[statecom] convention minutes

[David Rolde]

minutes of Green-Rainbow Party Annual State Convention
Sep 16, 2006 in Waltham

The official attendance was 39 people. Rob Crowner has the names and  
he should provide them to be added to these minutes.

officers of the convention:
facilitators/co-chairs: Ron Francis & Melissa Harrell
parliamentarian: Dan Melnechuk
secretary/minutes-taker: David Rolde
stacker: Colby Peterson
credentialling officer: Rob Crowner
vibeswatcher: Paul Mushrush
honorable mention for doing lots of work organizing the convention:  
Lisa Richards

1. Intros

Introductory remarks by Ron mentioning history of GRP successes in  
local elections

Introductory remarks by Melissa on this year's slate-of-candidates  
campaign.

Melissa introduces Martina Robinson, our new candidate for lieutenant  
governor

Ron introduces Owen Broadhurst, our GRP candidate for state rep in  
the Agawam area.

Introduction of the officers of the convention

Short intros by everyone around the room

Jill Stein our candidate for secretary of the commonwealth is present

Luc Schuster, a Cambridge School Committee member, is present


2. Convention rules are presented by Dan Melnechuk

GRP members at the convention are delegates to the convention

Members with red or green badges can vote & nominate

Only members with green badges can run for party co-chairs, secretary  
or treasurer

Persons with yellow badges are observers

There are two kinds of decisionmaking processes used at the  
convention: consensus and voting

There will be voting (elections) for GRP party officers & for GRP  
reps to the GPUS


3. nominations for GRP party officers and for GRP reps to the GPUS

female co-chair nominees: Wendy Van Horne, annie butler

male co-chair nominees: Lloyd Smith, Gary Hicks, Luc Schuster

treasurer nominee: Dan Melnechuk

secretary nomineess: David Rolde, Pat Keaney

membership director nominee: Melissa Harrell

communications director nominee: Colby Peterson

fundraising director: no nominations

nominees for female rep to GPUS: Martina Robinson, Nancy Lee Wood,  
Jamie McLaughlin, Maureen Doyle (Jamie later removes her name from  
consideration)

nominees for female alternate rep to GPUS:  the same 4: Martina  
Robinson, Nancy Lee Wood, Jamie McLaughlin, Maureen Doyle

nominees for male rep to GPUS: John Walsh, Elie Yarden

nominees for male alternate rep to GPUS: Dan Kontoff, Owen  
Broadhurst, John Walsh, Elie Yarden.  (Owen later removes his name  
from consideration)

3. nomination speeches by and/or about each nominee for party office  
or GRP rep or alternate rep to GPUS

4. Owen, Martina and Luc speak about running for local office and  
answer questions

5. Campaign presentations

Owen speaks about his campaign for state rep.

Elie speaks on behalf of Jamie O'Keefes campaign for Treasurer of the  
Commonwealth.

Jill speaks about her campaign for Secretary of the Commonwealth

Jamie O'Keefe arrives and speaks about his campaign for Treasurer

Martina speaks about her campaign for Lieutenant Governor

Grace Ross speaks about her campaign for Governor

6. An explanation of the party voting procedure from Dan Melnechuk

Lloyd Smith speaks briefly to the convention on speaker phone

The ballots are passed out. We vote and turn in the ballots to Rob.

7. Workshops. There is a workshop by SHaRC (the Statewide Harm  
Reduction Coalition). There is a workshop on IRV that counts the  
votes for party officers. There is a third workshop that I think was  
on running a campaign for local office (I'm not sure)

8. Proposal on modifying our Palestine Statement by Colby

We discuss the proposal for half an hour and table it.

9. Election results

female co-chair: Wendy Van Horne

male co-chair: Luc Schuster

treasurer: Dan Melnechuk

secretary: Pat Keaney

membership director: Melissa Harrell

communications director: Colby Peterson

female rep to GPUS: Nancy Lee Wood

female alternate rep to GPUS: Jamie McLaughlin

male rep to GPUS:  Elie Yarden

male alternate rep to GPUS: Dan Kontoff