Convention Review of Bylaws Membership Change
Tuesday May 20, @01:54AM, by Daniel Melnechuk for the State Committee
Subject : Bylaws Change Review and Approval
Summary :
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.
Text :
State Convention review and decision to approve or disapprove of the membership bylaws change to include Rainbow Coalition (F) registered voters as members of the party through 11/30/2003, and remove GPUSA (G) registered voters as members on 11/30/2003.
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• Re: Convention Review of Bylaws Membership Change
  Wednesday May 21, @01:28PM, by Owen R. Broadhurst
  I trust that all voters of [F] or [G] designation were forwarded a Spring 2003 Green-Rainbow Party Quarterly Newsletter with a voter registration form enclosed. If so, then I have no conflict with the proposal. I do have a question:
  
  Present Green-Rainbow bylaws as amended most recently
  note that membership is available also to those who pay dues, but are not registered as being of [J] designation- provided that such persons "...are not registered voters in another party or political designation..." Would [F] and [G] parties and/ or designations now be viewed as such "another" following the date of 12/1/03?
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