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The PPC Steering Committee will convene after the SDEC
meeting at a site we are still arranging. That will probably be about 3:00pm.

 

If there is no
quorum, we will have a workshop on

 

CONVENTION PLANNING

 

By all means plan to attend, if you can make it to Austin. I
will send an agenda for our meeting shortly.

 

This SDEC meeting will likely be very important, as the
Presidential Campaign is now getting in high gear and a number of controversies
are coming to a head within the party. They do not usually get resolved in
public by the SDEC, but they do sometimes at least begin to surface and come
out from behind the curtains.

 

One job we have is to closely observe the Standing Committee
meetings and get information out to party members.

 

The party website
gives Democrats precisely no idea what is going on in their party.

 

Here is the SDEC schedule and some clues as to what may be
going on or not:

 

State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting

 

Saturday, August 25th.

Hilton Austin Hotel (Austin, TX)

500 East 4th St.

Austin, TX 78701

 

9:00am

Advisory Committee in Salon B

(Nothing happenin’ for going on six years now. The
party office folks already know everything about everything. The advisory
bodies are failed attempts to raise money by forming a queue of special
interest groups that are not represented on the SDEC.)

Finance Committee in Salon E

(Financial reports reflecting object-class overhead expense
are passed out and petty details are discussed at great length. No clear
picture of sources and uses of funds is given.)

Legislative Committee in Salon A

(The party has no money to lobby with and is indifferent to
the Craddick Democrats and actually supportive of the “Bush-Dog”
Democrats”. So, it really has no effect on legislation. This is
wheel-spinning.)

10:00am

Grassroots Committee in Salon B

(This is a patronage-chain, not a mobilization party, so this
committee is condescendingly treated like morons by all-knowing party staff.
Seriously boring and inconsequential stuff here. Of course, this is where most
progressive members are walled-off and sandbagged.)

Sustaining Membership Committee in Salon E

(This is a dangerous committee closely monitored by staff as
it might actually find a way to get the party out of chronic bankruptcy. That
sounds good, but not to those who seek to keep this party “barefoot and
pregnant”.)

Resolutions/Communications Committee in Salon A

(Resolutions are just the form of party business to be
deliberated and decided by the SDEC, but these are generally empty slogans, not
directives to officers or staff, venting on issues, mainly.)

 

11:00am

Nominations Committee in Salon B

(This is actually called “Nominations and Legal”.
It is often very contentious as it, in effect, polices patronage distribution
between conventions.)

Convention Committee in Salon E

(This is an arrangements committee that attempts to make the
convention a profitable and entertaining but inconsequential spectacle for
bewildered and impotent delegates.)

Rules Committee in Salon A

(This is the primary defense of a self-perpetuating party
elite and the heart of a profoundly dysfunctional party.)

 

12:00pm Lunch Break



1:00pm SDEC General Session in Salon D and E

(It is said repeatedly that the “work” of the
SDEC is done in the committees. To be sure, this plenary session is usually
perfunctory or, at best, patient with but unresponsive to complaints from
around the state. Since the state party slavishly follows the Jim Crow Texas
Election Code in all respects, the laws of thermodynamics get lost and no real
distinction is made between “work” and “entropy” here.)

 

 

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#1153 On Sat, 08/25/2007 11:00am PPCmember said,






Yikes!  I'm actually in Houston.

 

I'll have to miss this one, too!

 

Tina

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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:45
PM

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And I'll be in New York through Monday. Sorry I won't be able
to make this one.


On 8/23/07, Sonia
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Unfortunately
I'm out of town (out of the country even) for this
one.  Yes I
really do exist - I swear it.  I'm away
8-24-9/8.

Sonia



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#1146 On Thu, 08/23/2007 10:00pm PPCmember said,

And I'll be in New York through Monday. Sorry I won't be able to make this one.

On 8/23/07, Sonia Santana <escramble('sonia','hyperweb.com');">
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PPC

Unfortunately I'm out of town (out of the country even) for this

one.  Yes I really do exist - I swear it.  I'm away 8-24-9/8.

Sonia



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Austin, TX 78704
Cell (512) 699-0460

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#1145 On Thu, 08/23/2007 4:00pm PPCmember said,

PPC

Unfortunately I'm out of town (out of the country even) for this
one. Yes I really do exist - I swear it. I'm away 8-24-9/8.

