[Platform] call for proposals for 29 June 2008 State Committee Meeting

[Nat Fortune]

Dear State Committee Members

the next state committee meeting will be held Sunday, 29 June at  
Bristol Community College ( http://www.bristolcc.edu/About/ 
directions.cfm ) in Southeastern MA. Details will follow later.

In preparation for the meeting, please begin working on any proposals  
you intend to submit in time to post them online by the Sunday 15  
June deadline. A follow up announcement will be sent out once the web  
page for posting proposals is up and running.

We ask that proposals that relate to the work of particular  
committees be submitted a week earlier if at all possible, so as to  
allow those committees more time to review and weigh in on the  
proposals.

Finally, as part of the sunset review process, we note that the  
following three statements are up for review and renewal this  
summer.  We ask and remind the platform committee to form working  
groups to recommend updated language for these statements.

http://green-rainbow.org/Statements/20050129_sudan.html

http://green-rainbow.org/Statements/iraq.html

http://green-rainbow.org/Statements/200407_dnc.html/

writing on behalf of Ad-Com

Merelice
Nat


All party statements issued by State Com, Ad Com or the co-chairs  
more than two years old require review and reapproval by State Com  
during their third year to ensure they continue to reflect the  
current thinking of the party, in accordance with the State Committee  
sunset proposal passed 27 Jan 2008. Statements not renewed by State  
Committee in either new or original form expire three years after  
their original passage date. Party statements already more than three  
years old were granted a 6 month extension to allow time for review.
Following review, the Platform Committee will propose an updated  
statement for consideration by State Committee (prior to the  
scheduled expiration of the statement at the end of the third year).  
Each statement will either be renewed by State Committee (in current  
or revised form) or withdrawn as a official party statement.  
Individual members of State Committee continue to have the right to  
independently reintroduce current or revised statements for  
consideration by State Committee at any meeting.