[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: County Council of Green Party of Santa Clara County
Spencer Graves
spencer.graves at prodsyse.com
Mon Jul 1 22:05:39 PDT 2013
Hello, All:
We now have an officially recognized County Council again; see
the note from Sanda Everette below.
Spencer
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] County Council of Green Party of Santa Clara
County
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 21:37:57 -0700
From: Sanda Everette <sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com>
To: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
CC: Alex Shantz <alexshantz at gmail.com>, Jim Doyle
<j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>, Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com>,
warner bloomberg <WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com>, Drew <Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>,
John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>
I was able to get it on the agenda, and in the last minute of the call,
we did certify your county council.
Go forth and prosper.
Sanda Everette, GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA Coordinating Committee
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
then you win." - Gandhi, describing the stages of a winning strategy of
nonviolent activism.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Sanda Everette
<sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com <mailto:sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com>>
wrote:
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 <mailto: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:
>
>
> * James Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>
> <mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>, 408-269-3299, 1668 Nora Way, San
> Jose CA 95124
> * Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>, 408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St.
> #335, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
> * John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>
> <mailto:pagesincolor at yahoo.com>, 408-914-2751, 592 Mountain Home
> Dr, San Jose, CA 95136
> * Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com>
> <mailto: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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Spencer Graves
>
>
> On 4/26/2013 6:35 PM, Sanda Everette wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Spencer Graves
>> <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com
>> <mailto: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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thus any appointment for 2012-2014 made before July 2012 could
>> not be valid.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>> Names / emails / phone numbers:
>>
>>
>> * Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net
>> <mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>>, 408-269-3299
>> <tel:408-269-3299>
>>
>>
>> * Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org
>> <mailto:spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>>, M:
>> 408-655-4567 <tel:408-655-4567>, H: 408-294-5779
>> <tel:408-294-5779>
>>
>>
>> * John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:pagesincolor at yahoo.com>>, 408-561-1390 <tel:408-561-1390>
>>
>>
>> * Drew Johnson <Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>>, 408-520-1652
>> <tel:408-520-1652>
>>
>>
>> * Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com
>> <mailto:betsy237 at prodsyse.com>>, 408-294-5779 <tel:408-294-5779>
>>
>>
>> *** 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.
>>
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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*.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Spencer Graves, GPSCC County Council member, on behalf of the
>> Green Party of Santa Clara County
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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 <tel:408-655-4567>
>> web: www.structuremonitoring.com
>> <http://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 <http://www.structuremonitoring.com>
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