Green Party of California
General Assemby Planning Sub-Committee


To: Green Party of California members
From: General Assemby Planning Sub-Committee
Subject: Announcing next GPCA General Assembly

Green Party of California General Assembly
Saturday, May 26 to Sunday, May 27, 2007
State Government Building
450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102-3661

Key Dates and Deadlines:

• March 6th:Deadline for first drafts of proposals to be submitted to Agenda Committee (GA-80)
• March 16th: Deadline for final drafts of proposals to be submitted to Agenda Committee (GA-70)
• March 26th: Deadline for submission of candidate statements for Coordinating Committee, Treasurer, Liaison to Secretary of State and GPUS Delegation (GA-60)
• April 12th: Agenda available on www.cagreens.org/plenary (GA-43)
• April 25th: Registration and logistics available on www.cagreens.org/plenary (GA-30)


Dear Green Party of California member,

We are excited to announce the next General Assembly meeting of the Green Party of California will be held May 26-27, 2007 in San Francisco. You may participate in this important event in a number of ways:

At the General Assembly
 --- as a delegate or a observer in the decision-making plenary sesssions, and/or
--- as participant in working group, standing committee and/or caucus meetings

Before the General Assembly
--- with a working group or standing committee that is generating a proposal
--- discussing the agenda proposals in your county and on-line

Delegates are appointed by their counties. Check with your local county Green organization to find out how your local process works. The number of delegates per county is set by to a formula in the GPCA Bylaws. Here is the delegate breakdown from the last General Assembly.

Proposals are brought to the General Assembly by Working Groups and Standing Committees . This is the proposal template format. You may participate in the proposal-generating process as Working Group and Standing Comittee members or observers, on their monthly teleconference calls or via their email lists.

A General Assembly Timeline follows below. If you have any questions about this process, please email the General Assemby Planning Sub-Committee at agenda-team@cagreens.org.

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. Your General Assembly Planning Sub-Committee,

Mike Feinstein, Santa Monica
Paul Franklin, Santa Cruz
Magali Offerman, San Diego
Jada Salamatian, Kern County
Tim Smith, Sonoma County
Laura Wells, Oakland

General Assembly Timeline

March 6th: Deadline (WGs, Commitees) - Deadline for first drafts of proposals to be submitted to Agenda Committee (GA-80)

March 16th: Deadline (WGs, Commitees) - Deadline for final drafts of proposals to be submitted to Agenda Committee (GA-70)

March 23rd: Decision (GAP) - Agenda Committee approves draft agenda to submit to Coordinating Committee (GA-63)

March 26th: Deadline (candidates) - Submission of At-Large Coordinating Committee member candidate statements (GA-60)
- application for position
- job description as described by GPCA Bylaws

March 26th: Deadline (candidates) - Submission of GPCA Treasurer candidate statements (GA-60)
- application for position
- job description as described by GPCA Bylaws

March 26th: Deadline (candidates) - Submission of GPCA Liaison to Secretary of State candidate statements (GA-60)
- application for position
- job description as described by GPCA Bylaws

March 26th: Deadline (candidates) - Submission of GPUS Delegation member candidate statements (GA-60)
- application for position
- job description as described by GPCA Bylaws

March 31st/April 1st: Retreat (CC) review Two Year Work Plan, Budget

April 11th: Decision (CC): Coordinating Committee approves General Assembly Draft Agenda (GA-46)

April 14th: Notice (GAP): Publish Plenary Packet (proposals/other agenda items) (G-43)
- publish in .pdf format on www.cagreens.org/plenary via "link to password-protected agenda packet";
- publish in .html form on www.cagreens.org/plenary via "link to password-protected agenda packet";
- publish on web-based discussion page
- notice to county contact list and SC/WG e-lists

April 13th: Decision (CC): Determine which counties are active to send delegates  (GA-42)
- 100 delegate seats allocated to active counties, based on Green registration totals per active county.
- notice to county contacts and SC/WG e-lists

April 22th: Deadline (Host Committee) Host Committee provides registration information to IT (GA-33)
- Host Committee provides necessary registration information to GPCA-IT for inclusion on registration page on www.cagreens.org/plenary

April 25th: Notice (GAP) - Publish Logistics/Open Registration (GA-30)
- publish in .pdf format on www.cagreens.org/plenary via "link to password-protected agenda packet";

April 25th: Notice (GAP) - Publish Logistics/Open Registration (GA-30)
- publish on www.cagreens.org/plenary
- notice to county contact list and SC/WG e-lists
- notice included in banner of www.cagreens.org home page

May 25th: Decision (CC) - Coordinating Committee meets for final draft agenda review (GA-01)

May 26th: Decision (GA) - Agenda approval at beginning of General Assembly, day one (GA-00)

May 27th: Decision (GA) - Agenda approval at beginning of General Assembly, day two (GA+01) (if necessary)

June 10th: Report (WGs): Updating Working Group Membership (GA+14)
- Working Group Membership update filed with CC by WG Co-Cos

June 10th: Report (Minutes Taker): Submission of Draft Minutes (GA+14)
- official minutes to contain ‘decisions taken’ (including full text of proposals passed), ‘amendments accepted’, ‘votes cast/consensus reached’, ‘approval threshold’, ‘outstanding concerns’, ‘delegates present’, ‘counties present’, ‘regions present’, ‘quorum counts’

June 17th: Notice (CC, GAP): Circulation of Draft Minutes  (GA+21)
- publish on www.cagreens.org/plenary via "link to password-protected agenda packet";
- notice to county contact list and SC/WG e-lists