{news} FYI: a) next SCC meeting is Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Per consensus at the 11-11-08 SCC, we will not have a meeting on Tuesday, 11-25-08; b) chapter are requested to provide feedback about the following proposals on 12-30-08 SCC meeting.

[B Barry]

A.     The following proposal by Fairfield Chapters was approved, without
changes, by consensus at the 9-30-08 SCC meeting, to be sent to Chapters for
feedback to the next SCC:

 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: 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.

 

 

B. Initial Consensus at the 11-11-08 SCC meeting, the underlined, larger
font sentences would be changed to:

Chapters may institute additional criteria for chapter CTGP members to vote
in the chapter.

 

C. Then the following was proposed by New Haven Chapter members: Jerry
Martin and Patricia Kane, regarding the above underlined sentences:

Totally delete the underlined sentences. They did not suggest any
substitution.

Note: * this does not provide a minimal CTGP criteria for any person to vote
in CTGP chapters.

      ** current CT voter regulation is that when a voter registers for a
specific political party, they are not considered to be a member of that
political party for 90 days.  Thereby, one can not change party affiliation
and vote in a primary election within that 90 day time period.

      *** having no minimal CTGP criteria for someone to vote in a CTGP
chapter, would not preclude a chapter from having criteria to allow voters
from other political parties to participate in CTGP chapter voting.


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