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                        THE ENVIRONMENTALIST PARTY 
                               OF AMERICA

                            Official Bulletin
                                from the
                         Office of the Secretary

_________________________________________________________________________
for immediate release                                         May 5, 1995

The Environmentalist Party Headquarters
James Ogle, Secretary
Post Office Box 2415
Monterey, California 93942
joogle@netcom.com
(408) 644-0448


   This is a brief summary of the events which occurred today in which
the Environmentalist Party has adopted a new set of bylaws in which any
member would be both on the Central Committee, and would be a voting member
for business such as electing a president and amending the bylaws.

   As there has been a split in the EP lately between the monarchists and
the democratics, today there were two EP conventions held, one at the
Monterey Public Library and one at 625 Cannery Row.      As secretary
of the national EP PAC for the last two years, I attended both meetings.

   Upon arrival to the first of the two meetings organized by the 
monarchists, my credentials were immediately challenged, 
as my current registration shows as nonpartisan although I had registered
with the EP as recently as two months ago.      (For some reason,
the elections department is censoring the EP, and so they record
your party affiliation as nonpartisan.)      My first reaction was to
register with the EP again in front of everyone present, as I was lucky
to carry with me several blank voter registration forms, just in case.

   I could tell that the first meeting was tense, as the accusations were
flying like sparks as soon as I entered the room.      The agenda was fixed
before hand, the amendments to the bylaws had already been sent to the FEC,
and there would be no voting on issues or candidates at this meeting.
However, the democratic Environmentalist Party members had been working
on a plan to amend the bylaws with a quorum of ten, as required, and certain
methods to block the monarchists' efforts were already underway.

   So much shouting and debating was occurring, that I could barely write
fast enough to take notes.      Fortunately for the democratics, there
was a balance of people attending, and reason began to set in.      I was
able to jot down some of the quotes to give you an idea of what was going
on at the first meeting, which was largely dominated by Misha Bogatirev,
the founder/president/chairman.

   Bogatirev, "As long as I am going to stay in control of the Environmentalist
Party, I am going to control it!      I do not CARE if anyone wants a conflict!
Here in California, Harry Snell and I are 'captains of this ship'.   And in
addition to California, I will be president-for-life of the Environmentalist
Party of the United States!"

   Bogatirev continues; "I give this Party legitimacy by being here!"   and
he said, "If you can displace me in my throne, then more power to you!"

   Somehow, I missed some material when I was arguing in favor of an
elected president, but I was able to get some more of his words written ...
"We think Rush Limbough is an Environmentalist, by the way he manipulates
the political environment.      James Ogle is just like another critic [with]
the media, and he's helping the media make the Environmentalist Party
a dirty word."      Vice President Harry Snell added, "We're like a 
terrorist group, and we're just trying to undermine the status quo.
To do that, we might be spiking trees or [building bombs]."

   The convention was then over, as several of the members were heading
to Cannery Row in order to attend the democratic's convention of the
Environmentalist Party.

   The second convention was opened with an announcement to the members
all over the globe to members in both hemispheres that the meeting was open 
for last-minute ballots and comments.      A quorum was established 
and more new members were registered with the Party.      

   As ten members were required to be present in order to amend the 
bylaws, the ten were all requested to sign the new set of bylaws as proof 
that the revisions would take place.      In addition, copies or 
originals of their voter registration forms were required for further 
proof for advisory opinions by the FEC regarding the legitimacy of the 
adoption of the new bylaws, and were collected by the party secretary.

   By the end of the day, six of the members had written a request to
be on the Central Committee.      And now, as the new bylaws have been 
adopted, the next president of the Environmentalist Party shall be nominated
and elected by the members through a postal vote.

   It was agreed by majority vote that Misha Bogatirev shall be the president
up until the first elected president is seated.      The date of the election
shall be a decision voted on by the members.      And by majority vote, James
Ogle was elected to be secretary of the Environmentalist Party, at least
throughout the time until the next election of a new president of the Party.

   As the new bylaws are now available on-line, anyone that would be interested
in seeing them can write to the party secretary at joogle@netcom.com in order
to request a copy of the four-page document.

Sincerely,

--James Ogle
Secretary of the Environmentalist Party




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