{news} Accepted minutes from the 7PM 7-22-08 EC meeting in Hartford, CT for the Green Party of CT

Wed Oct 1 23:24:15 EDT 2008

Accepted minutes from the 7PM 7-22-08 EC meeting in Hartford, CT for the
Green Party of CT

Location: Lena’s First and Last Pizzeria, 2053 Park Street (near Prospect
Street), Hartford, CT 06106-2025         

Officer attendees: Co-chairpersons: Phoebe Godfrey, Steve Fournier and S.
Michael DeRosa; Treasurer: Christopher Reilly and Secretary: Barbara Barry.

Non-officer attendees for the later part of the meeting: Urania Petit,
Working Families Party Candidate for Hartford Register of Voters; David
Bedell of Fairfield CTGP chapter and Martha Kelly from Greater Hartford CTGP
chapter.

1.  Any business/concerns from last SCC meeting of 6-24-08

DB: discussed cross-endorsement of candidates.

BB: Harold Burbank was invited by the League of Women Voters to a debate for
all 5th Congressional District candidates 

for 10-11-08, between 1pm and 3pm at CCSU, New Britain, CT. 

BB: the Adult Programming Coordinator at the New Britain Public Library is
seeking materials from all political parties in CT for their patrons.
information can be cent to the Attention: Linda McNair, New Britain Public
Library, 20 High Street, New Britain, CT  06051. Suggest 25 copies of each
brochure.  Consensus: a) CTGP and all candidates should send information to
this library. b) It will be on the agenda for 7-29-08. 

Consensus: S. Michael DeRosa has the approval of this body to indicate to
the GPUS that CTGP will accept help for getting petitions for Cynthia
McKinney, GPUS Presidential Candidate.

2.  Any proposed short and long term goals for the CTGP by the executive
committee officers? 

SMD: a Litigation Subcommittee has been formed for the GPUS Ballot Access
committee.

3.  Develop the agenda for the 7-29-08 SCC meeting. Template is below.

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 7-29-08 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior
Center

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting/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 6-24-08 SCC
meeting.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the 7-22-08 EC meeting.

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

B.     Chapters, to provide feedback for SCC vote today about 5-27-08
Fairfield Chapter proposal.  

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. (30 minutes): Reports about GPUS and the 7-10-08 GPUS Presidential
Convention in Chicago, IL from: Clifford W. Thornton, Jr., Co-chairperson of
GPUS, CTGP representatives: Timothy L. McKee and Charles Pillsbury and
National Committee Members: Steve Fournier, Richard Z. Duffee and S. Michael
DeRosa and other CTGP delegates: Allan Brison, Vittorio E. Lancia, G. Scott
|Deshefy,  Mazin Qumsiyeh and Justin McCabe.

2.  (5 minutes):  Current count of collected CTGP petition signatures for
the GPUS Presidential Candidate: Cynthia McKinney.

3.   (10-15 minutes): a) CTGP literature;  b) literature for the New Britain
Public Library; c)  outreach kit: Phoebe 
Godfrey, Mike DeRosa and Barbara Barry will be the contact persons
regarding: banners, buttons, bumper stickers, etc..

4.  (10-15 minutes): Fundraising for CTGP.

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

6.   (5-10 minutes):  Scott Deshefy, endorsed 2nd Congressional District
CTGP candidate: petitioning sheets; campaign issues.

7.  (2-10 minutes):  Any endorsed candidate for the 3rd Congressional
District line. Ralph Ferrucci has expressed an interest but needs the
endorsement by the New Haven Chapter and other CTGP members within that
district; needs to have a nominating convention and public notice prior to
this nominating convention.

8.  (5-10 minutes): Richard Duffee, 4th Congressional District CTGP
candidate; petitioning sheets for the petitioning candidates, campaign
issues.

9.  (2-10 minutes): Harold Burbank, potential Green Party of CT candidate
for 5th Congressional District; 

Need agenda, minutes and attendees and party affiliation from his nominating
convention.

10.  (5 minute): ACLU lawsuit update.

11.  (2 minutes): a) CT Green Times newspaper and b) website: David Bedell
updated website about Cynthia McKinney.

12.  (3 minutes): Coalition for Healthcare4all.

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

14.  Place for next SCC meeting at 7pm 8-26-08.  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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