GPUS Steering Committee Agenda – Sunday 23 September 2018 – 8:00 pm ET
SUMMARY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATES AND LOCAL CHAPTERS:
1. New Business: CCC recommendation for $5000 from IT budget for Phase III of the Elections Database
2. Standing Business: Treasurer’s Report (Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/), Merchandise Committee funding request; Fundraising Report; Fundraising Consultant update
3. Voting Queue – https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login
In the queue: Platform Amendments – Regenerative Agriculture, Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Change, Progressive Global Wealth Tax, Ethical treatment of Animals in Sports, Education, HIV-AIDS, 2017 Platform Amendments: Climate Change and the Green New Deal, Population Pressures and Resource Depletion
Received for the queue: 2018 Platform Amendments – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Civil Rights and Equal Rights; Fukushima-Daiichi -Seven Years Later Response with Open Letters
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: None
4. Old Business: Strategic Planning meeting, ETC Report, Freshdesk, ANM summary, letter from SC to Green Uprising, Accreditation Committee voting method and member rights of voting
5. Executive Session: None
The full agenda is available at http://gpus.org/sc-agenda-2018-09-23/
The call recording will be available at 712-451-0309, 926334#, reference 31 and
https://gpus.org/steering-committee-recordings/
Jody Grage, Secretary
GPUS Steering Committee Agenda, Sunday 23 September 2018 – 8:00 p.m. ET
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AGENDA:
I. CALL SETUP & BACKGROUND – 15 min
a) Facilitator: TBD
b) Roll call
c} Begin recording of call
d) Agenda revision suggestions
II. NEW BUSINESS – 10 min
a} CCC recommendation for $5000 from IT budget for Phase III of the Elections Database
The database is a critical component of our ability to track, archive and research Green elections, not only for Greens but for political science scholarship, historians and other research. Further, the capability to track, archive and provide data on Green elections and officeholders an important measure of the Green Party’s effectiveness and credibility as a political party.
III. STANDING BUSINESS – 20 min
a) Treasurer’s report – Hillary Kane – 10 min.
Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/
Merchandise Committee funding request – Anita
b) Fundraising report – Gloria – 5 min.
Fundraising Consultant update – Hillary, Gloria
IV. VOTING QUEUE – Jody – 5 min.
(https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login)
In the queue:
Platform Amendments – Regenerative Agriculture, Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Change, Progressive Global Wealth Tax, Ethical treatment of Animals in Sports, Education, HIV/Aids, Climate Change and the Green New Deal, Population Pressures and Resource Depletion
Received for the queue (Determine Floor Managers): 2018 Platform Amendments – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Civil Rights and Equal Rights; Fukushima-Daiichi -Seven Years Later Response with Open Letters
Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: None
V. OLD BUSINESS – 40 min.
a) Strategic Planning meeting – Gloria and Margaret
b) ETC Report
c) Freshdesk – Andrea
d) ANM summary update – Margaret
e) Letter from SC to Green Uprising – Margaret, Gloria, Violet
f) Accreditation Committee voting method and member rights of voting – Andrea
For future agenda: Tech – voting page/ETC and misc. maintenance
End recording of call
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION – none
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes
Jody Grage, Secretary