It has been agreed by GL meetings that GL should become a subscription based organisation. One reason for becoming subscription based is that we have minimal funds and are dependant on members donations for income. We don´t ask for or get any money from the Green Party because we are not subsection of it, but an organisation of GP members who wish to influence all its policies in a certain direction and it follows, that GL has some disagreements with some parts of existing GP policies and/or their emphasis relative to one another. If we were party funded our independence in this respect could be compromised.
The decision to initiate GL subscriptions is also influenced by a degree of mystification as to why some people who have joined the GL mailing lists did so. This is especially so since some of the statements of principles that GL supports are now easily publicly accessible on this website,. If someone holds the perfectly respectable belief that Green politics has in some way totally superceded older left/right political divisions and that there is therefore no need for GL, then surely a GL list is not the place to argue this.
So it is hoped that a subscription might give slightly more political coherence to GL membership as well as providing a modest income for things like a banner and some leaflets and maybe even the little enamel badges that the more ambitious GL steering committee members dream about.
The Green Left Committee has now agreed to do this with a flat rate of subscriptions due annually at the start of January 2012, naturally additional donations from those who can afford them would be welcomed.
AMAZING GREEN LEFT BOGOFFER
Extract
from minutes of GREEN LEFT general meeting minutes 4/11/2012:
" the meeting agreed to the
proposal that new Green Party of England
& Wales
BASIC RATE ANNUAL SUB :£5.00
With the proviso that the
committee can reserve the right to waive or reduce fees in individual cases due
to hardship etc. to £2.50pa
Members are encouraged to pay
by direct debit or standing.
If you wish to join GL send a
cheque to:
Peter Allen(GL Treasurer) , 8 Slatelands Rd, Glossop, SK13 6LH.
Please also complete and send the following with your cheque
NAME
Address
GREEN PARTY MEMBERSHIP (name of Party)
PHONE/s
MEMBERSHIP
OF TRADE UNION
(Optional:
Trade Union Membership is not a requirement for GREEN LEFT Membership, but is
recommended if possible).
Alternatively payments can be made directly into the GL bank account (details below):
acc name GREEN LEFT
Co-operative bank,
sort code 089299
acc 65284751
On receipt of your subscription the Treasurer will send you an email confirming your membership.
