Aug. 25-26 Candidate Training Workshop at UCLA

The Green Party is holding candidate-training workshops on Saturday, August 25 and campaign strategy sessions on Sunday, August 26 at UCLA. Plans in progress also include a possible forum of GPUS presidential candidates Saturday evening.

Location:
These programs will be held at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences/UCLA Medical Center.

Schedule:
Saturday candidate training workshops (All times approximate. Additional workshops may be scheduled.):

9:00-9:30 am Arrivals and Registration
9:30-9:45 am Welcome and Announcements
9:45-10:25 am Getting Elected and Governing as a Community College Board Trustee -- Hilary Bradbury-Huang, PhD
10:30-12 Noon Challenges and Opportunities of Special Elections; Reviewing the Daniel Brezenoff for Congress campaign -- Daniel Brezeoff and campaign volunteers
12 Noon-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-3 pm Do I really need to pay for advertising? Paid Campaign Advertising and Alternative Strategies -- Cres Vellucci

Sunday strategy meetings (All times approximate. Additional workshops may be scheduled.):

9:00-10:00 am Review February 2007 Retreat Focuses and Continue Forming Fund Raising, Campaign Strategy, IRV and Media Committees
10:00-11:00 am Review candidates situation as known for November 2007 and June 2008 and special elections
11:00-12:00 Noon Review list of GPUS presidential candidates and discuss primary election procedures
12 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 pm Real Issues Get Voters! Issues and Voter Registration -- Nativo Lopez
2:30-3:00 pm The Status of IRV Campaigns in California


General Directions:
From UCLA Parking Lot 9, walk out to and across Charles Young Jr. Drive South, (note the School of Public Health sign on the wall), veer slightly left, go up the stairs, go past the fountain, open the door, go straight ahead, and veer slightly left to the elevator (Elevator E). Go by elevator to the 6th floor. At the 6th floor, consult the map as you come out of the elevator. Then turn right along Corridor 6, and then turn left at the next corridor (3rd corridor), continue walking along that corridor to Room 105 where Corridors 2 and 3 meet. If you pass Corridor 2 you have gone too far.

From the Center For Health Sciences Parking lot, follow signs for the hospital entrance. At the hospital information desk, walk along Corridor 7 to your right to Corridor 2. Turn left along Corridor 2 and walk along Corridor 2 to Elevator C (look on the wall above the elevator). Take Elevator C to the 6th floor. At the 6th floor, turn right along Corridor 2 to Room 105 where Corridor 2 and Corridor 3 meet.

Meals: Meals will not be provided. A campus cafeteria and local businesses are nearby.

For more information, contact Warner Bloomberg at wsb3attyca at aol.com