Green Party of California
Draft General Assembly Agenda
June 24th-25th
Moorpark College, Ventura County

(agenda is provisional, pending final action by GPCA Coordinating Commitee)
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Saturday Morning Plenary Session

08:45 - Delegate Orientation, 15 minutes

09:00 - Opening Ceremony, 5 minutes

09:05 - Setup, 5 minutes

09:10 - Introduce CC members and committee coordinators, 5 minutes

09:15 - PROPOSAL: Confirm Quorum & Approve agenda, 10 minutes

09:35 - PROPOSAL: Approve meeting minutes of last plenary, 5 minutes

09:40 - CONSENT CALENDAR (nine items), total time: 10 minutes

• Bylaws Section 5-8.2 Standing Groups allowed to submit (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 7-1 Clarifying/Improving language to describe existing procedures (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 5-4.3 Modify the General Assembly decision quorum requirement to avoid loss of quorum on Sunday afternoons (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 7-1 Process for filling unscheduled CC at-large vacancies (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 7-1 CC meeing rules and procedures (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 7-1 Flexibility for term of region's alternate, establish maximum number of alternates (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 7-1 Change in CC At-Large Seats from Four to Six (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Bylaws Section 2: GPCA Purpose statement (Bylaws Commitee) discuss item on-line here
• Re-establish Campaign Funding Support Committee/Resource Allocation (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) discuss item on-line here

09:50 - PRESENTATION: Proposed Platform Planks (Platform Working Group) 15 minutes

10:05 - ELECTIONS*, 15 minutes

• CC at-large representative speeches, 3 minutes
• GPUS delegate speeches, 6 minutes

10:20 - PROPOSAL: Defining GPCA Membership (Bylaws Commitee) 40 minutes discuss item on-line here

11:00 - REPORT: Treasurer's report (Kenny Mostern, GPCA Treasurer) 15 minutes

11:15 - PROPOSAL: 2006-2007 GPCA Budget (Budget Committee) 50 minutes

12:05 - Lunch

• Hand in ballots for At-Large Reps and GPUS delegates
• Time for questioning candidates, platform planks

Saturday After Plenary Session

1:04 - Confirm Quorum, 1 minute

1:05 - PRESENTATION: Ross Mirkarimi*, 20 minutes

1:25 - Fundraising pitch, 10 minutes

1:35 - BREAKOUT SESSION: 30 minutes

• Platform Working Group

2:05 - PROPOSAL:Conservation of Human Health (Platform Working Group) 10 minutes discuss item on-line here

2:15 - PROPOSAL:Unions (Platform Working Group) 10 minutes discuss item on-line here

2:25 - PROPOSAL:Agricultural Economics & Social Justice (Platform Working Group) 10 minutes discuss item on-line here

2:35 - Meeting evaluation, 5 minutes

2:40 - PROPOSAL: Impeachment Resolution (Green Organizing Working Group) 10 minutes

2:50 - PROPOSAL: Noticing, Conducting, Reporting and Filing of CC Election Results and Procedures (Bylaws Commitee) 30 minutes discuss item on-line here

3:20 - PROPOSAL: Establish beginning and ending times for CC terms (Bylaws Commitee) 30 minutes discuss item on-line here

3:50 - PROPOSAL: Bylaws change to lower the number of write-in votes a Green Party candidate for partisan office must receive in a Primary Election to qualify as the Green Party nominee in the General Election. (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) 30 minutes discuss item on-line here

4:20 - BREAKOUT SESSION: 85 minutes

• Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG)
• Finance Commitee
• Green Organizing Working Group (GROW)

5:45 - BREAKOUT SESSION

• Regional and Special Interest Caucus meetings

Evening: GPUS delegate dinner & meeting (location TBA)


Sunday Morning Plenary Session

09:00 - Setup, 5 minutes

09:05 - Confirm Quorum, 1 minutes

09:06 - CONSENT CALENDAR (bring back items from Saturday as necessary) 4 minutes

09:10 - PROPOSAL:California Elections Code for the GPCA with
Draft GPCA Elections Code Sections (Electoral Reform Working Group) 60 minutes discuss item on-line here

10:10 - Candidate Forum (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) 60 minutes

11:10 - BREAKOUT SESSION: 85 minutes

• Bylaws Commitee
• Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) session #1
.........draft agenda
• International Protocol Commitee

12:35 - LUNCH

Sunday Afternoon Plenary Session

1:34 - Confirm Quorum, 1 minute

1:35 - REPORT/DISCUSSION:GPUS re-apportionment (Coordinating Committee) 20 minutes

1:55 - PROPOSAL:GPCA Candidate Endorsement Policy for General Elections (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) 30 minutes discuss item on-line here

2:25 - PROPOSAL: GPCA Candidate Endorsement Policy for Primary Elections (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) 5 minutes discuss item on-line here

2:30 - Meeting evaluation, 5 minutes

2:35 - Affirmation of new officers, 5 minutes

2:40 - BREAKOUT SESSION: 85 minutes

• Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) session #2
.........draft agenda
• Green Issues Working Group
• Information Technology Sub-Commitee & Clearinghouse Sub-Commitee
• Media Commitee
• Platform Working Group

Attachments

• FINANCIAL REPORTS: 2005-2006 Fiscal Year Budget Report; Account Balances; and Cash Flow (GPCA Treasurer)
• PLENARY INFORMATION: Agenda Packet, Registration, Delegates, Transportation, Housing (Coordinating Committee)
• ANNOUNCEMENT: Notice regarding website password (Information Technology Sub-Committee)
• ANNOUNCEMENT: Approving GPUS Affiliation Agreement (Coordinating Committee)
• ANNOUNCEMENT: Current Open State Party Positions (Coordinating Commitee)

References

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