Having the sensitivity of having been an immigrant he realized that this would not be possible without appropriate intervention. He mandated a quota for immigrants that stated all delegates must cast a vote for at least 1immigrant thus assuring immigrant participation in planning the party’s political agenda. I am honored to say I was one of the six elected and was appointed to head up the committee on Immigrant Affairs. Historically six immigrants would now have the ability to effectively influence the party’s political agenda. The process was not an easy one nor was the general constituency to receptive of this historic precedent and the road was most definitely rocky. In hindsight it was a great decision but unfortunately there was no infrastructure in place to facilitate the immigrants’ acclamation to major party politics and its machinery. Often immigrants were used as conduits to rally immigrants to the party as cheering squads rather than actually having a place at the table of policy making. The more viable organizations were able to communicate effectively their positions on policy, actions and offer best practice solutions. I truly believe that these measure although admirable are half measures and that there must be provisions for immigrants to participate in elections local or national either through long term status or the acquisition of citizenship. There must be adequate infrastructure in place to receive, educate and mentor the immigrant as well as programs to educate sensitize the local voting population. The process in Greece lacks this infrastructure and there was resistance to the idea that immigrants one day would and should have the right to vote. The reason is simple the political map of the country may dramatically be affected by immigrant participation. For example there are islands and small villages where the immigrant population is equal to or more than that of the local population. In such cases it could be highly likely that the Mayor of a town be an immigrant! Many countries in Europe and the EU have solved this problem by mandating laws that stipulate long term residence status equals the