Sonia

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#1143 On Thu, 08/23/2007 12:00pm PPCmember said,



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Yes, please see my sc post.

 

The reason to interact with or at least watch the SDEC is,
as you note, deterrence but also clues. The PPC is actually both effective and
efficient in (a) watching the surface of the party – that would be the
SDEC – and (b) having a few divers down deep or, in my case, (c) a
geo-synchronous satellite.

 

A political party is not a machine that hums and
relentlessly, oh, chops up logs and makes paper or, say, bales cotten. (I do
not live in Polk or Galveston Counties, but I am from there.)

 

It is a bunch of, in our case today, patriotic but perplexed
individuals who, however, can from time to time do great and good work, rising
to historical challenges.

 

It is time to rise, again, so – yes – think and
talk about the convention, something other than bitching about Boyd RICHIE, or
Charles SOECHTING, or Molly Beth MALCOMB. They are history and we – for good
or ill – are the future of this party.

 

::JRBehrman

 

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From: Jamie Lewis [mailto:]

Sent: 23 August, 2007 10:27

To:

Subject: Re: [PPC Members] STEERING COMMITTEE/PLANNING SESSION

 

Gee, John, why on earth do we bother?

I know I mostly show up when I can to let them know someone is
listening. So, short range, what can we do beyond beleaguering our SDEC
members? I'm sorry not to make it but generally enjoy being a flea. Can we
use email to discuss the convention?

Jamie

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Sent: style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:24 PM

Subject: style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> [PPC Members] STEERING
COMMITTEE/PLANNING SESSION

 

The PPC Steering Committee will convene after the SDEC
meeting at a site we are still arranging. That will probably be about 3:00pm.

 

If there is no
quorum, we will have a workshop on

 

CONVENTION PLANNING

 

By all means plan to attend, if you can make it to Austin. I
will send an agenda for our meeting shortly.

 

This SDEC meeting will likely be very important, as the
Presidential Campaign is now getting in high gear and a number of controversies
are coming to a head within the party. They do not usually get resolved in
public by the SDEC, but they do sometimes at least begin to surface and come out
from behind the curtains.

 

One job we have is to closely observe the Standing Committee
meetings and get information out to party members.

 

The party website
gives Democrats precisely no idea what is going on in their party.

 

Here is the SDEC schedule and some clues as to what may be
going on or not:

 

State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting

 

Saturday, August 25th.

Hilton Austin Hotel (Austin, TX)

500 East 4th St.

Austin, TX 78701

 

9:00am

Advisory Committee in Salon B

(Nothing happenin’ for going on six years now. The
party office folks already know everything about everything. The advisory
bodies are failed attempts to raise money by forming a queue of special
interest groups that are not represented on the SDEC.)

Finance Committee in Salon E

(Financial reports reflecting object-class overhead expense
are passed out and petty details are discussed at great length. No clear
picture of sources and uses of funds is given.)

Legislative Committee in Salon A

(The party has no money to lobby with and is indifferent to
the Craddick Democrats and actually supportive of the “Bush-Dog”
Democrats”. So, it really has no effect on legislation. This is
wheel-spinning.)

10:00am

Grassroots Committee in Salon B

(This is a patronage-chain, not a mobilization party, so this
committee is condescendingly treated like morons by all-knowing party staff.
Seriously boring and inconsequential stuff here. Of course, this is where most
progressive members are walled-off and sandbagged.)

Sustaining Membership Committee in Salon E

(This is a dangerous committee closely monitored by staff as
it might actually find a way to get the party out of chronic bankruptcy. That
sounds good, but not to those who seek to keep this party “barefoot and
pregnant”.)

Resolutions/Communications Committee in Salon A

(Resolutions are just the form of party business to be
deliberated and decided by the SDEC, but these are generally empty slogans, not
directives to officers or staff, venting on issues, mainly.)

 

11:00am

Nominations Committee in Salon B

(This is actually called “Nominations and Legal”.
It is often very contentious as it, in effect, polices patronage distribution
between conventions.)

Convention Committee in Salon E

(This is an arrangements committee that attempts to make the
convention a profitable and entertaining but inconsequential spectacle for
bewildered and impotent delegates.)

Rules Committee in Salon A

(This is the primary defense of a self-perpetuating party
elite and the heart of a profoundly dysfunctional party.)

