[statecom] Special State Committee Meeting now in session

[Yarden]

Jamie,
Thank you.

The substance of the proposal to appoint delegates from the GRP to the  
2008 Presidential Nominating Convention has already been presented to  
the State Committee meeting.  Since this meeting was called to select  
those delegates who are not selected by the Candidates, and because we  
would like to have as complete a delegation as possible chosen, the  
proposal to be made should also allow for volunteers to be appointed  
until such time as this is complete.  I have no familiarity with the  
design of such proposals and have therefor requested as a model, a  
copy of the proposal for delegate selection used by the GRP in 2004.   
While I am sure that I do not have the experience and competence to  
write such a proposal, I was charged with reporting the work of the  
CDLC in this matter to the State Committee.

While I have no proposal to present, I am participating in this  
meeting, called to perform the task of approving a list of delegates  
to the Nominating Convention.  And there is nothing for me to do.  I   
would like to invoke the technical skills in proposal writing that  
undoubtedly exist in the Party, to handle the demands of so complex a  
task, with all due regard for the attitudes of the people who are  
waiting to find out whether or not they have been selected.  May we  
have some volunteers and recommendations by tomorrow afternoon.

Are the people in attendance reading this?  Have any volunteered to be  
delegates?
Elie Yarden
delegate, Middlesex

On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Jamie O'Keefe wrote:

> Hi Elie, et. al.
>
> I will attempt to answer your clarifying questions as best I can.
> Thank you for asking them.
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Yarden <yen.yarden at verizon.net>  
> wrote:
>> Attn:  Jamie O'Keefe
>>
>>
>> As a delegate from Middlesex, this is the first time that I have
>> attended a State Committee meeting of the this kind.
>> Hence the following questions.
>> 1.  How do we register our presence?
>
> By responding to the consensus ballots.
>
>> 2.  Who is currently participating?  Do we have a quorum?
>
> All state committee members may participate.
>
> Quorum is set at 2/3, rounded up, of the State Committee, which as  
> there are
> 28 State Committee members curently, quorum should be 19.
>
> A proposal will be accepted once 2/3 of the state committee consents
> to the proposal.  If consensus cannot be reached, then a proposal will
> require 2/3 of the state committee to vote for its approval.
>
>> 3.  Who are the co-facilitators?
>
> I am the only facilitator.
>
>> 4.  How will the report of the CDLC be addressed at meeting?
>
> It will need to be proposed.
>
> Proposals will be considered in the order that they are posted to
> statecom at green-rainbow.org.  I will resubmit the proposal with the
> consensus ballot with the Subject line:  PROPOSAL #1 (#2, #3 ...  
> should
> there by any other proposals).
>
> Each proposal will be given at least 1 day for people to voice their
> concerns on statecom at green-rainbow.org.  More time may be necessary
> should there be no concerns, and quorum has not been reached.
>
> The form for submitting a proposal should be the same with all
> complete proposals and is specified here:
>
> http://green-rainbow.org/StateCom/complete_proposals.html
>
> Proposals will be considered in the order in which they are posted.
>
>> 5.  Who is recording the daily minutes?
>
> Everything official is archived on the list.  Proper minutes or a
> summary of the special state committee meeting would be compiled by
> the Secretary as has been the case with past state committee meetings.
> I will confirm whether this is true.
>
>> 6.  By when does a quorum have to be gotten in order to proceed?
>
> There is no specified maximum time limit.  I will endeavor to achieve
> consensus or, failing that, a final result for each proposal.
>
>> In addition, How does one send a PDF attachment to the participants?
>
> If you attach the PDF message to your email message, it will be sent
> with the message to all State Committee members.  I will post
> proposals to the web site at:
>
> http://green-rainbow.org/StateCom/meetings/200806special
>
> Thanks for asking!
>
> Jamie
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