{news} FW: proposed agenda for 10-27-09 SCC meeting of Green Party of CT

[B Barry]

Proposed agenda for the 7PM 10-27-09 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 9-29-09 SCC
meeting.

4.     (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 10-20-09 EC
meeting.

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

 

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee.

 

C. Reports:

1.  (30-45 minutes): Guest speaker: Mark Lopez, attorney with the ACLU who
helped to achieve a favorable decision for us regarding our 

lawsuit against the State of CT i.e. Green Party of CT, et. al. vs Jeffrey
Garfield.   U.S. Judge Underhill's 8-27-09 decision found that the 

2005 CT "campaign finance reform' law was unconstitutional to "minor"
political parties under two (2) amendments of the U.S. Constitution: 

1st amendment about free speech and the 14th amendment about equal
protection under the law. 

Questions and answers will be held including discussion about pursuing
damages against the State of CT.

 

2. (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and
Charlie Pillsbury; b) National Committee Members.

 

3.  (10-15minutes): CTGP Fundraising/budget Committee: regarding a
fundraising postcard or letter.

 

4.  (5-10 minutes): Discussion in support of single payer healthcare;
literature for same.

 

5. (5 minutes): GPUS Green Pages/website.

 

6.  (5-10 minutes): CT Green Times News via website/internet.

 

7. (5-15 minutes): Updated status regarding CT Green Party candidates: 

a) (5 minutes): Allan Brison's 10-22-09 event; 

b) (5 minutes): Stephen Fournier's letter to the Secretary of State of CT
dated: October 2, 2009

Secretary of the State of Connecticut

ATTN: Administrative Offices 

PO Box 150470

Hartford, CT 06115-0470

 

Dear Secretary Bysiewicz: 

 

Please record my formal complaint on behalf of the Green Party of
Connecticut, in accordance with a resolution of the State Central Committee,
of which I am co-chair.

 

Two of our candidates for municipal office, Thaddeus Hanser and Jane Weston,
have presented petitions containing sufficient verified signatures for
inclusion on the ballot in Stamford next month, but the Secretary of the
State has refused or neglected to confirm their candidacies.  The Stamford
Town Clerk, who accepted the petitions according to law, has made every
effort to rectify any possible error (although it appears that she made no
error), and our own officers have tried to work with the Secretary of the
State to put things right, all to no avail.  Employees of the Secretary of
the State have demonstrated uncooperativeness and rudeness at every turn,
and, at this writing, our candidates remain uncertain whether their names
will appear on the ballot.

 

I have been delegated to demand that the Secretary of the State instruct its
employees in the proper administration of this routine electoral function,
administer discipline as appropriate, and see that the duties of her office
are promptly carried out with regard to these candidacies.  

 

Yours truly,

 

 

Stephen Fournier

Co-chair, Green Party of Connecticut

 

c) other candidates. 

 

8. (10-15 minutes): Potential Green Party of CT candidates for 2010.

 

9. (2-5 minutes, each):  Chapter reports.

 

10. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at the Portland Senior
Center.  Date, place and time of next EC meeting: to be determined.

 

13.  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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