{news} re-post: agenda for Jan. 4 SCC meeting, including locatiion (Portland Public Library)

Tue Jan 4 00:05:32 EST 2005

I posted this agenda (including the location of the meeting--Portland Public Library) to the News listserve last week.  I post the agenda one week before each SCC meeting.  Tonight I learned that two SCC reps had called Mike DeRosa asking where the meeting was.  Perhaps there was a problem with the News listserve, so I am reposting this agenda, unchanged, tonight.
NOTE:   at one point in the past I used to send the SCC agendas to the announcements listserve (which no longer exists), the ctgp at lists.riseup.net listserve, and my list of chapter reps.  Many months ago I announced that I would only be posting the SCC agenda to the News listserve, and I asked that all SCC reps join the News listserve.
     I hope to see you Tuesday evening.
--Ed
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Agenda--January 4, 2004 SCC meeting

Location:  Portland Public Library, Wagner Room

A. Directions from library's website:

Via Route 72 Eastbound from New Britain: At Exit 22, turn on to Route 9 South. ** Turn right at traffic light in Middletown beneath the Arrigoni Bridge. At the traffic light, turn right on to Route 66. Cross bridge to Portland. Turn right at the second traffic light on to Freestone Avenue. Turn left in to Library's drive.

Via Route 66 Eastbound from Meriden: After crossing the Arrigoni Bridge, Turn right at the second traffic light on to Freestone Avenue. Turn left in to Library's drive.

Via Route 2 Westbound from Norwich: In Colchester, take Route 16 West to Route 66 in Cobalt. After you cross the railroad tracks in Portland, turn right on to Cross Street. Go one block. Turn Left on to Freestone Avenue. The library is three blocks on the right.

Via I-91 Southbound from Hartford: In Cromwell, take left exit (22S) on to Route 9. Follow directions from ** above.

Via Route 9 Northbound from Old Saybrook: Turn left at traffic light in Middletown beneath the Arrigoni Bridge. At the traffic light, turn right on to Route 66. Cross bridge to Portland. Turn right at the second traffic light on to Freestone Avenue. Turn left in to Library's drive.

[from www.portland.lib.ct.us/directions.htm;  map at www.portland.lib.ct.us/directionsmap.htm]

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B. Directions based on a map:

     If crossing the Arrigoni Bridge across the Connecticut River (coming from Middletown), you end up going north on Main St. (Route 17A) in Portland and you will soon see Route 66/Route 17 on your right.  Do not  turn right onto Route 66/Route 17;  instead go one block further and you'll see Freestone Ave. on your right.  The library is on Freestone Ave.

     Coming west on Route 66 in Portland, you'll come to the intersection of Route 17 with Route 66.  As you continue west, you are then travelling on both Routes 66 and Route 17.  Keep going on Route 66/Route 17 until you reach Route 17A (Main St.)  Take a right onto Route 17A/Main St and go one block;  turn right onto Freestone Ave.  The library is on Freestone Ave.

Facilitator:  Tim McKee

A.  PRELIMINARIES

1.  (2 minutes) Introductions/identify chapter reps, recruit stacker and timekeeper

2.  (1 minute)   Identify people present who are NOT voting reps (information needed by secretary)

3.  (1 minute)   Adopt groundrules (last page of this agenda)

4.  (2 minutes) Approval of tonight's proposed agenda/additions and deletions

5.  (2 minutes) Comments/approval of November SCC minutes 

6.  (5 minutes)  Treasurer's report

7.  (10 minutes) Guest slot (if a guest is present, he/she will speak here).

B. OLD BUSINESS AND PROPOSALS

1. (10 minutes) Bylaws segment "4-1 Chapters" (Appendix 1).  Referred to chapters by September SCC meeting (a step in the bylaws revision process).

2. (10 minutes) Bylaws segment "4-2 State Central Committee" (Appendix 2).  Referred to chapters by September SCC meeting (a step in the bylaws revision process).

3. (5 minutes)  Proposal to become an organizational supporter of abolishing the death penalty in Connecticut (Appendix 3).

D. REPORTS  

1. Chapter reports (1 minute each)

2. (15 minutes) Elections Committee

3. (10 minutes) Executive Committee

4. (2 minutes) Fundraising Committee

5. (1 minute) Budget Committee

6. (1 minute)  Office Committee

7. (5 minutes) Conflict resolution committees

8. (2 minutes) Communications Committee

9. (2 minutes) Diversity Committee

10. (2 minutes) Women's Caucus

11. (2 minutes) Bylaws, Rules, Policies, and Procedures Committee

12. (2 minutes) IT (Information Technology) Committee

13. (2 minutes) Voters' Rights Working Group

14. (5 minutes) Report from US Green Party representatives

15. (1 minute) VOTER

E.  DISCUSSION

1. (10 minutes) Planning/strategizing session for the state party in January.  (Agenda item from Tom Sevigny, Andy Derr, Lindsay Mathews, Bob Eaton, Colin Bennett, and Kaye Ward.)

