GPUS Steering Committee Agenda – Sunday 14 April 2019 – 8 pm ET
SUMMMARY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATES AND LOCAL CHAPTERS
1. New Business: Guidelines: Bullying, institutionalized racism, conflicts of interest, impartiality for PNC
candidates
2. Standing Business: Treasurer’s Report (Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/; Fundraising Report; Fundraising Consultant update, Liaison reports
3. Voting Queue – https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login
Received for the queue: Amend Accreditation Committee Policies & Procedures; Minimum Age for Steering Committee Membership; Amend PNC rules to prohibit registrants of non-Green parties as delegates; Amend R&P Article 10 – Recognition of Declared Candidates for the Green Party Nomination for President
In the queue: None
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: Ordering Thank You Cards – consensus to approve 29 March
4. Old Business: Response to FVPA letter, 2019 Annual National Meeting, Tech update, Strategic Planning Meeting. FreshDesk update. Letter from EU, Policy on Committee authoriuty
5. Executive Session: Personnel
The full agenda is available at http://gpus.org/sc-agenda-2019-04-14/
The call recording will be available at 712-451-0309, 926334#, reference 1 and
https://gpus.org/steering-committee-recordings/
Jody Grage, Secretary
GPUS Steering Committee Agenda, 14 April 2019 – 8 pm ET
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AGENDA:
I. CALL SETUP & BACKGROUND – 15 min
a) Facilitator: Sid Smith
b) Roll call
c} Begin recording of call
d) Agenda revision suggestions
II. NEW BUSINESS – 15 min
a) Guidelines: Bullying, institutionalized racism, conflicts of interest, impartiality for PNC candidates – Jody
III. STANDING BUSINESS – 40 min
a) Treasurer’s report – Hillary Kane – 5 min.
Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/
MerchCom funding request – $1110 for t-shirts, Green Pages funding request – $1500
b) Fundraising report – Gloria – 5 min.
Fundraising Consultant update – Hillary, Gloria
c) Liaison – Tech liaison discussion, reports – 30 min
IV. VOTING QUEUE – Jody – 10 min
https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login
In the queue: None
In the queue: Amend Accreditation Committee Policies & Procedures; Minimum Age for Steering Committee Membership;
Amend PNC rules to prohibit registrants of non-Green parties as delegates; Amend R&P Article 10 – Recognition of Declared Candidates for the Green Party Nomination for President
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: Ordering Thank You Cards – consensus to approve 29 March
V. OLD BUSINESS – 80 min
a) Potential response to FVPA letter regarding Venezuela trip update – Andrea – 10 min
b) 2019 Annual National Meeting – Margaret – 15 min
SC task list update – Violet, Gloria, Justin, Tony
update on workshops, speakers, etc.plenary agenda update
c) Tech updates – Violet – 10 min
d) Strategic Planning Meetings – Margaret and Gloria – 15 min
#5 agenda development
Survey – Andrea
Scheduling of #5 – Justin
e) Freshdesk update – Justin – 10 min
f) Letter from EU – update from Andrea, Violet, Gloria, Tony. Anita, Justin – 10 min
g) Committee actions and statements within their mission statement – 10 min
suggestion that if in name of GPUS public statements go through Media Committee and letters go through SC
End recording of call
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 10 min
Budget discussion – personnel
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 45 min
Jody Grage, Secretary