{news} Bylaw proposal to be reviewed by chapters. This will be voted on at the 2-27-07 SCC meeting.

[B Barry]

                                             Proposal for Amending the
Bylaws

January 29, 2007 Proposal for a bylaws amendment for consideration at the
April 2007convention

Submitted by:           The Bylaws Committee

 Patricia Kane, Coordinator

 Caleb Kleppner, Draftsman

 

 

Section X.  Amending the bylaws

 

1.         These bylaws may be amended by proposals originating from a
chapter or from members.

2.       A chapter shall propose an amendment to the bylaws by submitting a
written proposal to the State Central Committee for distribution either to
the chapters or to the Annual Convention. If the chapter elects submission
to the chapters, the Secretary shall distribute the proposal to the chapters
within two (2) weeks of the submission date.  

 

3.       a.        If an individual member submits a bylaw amendment to the
State Central Committee, the State Central Committee shall immediately refer
it to a Bylaws Committee for review.

          b.         The Bylaws Committee, within 60 days of its charge,
shall then recommend that the State Central Committee 1) submit the
amendment to the chapters for consideration, 2) submit the amendment to an
annual meeting/convention, or 3) reject the proposal.  The State Central
Committee may modify the amendment and shall then submit the proposal to the
chapters or the next annual/meeting convention or reject the proposal.

 

4.            To be adopted, a bylaws amendment must be approved by at least
two-thirds of the chapters within 90 days of the communication of the
proposal by State Central Committee to the chapters or by a 60% vote at an
annual meeting/convention.

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Notes intended to clarify what we’re trying to accomplish and what the
section means.

 

1.   It takes at least 2/3 of chapters (as defined in the bylaws) to adopt a
bylaws amendment or a majority vote at annual meeting/convention.

 

2.   The idea behind this process is that if a chapter proposes a bylaws
amendment, the State Central Committee does not have the power to block it
from going to chapters or annual meeting for consideration.  

 

3.   If an individual without chapter support proposes an idea, the state
central committee reviews the proposal through a bylaws committee and then
the State Central Committee decides whether to submit the proposal to
chapters or to convention or to kill the proposal.  The State Central
Committee may amend the proposal and shall either submit it to chapters or
annual meeting for consideration or kill the proposal.

 

4.   Chapters must follow a reasonable process of noticing their meetings,
allowing pro and con speakers to present, keeping minutes and maintaining a
list of members as defined in the bylaws.

 

5.   Chapters follow their own decision making process (consensus, majority
vote, 60% vote, whatever) to support or oppose the proposal.

 

6.   If someone challenges the process used by a chapter to approve or
reject a bylaws amendment, the State Central Committee has to evaluate
whether or not the chapter was in compliance with the state bylaws when it
made its decision.

 

7.   There’s an assumption of good faith and communication.  State Central
Committee should solicit input from chapters before deciding to kill a
proposal or forward it to chapters or submit it to annual
meeting/convention. 

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8.   When a chapter submits a proposal to the State Central Committee, the
State Central Committee should forward it to chapters or annual meeting
without delay, but if a chapter submits a proposal after a reasonable
deadline before an annual meeting/convention, the State Central Committee
does not have to add the proposal to the agenda.

 

9.         At a convention, a 60% vote will be the percentage required of
those voting yes or no. Abstentions will not be included in the total.

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Barry,

Secretary of Green Party of CT

 

 


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