<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">That's correct. The Yolo SGA delegation has already referred this proposal back to our county for discussion.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Adam Siegel<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yolo<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Erik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com" target="_blank">erikrydberg34@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">I believe only the proposers can accept the amendment. Which in this case would be GP Yolo County correct?</div><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:53 PM Nassim Nouri <<a href="mailto:nassim1nouri@gmail.com" target="_blank">nassim1nouri@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Thank you Eric,<div>I support the amendment to make the two Green Party spokespersons voting members of the Media Committee.</div><div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 21, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Eric Brooks <<a href="mailto:brookse32@hotmail.com" target="_blank">brookse32@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050WordSection1" style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Proposed Amendment to Item 157 – Resetting Quorum and Noticing for Committees.<br><br>Hi all, and to the proposers of Item 157,<br><br>I have a proposed amendment to solve a particular technical problem we have specifically for the Media Committee.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>So I am asking the proposers to amend this proposal to:<br><br>Make the two Green Party spokespersons voting members of the Media Committee.<br><br>thanks<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Eric Brooks<br>SF, CA<br>Media Committee<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span>gpca-votes [<a href="mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@<wbr>sfgreens.org</a>]<span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>GPCA Votes<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, February 15, 2018 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span>[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 157: Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:white"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please send your discussion comments to <a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote:<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ranked Choice Vote ID #157<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ranked Choice Vote<span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership</b><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discussion 02/12/2018 - 03/25/2018<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Voting 03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Background</b><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Proposal</b><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">That GPCA Bylaw Article 9-3 be amended as follows:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">That Article 9-3 be amended from its current text:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 9-3 Meetings<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To read as follows:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 9-3 Meetings<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sponsors: The proposed amendment has been endorsed and sponsored by the Green Party of Butte County and the Green Party of Yolo County.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Full details will be available at: <a href="http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.sjcgreens.org/<wbr>sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Please send your discussion comments to<span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a></b><u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">--<span class="m_4282644640842161405m_8577110372495111050Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">gpca-votes mailing list</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a><br style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpca-votes" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-<wbr>bin/mailman/listinfo/gpca-<wbr>votes</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>--<br>
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