{news} 2008 National Platform Amendment Proposals

[Amy Vas Nunes]

David, I have trouble getting on Platform site saaaaaaaand my eyes are lousy. I am worried about Foriegn Policy submissions especially "Peace in the Middleast" Is any of this emimating indirectly from Justine and circumventing her reporting responsibility/sources to CTGP of what shes doing and what States shes "using". FYI Justine is on the "Peace" Nat com. She tried to help block Mike and Richards being on this com. At convention she sat in front of Mike at this Com and refused to aknowledge him when he stuck out his hand to shake and said hello to her! How two faced can a person be? A..... Please reply with jist of contents of these submissions if we need to be concerned?> From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com> To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:57:26 +0000> Subject: {news} 2008 National Platform Amendment Proposals> > Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/> > to unsubscribe click here> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org> > The National GP Platform Amendment Proposals have been posted for comment. These proposals have been accepted, but corrections may be submitted two months prior to the July national convention. Delegates at the July convention will vote on the platform.> > Here are the topics of the amendments. Follow the link to download individual proposal documents:> http://www.gp.org/committees/platform/draft/work> > 2008 Platform Amendment Proposals> > Multiple sections> Multiple sections> Preamble> Democracy (I.A-C)> Opposition to Draft (I.C. Community)> Foreign Policy (I.D.[New Plank])> Foreign Policy (I.D.1.)> Foreign Policy - Peace in the Middle East (I.D.2.)> Foreign Policy - Space (I.F.)> Foreign Policy - Trade (I.D.3.)> Social Justice (II.A-C)> Women's Rights (II.A.1.)> Youth Rights (II.A.8.)> Education (II.E.)> Health Care (II.F.)> Labor (II.G.)> Criminal Justice (II.H.)> Criminal Justice (II.H.) - Drugs> Population (II.I.)> Population (II.I.)> Housing and Homelessness (II.L.)> Immigration / Emigration (II.K.)> Ecological Sustainability (III.A-F.)> Animal Rights issues in multiple sections (mostly III.J.)> Animal Rights (III.H-L.)> Nuclear (III.B.)> Water (III.G.)> Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Rights, Ocean Protection, Biological Diversity (III.H-L.)> Economic Sustainability (IV.A-H.)> Citizen Control Over Corporations (IV.C.)> National Debt (IV.M.)> > Note the following rules:> > http://gp.org/committees/platform/pdf/format.pdf> > 4. Corrections to website amendments must come from your [State] Steering Committee or Caucus, not> from one person. We will use a simple rating system to evaluate support or opposition for a> proposed amendment. (SEE RATING FORMULA BELOW.)> > 5. Final draft by two months prior to 2008 convention. There should only be a few, if any,> unresolved issues at this point. Unresolved amendments will be circulated back to> states/caucuses at least two months prior to the convention for last-minute feedback, informing> them that they could be voting on these at the final platform hearings, to be scheduled as close as> possible to the day preceding the presidential nominating convention. Any items and language> that remain to be determined at the final hearings, if such are needed, will be made available to> all convention delegates as part of the convention packets (as well as available online).> > http://gp.org/committees/platform/pdf/schedule.pdf> > 1 April to 10 May - Grace Period so the Platform Committee can compile the Amendments –> The website 'closed' but still ‘up’ and visible so as not to cause alarm to Party members.> Contents will change as complete, negotiated and compromised amendments are put up on it.> Materials which are not considered at this point to have a reasonable estimation by the Platform> Committee and its interlocutors will be excluded from the Draft Platform.> > 11 May to July Assembly Date -- Final Draft Reading Period> This is the beginning of the two month period in which the complete Platform as Amended is> available on the National Green Party website and can be viewed and read by all interested> parties.> > July – Nominating Convention in Chicago> This will include one plenary and voting period for the National Party to approve its Platform. 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