[statecom] A note from your new facilitators: on the purpose of this virtual meeting

[Lawrence Fine]

Is it time to submit another proposal that contradicts the reason  
this meeting was convened or:

go directly to a vote?

May I move to go directly to a vote?



On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com wrote:

> Thanks, Eli, for offering to serve as facilitator.
>
> As thisi s a separate meting with its own participants and quorum,  
> there is
> no way I can figure out that another emeting can decide for this  
> emeting who
> its facilitators are or chage the agenda from the outside.
>
> In addiiton, I was at the in-person statecom meeting on Sunday when  
> all
> proposals were presented for ranking and neither of these proposals  
> were submitted
> - there was therefore not advance notification of these on the  
> agenda nor were
> the proposed from the floor for consideration after all other  
> proposal were
> decided if time allowed.
>
> Neither was the delegation presented in the proposal presentations  
> for the
> agenda for the day -
>
> I appreciate the frustration we are all experiencing and the desire to
> expedite things, but we cannot do it in a way that violates the  
> rights of
> decision-makers to be notified so that they can participate in  
> decision-making...
>
> -Grace
> In a message dated 6/30/08 6:31:25 PM, elibeck at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Dear State Committee,
>>
>> Many thanks to Jamie O'Keefe for the time and effort put into
>> facilitating this meeting to this point. Perhaps he will feel a sense
>> of relief in no longer holding that thankless responsibility.
>>
>> Following the expressed wishes of yesterday's (6/29) State Committee
>> meeting, we (Wanda Boeke and Eli Beckerman) are stepping forward
>> as the new StateCom-appointed co-facilitators of the virtual meeting
>> to continue this process.
>>
>> According to a number of decisions made at the 6/29 State Committee
>> meeting that impact proposals A, 1, 2, and 3, we consider all of them
>> to be closed. The full text of all of the proposals passed at  
>> yesterday's
>> meeting will be sent out as soon as possible (hopefully tonight).
>>
>> We would like to issue a clarification on the purpose of this  
>> meeting.
>> The State Committee decided yesterday to accept the delegation
>> put forward to this date, finding no valid reason to delay  
>> notification
>> to those who have volunteered themselves as MA delegates to the
>> Green Party nominating convention, neither to deny participation
>> based upon skin color or income or gender or sexual preference, or
>> whatever other privileged advantage such participants have been
>> blessed or cursed with.
>>
>> Since the delegation is still not complete, we are keeping this  
>> meeting
>> open for the sole purpose of adding delegates and alternates until we
>> reach a total of 32 delegates and 32 alternates. We encourage the
>> remaining slots be 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.
>> We acknowledge that our delegation is not representative of the  
>> state of
>> Massachusetts and commit to making strides towards being more
>> representative of all the people of this Commonwealth as we move
>> forward together.
>>
>> In hope,
>> Wanda Boeke and Eli Beckerman
>>
>> PS: Please refer for now to the incomplete recounting of decisions  
>> sent out:
>> http://www.green-rainbow.org/pipermail/statecom/2008-June/008742.html
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