<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">James,<div class="">It seems you are on the wrong discussion thread, see this subject line: Election of GPUS Delegation Alternate seats<div class="">To make more comments on the endorsement discussion you need to go to that thread.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 16, 2018, at 2:53 PM, james clark <<a href="mailto:faygodrinkit@gmail.com" class="">faygodrinkit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I cannot support this proposal. The idea of a small group of deligated picking the candidate would go against the value of decentralization. Not to mention that most candidates are already on the ballot. That doesn't change, even if they drop out. This makes this process entirely pointless. Now if it had been done six months ago when candidates first start getting their campaigns together it might be more effective, but even then, there should be input from all registered greens on which candidate to endorse, and not putting that power into the hands of the few of us privileged enough to serve as deligates. I will be voting no on this proposal based mostly on the key value of decentralization.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 16, 2018 10:50 AM, "Mimi Newton" <<a href="mailto:mimi.newton@gmail.com" class="">mimi.newton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks for the comments, Brian!</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Mimi Newton</div><div dir="auto" class="">Marin County Greens</div><div dir="auto" class="">GPCA Coordinating Committee</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 7:00 AM Brian <<a href="mailto:snug.bug@hotmail.com" target="_blank" class="">snug.bug@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">In the third WHEREAS, I'd add a clarifying comma between "past" and "GPCA members".</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class="">
</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">In the fourth WHEREAS, I'd add "existed" so the text becomes "<span class="">fewer applications were received than seats existed
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</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">In THEREFORE, I'd replace "and that" with "in which" or even "in which election".</div>
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<b class="">Subject:</b> [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 153: Bylaws Interpretation: Election of GPUS Delegation Alternate seats</font>
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Ranked Choice Vote ID #153<br class="">
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<div class="">Ranked Choice Vote <b class="">Bylaws Interpretation: Election of GPUS Delegation Alternate seats</b></div>
<div class="">Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck</div>
<div class="">Discussion 02/12/2018 - 03/25/2018</div>
<div class="">Voting 03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018</div>
<div class="">Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Background</b></div>
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<div class="">The GPCA state Coordinating Committee approved the bylaws interpretation below on July 10, 2017, as amended by the Coordinating Committee during its August 7, 2017 and February 5, 2018 Meetings.</div>
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<div class="">GPCA Bylaws 13-3 governing bylaws interpretations state that such interpretations may be made by the Coordinating Committee, subject to confirmation by the Standing General Assembly (<a href="http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13-3_Bylaws_Interpretation" target="_blank" class="">http://www.cagreens.org/<wbr class="">bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13-<wbr class="">3_Bylaws_Interpretation</a>.)
This interpretation is being put forward simultaneously with the election it authorized.</div>
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<div class="">That the Standing General Assembly approve the following bylaws interpretation:</div>
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<div class="">— WHEREAS, the GPCA's timeline for Standing General Assembly applications, discussion and voting is based upon the practice of predictable communications via the GPCA's email lists, web pages, voting pages and the GPCA Inform list; and</div>
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<div class="">— WHEREAS, in the spring of 2017, the GPCA’s information infrastructure faced unanticipated problems; and</div>
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<div class="">— WHEREAS, in the past GPCA members used this information to decide whether or when to run for GPUS Delegate or Alternate; and</div>
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<div class="">— WHEREAS, in April 2017, fewer applications were received than seats for GPUS Delegation Alternate (nine for 12 seats), while there were far more applications for GPUS Delegate than seats (22 for 13 seats); and</div>
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<div class="">— <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">THEREFORE, the GPCA shall hold a special election to fill the remaining three Alternate seats for the remainder of the July 2017 to June 2019 term, and that any GPCA member who correctly follows
the application process may qualify for the ballot.</span></div>
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<div class="">Delegate Apportionment Formula in Section 8-6 of GPUS Rules and Procedures Article VIII National Committee Size and Delegate Allocation:
<a href="http://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#08" target="_blank" class="">http://gpus.org/rules-<wbr class="">procedures/#08</a></div>
<div class="">GPCA Bylaws Article 8, Section 8-2 </div>
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<div class="">Membership: <a href="http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-2_Membership" target="_blank" class="">
http://www.cagreens.org/<wbr class="">bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-2_<wbr class="">Membership</a></div>
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<div class="">GPCA Bylaws Article 13, Section 13-3 SGA Confirmation of Coordinating Committee Bylaws </div>
<div class="">Interpretations: <a href="http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13-3_Bylaws_Interpretation" target="_blank" class="">
http://www.cagreens.org/<wbr class="">bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13-<wbr class="">3_Bylaws_Interpretation</a> </div>
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<div class="">Full details will be available at: <a href="http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations" target="_blank" class="">http://www.sjcgreens.org/<wbr class="">sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations</a></div>
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