[GPSCC-chat] County Council of Green Party of Santa Clara County

Mon Jul 1 18:08:11 PDT 2013

Thank you for your diligence. I will bring this to the CC. Maybe we can even take it as an emergency agenda item for our teleconference tonight, though I know we have a pretty full agenda. 

Sanda Everette, co-chair
GPCA Delegation
GPCA Coordinating Committee 

On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:

> Hello, Sanda:  
> 
> 
>       This is to confirm that we held an election for the County Council of the Green Party of Santa Clara County last Thursday, 27 June 2013.  Nominating papers for the following candidates were presented:  
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> * James Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>, 408-269-3299, 1668 Nora Way, San Jose CA 95124
> * Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>, M: 408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126 
> * Mark "Drew" Johnson <Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>, 408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St. #335, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
> * John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>, 408-914-2751, 592 Mountain Home Dr, San Jose, CA 95136
> * Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com>, 408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126
> 
> 
>       Announcements for these elections were made by email to standard Santa Clara County Greens email list 24 May 2013, over a month in advance.  The elections have also been advertised on the web site of the Green Party of Santa Clara County since that date.  Nominating papers containing 21 signatures were collected.  The 21 signatures were checked against the list of registered voters in Santa Clara County.  All 21 were found to be registered Green.  
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>       All five of these were elected by consensus.  Our county bylaws says we should have seven on our county council.  We hope to recruit two others to fill the two vacancies.  
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>       Please confirm that we have met the requirements for having a duly constituted County Council consisting of these individuals or explain what else we need to do.  
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> 
>       Sincerely, 
>       Spencer Graves
> 
> 
> On 4/26/2013 6:35 PM, Sanda Everette wrote:
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>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:
>>> To: The GPCA Coordinating Committee
>>> 
>>> 
>>> c/o Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz, Co-Coordinators
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This letter responds to the request by Sanda Everette that the Green Party of Santa Clara County officially re-appoint its 2012-2014 County Council members as there               were no GPSCC CC candidates on the June 2012 Primary Election ballot. As previously, communicated, at its regularly scheduled and announced May 2012 general membership meeting – consistent with long-standing GPSCC Bylaws -- the sitting GPSCC CC members appointed new members beginning June 2012 and those appointments were approved by the members present.
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>> Again to clarify, a sitting County Council can not appoint the next, incoming County Council.  Rather, any appointment of a new County Council can only occur after a vacancy has occurred - i.e. after the outgoing Council's term has ended - and then only by the process specified in the county's bylaws.
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>> Thus any appointment for 2012-2014 made before July 2012 could not be valid.
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>>> Also, at its regularly scheduled meeting on February 28, 2013 (fourth Thursday of the month), GPSCC members present unanimously consensed to reappoint existing County Council members; one prior CC member had left California. A notice that such would be occurring was placed on the GPSCC general discussion email list – the main communication vehicle to GPSCC members – more than two weeks before that meeting. This item also was published in the draft agenda two weeks before the meeting and on additional days before the meeting.
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>>> 
>>> At the March 28, 2013, GPSCC general membership meeting, the item was presented. The volunteers alll affirmed that they all live in Santa Clara County and are willing to continue serving as members of the County Council of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Their reappointment was reaffirmed by unanimous consensus. Note: Pursuant to GPCA and GPSCC Bylaws, the GPSCC makes decisions, whenever possible, by consensus. You may consider the appointments made on March 28, 2013, as “unanimously elected” if your sense and sensibilities about such matters require use of that language.
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>>> Also at the March 28, 2013, meeting, I was tasked and agreed to write this communication to the GPCA Coordinating Committee Co-Coordinators to identify the current GPSCC County Council members. The current GPSCC County Council members and their email contact information are:
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>>> Names / emails / phone numbers:
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>>> 
>>> * Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>, 408-269-3299
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>>> * Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>, M: 408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779
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>>> 
>>> * John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>, 408-561-1390
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>>> * Drew Johnson <Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>, 408-520-1652
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>>> * Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com>, 408-294-5779
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>>> 
>>> *** Please let me know if this meets your requirements. If it doesn't, please explain why it doesn't, what else we need to do, and point me to the specific rules.
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>> The bylaws for such an appointment where the county is already considered active by the state party are as follows (note: Santa Clara County is considered active because if its attendance at prior General Assemblies, even if it doesn't have an active county council)  
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>> http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_6-6_Appointment_to_Vacancies_in_Counties_in_which_no_County_Council_members_were_elected_in_the_primary_election
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>> 6-6.4 For decisions to be valid at this General Meeting, in counties in which where there is a recognized County Organization, either the number shall be equal to the amount that would be necessary to sign nomination signatures to appear on the County Council ballot in that county; or at a meeting with less than that number, but with at least three, only those candidates would be eligible who present a nomination petition with a number of signatures from registered Greens in the county, equal to the amount that would be necessary to sign nomination signatures to appear on the County Council ballot in that county.
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>> Its not clear from the minutes of your meeting http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss/2013-March/014399.html that there were either 20 individuals present, or that those seeking appointment had 20 nomination signatures.  Without either criteria being satisfied, no appointments can be made.
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>> As we sent you before, there is supposed to be a 21 day notice, aided by the state Coordinating Committee, notifying Greens in  your county of the date of appointment. But then in addition as per above, anyone seeking appointment needs to satisfy the criteria of either having enough nominations signatures to be eligible (that number is likely 20 registered Greens in Santa Clara County) OR the number of people at the meeting making the appointment needs to be at least 20. 
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>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Spencer Graves, GPSCC County Council member, on behalf of the Green Party of Santa Clara County
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>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
>>> President and Chief Technology Officer
>>> Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
>>> 751 Emerson Ct.
>>> San José, CA 95126
>>> ph:  408-655-4567
>>> web:  www.structuremonitoring.com
>> Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz, co-coordinators
>> GPCA Coordinating Committee
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
> President and Chief Technology Officer
> Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
> 751 Emerson Ct.
> San José, CA 95126
> ph:  408-655-4567
> web:  www.structuremonitoring.com
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