[officeholders] Agenda & Registration, GPCA General Assembly, San Diego, January 23-24, 2016

Fri Dec 11 20:29:24 PST 2015

Dear Friend -- 

You are invited to the next General Assembly of the Green Party of California, January 23-24, 2016 in San Diego.

 As part of the General Assembly <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01>, the GPCA will be hosting a 2016 Green Presidential Candidates Forum <http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/presidential-candidate-forum-san-diego> from 3-6pm on Saturday afternoon - open to all Green Party members. 

The presidential forum will be followed by a Saturday evening courtyard dinner and reception from 6-7:30pm with the presidential candidates (dinner available from vegetarian food truck on-site) and after that, an evening program with elected Greens and other Green success stories in San Diego County. 

The General Assembly is the party's primary decision-making body <http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_7._General_Assembly>. Delegates <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/delegates> are chosen by counties <http://www.cagreens.org/county-parties>. The agenda <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda> is below. Please have your County Party send its delegate list here <mailto:agenda-team at cagreens.org> as soon as possible and preferably no later than Tuesday, January 19. Other Greens are welcome to attend as provided for in this policy <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/attendance-policy>.

Registration is open here <https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/reg_ga_jan2016> and will be $40 through December 31 and $50 afterwards. All registration <https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/reg_ga_jan2016>s <https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/reg_ga_jun2015> include lunch and a light breakfast each day. All meals will be vegetarian or vegan. There is also a single day registration of $21/day for either Saturday or Sunday and $26/day after June 1.

The General Assembly and Presidential Forum will be held at the Grassoots Oasis <http://grassrootsoasis.com/2015/05/13/welcome/> activist space just a ten minute walk from historic Old Town San Diego. Public transit is available at the Old Town Transit Center <http://www.transitunlimited.org/Old_Town_Station>, featuring easy Amtrak Pacific Sunliner <http://www.amtrak.com/pacific-surfliner-train>, San Diego Trolley Green Line <http://www.sdmts.com/Trolley/Trolley.asp> and San Diego Metropolican Transit System bus lines <http://www.sdmts.com/mtscr/BusRoutes.aspx>.

The full General Assembly agenda is below. Hope to see you in San Diego.

Sincerely,

Sanda Everette, Alex Shantz
Co-coordinators, GPCA Coordinating Committee <http://www.cagreens.org/committees/coordinating>gpca at cagreens.org

www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda>

Saturday, January 23

  8:00am Breakfast, registration

  9:00am Opening, welcome from San Diego Greens, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of Standing Committee vacancies

  9:30am Proposal: Approval of General Assembly Agenda  <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda>

  9:45am Proposal: Appointment of Ruscal Cayangyang <http://www.cagreens.org/news/cayangyang-appointed-school-board> for GPCA Assistant Treasurer (Coordinating Committee; nominee makes statement)

10:00am Proposal:Confirmation of Coordinating Committee Bylaws Interpretation Regarding Coordinating Committee attendance requirements and Extraordinary Circumstances  <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/bylaws-interpretation-cc-attendance>(Coordinating Committee)

10:15am Report: Changes to draft GPCA Elections Code passed by state legislature <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-06/gpca-elections-code> (Coordinating Committee)

10:30am Presentation: Update on Legal Cases against Proposition 14/SB6 <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-06/top-two-challenge-update> (Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, Coordinating Committee)  

10:50am Report: Status of 2016 County Council <http://www.cagreens.org/county-councils> filings (Coordinating Committee)

11:05am Report: GPCA Proposal to host the GPUS 2017 Annual National Meeting <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda/2017-ann-planning> (Coordinating Committee)
11:30am Decision: Mid-Year Budget Review and Hiring <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda/mid-year-budget>(Finance Commitee, GROW)

12:00am Announcement of Standing Committee <http://www.cagreens.org/committees> vacancies

12:05pm Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch 

  1:00pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Platform, Finance/Fundraising, GROW)

  2:15pm Discussion:GPCA 2016 Election Strategy - US Senate race <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-01/agenda/strategy-us-senate>(Campaigns and Candidates Working Group)
  3:00pm Green Party 2016 Presidential Candidate Forum <http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/presidential-candidate-forum-san-diego> (Campaigns and Candidates Working Group)

  6:00pm Dinner Reception with Presidential Candidates

  7:30pm Evening Program with Elected Greens from across CA and success stories from San Diego Greens

  4:55pmAnnouncements

Sunday, January 24

  8:00am Breakfast, registration

  9:00am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Green Issues, Media, IT)

10:30pm Quorum count

10:35am Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators  <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2013-06/confirmation-co-coordinators>

10:40am Discussion: Who the GPCA should recommend for its 2016 presidential primary ballot <http://cagreens.org/rules#Section_1-5_Decision-Making> (Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, GPUS Delegation)

11:10am Discussion: 2016-2018 Work Plan/Strategic Plan visioning session, according to GPCA bylaws Article 11 <http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_11-1_Strategic_Plan> (Coordinating Committee)

11:40pm Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-06/next-ga> (Coordinating Committee)

11:55pm Discussion: Statewide Ballot Measures on the June 2016 primary ballot <http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures/> (Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, GPUS Delegation)

12:15pm Lunch,GPUS Delegation <http://www.cagreens.org/delegation> meeting, Latinx Caucus <http://www.cagreens.org/caucus/latinx> meeting during lunch 

  1:15pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Bylaws, Finance/GROW/Clearinghouse joint session) 

  2:45pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators  <http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2013-06/confirmation-co-coordinators> (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session)

  3:00pm Closing session

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