Format for Submitting Proposals to the National Committee

Proposals may be submitted by one or more committees, caucuses, and/or state parties. For more information, please see the GPUS Rules & Procedures, Section 6.A. “Voting Rules”.

Proposals are best submitted in the body of an email message Please do not send .pdf or other file attachments. If a proposal is to include links to other documents, include these documents with your proposal submissions. Documents will be placed on a relevant page of the gpus.org website, with the links provided to the proposal floor manager to include in the proposal.  Links to Google docs will not be permitted.


Proposal #393 – Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding Proposals before the National Committee

FORMAT for SUBMITTING PROPOSALS to the GREEN PARTY
Adopted 2001 – Amended 2008

CONTACT
Primary Presenter(s) (name, email, phone number if desired)

SUBJECT / TITLE
(Goal of 10 words or less)

TYPE OF PROPOSAL, EXPECTED APPROVAL THRESHOLD
(Proposals which alter bylaws or rules require a 2/3 approval threshold; others require a simple majority)

REQUESTED PROPOSAL DECISION-MAKING TIMELINE
(2, 3 or 4 week discussion periods; followed by a 1 week voting period)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
(relationship, reasons and/or justification to the GPUS; presentation should be short and to the point, with further background provided in the Resource section)

PROPOSAL

IMPLEMENTATION / TIMELINE / RESOURCES
(personnel, meetings, work hours, finances, period of implementation, including any sunset clause if applicable)

REFERENCES
(Sources for readily obtainable materials to aid in the decision making process of voting members, including additional background)

Green Party NC/CC Voting History
Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding Proposals before the National Committee
Proposal on Proposals