Alan Dechert, Founding President Safe Energy Association
Energy Expert, seen on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and other major TV and radio outlets.

Alan Dechert is the founder and President of the Safe Energy Association as well as the current President and CEO of the Open Voting Consortium. Alan's background in the solar energy market (currently working for Aztec Solar of Rancho Cordova, CA) and as a software application developer and computer program test engineer for companies like Borland International and Intel Corporation; provide a sound foundation for dealing with issues related to for energy cost savings for smart buildings, and battery storage for alternative energies; and similarly so for voting machine and electoral tabulation software.

Alan developed the 'Dechert Curve' for which he charted the data that resulted in the curve produced by plotting energy consumption as quadrillions of British Thermal Units expended per Energy Return on Investment or 'EROI' per year October 3, 2010 in an article entitled "What's it going to be like on the downside of the curve?" cited by Gregor MacDonald, respected financial analyst in Gregor.us. The article has also appeared in numerous respected publications such as in The Smarter Earth, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha, Buzz Box, Investor Village, and in The Oil Drum.

Dechert also helped craft one of the most widely used open source computer programs to remedy the Y2K problem, which was employed by businesses and governments around the world. Alan works to continue to educate the public regarding how technology can be used to democratize systems within the public interest, pressing for the necessary legislation and public policy to do so. Alan holds a Bachelor's degree from University of California Berkeley.

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Michael Seaman, Founding Secretary Safe Energy Association
Energy Efficiency Expert

Michael Seaman serves on the Board of the Safe Energy Association as Secretary and Founding Board Member. He advises lighting industry and buildings professionals as an energy efficiency expert in private practice.

Michael was the Affiliate Relations Coordinator for the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis in 2010, having retired in 2009 from the California Energy Commission after 32 years of state service across 5 administrations.

While at the Commission, he managed research contracts and field demonstrations and conducted outreach and technology transfer activities concerning lighting systems, daylighting, building envelopes, workforce development and other aspects of buildings end-use energy. Prior to his years with the Commission he worked in five other California state agencies covering parks, transportation, air resources, solid waste and coastal zone management.

For over 16 years Mr. Seaman has been an elected official of a special district in suburban Sacramento. He has other local government experience as staff to regional councils in Oregon and Washington. He is a veteran of the US Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Mr. Seaman holds the degrees Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and Master of Urban Planning from San Jose State University.

Seaman has spoken at Greenbuild, Lightfair, and numerous conferences across California and has been an adjunct professor at CSU Sacramento and National University. He currently teaches snowboarding and cross country skiing at Donner Summit resorts near Lake Tahoe.

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 Karen Hansen, Founding Treasurer, Safe Energy Association

Karen Hansen is a Private University Facilitator with 20+ years experience in the earth and environmental sciences sector. She is a contributor to Examiner: National and San Francisco sections and other online publications such as Canadian based Suite 101.

Karen has worked to help develop products for and found other start-up enterprises such as Clean Earth Inc., and has worked as consultant and in training and business development including marketing and promotions with mid to large corporations in industries providing earth and environmental investigations and reporting to the following industry sectors: real estate, construction, developers, vintners, agriculture, and architects, planners, and policy and law makers.

She helped develop the product Pure Ayre for Clean Earth Inc. and marketed and placed the product into 100's of retail stores and in service based businesses around the nation and overseas to fortune 500 firms such as Whole Foods, Long's Drugs, Marriott, and Virgin Airlines. United Natural Foods Inc.and Clean Earth Inc. eventually worked together to distribute the product to health food and specialty market grocers nationwide. The product returned over $250,000 its first year on the market and selling for three times that worth after 3 years.

Working for various corporations, Karen was responsible for sales territories with revenues generated worth tens of millions of dollars in the Monterey Bay area including Carmel-by-the-Sea and into Pebble Beach assisting in selection and sourcing of the construction of typically sized thousand square foot marble, slate, and granite floors expanding the value of the sales territory from $50,000 to $3,000,000.

Working in geologic and environmental disclosure to real estate agents, she routinely traveled from Berkeley to Pebble Beach. A favorite territory was that of traveling all of the State of California to stabilize soils and roads for Vintners, Agriculture, and Developers; and nationwide to demonstrate at specialty health food stores as Whole Foods.

As an event planner and promoter, Karen sponsored the Lost Science Fireside Lectures for Dr, Ervin Annau, candlelight vigils for Senator Ted Kennedy, and the spectacular slide show by world traveler and eco-village developer, Diana Leafe Christian; for the City of Sacramento's Greenwise program. Another favorite was the screening of the Kids of Katrina by filmmaker Robert Grant. This event was an educators forum with local organic growers ensued afterwards to promote local sustainability and self-sufficiency.

Karen has worked with many causes and non-profits to stage events and promote and advocate various causes for Move On, Progressive Petitions, Bold Progressives, Sacramento Greenwise, and the Obama Campaign.

Ms. Hansen holds a Bachelor's degree from the University Wisconsin, Milwaukee in the Geologic Sciences, and a Masters degree from the University of California Santa Cruz.

February 19, 2011

This measure, sponsored by Safe Energy Association, requests an investigation of the feasibility of an entirely renewable energy based California economy. If determined feasible, the investigators would produce a plan ("roadmap") for the conversion.

We suggest that the study have two phases: Proof and Planning (about 6 months each).