{news} Proposal and Agenda

[demac]

I have a couple of things that we'd like to have on the Agenda of the
January 9th meeting:

 

Attached and below is a Proposal to make the formation of a By-Laws
Committee "official".  

Also, By-Laws discussion needs to be on the Agenda every month for a while.
10 minutes at the minimum, to allow a very clear and open discussion of any
changes we make. 

 

Thanks, 

 

Jean

 

                                                                   PROPOSAL

 

PRESENTERS: Patricia Kane, Jean de Smet, Andy Derr, Caleb Kleppner, Chris
Reilly. 

 

CONTACT:  Patricia Kane: law_office_kane at yahoo.com

                                           203 324-3316

                                           203 351-0818 fax

 

SUBJECT: Formation of a By-Laws Committee

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE :

 

At the last meeting of the State Central Committee, a resolution was
introduced and passed to establish a By-laws Committee to review the bylaws
for language and reorganization. The By-Laws of the CT Green Party are
difficult to follow. Some topics, like Voting, are dispersed into several
other sections; other topics, such as how a chapter is formed and dissolved,
are not addressed.

 

By-Laws are the basic operating rules of an organization and unclear
procedures and language undermine the organization's ability to achieve
consensus and to proceed with transparency.

 

This Proposal is an additional step to comply with the procedure previously
adopted.

 

PROPOSAL:  We propose that the CT Green Party form a committee to review the
current by-laws and follow a 2-step process for presenting changes for a
vote in April 2007 and thereafter.

 

1)       Clarify the existing language.  Without changing substance, the
organization and language of the by-laws will be updated to improve access.
These proposed changes will be sent to chapters for comment early in 2007,
then those comments will be reviewed by the committee, sent to chapters
again, discussed at SCC meetings as needed, and may be presented at the
April Annual meeting for adoption by the membership.

 

2)       Recommend and draft proposed changes to the by-laws.  The committee
will make changes to create a better working document and have input from
members as to sections they recommend for change. The changes may place some
issues into a policy and procedures manual, which may be changed more easily
to reflect new knowledge or technology. 

            The same process of distribution, review and discussion,
followed by a vote will

take place in 2007-2008.

 

 

 

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