{news} Accepted minutes from the 7PM 8-19-08 EC meeting in Hartford, CT for the Green Party of CT

Wed Oct 1 23:30:05 EDT 2008

Accepted minutes from the 7PM 8-19-08 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         

Attending officers: Co-chairpersons: Steve Fournier and Michael DeRosa;
Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP.

Absent: Co-chairperson: Phoebe Godfrey and Treasurer: Christopher Reilly.
Observer: Ruth Fournier.

1.  Any business/concerns from last SCC meeting of 7-29-08: 

petition signatures handed in for each candidate; petition information about
each candidate from the Secretary of State; New London chapter; 9-14-08 CT
Green Expo at SCSU; Healthcare4every1 speaker: Ken Esposito; Doug Schwartz
wants to speak about qualifications for the person who will have oversight
of the CT probate courts. 

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

3.  Develop the agenda for the 8-26-08 SCC meeting. Template is below.

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 8-26-08 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 7-29-08 SCC
meeting.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the 8-19-08 EC meeting.

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

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee:

1. (10-15 minutes): 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"
\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldCountyGreens/message/839

PROPOSAL: In the CT Green Party bylaws (HYPERLINK
"http://www.ctgreens.org/bylaws.shtml"
\nhttp://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): Speaker: Ken Esposito from Healthcare4every1 campaign.
This includes 5-10 minutes for question/answers.

2. (10-15 minutes):  Speaker: Doug Schwartz to talk about the upcoming
appointment of a probate chief  to oversee the probate system in CT. This
includes 5-10 minutes for question/answers.

3. (10-15 minutes): Number of petitions handed into the CT Secretary of
State, Ballot Access for GPUS Presidential Candidate: Cynthia McKinney.

4. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from: Cliff Thornton, Co-chairperson of
GPUS, CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National
Committee Members: Steve Fournier, Richard Duffee and S. Michael DeRosa.  

5. (5-10 minutes):  Steven Fournier, endorsed 1st Congressional District
CTGP candidate: number of petition signatures handed in, campaign status.

6. (5-10 minutes): G. Scott Deshefy, endorsed 2nd Congressional District
CTGP candidate: number of petition signatures handed in; campaign status.

7.  (5-10 minutes):  Ralph Ferrucci, candidate for the 3rd Congressional
District line. Status of campaign; date/time of nominating convention.

8.   (5-10 minutes):  Richard Duffee, 4th Congressional District CTGP
candidate; number of petition signatures handed in; campaign status.

9.  (5-10 minutes): Harold Burbank, l Green Party of CT candidate for 5th
Congressional District; number of petition signatures handed in; information
about the nominating convention; campaign status.

10.  (10-20 minutes): Status of other CTGP candidates for public office:
number of signatures handed in for each candidate; has a nominating
convention occurred: campaign status.

11.  (5-15minutes): CTGP literature.

12. (5-10 minutes): Fundraising for CTGP.

13. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit update.

14.  (2 minutes): CT Green Times newspaper and website.

15.  (2-5 minutes, each):  Other Chapter reports.

16.  Place for next SCC meeting at 7pm 9-30-08.  Date, place and time of
next EC meeting in 9-08: to be determined.

17.    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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