Green Party of California
General Assembly Draft Agenda

May 26th-27th, 2007
San Francisco

Draft agenda
Subject to ratification by General Assembly
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Saturday Morning Plenary Session


08:00 - Breakfast/Registration

09:00 - Delegate Orientation

09:20 - ACTION:Introduce meeting facilitators, set up (CC)

09:25 -ACTION:Introduce Co-coordinators of GPCA Coordinating Committee, Standing Committees, Working Groups

09:30 - ACTION: Confirm Quorum (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC)


09:35 - PROPOSAL: Ratify Agenda (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC; Business Proposal
- Approval Threshold 2/3)


10:00 - CONSENT CALENDAR (any proposal that receives any objection shall be removed from the consent calendar before approval as per GPCA Bylaw 5-8.11)

• Endorsement of AB 583 public funding - (Sponsor - ERWG)
• Endorsement of AB 852 open source equipment - (Sponsor - ERWG)
• Endorsement of AB 1294 ranked voting - (Sponsor - ERWG)
• Endorsement of ACA 17 17 year olds voting - (Sponsor - ERWG)
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Noticing, Conducting, Reporting and Filing of CC Election Results and Procedures; Establish beginning and ending times for CC terms - (Sponsor - Bylaws)
• Endorsement of Unity Blueprint For Immigration Reform - (Sponsor - GPCA-CC)
• Recognition of Black Caucus and People of Color Caucus as GPCA diversity caucuses
• World Oil Depletion – (Sponsor - GIWG)
• Global Warming & Peak Oil – (Sponsor - GIWG)
• County Polling on Ballot Measures – (Sponsor - CCWG)
• State Office Endorsements for GP Members Only - (Sponsor - Bylaws)

10:10 -
PRESENTATION: Treasurer's Budget Report (Kenny Mostern, GPCA Treasurer)

10:20 - PROPOSAL: Fiscal Year 2007-08 GPCA Budget Proposal; Bylaw governing budget process (Budget Committee)

11:45 - ELECTION: CC at-large representative (two seats) (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Each candidate receives two-minutes for statement)

• candidates: Alfonso Acosta, Henry Duke, Laura Wells - see candidate written statements here


12:00 - LUNCH & PEOPLE OF COLOR CAUCUS

• Hand in ballots for At-Large Reps
• Announcements
• Presentation: Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco

Saturday Afternoon Plenary Session

01:15 - ACTION: Confirm Quorum (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC)

01:20 -
PROPOSAL: GPCA Strategic Plan (Sponsor - GPCA-CC Strategy Committee, Presenters: Stuart Bechman, Mike Feinstein)

02:25 - PROPOSAL: IRV PROCEDURE to Resolve Conflicts over GPUS Affiliation and Presidential Ballot Line (Sponsor - GPUS Delegation, Presenters: Cat Woods, Larry Cafiero)

03:30 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups

• Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG)
(meeting agenda)
• Finance Commitee
• Information Technology Sub-Commitee & Clearinghouse Commitee

55:05 - PRESENTATION/PROPOSAL: Bylaws Committee Report / Bylaws Interpretation regarding GPCA Bylaws Sections 6-3, 7-1.4 and 7-1.5, that would have the effect of unseating Zack Beatty, Mike Feinstein and Tracy Larkins from the Coordinating Committee (Sponsor - Bylaws Committee, Presenters: Bylaws Committee (committee report), Bob Marsh (proposal)

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5:45 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Regional Caucuses

06:30 - END OF DAY ONE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Evening: GPUS delegates dinner & meeting (location TBD)


Sunday Morning Plenary Session

08:00 - Breakfast/Registration

09:00 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups

•  Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG)
(meeting agenda)
•  Media Commitee (meeting agenda)
•  Green Organizing Working Group (GROW)
•  Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG) (meeting agenda)

•  International Protocol Commitee

10:35 - CONSENT CALENDAR BRING BACK (items from Saturday's session that have received clarification can be retested for consensus)

