<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>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. <br><br>Sanda Everette, co-chair<div>GPCA Delegation</div><div>GPCA Coordinating Committee </div></div><div><br>On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Spencer Graves <<a href="mailto:spencer.graves@prodsyse.com">spencer.graves@prodsyse.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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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: <br>
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* James Doyle <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net"><j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net></a>, 408-269-3299, 1668
Nora Way, San Jose CA 95124<br>
* Spencer Graves <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org"><spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org></a>, M:
408-655-4567, H: 408-294-5779, 751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126
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* Mark "Drew" Johnson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com"><Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com></a>,
408-520-1652, 174 Carroll St. #335, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086<br>
* John Thielking <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com"><pagesincolor@yahoo.com></a>, 408-914-2751, 592
Mountain Home Dr, San Jose, CA 95136<br>
* Betsy Wolf-Graves <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com"><betsy237@prodsyse.com></a>, 408-294-5779,
751 Emerson Ct., San José, CA 95126<br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
<br>
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Sincerely, <br>
Spencer Graves<br>
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On 4/26/2013 6:35 PM, Sanda Everette wrote:<br>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">j.m.doyle@sbcglobal.net</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-269-3299" value="+14082693299" target="_blank">408-269-3299</a><br>
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* Spencer Graves <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org" target="_blank">spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org</a>>,
M: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-655-4567" value="+14086554567" target="_blank">408-655-4567</a>,
H: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-294-5779" value="+14082945779" target="_blank">408-294-5779</a><br>
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* John Thielking <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com" target="_blank">pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-561-1390" value="+14085611390" target="_blank">408-561-1390</a><br>
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* Drew Johnson <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Rainbeaufriend@yahoo.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-520-1652" value="+14085201652" target="_blank">408-520-1652</a><br>
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* Betsy Wolf-Graves <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com" target="_blank">betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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<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>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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<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>
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<div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Its not clear
from the minutes of your meeting <a moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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<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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-- <br>
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD<br>
President and Chief Technology Officer<br>
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.<br>
751 Emerson Ct.<br>
San José, CA 95126<br>
ph: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:408-655-4567" value="+14086554567" target="_blank">408-655-4567</a><br>
web: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com" target="_blank">www.structuremonitoring.com</a><br>
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<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
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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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com">www.structuremonitoring.com</a>
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