[GPSCC-chat] Draft Agenda for Msrch 28th GPSCC Meeting -- Comments Requested

[WB4D23 at aol.com]

March 12, 2013
 
Folks!  I volunteered at the February 28th GPSCC meeting  to prepare 
a draft agenda for the March 28th meeting.   Below is what I have prepared 
as a first draft based on Spencer's notes and  my own notes from the 
February meeting.  PLEASE NOTE:  Volunteers are  needed for additional County 
Council members (3 more?).  Also additional  "SGA" participants are needed (2?).  
Also note that the agenda as currently  proposed is already almost two 
hours long -- which is my understanding of what  is our practice for maximum 
length of these meetings.  If you want to make  proposals for additional items, 
please also include where time can be reduced or  an item removed.  Warner
 
 
 
GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
Draft Agenda for Monthly General Membership Meeting March 28, 2013 
San  Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA  
(Near 7th and San Fernando) 
7:00 pm – Eat and chat (No speaker  scheduled) 
7:30 pm – Begin meeting 
Select Facilitator, Note taker, Time keeper, and Vibes watcher(s); Select 
Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes) 
Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes) 
Treasurer’s Report – including update on failure of GPCA Clearinghouse to 
deliver three tote  bags or GPCA to return payment -- Jim Doyle (5 minutes) 
AS  DISCUSSED AND AGREED AT THE FEBRUARY 28, 2013, GPSCC MEETING:  Fill 
County Council  vacancies and re-appoint current County Council members to 
comply with  request from GPCA Coordinating Committee – County Council (30 
Minutes) – VOLUNTEERS  NEEDED 
AS  DISCUSSED AND AGREED AT THE FEBRUARY 28, 2013, GPSCC MEETING:  Fill “SGA
” (statewide discussion email  list purporting to amend GPCA Bylaws under 
questionable legitimacy) – County Council – Report by current participants 
and  appointments of two vacancies (10 Minutes) 
Report on rumored April 4th candidate training program  in San Francisco or 
Oakland – County  Council (5 Minutes) 
Presentation  of proposed GPSCC Bylaws amendment to expand County Council 
authority between  monthly general membership meetings – Text of proposal 
needed -- Jim  Doyle  
(10 Minutes) 
Proposal  for criteria for guest speakers at meetings – Jim Doyle (10  
Minutes) 
Update  report on Middle East speaker program being organized by local 
Peace and Freedom  Party members (continued from February 28th meeting) – John 
Thielking  (10 Minutes) 
Discussion of status of tabling supplies – Presenter? –  
(10 Minutes)  
Plan  for Spring Tabling – Need to identify event leaders -- (15 Minutes)  
April  13th Andrew Hill Health Fair 
April Earth Days (SJSU; SCU; De Anza  College)   
Jr. Statesman April  27th


Berryessa Arts & Wine Festiveal Saturday May  11th 
Others??? 
(1 Hour 50  Minutes Estimated Cumulative Times. Goal: Adjourn by 9:30 pm) 
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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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