Greg Jan, Application for Coordinating Committee

I have been involved with the Greens almost since the very beginning (since 1985), when I helped to organize the East Bay Green Alliance here in Alameda county. Later during the 1980's I served on the national body of the Green Committees of Correspondence, which later became the Greens/Green Party USA. I also helped organize northern California regional meetings of the Greens and I was one of 4 co-ordinators for the 1988 "Greening the West" gathering, held in San Mateo county.

 

I was also involved in the organizing that led to the founding of our state party, from 1989 until 1992, and I served on the "Q (Qualification) Group" (to gain ballot status). Once we became an official party, I started working on election campaigns including Dona Spring for Berkeley City Council, Ralph Nader for President, Dan Hamburg for Governor, Gloria Purcell for Assembly, Peter Camejo for Governor, John Selawsky for Berkeley School Board, and Aimee Allison, Don Macleay, and Theresa Anderson for Oakland City Council. I have also served many terms on my local County Council, several years on the state Coordinating Committee, several terms on our delegation to the national party, and I have been active on several state committees and working groups, and with the organizing, fundraising, and publication of our county's Voter Guides during the past 21 years that we have been a party.

 

Outside of the Green Party, I have also volunteered with several different peace groups, I served for several years as Bay Area coordinator of the World Future Society, I was employed as Operations Director of the county food bank, I helped to coordinate several Berkeley Earth Day events, I was on the Board (and served a term as President) of Oakland's Ohana Asian Cultural Center, and I was (and continue to be) active with Occupy Oakland as well as with several local climate change groups.

 

My present situation is that I am extremely busy both currently and through the 2014 election year, so I don't actually have time to serve on the state CC.  However, I am willing to run in order to assist with the proposed replacement process for state CC members, which will be specifying that only seats that have actually been filled by elected CC members can qualify for the replacement process (for state CC members).  In other words, as soon as this replacement process has been ratified, I will resign, so that this new replacement process can then be implemented.

 

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