[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: County Council of Green Party of Santa Clara County
Caroline Yacoub
carolineyacoub at att.net
Mon Jul 1 23:21:27 PDT 2013
Yay!
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From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
To: GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 10:05 PM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: County Council of Green Party of Santa Clara County
Hello, All: We now have an officially recognized County Council again; see the note from Sanda Everette below. Spencer
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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 mailto:sanda.greensolutions at gmail.com
To: Spencer Graves mailto:spencer.graves at prodsyse.com
CC: Alex Shantz mailto:alexshantz at gmail.com, Jim Doyle mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net, Betsy Wolf-Graves mailto:betsy237 at prodsyse.com, warner bloomberg mailto:WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com, Drew mailto:Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com, John Thielking mailto: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> 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> 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 mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net, 408-269-3299, 1668 Nora Way, San Jose CA 95124 * Spencer Graves mailto:spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org, M: 408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126 * Mark "Drew" Johnson mailto:Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com, 408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St. #335, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086 * John Thielking mailto:pagesincolor at yahoo.com, 408-914-2751, 592 Mountain Home Dr, San Jose, CA 95136 * Betsy Wolf-Graves 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> 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>, 408-269-3299
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>* Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>, M: 408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>* John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>, 408-561-1390
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>* Drew Johnson <Rainbeaufriend at yahoo.com>, 408-520-1652
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>* Betsy Wolf-Graves <betsy237 at prodsyse.com>, 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
>>>>web: http://www.structuremonitoring.com/
>>>>
>>>> Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz, co-coordinators
>>>GPCA Coordinating Committee
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>>--
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
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