April 12, 2026

Facilitator: Allan Hunter

Steering Committee Roll Call:

1.    Arshia Papari (co-chair) – present

2.    Cassandra Lems(co-chair) – present

3.    Craig Cayetano (co-chair) – present

4.    Charles Ostdiek(co-chair) – present

5.    Tamar Yager (co-chair) – present

6.    Wissam Charafeddine (co-chair) – reported would be late; joined near the

             beginning of the executive session

7.    Holly Hart (secretary) – present

8.    Mark Elbourno (treasurer) – present

Observers are asked to remain muted and refrain from using the chat function.  If someone wishes to speak to an agenda item, please send a request to secretary@gp.org.

 Observers: Starlene Rankin (WA); Gloria Mattera (NY; Fundraising, Media); Lois Gagnon (MA); Maureen Doyle (MA)l; Cassiday Moriarity (YES) during first item under New Business; Haryaksha Baba Knauer (Lavender Caucus)

II.  Treasurer Report (Mark)

$6,740.93

$18,837.44

22,537.77

$88,775,57

Mark received a letter from the FEC. They are updating their description of certain items. Mark will contact them on Monday to learn more. Another letter arrived asking for an update for the September end-of-month report.

Mark stated that people were making decisions they are not authorized to make. He requested a proposal to have Darryl! Moch removed from the account. Mark, Charles and the Office would have cards. Only the Treasurer and Chair of Finance can decide on changes. Craig questioned how the P O Box mail was forwarded. Tamar recommended that the P O Box be checked on a regular basis.

Craig asked to TABLE Mark’s request and bring to a 48/48 process starting Wednesday; And to check with Athena regarding checking the mailbox, then consider removing Darryl! Moch from the account.  Craig Mark’s proposal is that Darryl! not make any further decisions (on who has cards, makes payments) ; and only the Treasurer, Finance Co-chair and Office be able to make decisions; and only Finance Co-chair and Treasurer have access to make any changes.

AGREED, Consensus

2. Income report (Tamar)

Tamar will get numbers from February and March in the next two weeks.

1. Craig stated concern that the Muslim/Arab-American Caucus had not seen any development. Interest is waning, as there is more interest and activity now being directed to campaigns. Cassandra is on the Accreditation Committee and had some information, but asked if Mark had any news as he is liaison to the AC. Mark was under the impression he’d removed himself from all committee liaison positions,  He reported that the caucus in North Carolina is active, and the caucus should be developed in the state parties. Cssandra read from the last report at the end of January that there were not enough members in their initial application packet, and that it  didn’t include enough members that could be verified.

Craig stated that a national caucus was an important bridge for some members to get involved with the party. This should be a priority.

2. Online Decisions (Holly)

       YES: Wissam, Mark

        NO: Cassandra, Tamar, Craig, Holly

Wissam stated that the proposal did not reach quorum because some votes were not on Basecamp. Others believe the vote met quorum.

NOT APPROVED

B. 48/48/Proposal by Wissam to adopt Alternate goals written by Cassandra; 4/6/2026;Wissam, ? seconded

Yes: Cassandra, Craig, Holly

No: Wissam, Mark

APPROVED  – APPROVAL CONFIRMED

C. 48/48   Proposal for Wissam’s SMART Goals with reduced numbers + Goals 1 & 2 of Cassandra’s Goals. 4/10/2026 ; Wissam, no second

1.  UPDATE, FYI  report (Holly)  — US Boats to Gaza: GPUS has signed on and is invited to have someone on their Monday calls.  usboatstogaza.org/our-partners.

Madelyn Hoffman and Jacqui Deveneau of GPAX have volunteered to participate on behalf of the GPUS. They will report on what develops.

2. Update on “Inactive” State Parties (Holly)

There has been no response from the Accreditation Committee. Request to go forward: contact listed states for clarification (can resume participation or not; inform how to reactive); then proceed, as needed with proposals to designate Inactive status.

—- From 3_22_2026 call: SeeRequests from YES, andNotes from Secretary. One state is missing from the  “History” list and has been added, but not relevant here. Request to ask the Accreditation Committee to create or endorse proposals to designate Montana, West Virginia, Louisiana  “Inactive,” which means they do not have representatives on the National Committee and will not be counted toward quorum for passage of voting page proposals.  Three of these state parties have activity, some significant, but not involved at the national level.  There are two other state parties that cast votes very seldom that the AC should reach out to. The process is to contact each and see what they wish to do.

Holly will reach out within the next two days and report back; then SC will move forward with any needed proposals; or if AC responds, AC will confirm and craft proposals.

APPROVED, Consensus

3.REQUEST from Merchandise Committee for $250 for print-on-demand Tee’s  (Craig)

APPROVED

 V.    Reports  – 20 min

2.     Staff (Tamar)
– moved to Executive Session

3.    Secretary (Holly) –
Transfer to GoogleWorkspace – update – going well, but taking more time than anticipated, due to issue of migrating private to business account.  Hope to have new space and add committee members.  Will send out new call for Delegates 101; Committees 101. Will send sign-up for SC for Basecamp tutorials; Rules updates to web manager; Rules clean-up TBA (security, observers, clarification of unofficial proposals policy); voting page update: work is progressing, several indices have been completed; SC special election is in progress.

