SUMMARY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATES AND LOCAL CHAPTERS:
1. New Business: Welcome Violet Zitola; Delegate Directory contact information access, Legitimacy of recent Accreditation Committee election
2. Standing Business: Treasurer’s Report (Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/), Fundraising Report, Fundraising Consultant update
3. Voting Queue – https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login
In the queue: Platform Amendments – Protecting the Great Lakes, Fair Taxation, Insurance Report; b) Correcting the Records for Proposals 898, 899, 904, 905, and 906; Approve Darryl! Moch for Finance Committee; Platform Amendments – Livable Income, Monetary and Banking Reform, Economic Justice and Sustainability/National Debt, Amend the GPUS Platform Preamble; 2018 Election of GPUS Treasurer; 2018 Election of GPUS Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Received for the queue: None
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: Approve funding up to $1530 for International Committee to attend The Sao Paulo Forum
4. Old Business: ANM update, Plenary planning by SC, Strategic Planning meeting; Tech – miscellaneous and voting page maintenance/ETC recommendations;Freshdesk update; Election database Phase II and III update
5. Executive Session: None
The full agenda is available at http://gpus.org/sc-agenda-2018-07-08
The call recording will be available at 712-451-0309, 926334#, reference 26 and https://gpus.org/steering-committee-recordings/
Jody Grage, Secretary
GPUS Steering Committee Agenda, Sunday 8 July 2018 – 8:00 p.m. ET
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AGENDA:
I. CALL SETUP & BACKGROUND – 15 min
a) Facilitator: TBD
b) Roll call
c} Begin recording of call
d) Agenda revision suggestions
II. NEW BUSINESS – 15 min.
a) Welcome incoming SC co-chair Violet Rose Zitola
b) Platform Committee submission of Platform Amendment proposals – Andrea
c) Legitimacy of recent Accreditation Committee election – Darryl!
III. STANDING BUSINESS – 30 min.
a) Treasurer’s report – Hillary Kane, 10 min.
Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/
b) Fundraising report – Gloria – 10 min.
Fundraising Consultant update – Hillary, Gloria
c) Liaison reports – 20 min. (ANM update later in agenda)
IV. VOTING QUEUE – Jody – 5 min.
(https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login)
In the queue:
a) Platform Amendments – Protecting the Great Lakes, Fair Taxation, Insurance Report
b) Correcting the Records for Proposals 898, 899, 904, 905, and 906
c) Approve Darryl! Moch for Finance Committee
d) Platform Amendments – Livable Income, Monetary and Banking Reform, Economic Justice and Sustainability/National Debt, Amend the GPUS Platform Preamble; 2018 Election of GPUS Treasurer; 2018 Election of GPUS Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Received for the queue (Floor Managers needed): None
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: Approve funding up to $1530 for International Committee to attend The Sao Paulo Forum
V. OLD BUSINESS – 50 min.
a) ANM updates – 10 min
b) Plenary planning by SC and need for facilitators – Gloria – 10 min
c) Strategic Planning meeting – Darryl!, Gloria – 10 min
d) Tech – miscellaneous and voting page maintenance/ETC recommendations – items detailed and prioritized – Chris – 10 min
e) Freshdesk update – 5 min
f) Updates on pending agenda items – 5 min
1) Election database Phase II and III update – Hillary
End recording of call
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION – none
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 55 minutes
Jody Grage, Secretary