January 23, 2022

Green Party US – Steering Committee Meeting

Date: Sunday, January 23, 2022, Time: 8:00 pm ET

 

  • Setup and Background

    1. Facilitator: Mike Dennis
    2. Steering Committee Roll Call:
      1. Margaret Elisabeth (co-chair) – absent
      2. Ahmed Eltouny (co-chair) – absent
      3. Rei Stone-Grover (co-chair) – present
      4. Anita Rios (co-chair) – present
      5. Chris Stella (co-chair) – absent
      6. Garrett Wasserman (co-chair) – present
      7. Tamar Yager (co-chair) – present
      8. Kristin Combs (secretary) – present
      9. Hillary Kane (treasurer) – present
    3. Observers (remain muted and do not use chat feature) – Amy S (OR), Ann Link (NY), Gloria Mattera (NY), Starlene Rankin (OR), Holly Hart (IA), Barbara Kidney (NY)
    4. Establish Quorum (9 current members, quorum is 5)
    5. Approve Agenda (changes require majority, new items require ⅔)

 

  • New Business

    1. ANM (TY) – discussion only

Action: Tamar will send a message to the SC list asking for preference between July 14-17 or July 21-24.

  1. GPMN (ME) – TABLED
  2. Voting Rights Bill Rhetoric against Russia (GW) – discussion only
  3. Rhetoric against Russia (GW) – discussion only

Action: GW will work with media on new business item C and D

  1. February Meeting / Superbowl (KC) – discussion only

Action: Kristin will send form to the SC list to gauge availability

 

  • Old Business

    1. Finances (HK/TY)

Fincom proposes hour reductions for staff, removal of co-chair stipends, and stopped subscription to 

2021 ytd Fundraising income.xlsx, Direct Mail Report, Eblast stats.xlsx, LYBUNTY – $1,061 from 23 donors

 

  • Standing Business

    1. Follow-up on Action Items
      1. ME send MOU to Susan and get her access

MOU sent to Susan who is sending to Cameron

  1. Reports
    1. Secretary (KC) – NC updates:
    2. Treasurer (HK) – 
    3. Staff (KC/HK/TY)
    4. Staff all doing amazing work and 
    5. BAC (ME) – made aware of NM situation and are already petitioning for it., RCV event on 1/23
    6. BMRC (ME) – press release approved, will be sent out soon.
    7. DRC (ME) – sent email to co-chair about quorum call.  Anticipate issuing that next week.
    8. CCC (HK) – livestream on 1/24 with 3 elected officials
    9. AC (RSG) – Has held elections and re-elected Lyn Joy for co-chair.
    10. Fundcom (RSG) – Has been fundraising and working with other committees to bring in more.  See Fundraising reports.
    11. Outreach (RSG) – Beginning phonebanking tomorrow night and every 4th Monday.
    12. ANMC (AR) – Straw poll for ANM dates. Results back.
    13. Diversity (AR) – 
    14. Ecoaction (AR) – Conducting elections. Working on Earth Day to May day
    15. GW: ApRevCom – meeting to continue proposals
    16. Green Pages – editorial review
    17. PCSC – considering revisiting pres recognition process
    18. TY: Fincom, 
    19. Media, 
    20. Merch (TY) – YES shirt release, something still going on with Lavender’s

 

  • Voting Queue – 5 min

    1. In the Queue – 0 min (FYI)
      1. 1070 – Approval of Diana Brown as Delegate to FPVA

Presenter: Steering Committee

Floor Manager: Garrett Wasserman

Stage: Voting

  1. 1071 – Approval of AJ Reed as Delegate to FPVA

Presenter: Steering Committee

Floor Manager: Ahmed Eltouny

Stage: Voting

  1. Received for Queue – 5 min
    1. SUBMITTED: Approval of Tim Runkle to Fincom

Presenter: Steering Committee

Floor Manager (tentative): Tamar Yager

Stage: Findings

  1. SUBMITTED: Approval of Bill Kreml to Fincom

Presenter: Steering Committee

Floor Manager (tentative): Anita Rios

Stage: Findings

 

  • Executive Session – 15 min

    1. Staffing (HK) – 15 min