[GPCA-SGA-Votes] PROPOSED AMENDMENT: Discuss *ID 157*: Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership

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Sorry, we, as in the Media Committee.

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:39 PM, 1 <jbrjaw1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's the 21st Century and we're now using Zoom.us (a sort of GotoMeeting
> video roundtable platform) that is speeding up our processes -
> tremendously. Do we have to go back to a landline or the 80's?
>
> James Young
> SGA O.C.
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Adam Siegel <apsiegel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello fellow SGA delegates,
>>
>> The Yolo and Butte County Councils have accepted this friendly amendment
>> to amend the GPCA Bylaws so that the GPCA Spokespersons be voting members
>> of the Media Committee, and would like the language of this proposal (157)
>> amended to include the following change to Article 9 of the GCPCA Bylaws:
>>
>> That GPCA Bylaw Article 9 be amended as follows:
>>
>> That Article 9-3 be amended from its current text:
>>
>> Section 9-3 Meetings
>>
>> 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on
>> teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives
>> outlined in its work plan. Meetings must be called with a minimum of two
>> weeks notice to committee members.
>>
>> 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that
>> described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum is a majority of the
>> committee's voting membership.
>>
>>
>> To read as follows:
>>
>> Section 9-3 Meetings
>>
>> 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on
>> teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives
>> outlined in their work plans. Meetings outside any regular meeting schedule
>> shall be called with a minimum of two weeks notice to committee members.
>>
>> 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that
>> described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum shall be at least 50%
>> of the committee's voting membership.​
>>
>>
>> That Article 9-11.2 be amended from its current text:
>>
>> 9-11.2 Membership
>>
>> The Media Committee shall consist of eight voting members, appointed by
>> the Coordinating Committee to serve staggered two year terms, including a
>> Coordinating Committee Liaison, who shall serve as one of two Media
>> Committee co-coordinators. The other Media Committee co-coordinator shall
>> be elected by the Media Committee itself. In addition, GPCA spokespersons
>> shall be ex-officio non-voting members, who may participate in the
>> deliberations of the committee, but not vote. Eligible appointees to the
>> Media Committee must have attended at least one in-person General Assembly
>> within the last five or be a Standing Green Delegate, demonstrate a working
>> knowledge of the Bylaws and Rules and Procedures and apply to the
>> Coordinating Committee for appointment.
>>
>>
>> To read as follows:
>>
>> 9-11.2 Membership
>>
>> The Media Committee shall consist of eight voting members, appointed by
>> the Coordinating Committee to serve staggered two year terms, including a
>> Coordinating Committee Liaison, who shall serve as one of two Media
>> Committee co-coordinators. The other Media Committee co-coordinator shall
>> be elected by the Media Committee itself. In addition, GPCA spokespersons
>> shall be ex-officio voting members. Eligible appointees to the Media
>> Committee must have attended at least one in-person General Assembly within
>> the last five or be a Standing Green Delegate, demonstrate a working
>> knowledge of the Bylaws and Rules and Procedures and apply to the
>> Coordinating Committee for appointment.
>>
>> Adam
>> Yolo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Proposed Amendment to Item 157 – Resetting Quorum and Noticing for
>>> Committees.
>>>
>>> Hi all, and to the proposers of Item 157,
>>>
>>> I have a proposed amendment to solve a particular technical problem we
>>> have specifically for the Media Committee.
>>>
>>> Currently the Bylaws state that our two GPCA spokespersons can be ex
>>> officio members of the Media Committee, but cannot count toward quorum and
>>> vote on the committee. This has effectively made it impossible for the
>>> Media Committee to reach quorum.
>>>
>>> Since the Media Committee has been active, and as long as I have been on
>>> it, it has always made decisions by full consensus – and two votes out of a
>>> quorum of four does not allow the spokespersons to carry any potential vote
>>> by themselves. And regardless the GA/SGA can always override any committee
>>> if it ever does make mistakes or show any bias.
>>>
>>> So I am asking the proposers to amend this proposal to:
>>>
>>> Make the two Green Party spokespersons voting members of the Media
>>> Committee.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric Brooks
>>> SF, CA
>>> Media Committee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces at sfgreens.org] *On Behalf
>>> Of *GPCA Votes
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 15, 2018 12:45 PM
>>> *To:* gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
>>> *Subject:* [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 157: Bylaws Amendment: Clarify
>>> Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing
>>> Committees’ Voting Membership
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
>>> <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ranked Choice Vote ID #157
>>>
>>> Ranked Choice Vote *Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and
>>> Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership*
>>>
>>> Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura
>>> Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck
>>>
>>> Discussion  02/12/2018 - 03/25/2018
>>>
>>> Voting  03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018
>>>
>>> Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Background*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This proposal has been brought forth because in recent years a number of
>>> standing committees of the Green Party of California (GPCA) have been
>>> unable to conduct any business for lengthy periods of time due to failure
>>> to reach quorum.  This state of affairs has often impeded the GPCA
>>> Coordinating Committee (CC) from fulfilling its own responsibilities per
>>> GPCA Bylaw 8-1.7 (“Request and receive reports from Committees and Working
>>> Groups, refer matters to them, and monitor and assist their work”).  GPCA
>>> standing committees are capped, for gender balance, at an even number of
>>> members, and currently establish quorum at a majority of voting members.
>>> This proposed amendment would establish the minimum quorum at least 50% of
>>> standing committees’ voting membership.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This proposal would also clarify an ambiguity in notice requirements for
>>> calling meetings.  The language of GPCA Bylaw 9-3.1 is silent regarding
>>> notice requirements for standing committees that establish regular meeting
>>> schedules.  In practice, most if not all standing committees establish
>>> regular meeting schedules for their work year.  The proposed language would
>>> make explicit that two weeks’ notice is required for meetings that fall
>>> outside a standing committee’s regular meeting schedule, should one be set.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Proposal*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That GPCA Bylaw Article 9-3 be amended as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That Article 9-3 be amended from its current text:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Section 9-3 Meetings
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on
>>> teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives
>>> outlined in its work plan. Meetings must be called with a minimum of two
>>> weeks notice to committee members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that
>>> described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum is a majority of the
>>> committee's voting membership.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To read as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Section 9-3 Meetings
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on
>>> teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives
>>> outlined in their work plans. Meetings outside any regular meeting schedule
>>> shall be called with a minimum of two weeks notice to committee members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that
>>> described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum shall be at least 50%
>>> of the committee's voting membership.​
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sponsors: The proposed amendment has been endorsed and sponsored by the
>>> Green Party of Butte County and the Green Party of Yolo County.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Full details will be available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/s
>>> ga_vote_bylaw_interpretations
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
>>> <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>*
>>>
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