SC Agenda November 11, 2018

GPUS Steering Committee Agenda – Sunday 11 November 2018 – 8:00 pm ET

SUMMARY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATES AND LOCAL CHAPTERS:

1. New Business: Apportionment Tabulation Committee appointment schedule

2. Standing Business: Treasurer’s Report (Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/); Fundraising Report; Fundraising Consultant update, Continuing budget discussion; Liaison reports

3. Voting Queue – https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login

Received for the queue – Proposals to go into the queue on 12 November:

2018 Platform Amendments – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Civil Rights and Equal Rights; Fukushima-Daiichi -Seven Years Later Response with Open Letters; Establish a GPUS Standing Committee – Banking and Monetary Reform Committee (BMRC); Resolution in Opposition to Rising Fascism

Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: None

4. Old Business: Strategic Planning meeting, 2018 ANM financial report update, Resolution regarding Accreditation Committee (AC Rules and Procedures, AC listserv discussion

For future agendas: Freshdesk update, ETC Report, Tech – voting page/ETC and misc. maintenance

5. Executive Session: Budget discussion – personnel

The full agenda is available at http://gpus.org/sc-agenda-2018-11-04/
The call recording will be available at 712-451-0309, 926334#, reference 35 and https://gpus.org/steering-committee-recordings/

Jody Grage, Secretary


GPUS Steering Committee Agenda, Sunday 11 November 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 – 15 min

a) Apportionment Tabulation Committee appointment schedule – need for member suggestions
8-2.3(a) Between November 15th and December 15th of every even-numbered year, the Steering Committee shall appoint seven people to the Apportionment Tabulation Committee. One of the seven people must be a Steering Committee member, and no more than two of the seven people may be Steering Committee members. The Steering Committee’s appointments shall be published to the National Committee votes list as part of the Steering Committee minutes.
8-2.3(b) The Steering Committee shall designate the chair of the Apportionment Tabulation Committee.

III. STANDING BUSINESS – 70 min

a) Treasurer’s report – Hillary Kane – 10 min.
Treasurer’s Reports to the GNC available at https://gpus.org/treasurers-reports/

b) Continuing 2019 budget discussion – line by line review – 40 min

c) Fundraising report – Gloria – 10 min.
Fundraising Consultant update – Hillary, Gloria

d) Liaison reports – brief updates as necessary – 10 min

IV. VOTING QUEUE – Jody – 5 min.
(https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/login)

Received for the queue – Proposals to go into the queue on 12 November:

2018 Platform Amendments –
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,
Civil Rights and Equal Rights;
Fukushima-Daiichi -Seven Years Later Response with Open Letters;
Establish a GPUS Standing Committee -Banking and Monetary Reform Committee (BMRC);
Resolution in Opposition to Rising Fascism

Online SC Proposals approved since last call and sent to the NC: None

V. OLD BUSINESS – 35 min

a) Strategic Planning meeting – Gloria and Margaret – 10 min
four calls planned – goals, nuts and bolts, tasks and timelines, long-term goals and bigger issues – first
call early December; Doodle Poll to schedule 2nd call

b) 2018 ANM financial report update – 5 min

c) Resolution regarding AC Rules and Procedures – Violet – 10 min

Although the Accreditation Committee is successfully conducting its business regarding new and newly active states and caucuses, we recognize that completion of AC Policies and Procedures changes is necessary before other work can move forward.

To that end, the Steering Committee hereby directs the AC Co-Chairs to proceed with the process of updating the Policies and Procedures of the AC, with guidance from BRPP and other party resources as needed. If the AC has not submitted their proposal to the National Committee within 3 months, they shall submit a full report to the Steering Committee for review and consideration of further action. Upon final approval of updates by the NC, new elections for AC officers shall commence according to the procedures defined by the newly updated Policies and Procedures.

d) AC listserv discussion – Andrea – 10 min

For future agenda: Freshdesk update, ETC Report, Tech – voting page/ETC and misc. maintenance

End recording of call

VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 10 min

Budget discussion – personnel

TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 25 min
Jody Grage, Secretary