{news} Minutes from the 3-28-06 SCC meeting of CTGP

[B Barry]

Minutes from the 3-28-06 SCC meeting of CTGP

 

Place:  Middletown Russell Public Library,  Reading Room #1,  123 Broad
Street, Middletown, CT     06457

Time:    ***** 6:30PM to 8:30pm closure of the Library*****
Phone: 860-347-2528

Facilitator: Tim McKee             Timekeeper: Vic Lancia

Voting Attendees: Central: Vic Lancia and Steve Krevisky; Fairfield: Paul
Bassler and David Bedell; 

Greater Hartford: Barbara Barry DeRosa and Michael DeRosa; New Haven: Jerry
Martin, Allan Brison-

Tolland: Tim McKee.
Non-voting attendees: none.

 

A.	Preliminaries:

1.	 Introductions of attendees and chapters.  Recruit timekeeper.
2.	 Identify attendees who are NOT voting representatives.
3.	Adopt ground rules.
4.	 Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions: actions by Judy
Herkimer, treasurer of CTGP and  Thomas Sevigny;  

deletions due to non quorum: review and approval of 2-28-06 SCC meeting;
Review and approval of 3-13-06 EC meeting; presentation of Treasurer's
monthly reports of: October, November, December, January and February by
treasurer of CTGP: Judy Herkimer:  Presentation of Treasurer's 3rd quarter
and 4th  quarter reports to the Secretary of State by CTGP treasurer, Judy
Herkimer.

Proposal for independent, professional internal audit of CTGP by 5 CTGP
members.   Deletions due to lack of representation:

      Women's Caucus report including 11-05 Modified Concencus Training.
Deletion: budget committee suggestions; report from national

       representative to GPUS; V.O.T.E.R.due to time restraints.

 

Reports:

     1. Discussed  actions of CTGP Treasurer: Judy Herkimer regarding her: 

a) changing control of our CTGP/Chris Reilly post office box without
permission  to unknown person and related actions; 

b) changing the CTGP checking account and added another checking account:
without authorization and declines to provide the officers of this CTGP with
current information since 10-05 SCC meeting which she attended;

c) making/honoring some CTGP payments but not others;  

d) has not attended any CTGP meeting since 11-21-05 EC meeting at Torrington
Town Hall; 

e) has not advised EC or  SCC of treasurer's activities.

      f) declines to provide CTGP with a deputy treasurer since 5-23-05 EC
meeting (her 1st as treasurer);

      g) declines to pay for the CTGP 4-22-06 Convention or the mailing of
ballots for internal officer election. (By CTGP bylaws, officers are only to

      remain in office for one year, then the CTGP must have another
election. Last CTGP election was 4-05.);

      h) presented a 5-7-05 document to the CT State Elections Enforcement
Commission stating, incorrectly that Thomas Sevigny was current chairperson 

      of CTGP.   Thomas was last elected  CTGP chairperson 3 years ago.
Judy was a member of the CTGP internal elections committee which counted 

      the CTGP convention ballots  which elected herself to be treasurer,
Co-chairpersons: Michael  DeRosa, Aaron  Gustafson and Kelly  McCarthy and 

      Barbara Barry DeRosa as secretary.  Why did she present  4weeks  later
on 5-7-05, that someone whom was not elected to be chairperson in 4-05, 

      was the chairperson?

 

      2. Internal Elections committee by David Bedell: time  and place of
4-22-06 convention Central CT State University or  New Haven Labor/Teachers

       Council; Michael DeRosa will take a document to the Sec. of State
Elections Enforcement Commission to notify the State that the CTGP will be 

       having a convention, 4-22-06.   

 

3. Chapter reports: 

Central by Vic Lancia: Clift Thornton, potential candidate for governor for
the CTGP is to speak at The Salon, at the Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street,
Middletown, 06457  on 4-10-06 at 7PM about  The War on Drugs.

New Haven by Jerry Martin and Allan Brison: chapter has sent out a
newsletter to every registered Green and people whom meet the definition of
being a member of CTGP over the past 2 years In the New Haven  and Hamden
areas.  The chapter plans on using this as an updated list of New Haven
Greens and to get up to date with every new registered Green in the area.
And will get updated list of every registered Green, every

month from register of voters.  Jerry also indicated that New Haven is
trying to develop a website for themselves.  David Adams of the Shoreline
Chapter of CTGP advised Allan that he is no longer  functioning as a Green
member.

      Fairfield by David Bedell and Paul Bassler:  someone might be
interested in running for the U.S. 4th Congressional District and collecting
petitions.  

      Fairfield's convention to endorse candidates will be in August 2006.

      Greater Hartford by Michael DeRosa: had a fundraiser at the home of
Steve and Ruth Fournier which raised $300.  David Ianno might run for 1st
State

       Senatorial District.   He also spoke at  the anti-war rally as a
Vietnam Veteran for Peace; we are still working on the food co-op; we
attended both the

       New Haven and Hartford anti-war  demonstrations;  Ben Manski is to
speak  at a Clash Collective event at UCONN this weekend.

 

      Discussed that the following chapters have dissolved: West Hartford in
June of 2004, and Shoreline apparently after 6-05 SCC meeting and New

      Britain after  11-05 elections. Discussed lack of participation since
11-29-05SCC meeting of the Northwest, and West chapters.   Hamden

     attends irregularly.       

 

    Barbara Barry: Neither the EC nor the SCC adopted the use of 'probation"
of a chapter. Rather it was the personal suggestion/email of Kelly McCarthy 

    while she was co-chairperson of the CTGP.  However, she never made it as
a proposal to the EC or SCC.  Last  meetings Kelly attended was the 

    8-30-06 SCC.  She then resigned as co-chairperson around 11-11-05. Aaron
Gustafson last attended the 7-06 SCC meeting.   The last EC meeting

    they attended was 7-11-06.



 

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