March 27, 2022

Green Party US – Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

Date: Sunday, March 27, 2022, Time: 8:00 pm ET

  • Setup and Background

    1. Facilitator: Kristin Combs
    2. Steering Committee Roll Call:
      1. Margaret Elisabeth (co-chair) – present
      2. Ahmed Eltouny (co-chair) – present
      3. Rei Stone-Grover (co-chair) – present
      4. Anita Rios (co-chair) – present
      5. Chris Stella (co-chair) – present
      6. Garrett Wasserman (co-chair) – present
      7. Tamar Yager (co-chair) – absent
      8. Kristin Combs (secretary) – present
      9. Hillary Kane (treasurer) – present
    3. Observers: Barbara Kidney (NY), Holly Hart (IA), Gloria Mattera (NY), Michael O’Neil (NY)
    4. Establish Quorum (9 current members, 8 members, quorum is 5) – MET
    5. Approve Agenda – CONSENSUS

  • New Business

    1. Approve Voting Software MOU (ME)

Susan – Lead Developer, Cameron – System Integration, Margaret – DevOps

Proposal: The SC will sign the Voting Software RFQ with Susan, Cameron, and Margaret as unpaid contractors. – CONSENSUS (ME recused themselves)

  • Old Business

    1. COVID Response Update

Action: Continue conversation on list.

  • Voting Queue

    1. In the Queue
      1. ID 1076 – Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding Proposals before the National Committee

Presenter: Illinois Green Party

Floor Manager: Rei Stone-Grover

Stage: Discussion

  1. ID 1077 – Proposal for GPUS to co-sponsor Earth Day Strike 2022 for People, Planet and Peace

Presenter: Peace Action Committee, Green Party of Michigan

Floor Manager: Chris Stella

Stage: Voting

  • Reports – submitted (no discussion)

    1. 2022 ytd Fundraising income.xlsx
    2. 220326 Report from International Committee
    3. RSG – 220327 – AC, Outreach, Funcom.docx
    4. CS – 3_27_22_BRPP, Platcom, ARC.docx
    5. EcoAction (AR) – working on Earth Day to May day. Please share any related events in your states with the committee.
    6. ANM (AR) – have put out a call for workshops and are discussing a theme for the meeting.
    7. GPAX (AE) – mainly discussing Ukraine and webinars
    8. International (AE) – Currently discussing a proposal to withdraw from FPVA. Other votes were held that failed to reach quorum. Quorum is a consistent problem and I spoke to the cochairs about getting our membership in order among other housekeeping things.