[GPSCC-chat] Final Draft Agenda for Tonight March 22nd GPSCC General Meeting
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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)
Movies Night – Proposals -- Merriam and John Thielkin (5 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 (10 Minutes)
Discussion about going forward/what is relevant for GPSCC progress –
Merriam (10 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
Report on _www.votesmart.org/voteeasy/_
(http://www.votesmart.org/voteeasy/) -- Jim Doyle (5 Minutes)
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 Minutes)
April 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 20 Minutes 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
April 21 Junior Statesman
April 22 Earthday
May 12 Barryessa Arts and Wine Festival
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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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