 

12:00pm Lunch Break



1:00pm SDEC General Session in Salon D and E

(It is said repeatedly that the “work” of the
SDEC is done in the committees. To be sure, this plenary session is usually
perfunctory or, at best, patient with but unresponsive to complaints from
around the state. Since the state party slavishly follows the Jim Crow Texas
Election Code in all respects, the laws of thermodynamics get lost and no real
distinction is made between “work” and “entropy” here.)

 

 

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#1144 On Thu, 08/23/2007 12:00pm PPCmember said,



Hope to see you there. Trust me, they are “Cliff’s
Notes” – not meant to discourage. Politics, like war, is very, very
inefficient. That is the nature of the beast. It is why the GOP-nerds want to
abolish politics and replace it with “markets” or, failing that, “war”.

 

But, actually, politics are also fun, gratifying, and
dignified.

 

So, take heart and PLAYON JRBehrman sends……

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From: Stephen J. Jabbour [mailto:]


Sent: 23 August, 2007 09:31

To:

Subject: Re: [PPC Members] STEERING COMMITTEE/PLANNING SESSION

 

Thanks for preparing the Cliff's Notes on the SDEC
Meeting.  I'll look forward to seeing you there.



John Robert BEHRMAN <> wrote:

The PPC Steering Committee will convene after the SDEC
meeting at a site we are still arranging. That will probably be about 3:00pm.

 

If there is no
quorum, we will have a workshop on

 

CONVENTION PLANNING

 

By all means plan to attend, if you can make it to Austin. I
will send an agenda for our meeting shortly.

 

This SDEC meeting will likely be very important, as the
Presidential Campaign is now getting in high gear and a number of controversies
are coming to a head within the party. They do not usually get resolved in
public by the SDEC, but they do sometimes at least begin to surface and come
out from behind the curtains.

 

One job we have is to closely observe the Standing Committee
meetings and get information out to party members.

 

The party website
gives Democrats precisely no idea what is going on in their party.

 

Here is the SDEC schedule and some clues as to what may be
going on or not:

 

State
Democratic Executive Committee Meeting

 

Saturday,
August 25th.

Hilton
Austin Hotel (Austin, TX)

500
East 4th St.

Austin, TX 78701

 

9:00am

Advisory
Committee in Salon B

(Nothing
happenin’ for going on six years now. The party office folks already know
everything about everything. The advisory bodies are failed attempts to raise
money by forming a queue of special interest groups that are not represented on
the SDEC.)

Finance
Committee in Salon E

(Financial
reports reflecting object-class overhead expense are passed out and petty
details are discussed at great length. No clear picture of sources and uses of
funds is given.)

Legislative
Committee in Salon A

(The
party has no money to lobby with and is indifferent to the Craddick Democrats
and actually supportive of the “Bush-Dog” Democrats”. So, it
really has no effect on legislation. This is wheel-spinning.)

10:00am

Grassroots
Committee in Salon B

(This
is a patronage-chain, not a mobilization party, so this committee is
condescendingly treated like morons by all-knowing party staff. Seriously
boring and inconsequential stuff here. Of course, this is where most
progressive members are walled-off and sandbagged.)

Sustaining
Membership Committee in Salon E

(This
is a dangerous committee closely monitored by staff as it might actually find a
way to get the party out of chronic bankruptcy. That sounds good, but not to
those who seek to keep this party “barefoot and pregnant”.)

Resolutions/Communications
Committee in Salon A

(Resolutions
are just the form of party business to be deliberated and decided by the SDEC,
but these are generally empty slogans, not directives to officers or staff,
venting on issues, mainly.)

 

11:00am

Nominations
Committee in Salon B

(This
is actually called “Nominations and Legal”. It is often very
contentious as it, in effect, polices patronage distribution between
conventions.)

Convention
Committee in Salon E

(This
is an arrangements committee that attempts to make the convention a profitable
and entertaining but inconsequential spectacle for bewildered and impotent
delegates.)

Rules
Committee in Salon A

(This
is the primary defense of a self-perpetuating party elite and the heart of a
profoundly dysfunctional party.)

 

12:00pm Lunch Break



1:00pm SDEC General Session in Salon D and E

(It
is said repeatedly that the “work” of the SDEC is done in the
committees. To be sure, this plenary session is usually perfunctory or, at
best, patient with but unresponsive to complaints from around the state. Since
the state party slavishly follows the Jim Crow Texas Election Code in all
respects, the laws of thermodynamics get lost and no real distinction is made
between “work” and “entropy” here.)

