Proposals for 2003 State Convention

Proposals for the 2003 Green-Rainbow State Convention can be submitted, revised, and commented on here. The agenda will be set by the State Committee prior to the convention. the last day to submit anything here is June 7th.

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Sponsorship and Organizing of statewide anti-poverty march
Monday June 09, @11:05PM by Lisa Richards, via Daniel Melnechuk for the State Committee
NOTE: This was given to me (Daniel Melnechuk) on Sunday the 8th, technically late. But the person who is submitting it on behalf of Mel King, and other, was misinformed that they had until June 10th to submit proposals. We do not have to technically accept it as submitting late but will leave it up to the statecom to decide.

Sponsorship and Organizing of statewide anti-poverty march proposed dates 9/19-10/03/03

As part of our commitment to fight poverty in Massachusetts, the GRP agrees to be a primary sponsor of a fourteen day, history-making march through the lowest income communities of Massachusetts to help bring together anti-poverty activists, educate the public, register voters, provide visibility for the platform of the Green-Rainbow Party.
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Binding 'No Candidate' on 2004 GPUS slate of presidential nominees
Saturday June 07, @04:24PM by David Agnew
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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Adopt 2004 electoral strategic plan
Friday June 06, @05:18PM by Candidate Development and Legal Committee
from the Candidate Development dept.
To adopt a 2004 electoral strategic plan as drafted by the Candidate Development and Legal Committee. Final draft will be approved at the June 14th meeting of the committee, and presented to the convention, with welcome comments and suggestions from members at the convention.
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Change bylaw 9.6
Thursday June 05, @07:30PM by David Agnew
Change recall procedure so that officers elected by the membership may be recalled only by the membership.
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Reports from AdCom
Thursday June 05, @02:28PM by Jonathan Leavitt
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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Financial Reports
Thursday June 05, @02:19PM by Jonathan Leavitt
from the finances dept.
Require the treasurer to post a full set of reports related to our organizational finances every month
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Safe Staffing Campaign
Wednesday June 04, @08:41PM by Owen R. Broadhurst
I propose the Green-Rainbow Party support and endorse the Safe Care Campaign initiated by the Massachusetts Nurses Association to promote passage of H. 1282 providing for minimum staffing ratios.
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2004 Election Strategy Symposium
Wednesday June 04, @01:48PM by Rudy Perkins
from the -- dept.
Proposal: The Green-Rainbow Party should help organize a late summer or fall 2003 symposium on 2004 presidential election strategy between Greens, progressive Democrats and independents and peace movement activists.
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Working Family Agenda
Monday June 02, @12:15PM by Tony Lorenzen, Worcester County, Nashua River G-R
from the State Com dept.
I propose the Green-Rainbow Party endorse the Working Family Agenda of Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts. This legislative agenda is in strict coherence with the ten key values of our party.
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Hire A Full-Time Development Director
Monday June 02, @12:31AM by Jonathan Leavitt
Immediately add as a Tier I item, the position of a full time development director to be hired for a September 1st start (at the latest)
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Platform plank 2.13: Long Term Care
Wednesday May 21, @02:41PM by Owen R. Broadhurst
The Greens should take leadership in curtailing the long term shelving and neglect of disabled and elderly citizens in poverty.

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Convention Review of Bylaws Membership Change
Tuesday May 20, @01:54AM by Daniel Melnechuk for the State Committee
At the March 30th, 2003 state commitee meeting in Worcester at Clark U, the state committee changed the membership bylaws to include Rainbow Coalition registered voters to be members of the party, with a sunset clause good til the end of November 2003. This was to show good faith and open arms to our Rainbow brothers and sisters as they work towards reregistering as Green-Rainbow. At the same time, the state committee also put a sunset clause on GPUSA registered voters as members until November 2003 to prod all GPUSA registered voters to reregister as Green-Rainbow so that our numbers of official registered Green-Rainbow voters with the state will grow.

Finally, the state commitee added that this decision will be reviewed by the convention. It only takes a majority to overturn the bylaws change. So this proposal here is more of a place holder.
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