[statecom] [adcom] Special State Committee Meeting now in session

[Jamie O'Keefe]

Hi Elie, et. al.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Yarden <yen.yarden at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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.

I am confused. I don't see anything in the official statecom list
archives that could be considered the substance of a proposal to
appoint specific delegates to the national convention.  To what are
you referring?

> 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.

That is my understanding as well.

>  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.

Thank you for taking on that responsibility.

> 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.

I was unable to dig up what was presented in 2004.  I would hope that
the CDLC would have consulted with the 2008 Delegate Selection Plan
for whatever specifications it provides.

I did find a note that the CDLC presented statements by people who
wanted to be delegates.  It looks to me like the delegates for
uncommitted delegate positions were elected by the STV-PR system we
specify in our by-laws (Section 5).  The primary thing was to order
the delegates so the first positions filled were delegate positions
and then alternate delegate positions.

Candidate lists were approved in total, I believe.

Additionally, please consult the April 2004 State Committee meeting
minutes (specifically pages 4-5):

http://www.green-rainbow.org/pipermail/statecom/2004-April/004692.html

And the 2004 Party Convention minutes (specifically pages 3-4):

http://green-rainbow.org/StateConvention/2004/GRP_Convention_2004_Minutes.pdf

> Are the people in attendance reading this?  Have any volunteered to be
> delegates?

I would think that these messages are being sent to all state
committee members.  I hope they are reading it.  When we actually have
a ballot, I am sure I will be doing a bunch of calls to all of the
state committee members who have not posted their ballots.

Jamie