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)

      3. 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

    6. 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