[GPSCC-chat] Draft General Meeting Agenda for next Thursday March 22nd

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Folks:  Below is a draft agenda for next Thursday's GPSCC  general meeting. 
 Please post comments on this list.   Warner
 
 
GREEN  PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
Draft  Agenda for Monthly General Membership Meeting March 22,  2012 
San  Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose,  CA 
(Near  7th and San Fernando) 
7:00  pm – Eat and chat 
7:30  pm – Begin meeting  
Select  Facilitator, Notetaker, Timekeeper, and Vibeswatcher(s), Select 
Agenda Preparer  for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes)   
Introductions  and Announcements (10 Minutes  
Guest  Speaker – Sponsor:  Spencer Graves  (5 Minutes) Per Spencer:  Joseph 
 Rosas, one of the Occupy San José group, is running as an independent for 
(I  think) a state assembly district.   
Treasurer’s  Report – Jim Doyle (5 minutes)  
Report  on status of candidates for County Council election on June 5,  
2012; 
Discussion  re filling vacancies – County Council (10 Minutes) 
Reports  from February 4, 2012 voter registration training event;  General 
discussion of goals for voter  registration efforts; Confirm County Council 
has designated data resources  contact – Warner Bloomberg (20 minutes)  
Discussion  of status of tabling supplies --          (10 Minutes) 
Jim  Doyle proposes we buy 3 totebags 
Regional  Rep report – Warner Bloomberg (15 minutes)  Including:  
Committees  participation; CC At-Large delegates election(s); Gatherings planning; 
GPUS Prez  Nominating Convention (July14-15 Baltimore, MD) delegates General  
Assembly (May 11-12 in San Francisco) Preparation – Warner Bloomberg   
(15  Minutes)     Initial  designation of Delegates/Alternates; Schedule 
Plenary agenda review  group 
Plan  for Spring Tabling --              (15 MinutesApril  Earth Days 
Next  Jr. Statesman Event? 
Berryessa  Arts & Wine Festiveal Saturday May 11th 
Others??? 
Endorse  Carol Brouillet for Congress and designate County Council member 
to inform CCWG  so she can qualify for GPCA funding application --  Warner 
Bloomberg (10  minutes)  
Report  on Refund CA Coalition – Spencer Graves (5 Minutes) 
Presentation  re "rootstriker.org" – Spencer Graves (5 minutes) This is a 
grass roots  initiative built around Lawrence Lessig (2011) Republic, Lost 
(Twelve;  see the Wikipedia article on it).  This book says that the "gateway" 
 problem facing the US today is corruption in Washington.  Lessig proposes 
several solutions, one  of which is "democracy vouchers", which gives each 
taxpayer the first $50 they  pay in taxes in a form that they can spend only 
on political campaigns, and that  only for candidates who commit to 
accepting only money from "democracy vouchers"  plus individual contributions 
limited to $100.  
(2  Hours Estimated Cumulative Times.  Goal:  Adjourn by 9:30  pm) 
Tabling Events  Addenda – Needed for each item (not necessarily all at this 
 meeting): 
Confirm date and  location; Approval of fee payment (as applicable); 
Designation of coordinator(s)  and other volunteers 

No Tabling Events Reported As Of Preparation of This  Agenda 
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[From  GPSCC Bylaws] ARTICLE 2 COUNTY COUNCIL  
2.1  Purposes  
2.1.1  The County Council will fulfill the legal requirement for a liaison 
between the  California Green Party and Santa Clara County officials. As 
used in these  Bylaws, the term "County Council" shall have the same meaning as 
the term  "Central Committee" as that term is used by the Office of the 
Registrar of  Voters for Santa Clara County, California.  
2.1.2  The Council shall select a secretary and a treasurer from among its 
members, or  may ratify the selection of these officers made at a General 
County Meeting. The  Council and/or its officers will be responsible for 
complying with the financial  reporting requirements of the Fair Political  
Practices  Commission (FPPC). The Council or its officers shall be 
responsible for  obtaining an FPPC number for financial reporting. The Council may 
create such  committees or initiate such inquiries as it considers necessary 
and appropriate  to perform its collective  
responsibilities  as described in these Bylaws.  
2.1.3  Internal to the Green Party, the Council's primary duties include 
serving as a  coordinating or steering committee to:  
a) Facilitate  communications between Green Party members within the  
county, at  county meetings, and between locals within the county.  
b) Facilitate  communications between the county Green Party and the State 
Green Party.   
c) Assist Green  Party involvement in elections in the county (including  
recruiting,  advising and assisting Green Party candidates, co-ordinating   
voter  registration efforts and tabling, and supporting ballot issues   
effecting issues  of concern to the state or county Green Party).  
d) Enhance  communications between the county Green Party and other Green 
Parties  and/or other local organizations which support the principals and   
objectives set  forth in the Green Party Platform.  
e) Oversee and  assist the work of committees formed by the Council, or  
outside the  Council by the Party's members, to help carry out the above   
duties, or other  duties considered necessary that are not in conflict with 
 
these ByLaws;  such as an electoral reform committee, an environmental  
issues  committee, etc.  
2.1.4  The County Council shall act as the designated contact persons for 
the Green  Party of Santa Clara County, and refer interested people to 
persons who may be  designated as spokespeople for the Party at a General County 
Meeting.   
2.1.5  The County Council, by agreement of eighty percent (80%) of its 
members, may  authorize the use of the name of the Green Party of Santa Clara 
County as an  endorser or co-sponsor of an event or public statement 
consistent with the  principals and objectives set forth in the Green Party Platform 
if time issues  make the decision necessary before it can be brought before 
the next general  meeting.  Any such County Council  authorization shall be 
reported to those present at the next monthly  meeting.  [Adopted July 1,  
2003] 
2.2 Membership in  the Council  
2.2.1 All County  Council members must be residents of Santa Clara County 
and registered to vote  with the Green Party.  
2.2.2 The County  Council is designated by the State Green Party bylaws to 
consist of seven  members elected at large from the county's Green Party 
constituency. Additional  members may be appointed by the Council. Vacancies on 
the Council that reduce  the membership to less than seven will be filled 
by appointment by the remaining  County Council member(s) within 30 days of 
the vacancy. The State Green Party  Coordinating Committee and the Santa 
Clara Registrar of Voters shall be informed  of all appointed members within two 
working days of the appointment. It shall be  an objective of the Green 
Party of Santa Clara County that its County Council  reflect the diversity of 
the general population in the county and likewise  reflect Green Party 
values. 

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