[Community Rights Network] Fwd: Primarily Formed vs. General Purpose Committees

[karinajoy]

I am forwarding this conversation with Michael to the group, in case anyone has any knowledge of the difference between Primarily Formed vs. General Purpose Committees. Which are we? 

Karina

Begin forwarded message:

> From: karinajoy <karina at lcotler.com>
> Date: April 21, 2014 8:13:17 PM PDT
> To: Michael Dean <sfomikedean at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: The State of the Union
> 
> "Primarily Formed vs. General Purpose
> Committees formed to support or oppose ballot measures in more than one election, or in more than one jurisdiction, are general purpose ballot measure committees. These committees should use the campaign manual for general purpose committees. This manual is for primarily formed ballot measure committees."
> 
> This is the reason I asked the question, is CRNMC the campaign committee? Technically, as I see it, we are a "General Purpose committee." We were formed to support all CRN initiatives, not just this one. I don't understand what the ramifications are for calling ourselves a "Primarily Formed Ballot Measure Committee," which is how we are proceeding.  
> 
> In this case, we may have made a decision without understanding how the political system has defined these things, and what that may mean to us in the future. Will we have to change our name for the next initiative? I don't know.
> 
> I'll have to look up the General Purpose Committee information and see how it differs.
> 
> Karina
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 21, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Michael Dean wrote:
> 
>> We are listed on the Form "Employer's Identification Number" as CRNMC community rights network of mendocino .  I cannot say what the strength of this form is, or what degree it constricts us.
>> 
>> However, I made a round of calls and emails verifying that we agree upon this name. - CRNMC
>> 
>> I cannot identify what the force is that makes our community think that once agreements have been made they can be changed whenever someone questions again.
>> 
>> Cases in point, cancelling the Easter Picnik at the last minute, hissy fits about who's allowed to a meeting after an agreement, and what should be the name of our community project and how the acronym should be set up.
>> 
>> What I filed is what was agreed upon - CRNMC.
>> 
> 
Earlier, I asked Michael:

Does that mean that CRN-MC is the official campaign committee?

K
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/crn/attachments/20140421/dc3c5262/attachment.html