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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Spencer Graves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com" target="_blank">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
To: The GPCA Coordinating Committee<br>
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c/o Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz, Co-Coordinators<br>
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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.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">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.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thus any appointment for 2012-2014 made before July 2012 could not be valid.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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:<br>
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Names / emails / phone numbers:<br>
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* Jim Doyle <<a href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>>, <a href="tel:408-269-3299" value="+14082693299" target="_blank">408-269-3299</a><br>
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* Spencer Graves <<a href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org" target="_blank">spencer.graves@<u></u>effectivedefense.org</a>>, M: <a href="tel:408-655-4567" value="+14086554567" target="_blank">408-655-4567</a>, H: <a href="tel:408-294-5779" value="+14082945779" target="_blank">408-294-5779</a><br>
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* John Thielking <<a href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com" target="_blank">pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="tel:408-561-1390" value="+14085611390" target="_blank">408-561-1390</a><br>
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* Drew Johnson <<a href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="tel:408-520-1652" value="+14085201652" target="_blank">408-520-1652</a><br>
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* Betsy Wolf-Graves <<a href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com" target="_blank">betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>>, <a href="tel:408-294-5779" value="+14082945779" target="_blank">408-294-5779</a><br>
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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.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">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) </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="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" target="_blank">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</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">6-6.4 For decisions to be valid at this General Meeting, <b>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</b>.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Its not clear from the minutes of your meeting <a href="http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss/2013-March/014399.html" target="_blank">http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss/2013-March/014399.html</a> 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.</font></div>
<div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px">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.</span> </font></div>
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Thanks,<br>
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Spencer Graves, GPSCC County Council member, on behalf of the Green Party of Santa Clara County<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Sanda Everette and Alex Shantz, co-coordinators</font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">GPCA Coordinating Committee</font></div>
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