Media – Craig provided statistics for several social media accounts, showing increase in activity. social media stats are going up, good news:  Substatck almost 10%, Bluesky increasing, Facebook – Google analytics active users up 11.6%; interest on gp.org – Platform, Brian McGinnis (up 8000%) (democracy, Key Values, “We Stand”  have been popular. Direct search down, organic search up; referrals up; organic social up 70.9 %

EcoAction will present a webinar Monday night.

ANM Committee is working well, ANM registration is open, a good schedule planned; DRC has no matters before it, they have not been consulted about proposal to overhaul the DRC; Fundraising received two large donations, one from someone who had donated other large donations this year; snail mail was delayed due to illness.  Fundraising co-chair Gloria Mattera sent a letter to SC evaluating Fundraiser and asked the SC to make sure to read it.

No updates

Holly reported that the Platform Committee has finished a proofreading review of the Platform. Looking into housekeeping updates, probably an omnibus proposal;

 8.    Tamar: Diversity, Staff Supervisor – ANMCom subcommittee is looking over ANM scholarship application form

VII. Voting Queue –  (Holly, Charles, et al)  ?

Sponsors: ?, Green Party of Hawai’i, Banking and Monetary Reform Committee; interest from Diversity Committee

2. Expansion of the Dispute Resolution Committee

Sponsors: ?. Green Party of Nevada

3. Proposal to Adopt Robert’s Rules, etc.

Sponsor: ?, Green Party of Nevada

Items #1 through #3 were tabled until they are re-submitted with clear format and sponsors, in time for the next scheduled SC meeting.

4. PROPOSAL RESUBMISSION Re: 2026-3-17 Budget Amendment for Party Sustainability; GPTX

Charles will send updated text and information. He requested a 48/48 online decision for the SC to review to send this to the voting queue.

Updated version was submitted in time to be part of tonight’s call.

Craig stated that this item was approved in the 2025 budget, but not reflected here. He found the tone of the proposal is problematic as the position will benefit the whole party, not just Media; requested the sponsors either rewrite or strike that sentence

1.  VOTE: This item was in the 2025 budget, it was budgeted a year ago:  Charles stated the GPTX could simply ask that the budget be amended to say it would cut that line.

Craig – Yes
Charles – No

Cassandra – Abstain

Tamar – Abstain

Mark – Abstain

Holly – Yes, but not major; change the wording and then  go forward

Arshia – No

FINDING FAILED

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2. VOTE:  Paragraph itemizing out the Media Coordinator role is misleading; it is a multipurpose role, not strictly for Media.

Craig – Yes
Charles – No; negative tone, but in the background

Cassandra – Yes

Tamar – Abstain

Mark – Abstain

Holly – Yes

Arshia – No

FINDING APPROVED

Secretary will contact GPTX and ask for amendment to proposal.

#1288 – Dues Research Group

Discussion  through 4/12/2026

Voting period: 4/13-4/19/2026

Threshold: 50%+1

Floor Manager: Holly Hart

#1289 – Closure of the GCCC

Discussion  through 4/12/2026

Voting period: 4/13-4/19/2026

Threshold: 50%+1

Floor Manager: Wissam Charafeddine

None

# 1284 – 2026 GPUS Budget

ADOPTED 3/22/2026

# 1285 – 2025 Coordinated Campaign Committee Election II – Women

Elected, 3/22/2026: Gloria Mattera, GPNY

# 1286 – 2025 Coordinated Campaign Committee Election II – Men and NonBinary Persons   Elected 3/22/2026: Michael Cooper, INGP

      QUESTION of whether those votes should have been canceled. SC Agreed to confirm election/;appointments of the candidates, as both were runningfor renewed terms and both had clear NC support.

# 1287 – Election to Fill Vacancies on the Green Congressional Campaign Committee II

?? Elected  3/22/2026, maybe: Eric LaRue, GPNV, Doug Marsh, GPMI

General agreement from most of the SC was that the vote was to have been pulled/cancelled until the proposal to Dissolve the GCCC concluded.  SC agreed to wait until the conclusion of the dissolution proposal.  

VIII.  Executive Session –  Consideration of Extension of Fundraiser Position (25 min) –  9:53 pm – 11:50 pm ET

Tamar sent two documents for review.

The Steering Committee agreed to amend the Fundraiser’s contract to cover three more months.

Arshia proposed extending the contract for three more months, starting May 1st. Ensure proper tracking such tracking codes and/or links associated specifically to Fundraiser to be used for all communications and engagement for more accuracy; at least one webinar by the end of that contract, strive for two to three. Tamar noted that these don’t bring in a lot of money.  She strongly recommended using more tracking codes.

This will require a Budget amendment: 1 week discussion, 1 week vote.  $8,000 for three months.

BACKGROUND: This motion comes as a result of good performance over the former 3 month contract performance and near 3 to 1 ratio of return,.

Proposal APPROVED, Consensus

Request to Expedited timeline: APPROVED, Consensus