GPUS Steering Committee Agenda, Sunday 13 August 2017 – 8:00 p.m. ET
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SUMMARY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATES AND LOCAL CHAPTER
A) Proposal for Voting Queue: GPTX Approval Voting Proposal
B) Proposal for Voting Queue: Clarification on By-Laws Regarding Resignation Timelines
C) Proposal for Voting Queue: Correction of Outdated Education Plank
D) Proposal for Voting Queue: Approval of Travis Christal for GPUS Finance Committee
E) Annual National Meeting Report
Jody Grage, Secretary
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I. CALL SETUP & BACKGROUND – 15 min.
a) Facilitator: Frank Young
b) Start recording of call
c) Roll Call
d) Agenda revisions
II. NEW BUSINESS – 55 min.
a) Discussion – Movement School for Revolutionaries – 5 min
b) Discussion – Next steps after failure of online proposal to send observer to GPCO state meeting to be approved by the SC – GPCO, Accreditation Committee, Dispute Resolution Committee – 10 minutes each plus 10 minutes of summary
c) Discussion – robust options for calls, webinars, video calls etc to enhance our communications and meeting capacities – Darryl! – 10 min
III. STANDING BUSINESS – 50 min.
a) Treasurer’s report – Hillary Kane, 15 min.
Progress toward getting all financial materials and processes to the Treasurer.
Approve FinCom recommendation to spend $43/month on Quick Books.
Vote to approve CCC decision to spend up to $1000 to send Hillary Kane and Erin Fox to do a two-day campaign school training in Florida in October.
Process for ANM Diversity funding of $1000 clarified
b) Fundraising report – Tamar Yager, 10 min.
c) Personnel Working Group report – Darryl!, 10 min.
Staff supervision
d) Committee Liaisons – assignments due by 15 September – Jody, 15 min.
IV. VOTING QUEUE – Jody – 10 min.
In the queue: none
Received for the queue:
a) GPTX Approval Voting Proposal
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C1jdqzJd1PHyofo8OqZ25Zzsc6YR6Sr7s7GXd6kbsvA
b) Clarification on By-Laws Regarding Resignation Timelines
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTPzdaNAQgW0WCjOz1OZ2FibPCcgq_y5o_R2LhyRnH8/edit?usp=sharing
c) Correction of Outdated Education Plank
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sH1WZStx0ReW5nRDFuWlZDSUU/view?usp=sharing
d) Approval of Travis Christal for GPUS Finance Committee
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sH1WZStx0RNjRzczNHX1FrcVk/view?usp=sharing
V. OLD BUSINESS – 45 min.
a) ETC Final Report – 10 min.
b) Annual National Meeting – Holly Hart/Tamar Yager – 20 min.
c) Voting page maintenance progress report – 5 min.
d) Letter of support for Pacifica – 5 min.
c) Review of February retreat and other strategic planning meetings for new members – Andrea, Chris, Darryl! – 10 min.
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 35 min
a) Employee health care
b) Staff salaries review
c) Political Organizer 90-day review – 2 weeks time limit on 6/25 – Andrea
TOTAL TIME: 3 hr 30 min
Jody Grage, Secretary