[statecom] Please continue from where we were.... Re: V-Meeting Continues - Clarifications + To Dos

[Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]

Wanda - welcome...

As these were two dfiferent staetco meetings running concurrently with 
different quorums - no decisions made Sunday that was on this agenda and not on that 
agenda can actually affect the proceedings of this meeting.

Such proposals would have to be brought forward here and cannot be overturned 
without notice by osme other statecom grouping - there was unanimous 
agreement that this on-line meeting would decide the delegation and propoer 
notification was sent to all statecom members.   Not only was no such notification sent 
for Sunday's meeting, but no such proposal was presented whenthe proposals 
were presented for ranking - which is when floor proposals are also introduced.

I believe if we go back, Proposal 3 concerns were still being addressed.   
Concerns cannot be pre-empted by switching to another statecom meeting and I 
cannot imagine that people would want to completely end-run around our process.

I request that the co-chairs return us to that point in this agenda in this 
meeting.

The Statecom on this agenda in this meeting was responsible for seating both 
delegates to fill slots not provided by a candidate and uncommitted delegates.

We have finished neither decision-making process.

Thanks, Grace


In a message dated 7/2/08 10:27:31 AM, wjboeke at gmail.com writes:


> A NOTE ON FACILITATION
> As per a phone call to me at 6:40 Tuesday evening, Jamie O〓Keefe let me know
> that he was stepping down as co-facilitator of the virtual meeting. He will
> be communicating with the State Committee about this.
> 
> Following nomination at Sunday's (6/29) State Committee meeting, and later
> in consultation with the AdCom and Jamie O'Keefe, Eli Beckerman and I are
> stepping forward to facilitate the virtual meeting in order to continue the
> process of approving delegates to the national convention and to follow
> through on the Delegate Selection Plan.
> 
> Again, many thanks to Jamie for the time and effort he put in on
> facilitating thus far.
> 
> BACKGROUND
> There was consensus on Proposal A to have me co-facilitate. Jamie O〓Keefe
> did not report this, but I spoke with some of those who had concerns (in
> addition to concerns being addressed online) and concerns were cleared up.
> So, you have honored me with your confidence in my ability to have us
> address our tasks as delineated in the Delegate Selection Plan. At the June
> 29th meeting, the State Committee confirmed the consensus it built.
> 
> The State Committee passed a 〓proposal〓 on June 29th meeting in support of
> Eli Beckerman as well as myself as co-facilitators. The State Committee as
> its normal course of business (last item in the Standing Rules agenda) is to
> decide who will co-facilitate meetings, usually an upcoming meeting. It is
> the only body that does so (unless a nominated facilitator finds a
> replacement if unable to attend).
> 
> The proposal format was irregularly used during Sunday〓s meeting.
> Nevertheless, the intent of the State Committee is clear, and, as mentioned,
> it is the only body that can decide on facilitators. I would urge members
> not to jump on this slip-up in process to undermine the State Committee〓s
> intent.
> 
> For what it is worth, I believe, it was the first time the facilitators of
> the meeting had facilitated one. In the past, veteran facilitators, familiar
> with GRP rules and process, were often teamed up with less experienced
> facilitators, but recently this 〓tradition〓 has dropped by the wayside.
> 
> There was unity on AdCom during the Monday evening AdCom teleconference
> regarding Jamie O〓Keefe and Eli Beckerman〓s discussing who would be the 
> male
> facilitator for the virtual meeting. With Jamie〓s stepping down, I believe
> all concerns regarding the current facilitation have been satisfactorily
> addressed.
> 
> I am pleased to work together with Eli as a co-facilitator. We have three
> days in which to get our job done and two heads are definitely better than
> one.
> 
> ALTERNATES STATE COMMITTEE REPS WELCOME
> Although not reported to the virtual meeting (until now) parliamentarian Dan
> Melnechuk clarified during the Monday evening AdCom teleconference that
> alternate representatives to the State Committee are welcome to step into
> State Committee meetings at any point during a meeting if there is not full
> representation from their region. They must be substituting for a full
> representative and have approval of the rep and/or local. For the virtual
> meeting, they should listed as an alternate (credentialing sheet published
> May 5 on lists) since calling town clerks or receiving membership dues to
> establish GRP membership is not viable in an online meeting. Alternates can
> then fully participate in forming consensus, decision-making, and voting
> during a particular meeting.
> 
> PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
> I reiterate the purpose of this virtual meeting as per the Secretary〓s
> abbreviated minutes: 〓State Committee reaffirms that the sole [underlined]
> purpose of the current online meeting is to approve and select additional
> delegates to the convention and that the format of that meeting be changed
> to one that enables that single purpose.〓
> 
> Since the delegation is still not complete, we are keeping this meeting open
> for the sole purpose of adding delegates (7) and alternates (17) in hopes of
> reaching a total of 32 delegates and 32 alternates. We encourage the
> remaining slots being used to strengthen the diversity of the MA delegation.
> We may further ask full delegates to switch to being alternates in instances
> where that may strengthen the delegation's diversity. We are also
> undertaking steps to ensure that delegation members may be approved as they
> step forward.
> 
> TO DOs
> 1) As per the AdCom telecon Monday evening, various tasks have been taken on
> by various individuals in order to fulfill the GPUS delegation requirements.
> Elie Yarden has been charged by both CDLC (previously), and again by AdCom,
> with recording delegate information, eliciting candidate preference, and
> implementing the allocation and diversity equations. Jamie and Dan will
> still be credentialing, and will credential delegates before they are
> presented to us. Our job is to approve the delegates Elie sends to us.
> 
> 2) We should also, ourselves, field delegates. So, please contact people in
> your local or in your area to see if there are interested volunteers. Also,
> please keep in mind that we want our delegation to reflect the richness in
> makeup that is Massachusetts.
> 
> Again, we have basically 3 days in which to supply the approval of delegates
> (GPUS extension deadline). We have the prerogative to keep the meeting open
> as long as seems reasonable (up through the first day of the convention,
> even). This is up to all of us to decide.
> 
> Longwindedly,
> 
> Wanda Boeke
> 
> 
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