Green Party of Los Angeles County

Green Party in Los Angeles County Council Meeting
May 23, 2004 - 4-7 pm
Quaker House, 4167 S. Normandie Ave,
Los Angeles, CA

This is a public meeting and may be taped although the group may request tape recorder to be turned off.

Facilitator: KCM Curry

Opening – 15 minutes

1. Welcome – KCM

2. Introductions – KCM

3. Getting grounded in our process - KCM

4. Affirm facilitator, note taker, timekeeper, vibeswatcher – KCM

5. Approve Agenda - KCM

a. additions or corrections

b. approve time limits

6. Approve written record of minutes from April 18, 2004 County Council Meeting – Tera

Reports from Locals – 15 minutes

7. Local representatives will be given time to share information about their group.

Plenary Items – 70 minutes

Presenter: published plenary packet downloadable from www.cagreens.org/plenary

8. CONSENT ITEM Separation of Media Committee

9. CONSENT ITEM GPUS Nominating Convention Delegate Approvals

10. Proposal Draft Election Code Provisions

11. Proposal GPUS Delegation Bylaws

12. Proposal Direction to Nominating Delegates re
Subsequent Round Votes

13. PROPOSAL Direction re GPUS Platform Planks

14. Proposal California Platform Healthcare Plank Revision

15. National Platform Preliminary Test for Consensus

16. PROPOSAL Election of GPUS Delegates

Action Items – 60 minutes

17. Elect male co-coordinator, secretary, treasurer – KCM. 10 minutes

18. Goals – Jeff Drummond and Tera Little. 20 minutes

Proposal: Adopt the “Evergreen Plan” (please see separate document) as our first step in building a comprehensive strategic plan for GPLAC.

19. Selecting Regional Representative Proposal – Joe Crompton.
10 minutes

Proposal: Adopt the Regional Representative proposal (please see separate document) as our process for selecting regional representatives to the Green Party of California Coordinating Committee.

20. Censure of Mike Feinstein – Gabrielle Weeks. 15 minutes

Proposal: That the County Council formally censure Mike Feinstein for the following ungreen and unlawful activities:

· Participating in a vote of the County Council that was a clear conflict of interest

· Participating in a vote of the City of Santa Monica that was a clear conflict of interest

· Misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars (Mike's estimation at the August 2001 County meeitng) donated in good faith to the Green Party of Los Angeles County

· Failing to file legally required political filings in violation of the California Political Reform Act

· Failing to mediate in good faith with the Green Party of Los Angeles County regarding valid and long-standing grievances, including measurable harm and legal damages

21. Next meeting location, date, and time – KCM. 5 minutes

Discussion Items -

22. Linking with the locals and registered Greens – Tera Little. 20 minutes

What type of information do we want to receive? What types of questions should we ask to ensure we receive that information? What are the ways we can best link with locals? How will we use this information?