{news} Fw: Proposed Plenary Agenda & Rules for Nov. 5

[Justine McCabe]

Dear Greens, 
The GPCT-endorsed anti-war conference on Saturday (11/5) will include a plenary session beginning at 3pm during which resolutions will be discussed and voted on.

Please review these resolutions at:  www.TheStruggle.org and BE THERE TO VOTE ON THEM.

Peace, 
Justine 



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Proposed Plenary Agenda & Rules for Nov. 5


Dear Activists,
The resolutions committee met Saturday and was composed of the  
following resolution-makers:  Chris G.  of CTUP,  Justine M. of Al  
Awda,  Maggie R. of Latinos Contra La Guerra, Phil J. of Hartford Bring  
the Troops Home Now, Alex K. of Greater Hartford Cuba Committee, Matt  
M. of CLASH, Michael K. of CCSU Progressive Student Alliance, and Stan  
H. of CTUP and Middle East Crisis Committee.  Henry L.  of  No Nukes/No  
War  and the Peace Council was consulted by phone.

We developed the following proposed Agenda and Rules for the Plenary  
Session to be held Nov. 5 at the state antiwar conference.  This  
proposal will come before the body on November 5. Please feel free to  
circulate.

Reminder: The Resolutions are to be posted on  
<www.ctunitedforpeace.org>. There have been technical difficulties  
uploading them to that site, however, and they can be immediately  
viewed at <www.TheStruggle.org>.

In Solidarity,
Chris Gauvreau
860-478-5300
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Proposed Organization and Rules for November 5 Plenary

Introduction:  The plenary will open with a report from the Resolutions  
Committee and propose the following:

1. The plenary will be chaired by Eric Stamm .  Eric will be assisted  
by a stacker, a timekeeper, and two secretaries (Linda Lancz  of  
Guilford and Beth Dwyer of Danbury have accepted this assignment.)  The  
Resolutions Committee will sit at the front and be available to assist  
Eric with procedural motions if the session starts to run over time.

2. Each resolution will be presented, discussed, amended, and voted up  
or down in discrete discussions.

3. Action resolutions will be considered before purely programmatic  
resolutions.

4. Resolution makers will be given 3 minutes to present and/or motivate  
their resolution.  Then there will be 10 minutes of discussion from the  
floor.  Everyone will be recognized once before anyone is recognized a  
second time.  There will be a one minute time limit for speakers from  
the floor.  Speakers from the floor will line up at microphones  
designated as pro or con.  Attendees will also be provided with  3  
colored cards, so that in case they can't get to a microphone, they can  
indicate to the chair that they want to present a procedural motion, or  
want to speak against or speak for a particular resolution. To the  
degree possible, the chair will seek to alternate between male and  
female, pro and con speakers. Extensions on time may be requested and  
the chair will orchestrate a quick vote, up or down, on 1 minute time  
extensions.  If there is broad consensus for extending a discussion on  
a particular resolution (as determined by a straw poll of the room),  
the chair will entertain motions for a specific number of minutes and  
the proposal for an extension will be voted up or down.

5. Voting will reflect the positions of individuals.  There will be no  
weighted or delegated votes.

6. The resolutions will be taken up in the following order, which was  
determined by first selecting out action resolutions (A - F), and then  
by a lottery for resolutions G -L.


A. March 19 state demonstration
B. Autonomous April Actions
C. For a National Spring Action
D. No Nukes Campaign
E. 2006 State Conference
F. Students are Vital to the Movement/Support a State-wide Campus  
Network

G. US Out of Guantanamo
H. The Link between Iraq and Palestine
I.  Caterpillar
J. Latinos/Immigration/Patriot Act
K. Call from Palestinian NGO's
L. Not One More Penny for War


7. The results of the plenary will be written up and made available for  
distribution to the press, politicians, or other groups.


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