[statecom] please endorce this special meeting and election

[Yarden]

Wendy,
Thank you for your work in getting the procedures to us correctly.
I believe that the proposal needs to be framed very carefully to be  
inclusive and that criteria should be established in the body of the  
proposal itself to secure the following:
1.	minimally: gender parity in those chosen as delegates
	maximally: gender ratio of 5:3  (women to men)
2.	minimally: gender parity in those chosen as alternates --up to 8
3.	geographic selection: delegates 4 from Worcester & West, 4 from East  
of Worcester.
4.	geographic selection: alternates 4 from Worcester & West, 4 from  
East of Worcester.
5.	racialethnic, (non-white) and other diverse identity criteria  
(intersecting criteria 1-4) minimally 2 delegates and 2 alternates.   
maximally 3 delegates and 2 alternates.
I believe that seeking our people to act as delegates to the National  
Committee, be it only temporarily until we can have a more considered  
and deliberate process of informing our membership of the obligations  
of membership in the NC., and considering qualifications of  
candidates--before the State Convention when we will select delegates  
and alternates for a full one-year term--provides us with an  
opportunity to engage people from all over the state in a manner that  
will strengthen the state party.  I also believe that if we fail to do  
this, electing whoever feels like attending, we will be weakening  
ourselves further.
Elie Yarden
Cambridge




On Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 03:18 PM, Wendy Van Horne wrote:

> Hello Jaime M!
>
> I also co-sponsor this special meeting to scout out and appoint  
> delegates!
>
>
> Wendy
>
> Added is email decision-making process copy and pasted to save from  
> looking it up-- it's a good thing every member should read!
>
>
> Template for discussion period
>
> Be sure to include in the email Subject line the '[EMAIL PROPOSAL]',  
> the title of the proposal, and the version number of the proposal as  
> in the example below.
>
> Subject: [EMAIL PROPOSAL] Proposal Name - Version #
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------
> SHORT PROCESS DESCRIPTION
> 1) The emailing of the proposal starts a two-week discussion period  
> where friendly amendments can be made. This is marked with [EMAIL  
> PROPOSAL] in the subject line.
> 2) After two weeks no more changes can be made and the voting period  
> begins. This is marked with [REMAINING CONCERNS] in the subject line.
> 3) At the end of the one week voting period, the consents are tallied  
> up by the proposers and one volunteer from the SC and the results are  
> posted to the list.
>
> For a complete description of the process go to:  
> http://www.massgreens.org/StateCom/email_proposals.html.
>
> EMAIL PROPOSAL
>
> DATE/TIMES:
> Start Discussion: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM
> End Discussion/Start Call For Consensus: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM
> End Call For Consensus: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM
>
> SPONSORS: 4 delegate names and their email addresses, or phone numbers  
> if no email
>
> VERSION: version number of the proposal
>
> TITLE: Your title
>
> SUMMARY: Your summary
>
> PROPOSAL: Your proposal text
>
> K.2) Template for consensus call.
>
> Be sure to include in the email Subject line the '[REMAINING  
> CONCERNS]', the title of the proposal, and the version number of the  
> proposal as in the example below.
>
> Subject: [REMAINING CONCERNS] Proposal Name - Version #
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------
> REMAINING CONCERNS RESPONSE: During the one week consent period,  
> delegates reply to the [REMAINING CONCERNS] proposal email by filling  
> in the information below
> DELEGATE NAME:
> DELEGATE EMAIL ADDRESS OR PHONE IF NO EMAIL:
> DELEGATE CONSENTS ('Y' for yes and 'N' for no):
>
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