{news} Accepted minutes from the 3-18-09 EC meeting of CTGP

[B Barry]

Accepted minutes from the 3-18-09 EC meeting of CTGP

Location: 74 Tremont Street, Hartford, CT        Time: 7:10pm to 8:30pm

Attendees: co-chairpersons: Steve Fournier, S. Michael DeRosa; Christopher
Reilly, treasurer and Barbara Barry, secretary.

 

Discuss potential short and long term goals of the Green Party of CT: short
term goals: deadline for nominations, mailed ballots deadline. volunteers
for convention committee inclusive of monitors at the 4-25-09 CTGP annual
convention.

 

Develop the agenda for the 3-31-09 SCC meeting as indicated below:

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 3-31-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior
Center

Location: Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT  06480

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 12-30-08 and
2-24-09 SCC meetings.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 3-18-09 EC
meeting.

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

 

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee.

 

C. Reports:

1. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from: a) Cliff Thornton, National
Co-chairperson of the GPUS; b) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie
Pillsbury; c) National Committee Members: Steve Fournier, Richard Duffee and
S. Michael DeRosa.

 

2.  (20 minutes): Report about the 3-09 court hearing about our lawsuit
against the State of CT regarding the 2005 State of CT Campaign Finance
Reform Laws.

 

3. (15-20 minutes): a) Internal Election Committee: discussion of date,
site, agenda  and any additional volunteers for the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual
Convention.  b) CTGP registered voters may submit their names to run for the
indicated offices, A 100-word statement about why they are running for the
positions needs to be provided to the secretary, Barbara Barry,
(roseberry3 at cox.net) by 9PM 3-31-09 to be considered for the ballot for the
4-25-09 annual convention.  c) Convention Committee: monitors for
attendees/vote count; literature, merchandise, volunteers; food for
fundraising?

 

4. (5 minutes): CT. Secretary of State list of registered Green Party
members in CT:  Mike DeRosa anticipates receiving this list any day now.  It
will be passed on to chapter and for the 4-09 CTGP Annual Convention.  

 

5.  (5 minutes): CTGP literature.

 

6. (5-10 minutes): CTGP potential goals for 2009: a) legislative goals for
petitioning; b) electric rates; c) universal health care.

 

7.  (2-5 minutes, each):  Chapter reports.

 

8.  (2-5 minutes):  any future CTGP Road Shows? 

 

9. Date and place of the next SCC meeting: to be determined.  Date, place
and time of next EC meeting: to be determined.

 

10.  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 

 

 

 

 

 

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