[Sosfbay-discuss] South SC County Greens participate in San Benito?

[Jim Stauffer]

I think we should find some time on our Tuesday agenda for this item.

This issue has come up a time or two before. From my bylaws background, I
found nothing that prohibits this. The one concern is double-voting on state
party issues. We may find that a 'Memorandum of Understanding' between the
counties would be useful.

If our So. County Greens will become active by going to San Benito, I'm all
for it. 

And, welcome to the San Benito folks!


-- 
Jim 




Larry Cafiero_Liaison wrote:
> 
> Santa Clara Greens --
> 
> The Green Party of San Benito County has discussed the possibility of
> Greens residing in the southern Santa Clara County towns of Morgan Hill
> and Gilroy to participate and vote in the GPSBC meetings. The GPSBC have
> asked me to present this question to you on their behalf.
> 
> The GPSBC held their first meeting on March 25, and elected officers and
> a county council. I attended the meeting and found their election of
> county council and officers to be valid. As soon as the regional rep for
> our region, Paul Franklin, reviews the minutes and affirms the process
> of the election of their county council to the state coordinating
> committee, they will be considered a functioning GP county, as outlined
> in the state bylaws at Section 4-1.22.
> 
> The question had been raised during the course of the organizational
> meetings of the GPSBC prior to March 25 -- since one Green in particular
> from Gilroy who owns a home in San Benito and one who has contributed to
> the discussion of forming San Benito on-line are residents of Gilroy and
> Morgan Hill respectively -- have said it would be more convenient to
> travel to the San Benito meetings than traveling to Santa Clara meetings.
> 
> In fact, a bylaw to that effect had been in the GPSBC bylaws originally
> submitted for approval to the bylaws committee, but was withdrawn on the
> bylaws committee's recommendation.
> 
> There are advantages to this arrangement: Primarily -- and this is my
> hope going forward -- it gets people involved in the Green Party and
> makes it easier for them to attend meetings. Also, it provides an
> incentive for Morgan Hill/Gilroy to start a local in their area, as
> outlined in Article 5 of the Santa Clara County bylaws. I am confident
> that San Benito would welcome the formation of such a local, and would
> sunset any bylaws accordingly should a Morgan Hill/Gilroy local be
> formed in Santa Clara County.
> 
> The only hangup I can see is remote possibility "double voting" at
> meetings -- that is, Greens from Morgan Hill/Gilroy participating in
> both Santa Clara and San Benito meetings. If anyone sees this as a
> problem or a hangup -- I don't necessarily see it as either, but I would
> gladly field concerns or objections, and I'd welcome any suggestions for
> resolving them.
> 
> On a state level, this arrangement would not affect the delegate count
> for plenaries, as those are still calculated solely on the basis of
> registered Greens in each county from data provided by the Secretary of
> State's office. This formula for calculating delegates will remain
> unchanged.
> 
> I realize that this may be too late for your agenda for the April 4
> meeting -- and I cannot make this meeting to make a presentation -- but
> I believe there should be discussion on this issue for a possible
> presentation at the May meeting.
> 
> Larry Cafiero
> Liaison to the Secretary of State's office
> Green Party of California
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