Green Party of California December 2000 San Diego Post-Plenary Report The Coordinating Committee wishes to thank everyone for attending the general assembly in San Diego. We also want to give a hardy 'thanks' to the hosting committee and to the CC for a difficult job well done. The facilities were great and the Plenary well organized and productive. A Summary of Decisions made at the Plenary can be found at the end of this report. Complete minutes of Plenaries and Working Group and Standing Committee meetings will be found on our Website @ www.greens.org/cal-cc/ NEXT MEETING One of the decisions made by the general assembly was to confirm that the next general assembly would be a Plenary in Sacramento, Apr. 28-29, 2001. The CC will meet Fri. night, the 27th. STANDING COMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP ROSTERS will be posted to the CC Website, www.greens.org/cal-cc/ after they are updated in late January. If you need infomation before then contact Michael Borenstein by E-mail at thebor@jps.net or call (530)622-6659. CC VACANCIES There were no CC vacancies filled at this Plenary. There will be three At-Large vacancies to be filled during the April plenary. And the following Regions currently have no CC Reps - Orange-LA-San Bernadino, Monterey-Santa Cruz, Central Valley, Shasta Applications must be received in time to be included in the Agenda Packet. DELEGATES & DUES At the L.A. general assembly in 1998, we established a Credentials Committee to address, among other things, issues involving authenicatrion of delegates. It was decided that all counties should submit their list of assigned delegates before the assembly convenes. We realize that selecting delegates is frequently a last-minute exercise. Even so, please remember to send your list of authorized delegates to any member of the agenda committee before the next assembly. Some counties also select alternate delgates in case one or more regular delegates can't make it at the last minute. Include these alternates in the list you send. Our Treasurer, Mike Wyman would like to remind Locals to pay counties their monthly dues. Remember that we no longer have the income tax check-off that used to fund 75% of our budget. Dues are the greater of either A) 10% of the month's gross margin (Revenue - Costs = Gross Margin), or; B) $5.00. SUBMITTING AGENDA ITEMS All items for the agenda must received by the agenda committee at least 60 days prior to the general assembly, since the goal for sending out the agenda packet is 45 days prior to the assembly. The agenda committee is an ad-hoc group of Coordinating Committee (CC) members responsible for organizing the next general assembly. The Agenda Committee was selected during the Jan., 01 meeting of the CC. Please forward proposed agenda items to the Agenda Committee, which is: Beth Moore-Haines, Tom Stafford and Ric Newberry (If you have an item you would like included in the agenda packet for the next general assembly (plenary not gathering), please follow these guidelines for agenda packet submittals: PROPOSALS Plan in advance! A proposal that requires an official vote of the Party must first be submitted to the working group (WG) or committee that is likely to deal with that particular issue. WGs and committees are responsible for sponsoring proposals, so they will work with the originator inpreparing the presentation. Be advised that it is the WG's responsibility to determine if the proposal is ready to be presented. When the proposal is ready, it is sent to the agenda committee for inclusion in the agenda packet and scheduling of time. Sometimes a proposal does not seem appropriate for an existing working group or committee. In those cases, send it to the CC through your regional representative, but we would like to keep this to a minimum. Proposals should be written in the established proposal format. A sample of the format is included. CONSENT CALENDAR Simple, straight-forward proposals -- such as endorsing a worthy green cause -- may be put on the "consent calendar." This is a list of easily-approved proposals that will be put before the plenary as one, inclusive item. At the plenary, if anyone feels a particular issue in the list needs discussion, it will be pulled from the calendar and assigned to an appropriate WG or Committee. It is up to the agenda committee and the CC to determine if a proposal fits the consent calendar criteria, and it can be pulled from the calendar by any concern at the plenary, so be judicious about what you submit. Submit items for the consent calendar to the agenda committee contacts. ANNOUNCEMENTS There is a limited amount of space in the agenda packet (due to cost constraints) so announcements are not usually included. The agenda does include a general announcement period for people to make brief announcement to the plenary session. Email submittals are preferred. We appreciate your cooperation in following these guidelines. This helps us keep the Green Party running more smoothly. For the Coordinating Committee, Linda Howard, Co-Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Green Party Statewide San Diego 2000 Plenary Decisions Summary I. Minutes of last plenary- No one who reviewed the notes opposed them. Many people indicated that they had not read them, and were reminded of their personal responsibility to read them and come prepared to the plenaries. Linda Howard was added as facilitator of one of the sessions. CONSENSED as amended. II. Consent Calendar A. Clearinghouse budget- CONSENSED B. Coordinating Committee at-large seat- CONSENSED C. Energy resolution- One concern raised- NOT CONSENSED- went back to working group III. Two-year Plan- Mike Feinstein It has been discovered through experience that our organization needed to be tightened up. There was a haphazard process of proposals and decision-making. It was decided to incorporate longer-term planning. =20 CONSENSUS reached, with friendly amendments IV. By-laws change- CC at-large elections- CONSENSUS reached, with friendly amendments. By-laws Committee will work out implementing language. V. Green Party section in the state election code- Proposal: Affirming that the adoption of a Green Party Election code is important, and we want the Electoral Reform working group to take input given at this plenary and come back next plenary with specific provisions on which we can test for consensus. There were 4 unresolved concerns- all stood aside. CONSENSUS VI. Continuing State Party affiliation with ASGP- 2 proposals: 1. Reaffirmation of ASGP affiliation 2. Delegate representation (if above passes) 1. Affiliation- One unresolved concern of Lerner that we are not also affiliating with G/GPUSA- Stood aside- CONSENSUS 2. Delegate reps. Jo Chamberlain of San Mateo and John Strawn of Santa Barbara were affirmed as reps to the ASGP. Beth Moore Haines and GPCA Treasurer, Mike Wyman were affirmed as alternates. CONSENSUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSAL FORMAT PRESENTER: (group, Local or individual) CONTACT: (name, address, phone number, email) SUBJECT: (10 words or less) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the GPCA.) PROPOSAL: (200 words or less) TIMELINE: RESOURCES: (personnel, number and frequency of meetings, projected work hours, finances, etc.)