New GPMN Representation

Three new Green Party of the United States (GPUS) representatives were elected at the Winter Membership Meeting this past weekend. I was one of 'em. Initially I was confused as to who all of our representatives were, for how long, and how this all works. I'm still somewhat confused, but for those scoring at home, here's my understanding of where things stand.

There's been some changes to GPMN representation on the national level, namely the resignation of a delegate (Kristen Olson) and the addition of a new seat. The GPMN now has 3 voting delegates on the GPUS National Committee (GNC), paired with three alternates, who can vote in their stead. The delegates and alternates, by GPMN tradition, swap places after one year. Currently the pairings are:

• Bill Oldfather (delegate) and Michael Cavlan (alternate) through June 2008
  
• Farheen Hakeem (delegate) and Dori Ullman (alternate) through June 2009
• Heidi Sheen (delegate) and Andy Hamerlinck (alternate) through January 2010

Note that the term Bill and Michael are serving ends this June, so there will be another election then (presumably at the GPMN endorsing convention). Of the four other GPUS reps, three live in St. Paul (Dori, Heidi, and myself) and Farheen lives in Minneapolis. It would be great to see some Greens from outside of the Twin Cities run for the seats up in June.