{news} Re: [usgp-nc] ANNOUNCEMENT of VACANCY on the SC/CALL for NOMINATIONS

[Charlie Pillsbury]

Holly: I nominate Clifford Thornton, currently CTGP co-chair, and 2006 CTGP
candidate for Governor, to fill the vacancy on the SC.

Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP

On 10/15/07, Clifford Thornton <efficacy at msn.com> wrote:
>
>  Yes, I will do it.
>
> Cliff
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: hhart at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu < hhart at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
> Date: Oct 8, 2007 2:34 PM
> Subject: [usgp-nc] ANNOUNCEMENT of VACANCY on the SC/CALL for NOMINATIONS
> To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
>
> Delegates,
>
> On the Steering Committee call before last (9/23/07), it was noted
> that co-chair Kristen Olson has been absent from conference calls and
> unavailable for about two months, despite attempts by several SC
> members to contact her on SC business by email or telephone.   Per the
> policy in Proposals nos. 222 (Policy on Steering Committee Elections)
> and 246 (Steering Committee P&P's), the SC agreed to send her notice
> that if the SC did not hear back from her by October 1, 2007, that
> would be taken as indication of her resignation from the SC.   The
> message was emailed to her within 48 hours of the call and there were
> several more attempts to contact her by email and telephone.
>
> On last night's Steering Committee call (10/7/07, the SC agreed by
> consensus (with one absence, Liz Arnone having fallen off the call due
> to her phone's battery running out) to declare a co-chair vacancy on
> the SC.  Per the GPUS bylaws, this triggers an online election to fill
> out the remainder of the term ending in the summer of 2009.
>
> From #222:
> ...
> E. FILLING A VACANCY:
> Any vacancy that occurs within one month of an election shall be
> filled by interim appointment by recounting the ballots from the
> election which elected that member, by an Election Tabulation
> Committee designated by the GNC experiencing the vacancy, in the
> manner specified herein, except that the vacating member's name shall
> be deleted from all ballots. Any candidate accruing sufficient votes
> to surpass the winning threshold in the recount that was not elected
> to office in the original count shall fill the vacancy. If such a
> recount fails to resolve a vacancy or if the vacancy occurs more than
> one month after the election, the Steering Committee may provide for a
> special election under these rules to fill the seat until the next
> regularly scheduled election for that position.
>
>
> The NOMINATION PERIOD WILL BE OPEN FOR 2 WEEKS, Monday OCTOBER 8 -
> Sunday OCTOBER 21.
>
> DISCUSSION WILL RUN 2 WEEKS, Monday OCTOBER 22 - Sunday  NOVEMBER 4.
>
> VOTING PERIOD WILL RUN 1 WEEK, MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 - 11:59 p.m. PT,
> SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11.
>
> NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO <secretary at gp.org> and may also be
> sent to this
> list. Self-nominations are allowed.
>
>
> The voting will be conducted using a ranked choice (IRV) vote with
> NOTA as an option.
>
> Holly Hart
> Secretary, GPUS
>
>
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