10:40 - ACTION: Introduce meeting facilitators (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, facilitators to be named by GPCA-CC)

10:42 - ACTION: Confirm Quorum (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC)


10:45 -
PROPOSAL: Delegate Selection to the National Nominating Covention (Sponsor - ERWG, Presenters: Warner Bloomberg, John-Marc Chardonia, Cat Woods)

11:50 - ELECTION, GPUS Delegation (number of seats to be determined by GPUS vote; agenda will be modified to reflect number of seats to be contested) (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Nominated candidates will stand to identify themselves, but candidate statements will be in writing only); Business Proposal - Elected By Choice Voting, as per GPCA Bylaw 7-1.8)

• candidates: Sara Amir, Zack Beatty Stuart Bechman, David Blatte, Warner Bloomberg, June Brashares, Tom Bolema, Leslie Bonett, KCM Curry, Budd Dickinson, Conor Dixon Henry Duke, Sanda Everette, Mike Feinstein, Woody Hastings, Eugene Hernandez, Forrest Hill, Lisa Hsu, Greg Jan, Drew Johnson, Peggy Koteen, Bob Marsh, Kent Mesplay, Bill Meyers, Orval Osborne, Linda Piera-Avila, Denise Robb, Michael Rochmes, Michael Rubin (alt only), Erin Schmidt, Dana Silverdale, Akio Tanaka, Kate Tanaka, Lisa Taylor, Craig Thorsen, Cres Velluci, Laura Wells - see candidate written statements here

12:10 - CONFIRMATION: GPCA Treasurer (one seat) (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Nominated candidate receives two-minute for statement; Approval Threshold simple majority by Instant Run-Off Voting)

• candidate: (to be decided by Coordinating Committee and presented to General Assembly) - see candidate written statements here

12:20 - CONFIRMATION: GPCA Liaison to Secretary of State (one seat) (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Nominated candidate receives two-minute for statement; Approval Threshold simple majority by Instant Run-Off Voting)

• candidate: (to be decided by Coordinating Committee and presented to General Assembly) - see candidate statement here

12:30 - LUNCH & WOMENS' CAUCUS

Sunday Afternoon Plenary Session

01:40 - ACTION: Confirm Quorum (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC)

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1:45 -
PROPOSAL: Proposal to hold next General Assembly in Riverside, September 8th-9th, 2007; Bylaw for Setting next General Assembly location and date (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be identified by the GPCA-CC; Proposal to be provided by CC; Business Proposal - Approval Threshold 2/3)


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2:00 -
PROPOSAL: Establish a regular Campaign Support Fund Committee and procedures (Sponsor - CCWG, Presenters: Warner Bloomberg)

22:45 - PROPOSAL: Establish a Standing General Assembly (Sponsor - Bylaws, on behalf of Butte, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo county Green Parties, Presenter: Jonathan Lundell)

03:45 - BREAKOUT SESSION: Standing Committees and Working Groups

• Bylaws Committee

• Green Issues Working Group
• Platform Working Group


05:15 - ACTION: Confirm Quorum (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be named by GPCA-CC)

05:20 - PROPOSAL: Confirmation and introduction of any new GPCA Standing Committees and Working Group Co-coordinators (Sponsor - GPCA-CC, Presenters: to be identified by the GPCA-CC; Business Proposal - Approval Threshold 2/3)

05:25 - PRESENTATION: Standing Committees and Working Group reports

05:35 - MEETING EVALUATION AND CLOSING CEREMONY

06:00 - END OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Attachments


General Assembly Delegate Breakdown per Active County
• Treasurer's report

• Account Balances
• Budget
• Cash Flow
GPUS Delegate Allocation Report (GPUS Delegation, Sanda Everette, Greg Jan)
Election Code Report (ERWG, Warner Bloomberg, Jim Stauffer)


References

• GPCA Bylaws
• GPCA Agendas and Minutes from previous General Assemblies
• GPCA Platform
• GPCA Commitees and Working Groups

• GPCA General Assembly planning process