribed in the procedure.  After the Presidential Primary on June 5, the committee will intensify their work, selecting delegations proportionally to the results of the Primary election votes.  The procedure requires making selections from the slates, as necessary based on various diversity criteria.  The first criteria within each slate is a distribution by county.
 
Because of the date of the primary as compared to the date of the PNC, the committee will need to notify delegates very quickly and you will need to be prepared to make your final decision to accept the positon quickly as well.  If you are selecting to go, you will need to register immediately, though you can register now if you so choose. There are specific rules guiding how you will represent California. 
 
GPCA does not fund the trip of PNC delegates.  They may ask their county to help raise funds for expenses. 
 
If you have questions, contact any member of the Delegate Selection Committee
 
Sanda Everette, San Mateo
Peggy Koteen, San Luis Obispo
Richard Gomez, Fresno
 
 
These are the names and counties of all those who have applied for candidate or undeclared slates.  The actual selection will happen after the June 5 Primary.
 
First Name Last Name County of Residence
of Potential Delegate of Potential Delegate  
     
UNDECLARED COUNTY DELEGATE SLATE  
Bill Balderston Alameda
Vicente R. Cruz II Alameda
Greg Jan Alameda
Pamela Spevack Alameda
Jesse Townley Alameda
Matt Leslie Orange
Jane Rands Orange
Tian Harter Santa Clara
Elizabeth Apfelberg San Luis Obispo
     
ROSEANNE BARR DELEGATE SLATE  
Carol Bouldin Riverside
Ernest S. "Sandy" Stiassni Orange
Michael McCue Los Angeles
John Chater
 San Luis Obispo
     
KENT MESPLAY DELEGATE SLATE  
Kent Mesplay San Diego
Barbara Del Muro San Diego
Michael Daily Santa Cruz
Jane Rands Orange
Jeff Bacon Los Angeles
Gene Stone Orange
Jake Robbins Los Angeles
     
Shane Que Hee Los Angeles
Matt Allison San Diego
David Morrison San Diego
Roselyn Mesplay San Diego
     
JILL STEIN DELEGATE SLATE  
Rich Zitola Santa Cruz
David Curtis Marin
Sanda Everette San Mateo
Peggy Koteen San Luis Obispo
Susan Chunco Sonoma
Robert Marsh Alameda
Patricia Marsh Alameda
Richard Gomez Fresno
David Cobb Humboldt
Cynthia Santiago Los Angeles
Mike  Feinstein Los Angeles
David "Alex" Shantz Napa
June Brashares Sonoma
Woody Hastings Sonoma
Pam Hartwell-Herrero Marin
Dana Silvernale Mendocino
Marnie Glickman Marin
April Clary Napa
Maxine Daniel Alameda
Haley Rekdahl Napa
Noah Rohrer Los Angeles
Mark "Drew" Johnson Santa Clara
Lisa Kassner Los Angeles
Linda Piera-Avila Los Angeles
Jennifer Muir Los Angeles
Conor Dixon Alameda
Genevieve Marcus Los Angeles
Akio Tanaka Alameda
Kate Tanaka Alameda
Wendy Kenin Alameda
Ron Rodarte Orange
Angela Flynn Santa Cruz
Dana St. George Santa Clara
Gail Williamson Santa Cruz
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap Humboldt
Harrison Wills Los Angeles
Pam Webster Alameda
John Selawsky Alameda
Vahe Peroomian Los Angeles
Bill Bretz San Diego

Green Party of California leaders also serve on many GPUS committees.  A complete list of all GPUS committees is available with links to each.

Right here on our website, you can tune in to the GPUS Livestream channel.  Interviews with Greens and Green presentations are streamed live over the internet and archived for later reviewing. 

 

On our GPUS Media Page, you can also see what we are up to nationally is by looking at past press releases issued by the GPUS Media Committee with the most recent ones below.  Also see selected media coverage of US Greens .

More can be learned about the values of GPUS by looking at the national platform.  Although it was originally derived from the GPCA Platform, they have evolved differently over the past decade.