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

Fri Feb 9 11:04:14 EST 2007

Oh, my.

I'm not sure that I like the possibility of by-passing approval by the
Chapters for by-laws changes.  As we all know, attendance at the Annual
Meeting/Convention can be rather sporatic/eccentric/unrepresentative/poor.
I think that all proposed by-law changes should be submitted to the
Chapters for review. Perhaps if they fail to act upon them by either
accepting or rejecting, then perhaps they should go to the Annual Meeting.

Michael Westerfield

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>             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.
>
> ****************************************************************************
> ************************************************************************
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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> Barbara Barry,
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> Secretary of Green Party of CT
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