[statecom] PROPOSALS: Please read and fill out your Consensus Ballot for the Special State Committee Meeting, Thank you!

[Jamie O'Keefe]

Hi Elie and everyone else.

Here is a clarification for the order of the proposals.  Since we are
operating under the State Committee Standing Rules
(http://green-rainbow.org/StateCom/standing_rules.html), the first
item on the agenda is to:

"Address any credentialing issues with delegates to the state
committee. If none, this item is skipped. Decisions on credentialing
will be made by those delegates whose credentials are not under
review. Quorum is calculated based on delegates whose credentials are
not under review."

Thus, credentialling has to be the first item with which we deal.

At the June 16th Administrative Committee meeting, Merelice raised a
concern that the purpose of the meeting was not specific enough.  We
agreed that a proposal clarifying the purpose of the meeting should be
presented to the State Committee.  Since we wanted to act on electing
delegates and alternate delegates as quickly as possible, we agreed to
place both proposals on the same consensus ballot.

On the 17th, I mentioned that there would be a proposal clarifying the
purpose of the meeting:

http://www.green-rainbow.org/pipermail/statecom/2008-June/008453.html

On June 19th, Larry Ely posted the text of the proposal clarifying the
purpose of the meeting:

http://www.green-rainbow.org/pipermail/statecom/2008-June/008452.html

On June 20th, your proposal to elect delegates arrived on the statecom list:

http://www.green-rainbow.org/pipermail/statecom/2008-June/008478.html

So, your proposal would be the third item on the agenda.

I hope this clarifies the situation.  Thank you for bringing it up.

Jamie

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Yarden <yen.yarden at verizon.net> wrote:
> Two proposals have been listed.  In listing the two proposals listed as
> Proposal #1 proposing the immediate selection of a slate of 22 new state
> committee members, and another listed as Proposal #2 to clarify the purpose
> of the meeting, Jamie O'Keefe, the facilitator of the meeting, has  without
> any foundation denied the simple fact that a proposal to select a slate of
> delegates was submitted by myself.  The failure to place that proposal
> submitted        June 20, 2008 11:32:35 PM EDT, with the implication that
> there might have been some procedural reason for doing so:
>
> On Jun 21, 2008, at 11:33 PM, Jamie O'Keefe wrote:
>
>> Since you have put the proposal forward, it is yours to modify.  It
>> would be helpful if you would please submit an updated version.  Thank
>> you, Elie.
>>
>> Jamie
>
> is unclear.  Before proceeding further, the State Committee special meeting
> should be given an explanation by the facilitator of the meeting of:
>
> 1.  Why was the proposal submitted by Jill Stein,  Elie Yarden,  John
> Andrews,  Nat Fortune,  MK Merelice,  Larry Ely,  Eli Beckerman.
> 2.  In the case of a number of proposals being put forth, does the
> determination of the order in which they are to be considered, done as in a
> normal State Committee meeting.  Dan Melnechuk's clarification of June 20,
> states
> "There is no policy or procedures written that differentiate a virtual
>  statecom meeting from a physical one. The only difference is location."  Is
> this to be taken seriously?
> 3.  If anyone deems it necessary to reconsider the purpose for which the
> Special Meeting was called, then what specifically is the purpose of placing
> this third in an agenda.
>
> Lastly.  I wish to enter an exception to the notion that it is possible to
> build a strong ecological politics on non-involvement of assenting subjects
> who have failed to vote "NO" by virtue of absence from the process.   It is
> only in that light that I read the statement:
>>
>> Since these proposals are going out during the weekend, please send
>> your ballots back by noon on Monday, June 23rd.
>
> as an invitation to non-participation.  If I am the only person in the party
> who can read this fully in its implications, I do not deserve  to be a
> member of it.  Within the Green-Rainbow Party, I sincerely refuse to be a
> 'whistleblower.'
> Elie Yarden
> delegate
> Middlesex