Proposals for Special 20031116 State Committee Meeting

These are the proposals for the State Committee meeting on Sunday September 16th, 2003. They are the proposals from the Summer 2003 State Committee meeting that we never addressed. Please read them completely so you are prepared for clarifying questions, discussion, and decisionmaking. If you have comments ahead of time, you can post a follow up here and you can contact the sponsors of the proposal.

Logo Review
Sunday August 31, @11:48PM by Aimee Smith and Gil Obler
from the State Committee dept.
Set aside time at the state committee meeting (10 minutes) for review and feedback on the new logo.
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Email Behavior Policy
Saturday August 30, @11:45PM by Jim Bosman, etc.
from the Communication Committee dept.
This is a placeholder for a policy which is still being written as of 11:35 p.m. Saturday.
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Abolish Poverty March next steps
Saturday August 30, @11:09PM by Grace
from the New Abolitionists dept.
Update on March organizing and initial requests for party support in terms of involvement at this time and initial organizing funds.
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Educational Retreat - Nov/'03
Saturday August 30, @11:07PM by Grace
from the Training dept.
Proposal for a retreat to take place in November for those leaders of the Green-Rainbow party who can attend- purpose is to deepenour understanding of oppressionand privilege dynamics within our society and our party, and work on skills to address them effectively and non-violently
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Chidcare Proposal
Saturday August 30, @11:04PM by Grace
from the Planning & Budget dept.
Proposal for a process for establishing childcare at Statecom, conventions, and other larger GRP events and related organizational & budget issues.
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Peace Resolution
Saturday August 30, @08:18PM by Tony Lorenzen
from the PEACE dept.
A Resolution restating and reinforcing our commitment to peace, and end to hostilities in Iraq, and demand that our state and federal lawmakers adopt a policy to end the Iraq war
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Convention Committee
Thursday August 28, @11:44PM by Convention Planning Committee
from the Proposals not heard at the state convention dept.
This proposal seeks to empower membership by providing the opportunity to form the Convention Planning Committee for the next year's convention at a current convention. NOTE: (This proposal is way out of date now. Hopefully the sponsors will update it. Sponsors?)
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Hire a Development Director ASAP
Thursday August 28, @02:26PM by Jonathan Leavitt
(Please note that this should be viewed as the updated version of my previous proposal that was not considered at the last State Com meeting.)

We seek to have the position of Development Director created and filled immediately. (Should be put in the Teir 1 section of our budget)
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Amendment to the bylaws Section 6.7
Tuesday August 26, @12:31AM by Owen R. Broadhurst
My belief is that an amendment to Section 6.7 of our bylaws is necessary to secure the goal of smoother State Convention organization
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Financial Reports
Monday August 25, @11:21PM by Jonathan Leavitt for the convention, resubmitted by Mr. Broadhurst
from the from the finances dept. dept.
Require the treasurer to post a full set of reports related to our organizational finances every month
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Reports from AdCom
Monday August 25, @11:18PM by Joanthan Leavitt for the convention, resubmitted by Mr. Broadhurst
This proposal would require all elected AdCom members to submit a monthly report on their work (as it relates to the concrete specifics laid out in our by-laws)

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Change bylaw 9.6
Monday August 25, @11:15PM by David Agnew, resubmitted by Mr. Broadhurst
Change recall procedure so that officers elected by the membership may be recalled only by the membership.
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Binding 'No Candidate' on 2004 GPUS slate of presidential nominees
Monday August 25, @11:05PM by David Agnew, resubmitted by Mr. Broadhurst
The membership convention of the GRPM directs its representatives to GPUS to propose to the GPUS that the slate of GPUS presidential nominees include a binding "No Candidate" choice, and that our GPUS representatives actively support this measure.

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Regarding Nominations and Elections of AdCom and USGP reps
Monday August 25, @05:51PM by Tony Lorenzen
This proposal seeks to streamline and make more efficient our nomination and election process for AdCom and USGP reps.
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