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<DIV><FONT size=4>Folks! The deadline for County GP's to nominate backup
delegates and alternates to the GPUS presidential nominating convention
scheduled to be held in Chicago, Illinois July 10th-13th is Friday December
7th. Our GPSCC general membership meeting is Thursday December 6th.
Candidates in the February 5th GPCA presidential preference Primary Election
have the same deadline to submit lists of GPCA registered voters as their
delegates nominees. To the extent candidates do not collectively fill all
delegate and alternate positions, County GPs need to have nominated additional
delegates and alternates. You can be on a candidate's list as well as seek
nomination from your County GP. The total delegation is intended to be
geographically balanced, gender balanced, diversified, etc. Although we do
not know the total number of California nominating convention delegates, a good
guess is between 150-200 -- so each County GP can nominate at least twice its
General Assembly delegates allocation (GPSCC 4 x 2 = 8; x2 for alternates =
16). We can expect that some volunteers to be nominating convention
delegates will not actually attend.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>As a member of the California GPUS National Committee
delegation -- which is a two year position separate from being a delegate of the
nominating convention -- I am expected to attend the GNC annual meeting... which
will be held within the nominating convention schedule (not sure exactly how
this works). I would like to make the same trip for both purposes.
For diaclosure purposes, I have volunteered to be included in the Kent Mesplay
delegates slate, but there is no certainty what percentage of the Primary vote
he or any other candidate will receive, and it is the percentage of that vote
that determines how many persons from any candidate's slate will be delegates
(or alternates). The California nominating convention delegates are
required to cast votes in proportion to the primary election results on the
first ballot of the convention regardless of who any individual candidate
supports.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>PLEASE NOTE: Registration, travel and lodging costs for
these meetings are probably going to be in the $600-$1,000 range. The
amount of any subsidy from the GPCA budget is unknown at this time. The
GPSCC will need to consider at some point whether it wants to contribute to the
expenses of GPSCC members who attend the GPUS nominating
convention.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Regardless, we need to make our County nominations at the next
meeting.</FONT></DIV>
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