April 25, 2021

Green Party of the United States
Steering Committee
Agenda

Date:

Sunday April 25, 2021

Time:

8:00 PM EDT

1. Call Setup & Background
   15 minutes

   1. Facilitator:

      Michael Dennis

   2. Roll call

      Co-chairs:

      Kristin Combs,
      Trahern Crews,
      Margaret Elisabeth,
      Gloria Mattera,
      Tony Ndege,
      Anita Rios,
      Tamar Yager

      Secretary:

      David Gerry

      Treasurer:

      Hillary Kane

      Guest Speakers

      Observers:

      John Fortuin (GA),
      Holly Hart (IA),
      Mike Gamms (YC),
      Haryaksha Gregor Knauer (AZ),
      Barbara Kidney (NY),
      Kirit Mookerjee (VA),
      Elie Yarden (MA)

   Establish Quorum: 9 current members; quorum is 5.

   Observers are to remain muted during the call and please do not use the chat feature as it is used by the SC to pass information.

   3. Agenda revision suggestions

      If there is not consensus then simple changes need a majority and new items require 2/3 majority.
2. Standing Business
   55 minutes
   1. Treasurer's Report (Hillary)
      5 minutes

      Monthly Treasurer Reports

   2. Approval of Expenditures
      10 minutes

      2021 Budget

      1. Media Committee $416.00 (Line: 85]
         5 minutes

         Purchase of an annual license Adobe Creative Cloud at $52.99/mo. This would be for the remaining 8 months of this year.

      2. International Committee $ [Line: ]
         5 minutes

         Addition of a translation add-on for Zoom to be used by the International Committee and others.

   3. Staff Report
      10 minutes
      1. Virtual Offfice Manager Position (Hillary)
         5 minutes
      2. Hawkins Campaign Data Import (Tamar)
         5 minutes
   4. Liaison reports
      30 minutes
      • Trahern: Accreditation, Green Pages, Merchandising
      • Kristin: Credentials, DRC, GPAX, Platform
      • Margaret: BMRC, BAC, PCSC
      • Gloria: CCC, ETC, Fundraising, Media
      • Tony: BRPP, Eco-Action, Outreach
      • Anita: ANMC, Diversity, IC
      • Tamar: ARC, Apportionment Review, Finance
3. Voting Queue
   5 minutes
   1. In the queue
      1. 1038 – Amend Steering Committee RPP to Increase Observers on Meetings

         Presenter:

         Steering Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Tony

         Phase:

         Voting

      2. 1040 – Accreditation Rules, Amend Clarify Recusal Rule

         Presenter:

         Georgia

         Floor Manager:

         Tamar

         Phase:

         Voting

      3. 1042 – Confirmation of John Rensenbrink as Delegate to GGN

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Kristin

         Phase:

         Voting

      4. 1043 – Confirmation of AJ Reed as Delegate to GGN

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Trahern

         Phase:

         Voting

      5. 1044 – Confirmation of Phoebe Sorgen as Alternate to GGN

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Margaret

         Phase:

         Voting

      6. 1045 – Confirmation of Austin Bashore as Alternate to GGN

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Gloria

         Phase:

         Voting

      7. 1046 – Confirmation of Bahram Zandi as Representative to FVPA

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Tony

         Phase:

         Voting

      8. 1047 – Confirmation of Diane Blais as Representative to FVPA

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Anita

         Phase:

         Voting

      9. 1048 – Confirmation of John Krause as Representative to FVPA

         Presenter:

         International Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Tamar

         Phase:

         Voting

      10. 1049 – Accreditation Rules, Amend Provide Rules for Adversarial Disciplinary Hearings

          Presenter:

          Georgia

          Floor Manager:

          Kristin

          Phase:

          Discussion

      11. 1050 – Approval of Holly Hart as GPUS Forum Manager

          Presenter:

          Steering Committee

          Floor Manager:

          Trahern

          Phase:

          Discussion

      12. 1051 – Approval of Noah Martin as GPUS Forum Manager

          Presenter:

          Steering Committee

          Floor Manager:

          Margaret

          Phase:

          Discussion

      13. 1052 – Approval of Rose Roby as GPUS Forum Manager

          Presenter:

          Steering Committee

          Floor Manager:

          Gloria

          Phase:

          Discussion

      14. 1053 – Approval of Shannel Pittman as Alternate Forum Manager

          Presenter:

          Steering Committee

          Floor Manager:

          Tony

          Phase:

          Discussion

   2. Received for the queue
      1. 1054 – Amendment to Clarify  CCC Election Rules

         Presenter:

         Coordinated Campaign Committee

         Floor Manager:

         Anita

         Phase:

         Findings

4. Old Business
   15 minutes
   1. Apportionment Review Committees Problems (Discussion; Tamar)
      15 minutes

      The committee is over due for its report to the National Committee. The committee hasn’t been meeting and there are questions regarding membership.

5. New Business
   30 minutes
   1. Approval of Robin Harris as GPUS Internal Anti-Oppression Trainer for the ANM (Decision; Anita)
      15 minutes

      The cost will be up to $4000 of the $7500 approved.

   2. Presidential Campaign Support Committee 2020 Report (Decision; Margaret)
      15 minutes

End call recording

Time:

2 hours 00 minutes

6. Executive Session
   20 minutes
   1. Communications Manager Annual Review (Gloria)
      20 minutes

TOTAL TIME:

2 hours 20 minutes