F.  ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Appendix 1  Proposed bylaws changes from BRPP committee (bylaws, rules, policies and procedures)  [Submitted by New London chapter per e-mail of 9/13/04 from Andy.]

4-1. CHAPTERS

4-1-A. A local chapter shall consist of Green Party members from towns and municipalities within a contiguous geographic region. No chapter shall be larger than a County and none smaller than a single town with the exception of Campus Green organizations.  

4-1-B. A local chapter may petition for affiliation with the State Central Committee upon having at least three meetings with five or more Green Party members in attendance at each of the three meetings. 
4-1-C.   A chapter may be declared inactive by a majority vote of the State Central Committee (SCC) if it has not met within the past three months.  A chapter will automatically be declared inactive if it has not sent chapter representatives to the State Central Committee meeting for three months in a row. Inactive status will begin as of the third meeting.  

4-1-D.   The State Central Committee may vote to revoke a chapter's affiliation with the CTGP if that chapter has not met within the past 6 months.

4-1-E.  An inactive chapter will be declared active again if it hold two consecutive monthly meetings monthly meetings with at least five members present and sends representatives to two successive state meetings.

4-1-F.  Chapters that have had their affiliation revoked must re-petition the State Central Committee for affiliation once the requirements detailed in 4.1.B are met.

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Appendix 2  Proposed bylaws changes from BRPP Committee (bylaws, rules, policies and procedures). [From e-mail received from Tom 7/26/04;  revised per 9/13/04 e-mail from Andy.]

4-2  STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE

4-2-A. The State Central Committee (SCC) shall be the final decision making body of the Green Party of Connecticut, and shall consist of democratically elected representatives from each affiliated local chapter. 

4-2-B. Local chapters of the CTGP shall be represented at State Central Committee meetings accordingly :   Each chapter is entitled to two voting representatives, and is also entitled to an additional representative for each 100 registered Greens residing in the chapter.  Voter lists from an appropriate authority (either a town clerk or the Secretary of State) will be the final source in determining the count of a chapter's membership. If these are not obtainable the chapter shall be entitled to two voting representatives.

4-2-C.  Caucuses for under-represented groups shall be entitled to one voting representative on the State Central Committee.  Under-represented groups are defined as any grouping of Greens that has historically failed to gain adequate access to power in society at-large (i.e., women, African-Americans, youth, etc.).  Caucuses shall be established by the State Central Committee.  An individual attending an SCC meeting may cast multiple votes--one vote as a chapter representative and one as a caucus representative.

4-2-D. Representatives to the State Central Committee are responsible for disseminating information to their respective local chapters. They are also responsible for following the mandates of the local chapters they represent. 
4-2-E. The modified consensus process will be used at State Central Committee meetings. In the event consensus cannot be reached, a vote will be taken with a simple majority being needed for passage of the proposal. Changes to the bylaws need a 66% majority for passage.   

4-2-F. Quorum shall be required for votes taken at the State Central Committee meeting. Quorum shall be defined as representation (by at least one voting representative) of at least two-thirds of all active CTGP chapters, excepting Campus Green chapters and inactive chapters.
4-2-G. Chapters shall elect their representatives to the SCC once a year.  Representatives shall be eligible for re-election.

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Appendix 3.  Death penalty proposal.

                 Green Party Meeting Proposal Form

PRESENTER:  Fairfield County chapter (as voted at chapter meeting 12/14/04);  Northwest chapter

CONTACT:  David Bedell, dbedellgreen at hotmail.com, 203-594-9013

SUBJECT:  Become an Organizational Supporter of Abolishing the Death Penalty in Connecticut

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:  On January 26, 2005, CT plans to execute serial murderer Michael Ross.  This will be the first execution in CT and all of New England since 1960.

Of the six New England states, only Connecticut and New Hampshire have the 
death penalty. New Hampshire has nobody on death row and has not executed 
anyone since 1939.  Rhode Island has not put anyone to death since 1845; in 
Maine it's been since 1885; in Massachusetts, 1947; and Vermont, 1954.  
Michael Ross is one of 8 or 9 men on CT's death row.

The CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) is seeking 
organizational partners.  The New Haven Green Party and the Fairfield County 
Green Party have already signed on.  This requires no financial support, but 
the affirmation of a resolution stating several "WHEREAS" clauses (arguments 
against the death penalty) followed by:

"THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that our organization calls upon the Connecticut 
General Assembly to abolish the death penalty."

Resolution and signup form:
http://www.dontkillinmynamect.org/orgsignup.asp

List of network partners:
http://www.dontkillinmynamect.org/cnadp.htm

The USGP Platform, section H-18, calls for legislation to abolish the death 
penalty.
http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/socjustice.html#1001998

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