[GPSCC-chat] election of county council meeting part 2

[Jim Doyle]

The pertinent sections of the GPCA bylaws read

ARTICLE 2 COUNTY COUNCIL

2.2 Membership in the Council

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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In paragraph 2.2.2 elected means being notified of being elected by the 
ROV -
the registrar of voters.  Which in turn means the person has gathered and
submitted signatures to the ROV in the appropriate time frame.

Since noone from the Santa Clara County Green Party gathered signatures 
in 2012
nobody was elected to the county council for the July 2012 to June 2014 term
according to the bylaws of the state party.

All told, one item on the agenda will be the election of county council 
members.

Jim Doyle