Green
Party of Los Angeles County
County Council Meeting Agenda
October 4th,
2008
Quaker House
4167
S. Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA
6:30pm – 9pm
This is a public meeting and will be audio taped by the County Council, although
the group may request tape recorder to be turned off.
Facilitator: to be named before the meeting
Note taker: to
be named before the meeting
Time Keeper & Vibes watcher: to be named before the meeting
4. Report: Treasurer’s
report
Presenter: Ross Frankel
Ten Minutes
Presenter: Facilitators
• Relevant
GPLAC By-Law:
Section 12.1 Number of Representatives Length of Term -
The number of representatives is established by the GPCA and has been
set at three.
Section 12.2 Length of Term - The length of the term
is established by the GPCA and has been set at two years.
Section 12.3 Eligibility - Any GPLAC member is eligible
to be a GPLAC representative to the GPCA Coordinating Committee. A
Coordinating Committee member may not also be a County Co-Coordinator.
However,
a sitting Co-Coordinator may run for the Coordinating Committee and
if elected, shall be considered to have immediately resigned their
seat.
Section 12.4 Election of Representatives - A male
and a female seat shall be chosen first, after which a seat open to
all shall be chosen. The voting procedure for each seat shall be by
Instant Run-Off (IRV), using a simple majority threshold, and including
the No Other Candidate option, as referenced in the GPCA Bylaws (Section
7).
•
7-1.1 Duties and Authority: The Coordinating
Committee shall be generally responsible for coordinating meetings,
internal communications and other administrative tasks, including
the following:
a) Establish agenda and select facilitators for general meetings.
b) Monitor and assist committee work and refer matters to committees.
c) Request and receive regular reports from committees.
d) Authorize and ratify specific expenditures
e) Authorize and carry out the decisions of the GPCA general membership and
make executive decisions (but not set policy) between General Assembly meetings.
f) May make statements in the name of the party
g) Is authorized to retain legal council on behalf of the GPCA.
h) Is authorized to make decisions which legal counsel advises.
Twenty-five
minutes
First
Round (16
minutes)
Nominations taken for Male and Female Seats, followed by candidates'
statements for each, ninety seconds each
Voting then commences with a separate ballot for each:
Male
Seat, Elected by Instant Run-Off Voting
Female Seat, Elected by Instant Run-Off Voting
Second Round (8 minutes)
Nominations
taken for third seat, followed by candidates' statements, ninety
seconds each
Voting then commences with a single ballot for
Seat Open to All, Elected by Instant Run-Off Voting
6.
Action: Consideration
of Appointment for Applicants to Vacant County Council Seats
Relevant
By-Laws:
Section 8.3 Nominations
8.3.3 Nominees must be registered Greens within the District they wish to represent,
and must also gather as many signatures of registered Greens in the district,
as would be normally required by the County Registrar to appear on the ballot
in that district, for the purposes of being elected to the Los Angeles County
Green Party County Council.
Section 8.4 Nomination Signature Petition
Nomination signatures must be collected on a document that contains the following
words at the top of the page: "We, the undersigned registered Green Party
members in District ________ support the appointment of __________ to the Los
Angeles County Green Party County Council."
Section 8.5 Validation of Nomination Signatures
Nomination signatures must be validated before a nominee can be considered for
appointment. Signatures must be delivered personally or sent by certified mail
to a Co-Coordinator; or in lieu of this, a fax, .PDF or other image format may
suffice, if the original is then presented at the next Council meeting to a Co-Coordinator
or the Secretary.
Section 8.6 Voting upon Nominees
The County Council will vote upon each vacancy separately using Instant Run-Off
Voting. County Council members may cast votes for qualified nominees and may
exercise the 'No Other Candidate' (NOC) option. In the event of a tie, a new
election may be held.
Fifteen
Minutes
Ninety
seconds statement by each applicant
Instant
Run-Off voting for each vacancy
1)
The GPLAC shall form a Bylaws Committee. with the the following scope,
purpose
and mission statement:
"The Bylaws Committee is charged with bringing forward proposals to
the County Council to amend and revise the GPLAC Bylaws and the GPLAC Rules
and Procedures;
with reviewing and making recommendations on similar proposals brought
forward by
others
not on the Bylaws Committee; with drafting its own Committee Rules and
Procedures and submitting them to the County Council, and with reviewing
and making
recommendations on the Rules and Procedures of other Committees."
2) The GPLAC shall appoint a County Council member as liaison from the County Council to the Bylaws Committee. Liaison shall be elected by Instant Run-Off Vote.
3) The GPLAC shall elect members to the Bylaws Committee. Each person nominated shall be subject to approval by majority vote.
11.
Discussion: GPLAC Bylaws 5.2.6 Dispute Resolution and Mediation
Establish internal Dispute Resolution and Mediation procedures and/or refer such
matters to external Dispute Resolution and Mediation.
Presenter:
Dorothy Kemeny
Fifteen Minutes
12.
Action: Proposal to Appoint New Managers of GPLAC email lists
Presenter: Mike Feinstein
Ten Minutes
Background: GPLAC Rules and Procedures Section 7 states that the Purpose/Charter of gplac-cc@cagreens.org is: For discussion purposes only among County Council members and that read/write participation is for County Council members and read-only status for any other Green member in LA County. This policy is not being followed by the current list manager.
Proposal: Take nominations for a new list manager for gplac-cc@cagreens.org and gplac-forum@cagreens.org. Voting shall be by instant run-off vote.