 

 





Stephen J. Jabbour

Chairman,
Victoria County Democratic Party

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#1142 On Thu, 08/23/2007 11:00am PPCmember said,





It sounds to me as if there
won't be much attendance this weekend. I, too, feel unable to make it over to
Austin. Completely overwhelmed with the SA Stonewall
fundraiser.

Jamie

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AM

Subject: Re: [PPC Steering Committee]
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I was not aware of this SDEC meeting til Stan called it to my attention
yesterday.  I was still under the impression that we were meeting in SA
this weekend, but hadn't heard back from anyone that we were.   So,
I made plans to be in SA this weekend and will not be at the PPC meeting in
Austin.  I'm sure that most of us need more than a week's notice in order
to make plans.   My calendar begins to fill up months in
advance.  Does anyone know when the next SDEC meeting will be so that we
can begin to plan for that meeting?  Sorry to miss the meeting but
hope it goes well.


Sheril




 


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The PPC Steering Committee will convene after the SDEC
meeting at a site we are still arranging. That will probably be about
3:00pm.


 


If there is no
quorum, we will have a workshop on


 


CONVENTION
PLANNING


 


By all means plan to attend, if you can make it to
Austin. I will send an agenda for our meeting shortly.


 


This SDEC meeting will likely be very important, as the
Presidential Campaign is now getting in high gear and a number of
controversies are coming to a head within the party. They do not usually get
resolved in public by the SDEC, but they do sometimes at least begin to
surface and come out from behind the curtains.


 


One job we have is to closely observe the Standing
Committee meetings and get information out to party members.


 


The target=_blank>party website gives Democrats precisely no idea what is
going on in their party.


 


Here is the SDEC schedule and some clues as to what may
be going on or not:


 


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">State Democratic
Executive Committee Meeting


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> 


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Saturday, August
25th.


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Hilton Austin
Hotel (Austin, TX)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">500 East 4th
St.
Austin, TX 78701


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> 


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">9:00am


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Advisory Committee
in Salon B


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(Nothing happenin’
for going on six years now. The party office folks already know everything
about everything. The advisory bodies are failed attempts to raise money by
forming a queue of special interest groups that are not represented on the
SDEC.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Finance Committee
in Salon E


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(Financial reports
reflecting object-class overhead expense are passed out and petty details
are discussed at great length. No clear picture of sources and uses of funds
is given.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Legislative
Committee in Salon A


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(The party has no
money to lobby with and is indifferent to the Craddick Democrats and
actually supportive of the “Bush-Dog” Democrats”. So, it really has no
effect on legislation. This is wheel-spinning.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">10:00am


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Grassroots
Committee in Salon B


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(This is a
patronage-chain, not a mobilization party, so this committee is
condescendingly treated like morons by all-knowing party staff. Seriously
boring and inconsequential stuff here. Of course, this is where most
progressive members are walled-off and sandbagged.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sustaining
Membership Committee in Salon E


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(This is a
dangerous committee closely monitored by staff as it might actually find a
way to get the party out of chronic bankruptcy. That sounds good, but not to
those who seek to keep this party “barefoot and pregnant”.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Resolutions/Communications
Committee in Salon A


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(Resolutions are
just the form of party business to be deliberated and decided by the SDEC,
but these are generally empty slogans, not directives to officers or staff,
venting on issues, mainly.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> 


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">11:00am


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Nominations
Committee in Salon B


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(This is actually
called “Nominations and Legal”. It is often very contentious as it, in
effect, polices patronage distribution between conventions.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Convention
Committee in Salon E


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(This is an
arrangements committee that attempts to make the convention a profitable and
entertaining but inconsequential spectacle for bewildered and impotent
delegates.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Rules Committee in
Salon A


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(This is the
primary defense of a self-perpetuating party elite and the heart of a
profoundly dysfunctional party.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> 


12:00pm Lunch
Break

1:00pm SDEC General Session in Salon D and E


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(It is said
repeatedly that the “work” of the SDEC is done in the committees. To be
sure, this plenary session is usually perfunctory or, at best, patient with
but unresponsive to complaints from around the state. Since the state party
slavishly follows the Jim Crow Texas Election Code in all respects, the laws
of thermodynamics get lost and no real distinction is made between “work”
and “entropy” here.)


style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> 


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