I just wanted to take a quick minute to wish you a happy new year and let you know that the next meeting of the Green Party of New Orleans will be Tuesday, 10 January 2017, from 6-7:30PM at the new Mid-City branch library. That's at 4140 Canal Street. You can find a map link and RSVP on our website.

Note: We are excited to be one of the first groups meeting in the new Mid-City library branch. The meeting room is upstairs. Library staff have requested we take the elevator, not the stairs.

At our previous meeting, a general desire was expressed to move toward structure, organization, empowerment and responsibility. I'll do my best to make that a focus for our January meeting agenda. We recently adopted a charter but have yet to resolve fundamental issues such as how membership is constituted, to say nothing of designating roles and responsibilities. This is a process that will take time to unfold. Please bring your ideas. In the meantime, you can look at the old GNOGP bylaws to see how this was handled pre-Katrina.

Bart Everson