[Procedures] appointment of PR reps to statecom

[David Rolde]

I think I need to need to add one more thing, that is that these 
statecom PR members need to be elected by 2/3 vote of the State 
Committee.


Also regarding whether it requires an actual change in the bylaws in 
order for statecom to be able to use this procedure of appointing 
regular regional statecom members: Statecom has in the past sometimes 
appointed PR statecom members who weren't elected at conventions, for 
instance Anne Donahue was appointed last September as a Middlesex 
member. But the situation has been very unclear and a different 
procedure was used in April. So I think the bylaws change is a good 
idea.

- David

At 4:11 PM -0400 7/3/04, David Rolde wrote:
>The last paragraph of section 8.5.2 of the GRP bylaws currently 
>reads: "In the event of a vacancy of a PR seat and a candidate 
>presents herself, the locals in the region must hold a regional 
>convention at the earliest opportunity to elect a replacement state 
>committee member provided that it is not within six months of 
>another regional convention."
>
>I propose that this paragraph be stricken and replaced with this new 
>paragraph:
>
>"The State Committee may appoint any GRP member who resides in the 
>appropriate region to fill a vacant PR State Committee seat between 
>regional conventions. The term of such an appointed PR State 
>Committee member shall extend for up to two years until the next 
>regional convention.  A PR member appointed in this manner by the 
>State Committee shall have identical responsibilities and rights as 
>a member elected at a regional convention."
>
>
>Would this be sufficient for the proposal? Or does there need to be 
>new language about convening regional conventions? Or is there 
>anything else I'm leaving out or getting wrong? I'll go ahead and 
>post this tomorrow night if there are no replies. But please also 
>reply if you want to cosponsor.
>
>I originally didn't like this idea because it seems to take power 
>away from the regional conventions and local groups and brings the 
>power to the center. However I was convinced by Jim's arguments that 
>the current real situation is that regional conventions are small 
>and difficult to organize and would be a pain in the neck to convene 
>more often.
>
>- David
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