From gpca-inform at cagreens.org Fri Apr 1 01:26:35 2016 From: gpca-inform at cagreens.org (Green Party of California Inform List) Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 08:26:35 +0000 Subject: [officeholders] ANNOUNCE: Application period for election to GPCA Coordinating Committee and GPUS Delegation Message-ID: <56fe30bbeabf1_4d5b48c30e44995e@app2.mail> Dear Friend --? This is to announce the application period for election to the GPCA?Coordinating Committee ?and?GPUS Delegation , for staggered, two year terms ?running from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. ? Elections will be held separately by ranked choice voting?for?six female seats ?and?six male seats ?on the Coordinating Committee,?and?12 delegate seats ?and?13 alternate seats ?on the GPUS Delegation. The application deadline is Monday, May 2 at 6pm.?Please <>send applications here . The discussion period is from Monday, May 9 through Sunday, June 19. Voting from Monday, June 20 through Sunday, June 26.?Candidates shall be given time to present themselves to the San Francisco?General Assembly? May 14-15. The Duties and Responsibilities of the Coordinating Committee are described?here ?and the GPUS Delegation?here . ? Please let us know if you have any questions. Sanda Everette, Alex Shantz Co-coordinators,?GPCA?Coordinating Committee References:?According to GPCA Bylaws 8-2.1, "The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of up to 24 voting members, with 12 men and 12 women. Six men and six women shall be elected each year to serve staggered, two year terms" (www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-2_Membership ?)?and 8-4.1 "Elections shall be conducted each year by the Standing Green Assembly using Ranked Choice Voting with a No Other Candidate option, with the six week discussion period beginning on the first Monday of May and the one week voting period commencing immediately thereafter."? 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URL: From gpca-inform at cagreens.org Fri Apr 8 11:09:08 2016 From: gpca-inform at cagreens.org (Green Party of California Inform List) Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:09:08 +0000 Subject: [officeholders] AGENDA/REGISTRATION: GPCA General Assembly, San Francisco, May 14-15, 2016 Message-ID: <5707f3c4873e0_3e3d3e558f0140b@app1.mail> Dear Friend -- The next General Assembly ?and Gathering?of the Green Party of California will take place?Saturday/Sunday, May 14-15 in San Francisco. The draft agenda is here ?and reprinted below. The event will be held at the?historic site of the San Francisco Labor Temple, now known as the Redstone Building ,?2926-2948 16th Street between Mission and South Van Ness, San Francisco. Registration is here and is?$40 through April 27, $50 afterwards. The number of delegates allocated to each county is here ?(other Greens are welcome too, per this attendance policy ). There will be a special 'Green Gathering' session from 2:30pm to 6pm on Saturday, with workshops/breakout sessions on issues and organizing. The content for that session is still being firmed up. If there are special themes you want to see included, please let us know at gpca at cagreens.org. Please share this with other Greens in your county. We hope to see you in San Francisco.? Sanda Everette, Alex Shantz Co-coordinators,?GPCA?Coordinating Committee DRAFT AGENDA TO COUNTIES: GPCA General Assembly, San Francisco, May 14-15, 2016 Saturday, June 21 ? 8:00am Breakfast, registration ? 9:00am?Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of Standing Committee vacancies ? 9:30am?Agenda approval ? 9:45am??Presentation (part one):?Update on Legal Cases against Proposition 14/SB6,?Update on efforts?to amend the state elections code to address negative effects of Proposition 14 on the state's smaller, ballot qualified parties?(Coordinating Committee) 10:00am?Confirmation: Ruscal Cayanyang, Assistant Treasurer (Coordinating Committee) 10:15am?Presentation: Coordinating Committee?female ?and?male ?candidates for FY2016-2018 make statements 10:40am?Presentation: GPUS Delegation?delegate ?and?alternate ?candidates for FY2016-2018 make statements 11:00am ?Proposal:?Proposal: Budget FY2016-2017 - Draft budget in?.xls and .pdf format ?format;?Income Narrative,?Expense Narrative;?Annual Reports and Workplans?of Standing Committees and Working Groups?(Budget Committee), Proposal:?Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee) 11:55am Announcements? 12:00pm?Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch? ? 1:05pm?Quorum count ? 1:10pm?Proposal:?Proposal: Budget FY2016-2017 - Draft budget in?.xls and .pdf format ?format;?Income Narrative,?Expense Narrative;?Annual Reports and Workplans?of Standing Committees and Working Groups?(Budget Committee), Proposal:?Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee) ? 2:25pm?Announcement?of?Standing Committee ?vacancies ? 2:30pm?Green Gathering - Session One ? 4:15pm?Break ? 4:30pm?Green Gathering - Session Two ? 6:00pm?Dinner?on your own (host committee providing recommendations), GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner ? 7:30pm Evening Social Gathering not yet organized Sunday, June 22 ? 8:00am?Breakfast, registration ? 9:00am?Breakout sessions for committees and working groups?(CCWG, Green Issues, ERWG, Bylaws) 10:35pm?Quorum count 10:40am?Confirmation:?Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators? 10:45am?Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place?(Coordinating Committee) 10:55am?Open for additional agenda items to be added 12:15pm?Lunch,?Optional caucus meetings? ? 1:25pm?Announcements, including?announcement of?Standing Committee ?vacancies, Quorum Count ? 1:30pm?Breakout sessions for committees and working groups?(Media, Platform, IT) ? 2:45pm?Breakout sessions for committees and working groups?(Finance, GROW, Clearinghouse) ? 4:10pm?Confirmation:?Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators? ?(for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session) ? 4:15pm?Closing session Stay connected with the Green Party of California?(and spread the message via social media) On Twitter:?www.twitter.com/gpca ?? 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