Green Party Plenary Session 2007 (live-blogging)

This is a live-blog post from the 2007 Green Party Plenary Session.

I think I'm the only "media" here. Nope - I am the only media.

Kinda odd, considering the Greens actually win about 41% of the local elections they run for. (Note: This figure does not include national races.)

It's pretty chaotic, as you would expect a party convention to be. And, as is normal for a grass-roots organization - the meeting started late. (This was supposed to start at 1 PM)

Okay - they just got started.

This page will be updated once every 5 - 10 minutes. If it gets too long, I'll create an other thread. I'll respond to comments and post pics as I can.

01:27 PM EST - About 300 people are here. They are going over ground rules for debate. Women's Caucus couldn't find a seat... so they made space for them in the front row.

01:37 PM EST - Juan Behrend, General secretary of the European Greens is addressing the audience. He says that the European Greens disagree on certain issues, but are working together to make a Europe-wide political party. They are also committed to helping US Greens overcome the corporate media.

01:42 PM EST - Representatives from Greens around the world are giving quick speeches. Canadian Green rep getting standing ovations.

01:50 PM EST - Representative from New Zealand is speaking.(Personal note: It dawns on me that the Greens are truly an international party.)

01:51 PM EST - There is some question that there may not be a quorum. WTF? (Does this mean no decitions can be made? Crowd is bustling, some confusion.)

01:53 PM EST - Quorum reached. Agenda approved for today.

01:56 PM EST - George Martin giving a talk - says Green Party is the only party of peace in the United States. Reminds audience that Greens have voted to bring the troops home and impeach the president.

02:08 PM EST - UPDATE: The earlier brouhaha was a personal squabble between two people - nothing to do with the Green Party.

02:18 PM EST - Interesting - many times instead of applauding, they hold thier hands up and wiggle their fingers. Someone told me this is called "twinkling"

On the plus side, it's easier to move things along. Down-side, it's not as photogenic.

04:27 PM EST - The reason I'm not updating as often is because most of what is going on is internal housekeeping. (e.g. election of steering committee.)

04:30 PM EST - Brent McMillian , the political national director, gave a quick report. He says the party is growing very rapidly. He says it's critical that Greens get organized to handle the growth.

05:11 PM EST - Plenary session is over for the day.

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