{news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 389 - Proposal to Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections

[Charlie Pillsbury]

We are currently voting on this proposal.  Any thoughts?  See you all on
Saturday @noon in New Haven.  Charlie

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From: <voting at gpus.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 389 - Proposal to
Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections, Amended
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org


Voting has begun for the following proposal:

Proposal ID: 389
Proposal: Proposal to Elect the Officers of the GPUS by Online Elections,
Amended
Floor Manager: Craig Thorsen, craig.thorsen at gmail.com
Voting Dates: 04/20/2009 - 04/26/2009

Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time

Background: Background and Purpose: Attendance at a National Meeting should
not
determine whether a delegate can vote on GPUS officers.  Grassroots
Democracy and transparency are supported by an application of the
online voting procedures already established in the Bylaws and Rules and
Procedures of the GPUS.

Proposal: In addition to the amendments to the bylaws below, the national
committee resolves that time shall be set aside at the Annual National
Meeting of
the Green National Committee (GNC) so candidates for the various offices
may present their biographies and vision statements to the GNC.  In
addition, time shall be set aside at the Annual National Meeting of the GNC
for
debates between the candidates for the various offices.  Videos of the
debates and the candidates' presentations shall be made available
online to GNC delegates during the discussion and voting periods.

Article VI A) of the bylaws is changed to read:

At least four weeks before the Annual National Meeting of the Green
National Committee (GNC), the Secretary of the GPUS shall ask members of the
GNC
for nominations for the various offices. Four weeks shall be given for all
nominations to be submitted, concluding at noon on Saturday of the
Annual National Meeting of the GNC. Prior to or upon conclusion of the
nominating period, candidates shall submit a biography and vision statement
to be
posted online for all delegates to read at least one week before an
online vote.  Candidates shall be encouraged to submit online videos of
their
biographies and vision statements.  The elections shall occur
immediately following the Annual National Meeting of the GNC with two weeks
allotted for discussion and one week for voting.

Article VI C) 1. of the bylaws is changed to read:

Steering Committee members and Co-chairs shall be elected using Single
Transferable Voting (STV, also known as choice voting and preference
voting), with a fractional Droop Threshold (the number of votes divided
by (the number of seats to be filled plus one): [Votes/ (Seats+1)] and
fractional transfers.  A candidate must pass the Droop Threshold in
order to be elected.



Time Line:   Start the online voting procedure the day after the Annual
National Meeting.


Resources: The online voting software is already in place.  Time is a
resource. The time will be spent by the floor manager of the votes and
the manager of the voting page.  There will also be the personnel and
funding necessary to video the debates and candidates' presentations and to
post the videos online.


References: http://www.gp.org/documents/bylaws.shtml

http://www.gp.org/documents/rules.shtml

CONTACT:  Thomas Kelly GPCO Del
                     2931 S. Washington St.
                     Englewood, CO 80113
                     303-789-3156
                     tkelly733 at earthlink.net

Please log in to vote at:

http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/vote

Thank you and have a wonderful day!
--The GP-US Voting Admin

-- 
Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP
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