 | NZ Elections: NORML Action Alert: School Trustees Association Elections |
 Many cannabis law reform supporters are involved and concerned with local issues, particularly those that affect their families. NORML encourages these people to stand for their children's School Trustees Board, and to support existing Trustees to question the STA's stance on Cannabis Law Reform.
Trustees are simply middle New Zealand, and we need to find ways of getting people who are active and influential in their communities to resist the
prohibitionist line, and swing the debate our way.
The School Trustees Association is one of our most
stubborn and well publicised opponents, yet many
parents and teachers feel strongly that the punitive
approach to cannabis is counterproductive.
Important Dates:
Rolls Close: March 3rd
Nominations Open: March 5th
Supplementary Rolls Close: March 17th
Nominations Close: March 19th
Polls Close: Noon, April 2nd
Board of Trustee elections are important as they set
the boards up for another 3 years, years in which we definitely hope to make progress.
People may want to stand as supporters of harm
reduction, but this does not have to be a key policy
plank. It's also important to uncover existing
trustees who don't buy into prohibition, rather than
just relying on electing new people.
We should aim to get our material into Trustee hands, onto Board agendas and to have an effective presence at the STA conference each year for the next 3 years.
People who don't want to stand could still push the
issue of cannabis, kids and 'safety first' during the
election period via the media.
We encourage you to stand for election, or to lobby
candidates and find their position on the issue.
For more information, visit www.trustee-election.co.nz
or call the STA Elections helpline: 0800 election (353 284)
Also, check out Safety First, an informative site covering harm reduction based approach to youth and drugs, realistic drug education, youth advocacy etc.
Or contact Phil Saxby, NORML secretary:
Phone 04 934-1779 (evenings)
email pjsaxby @ paradise.net.nz
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