{news} Proposed agenda for the 7PM 5-27-08 SCC CTGP meeting in Portland Senior Center,

Tue May 20 20:48:52 EDT 2008

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 5-27-08 SCC CTGP meeting in Portland Senior
Center,

7 Waverley Avenue, Portland, CT 06480            Phone: 860-342-6760

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting
attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

2.       (2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight’s proposed agenda, any deletions
or additions.

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 3-25-08 SCC
meeting.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the 5-19-08 EC meeting.

5.     (2-4 minutes): Treasurer’s report from Christopher Reilly.

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee:

1. PROPOSAL from Fairfield County chapter. CONTACT:  David Bedell, 12
Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906, 203-581-3193, dbedellgreen(at)hotmail.com

SUBJECT: Definition of party membership.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: At its February 2008 meeting, the Fairfield chapter
adopted a somewhat stricter definition of membership than that in the state
bylaws. New Haven has also adopted a stricter definition. The purpose of
this proposal is to make party membership contingent on a simple written
declaration, just like membership in the major parties, instead of the
current definition, which includes vague criteria such as what constitutes a
volunteer activity or what is a "coalition partner." This proposal also
addresses the contingency of losing minor party status, which happened in
some towns during 2004-2006. Further comments can be read at HYPERLINK
"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldCountyGreens/message/839"http://grou
ps.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldCountyGreens/message/839

PROPOSAL(To be distributed to chapters for discussion): In the CT Green
Party bylaws (HYPERLINK
"http://www.ctgreens.org/bylaws.shtml"http://www.ctgreens.org/bylaws.shtml
), the section under "Individual Membership" shall be revised to read:

If the Green Party has minor party status in a town, then: A person enrolled
on their town voter list as a Green Party member is a member of the Green
Party for all purposes.

If the Green Party does not have minor party status in a town, then a person
may become a member of the Green Party under the following conditions:

1. The person must be an unaffiliated voter and must not have been
registered with any other party affiliation during the past ninety (90)
days.

2. The person shall fill out and sign a CT Voter Registration Form declaring
enrollment in the Green Party and submit this to an officer of the local or
state Green Party.

3. Upon submission of such declaration, the person's membership in the Green
Party will be effective after ten business days.

A person not yet old enough to vote under state law may become a member of
the Green Party under the following conditions:

1. The person will turn 18 and be eligible to vote before the next General
Election Day.

2. The person has applied to vote by filling out and signing a Voter
Registration Form with declaration of enrollment in the Green Party and
submitted this to their town hall or to an officer of the local or state
Green Party.

3. If the form is submitted to a local or state Green Party officer,
membership in the Green Party will be effective after ten business days.

Party members shall receive announcements of State Party general meetings,
and shall be entitled to vote when attending State Party general meetings.

When an active Member of a Chapter, the member shall be entitled to vote at
all general meetings of the Chapter. No member, however, shall be entitled
to vote in more than one Chapter. Chapters may institute their own
requirements for membership different from those for State Party membership.

C. Reports:

1. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from: Cliff Thornton, Co-chairperson of
GPUS, CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and

National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa.

2.  (5 minutes):  Final report about the 4-26-08 CTGP Convention from the
Internal Elections Committee: 

a) final count  for the candidates for GP of CT officers and GPUS
Representatives.  

b) final count of how CTGP members voted in the 4-26-08 CTGP Convention is
as follows:

Candidates currently seeking the Green nomination:

33 - Cynthia McKinney - HYPERLINK
"http://www.runcynthiarun.org/"http://www.runcynthiarun.org

3 - Kat Swift - HYPERLINK
"http://www.voteswift.org/"http://www.voteswift.org

2 - Jesse Johnson - HYPERLINK
"http://www.jesse08.org/"http://www.jesse08.org

2 - Kent Mesplay - HYPERLINK "http://www.mesplay.org/"http://www.mesplay.org

A number of write-in votes were cast for others not seeking the Green
nomination. While there is a delegate bloc for Nader (since he was
previously considering a Green candidacy), the others will probably be
assigned to "Uncommitted" or "None of the Above" (NOTA):

6 - Ralph Nader - HYPERLINK
"http://www.draftnader.org/"http://www.draftnader.org

1 - Noam Chomsky

1 - Mike DeRosa

1 - Al Gore - HYPERLINK "http://www.algore.org/"http://www.algore.org

1 - Barack Obama - HYPERLINK
"http://www.barackobama.com/"http://www.barackobama.com (If it makes any
difference, the one vote for Obama was actually written "NOTA - Obama," so
might be assigned to NOTA.)

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50 – TOTAL

c) need to determine the proportionate number of votes for each presidential
candidate, for each of the 20 CTGP delegates for the 7-10-08 GPUS
Presidential Convention. 

d) develop criteria for the selection delegates to the 7-10-08 GPUS
Presidential Convention from CTGP members.

e) encourage chapters to bring to the 6-24-08 SCC meeting, the names of CTGP
members of who would be willing to be considered to be CTGP delegates at the
7-10-08 GPUS Presidential Convention.  Final decision will be done by the
6-24-08 SCC membership using established CTGP criteria developed at the
5-27-08 SCC meeting.

f) petitioning for GPUS presidential candidate is a priority.

3.   (5-10 minutes):  Steven Fournier, endorsed 1st Congressional District
CTGP candidate; petitioning sheets, campaign issues. CTGP petitioning
priority.

4.   (5-10 minutes):  Scott Deshefy, endorsed 2nd Congressional District
CTGP candidate: petitioning sheets; campaign issues. CTGP petitioning
priority.

5.  (2-10 minutes):  Any endorsed candidate for the 3rd Congressional
District line.

6.  (5-10 minutes): Richard Duffee, endorsed 4th Congressional District CTGP
candidate; petitioning sheets; campaign issues.  CTGP petitioning priority.

7.  (2-10 minutes): Harold Burbank, potential Green Party of CT candidate
for 5th Congressional District; petitioning sheets for the petitioning
candidates, campaign issues.

8.  (5 minutes): Final report of issues/concerns that were addressed with
legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal
health coverage.

9.   (5 minute): ACLU lawsuit update.

10.  (2 minutes): CT Green Times newspaper and website.

11.  (5 minutes): Summer Intern for GP of CT update.

12.  (15 minutes):  a) Paid CTGP positions: fundraiser.  b) generic CTGP
pamphlets are being developed by Phoebe Godfrey, CTGP Co-chairperson.

13.   (2-5 minutes, each):  Other Chapter reports.

14.   Date, place and time for next SCC meeting to be 7pm 6-24-08.  Date,
place and time of next EC meeting in 6-08: to be determined.

15.    Any additions

Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots
democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom,
decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future
focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and
gender equality.

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