{news} Fw: Call for Amendments to Platform

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From: [Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks
To: [undisclosed recipients]
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:15 AM
Subject: Call for Amendments to Platform



 

Friends,

 

The Green Party National Committee has recently approved the proposal which allows for updating the GPUS Platform every two years, in even-numbered years.  That means that we have an opportunity to revise the platform in 2010, following the Annual National Meeting.

 

Our schedule calls for soliciting amendments from December first to February fifteenth.  States and Caucuses are eligible to submit amendments.  They will be edited by the Platform Committee and posted online in a rough draft form on March sixteenth with feedback requested from the states and caucuses.  New amendments will be accepted through April fifteenth.

 

Please confer with your state and/or caucus regarding amendments which you feel are necessary to update the platform.  We request that amendments be as short and succinct as possible.  The following information is needed:



1. Platform section, number and letter to be amended or replaced.



2. Language to be amended or replaced. 

 

3. New replacement language.  Please state if this is a new plank.



4. Contact information and name of state party or caucus that approved submission

 

Please send your amendments to platformamendments at gp.org.

 

The timeline for amending the platform is supplied for your information.

 

TIMELINE for AMENDING the PLATFORM in 2010

 

Dec 1 - Feb 15 -- Input from states and caucuses regarding amendments


Feb 16 - Mar 15 -- Editing by Platcom of input from states and caucuses


Mar 16 -- Rough draft posted online and circulated to states and caucuses for feedback.  New amendments accepted through Apr 15.

 

 1 May - 31 May -- Collation and integration by Platcom of feedback from states and caucuses. 


1 Jun -- Final draft posted online and circulated to states and caucuses


Summer -- Presentation and discussion at Annual National Meeting (ANM).   New amendments will not be accepted at the ANM, but changes to the Final Draft of the 2010 Platform will be allowed.

 

Respectfully,

Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks

Green Party of Florida

Liaison, Platform Committee
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