Green
Party of
California
General Assembly
May 26th-27th
San Francisco
Opening
Quorum Count (Saturday am) = 11 regions
present and 55/100
delegates registered
- Meeting Quorum Achieved (at
least 2/3 of the GPCA's 11 regions needed for meeting quorum - at
least 7)
- Decision-Making Quorum Achieved (at
least 4/5 of 55 delegates initially registered needed for decision-making
quorum
-
at least 44, number
present not
supplied by
minutes takers )
• 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)
• 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)
02b. Consent Calendar items - Items not approved
• County
Polling on Ballot Measures – (Sponsor - CCWG) - this
item was pulled because of outstanding concerns
• State
Office Endorsements for GP Members Only - (Sponsor - Bylaws) - this
item was pulled because of outstanding concerns
• Noticing,
Conducting, Reporting and Filing of CC Election Results and Procedures;
Establish
beginning and ending times for CC terms - (Sponsor - Bylaws) - this
item was pulled because of outstanding concerns
03. Fiscal Year 2007-08 GPCA Budget Proposal (amended) - Approved by 59 - 11 - 2, 84.3% (66.7% needed) Record of those voting
Alfonso Acosta, Laura Wells elected; record of STV vote here
05. IRV
PROCEDURE to Resolve Conflicts over GPUS Affiliation and Presidential Ballot
Line -
Proposal amended by presenter, from a proposal whose results would have led
to the adoption of the winning choice a formal procedure; to serve as a guiding
poll in face of outstanding concerns and was used
instead as a straw poll
taken in its place to help guide future actions
- Approved by 54 - 19 - 5, 74.0%; along with Results of Straw Poll • Record of those voting
06. GPCA Strategic Plan - proposal withdrawn by presenter in face of outstanding concerns
Opening Quorum Count (Sunday am) =
38/100 delegates registered
- Decision-Making Quorum Achieved (at
least 4/5 of 38 delegates initially registered needed for decision-making
quorum - at least 31 needed, number present not
supplied by
minutes takers)
07. Description
of Sunday morning's approved agenda not
supplied by
minutes takers
07. Record
of decision-making process not supplied by minutes takers
08. Consent
Calendar items
• State
Office Endorsements for GP Members Only - (Sponsor - Bylaws) - this
item was pulled because of outstanding concerns
09. Bylaws Proposal: CC Reboot - Temporary Suspension of Certain Provisions of Bylaws and amendment of CC Internal Procedures - Failed 55 - 16 - 4, 1 not present, 77.5% (80% needed) Record of those voting
13. Election: GPUS Delegation
• 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
13a. Results (delegates) - Kent Mesplay, Sanda Everette, Leslie Bonett, Budd Dickinson, SKCM Curry, Tom Bolema, Cres Velluci, Mike Feinstein - Elected by STV
13b. Results (alternates) - Mike Rubin, Drew Johnson, Conor Dixon, David Blatt, Bob Marsh, Zack Beatty, Henry Duke, Akio Tanaka, Kate Tanaka - Elected by STV
14. Proposal to hold next General Assembly in Riverside, September 8th-9th, 2007 - Approved by Consensus (66.7% needed)