Green Party of
California General Assembly Approved Agenda
September 9th-10th, 2006
South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County
Saturday Morning Plenary Session (times approximate)
08:00 - Breakfast/Registration
09:00 - Opening Ceremony, 5 minutes
09:05 - Delegate Orientation
09:25 - Introduce meeting facilitators, set up CC, 5 minutes
09:30 - Introduce Co-coordinators of GPCA Coordinating Committee, Standing Committees, Working Groups
09:35 - PROPOSAL: Confirm Quorum, Affirm Agenda (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC; Business Proposal - Approval Threshold 2/3)
09:50 - PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION: Two Year Work Plan (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: KCM Curry, Laura Wells)
10:40 - PROPOSAL: Approving GPUS Affiliation Agreement (Sponsor: GPCA-CC, Presenters: Marybeth Weurthner, Cat Woods; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
11:40 - PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION: California Tax Reform (Sponsor: Platform Working Group, Presenters:David Wilbur, Shane Que Hee)
12:00 - LUNCH & WOMEN'S CAUCUS
Saturday Afternoon Plenary Session
01:00 - PRESENTATION: Candidate Phone Banking Exercise for GPCA State Assembly Candidate - Gerald Fritz , with phone script (Sponsor - Campaigns & Candidates Working Group; Presenter: Warner Bloomberg)
02:00 - PROPOSAL: Elderly (Sponsor: Platform Working Group, Presenter: Susan Sayre; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
02:30 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups
• Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) / Media Commitee (draft agenda for joint meeting)
• Finance Commitee
• Information Technology Sub-Commitee & Clearinghouse Sub-Commitee
04:00 - PROPOSAL: Review of Ballot Propositions by GPCA General Assembly (Sponsor - Campaigns & Candidates Working Group; Presenter: Warner Bloomberg; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
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05:00 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Regional Caucuses
Evening: GPUS delegates dinner & meeting (location TBD)
Sunday Morning Plenary Session
08:00 - Breakfast/Registration
09:00 - Setup
09:05 - PROPOSAL: Adjust CC budget for plenary travel expenses (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenter: Magali Offerman; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
PROPOSAL: Campaign Support Fund #1
PROPOSAL: Campaign Support Fund #2
09:35 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups
• Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) / Green Organizing Working Group (GROW) (draft agenda for joint meeting)
• Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG)
• International Protocol Commitee
PROPOSAL: Resolution urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to revisit 3-strikes legislation
11:05 - PROPOSAL: Immigration (Sponsor: Platform Working Group, Presenter: Susan Sayre; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
12:05 - LUNCH
Sunday Afternoon Plenary Session
01:05 - PROPOSAL: California Clean Air (Sponsor: Platform Working Group, Presenter: Shane Que Hee; Policy Proposal - Approval Threshold 4/5)
01:45 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups
• Bylaws Committee
• Green Issues Working Group
• Platform Working Group (draft agenda)