February 23, 2025

MINUTES-  Steering Committee Meeting

Sunday, February 23, 2025

8:00 pm EST

 

  1. Setup and Background – 10 min

Facilitator: Belinda Davis

Steering Committee Roll Call:

  1. Craig Cayetano (co-chair) – 
reported absence; joined call 
  2. Cassandra Lems(co-chair) – 
present
  3. Darryl! Moch (co-chair) -
present
  4. Alfred Molison (co-chair) – 

  5. Joseph Naham (co-chair) – 
reported absence
  6. Charles Ostdiek(co-chair) – 
present
  7. Justin Paglino (co-chair) – 
present
  8. Holly Hart (secretary) – 
present
  9. Bob Stuller (treasurer) -
present
  10. Jason Call (incoming treasurer) – 

 

 Observers: Starlene Rankin, WA; Gloria MAttera, NY; Tanar Yager, VA; Alan Hunter, NY

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.

 

Establish Quorum (9 current members, quorum is 5)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report (Bob, Jason) — 10 inn


 

Signal

General $25,095.01

Merchant $7,247

          Savings $88,714.65

PayPal $2,660.87 

 

Doing ok, but not flush. Checks to Nationbuilder will be around $8,600 on 2/24

 

Darryl! And Charles and others these thanked Bob for his patience and work as treasurer and continuing help

 

III. New Business

 

  1. Online Decisions (Holly) 
  1. 48/48 request to approve an amendment to Proposal #1244

Three SC members voted online to approve.  Charles called for a vote for the rest of the SC.  APPROVED, Darryl! Standing aside.

 

       2..   Staff union contract

Justin will finalize language and send it to the SC to ratify.  Next SC call, SC will take up in Executive Session.  Justin will be meeting with Staff this coming week.

 

  1. Consideration of timing of 2027-2028 presidential primary (Jason)  – TABLED

            2025-2-23 – Discussion of 2028 Presidential Cycle

 

  1. Budget – 2025 5.4 (?) 2025 Budget 5.5   2025 budget process (Charles)

      Update on process and information (numbers). Charles has done a lot of work and has 

      almost all act\uals finished, along with calculations, consulting FEC files, credit union 

       statements,  SC minutes, PNC final report.  A few more pieces of information are yet to     

       come, should be  finished soon.

 

  1. Standing Business
  1. SC “Intro” Webinar. The webinar was moved back to January, now February, 2025. Craig is working with a GPNJ member who is involved with Black Liberation Media about collaboration.  TABLED

 

  1. Message om Operation Simplify, an organization working to end gerrymandering; inquiry about meeting early in the new year.
   Justin Paglino has contacted them and will provide any update. Wrote then February 9th, and has sent another mail; has not heard back.

 

  1. Message from Florida Labor/DSA contact asking for GPUS participation in Single Payer Healthcare national action.  Darryl! And Justin have both been in contact. No new details.

 

  1. Reports

Co-chairs, please review liaison spreadsheet and edit, as needed!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c2gpFv7aivHl29B5Dx-6hixVsA5QUY9I1c6wpz0f2Ko/edit?gid=1854246226#gid=1854246226

 

  1. Guest Committee(s) – None

 

  1. Staff (Justin)
 – Justin will meet with staff this week.
  2. Secretary (Holly) -
Migration.  Some folks will be presenting information about various online platforms on a webinar March 5th – moved back, likely to March 19th.  More details TBA.  Possibility of quarterly committee meetings/meet-ups (or liaison-called related committee calls).

 

  1. Craig: Media, Merch, PCSC, GCCC, Outreach

 

  1. Cassandra: ANMCom, ETC, FundCom,
Credentials – ANMCom is working on preparing for 2025 ANM and setting up structure for 2026 ANM; Credentials Committee submitted final report and proposals last Sunday,now in voting queue in agenda

 

  1. Joseph: IC, CCC, BMRC, Green Pages

  2. Alfred: AC

  3. Darryl!: DRC, BRPP, Platcom
- looking for interest in DRC, plan a call to get a request addressed
  4. Charles: GPAX, FinCom, Animal Rights
 – Charles has had the FinCom membership updated on the web page.
  5. Justin: BAC, EcoAction ; Staff Supervisor


 

  1. Voting Queue – (Holly) 10-15 min
  2. Received for the Queue 


Credentials Committee – Final Reports 2- 2025 (Cassandra)

Justin will be floor manager

 

  1. In the Queue — 


Discussion

           

#1244 – Creation of a Special Fund to Identify Non-Partisan Candidates in Voter Registration-by-Party States

 Discussion Discussion through March 2, 2025

 Voting period: March 3-9, 2025

 ⅔ Threshold

 Floor Manager: Charles Ostdiek

 

Voting

 

 

Completed

# 1203  Add NOC to RCV/STV Proposal to 

Sponsor: GPWA

ADOPTED, rules update sent to web manager

 

         # 1242 Special Election to Fill Open Seat on Green Congressional Campaign Committee

Halley Karas, elected

 

VII. Old Business – None

 

VIII. Executive Session 
– None

Discussion of Interim Fundraising Position 

    

Only two SC members have had a chance to look at the applications.  Applications were received very recently. Will review and wIll send Applications Folder to FundCom for review and feedback/recommendations.  Concern that the job notice didn’t get past the Green Party website, unsure.  Holly will follow up with Web Manager about posting on a public jobs site for another week.

 

TOTAL TIME – 1 hr 30 min