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This is Proposal 008-15: Amendment to the Bylaws: Chapter AccreditationPlease read the proposal and keep comments on the topic of the proposal only.Designate your vote by using the following terms: AGREE, DISAGREE, or STAND ASIDE. Any blocks will require a vote of the council Per Section 4.3 of the GPCO Bylaws, "All decisions concerning policy, finance, and objectives shall require consensus or a vote of at least 60% of the membership present at a state meeting and/or the Council".There are currently eight ( 8 ) active voting chapters in the Green Party of Colorado. A vote of at lease 75% quorum requires at lease one response from five ( 6 ) chapters.Active ChaptersAdams/JeffersonArapahoe CountyDenverDouglasGreater BoulderPikes PeakSan MiguelSouthwestThank You,Brittany Hoover, Council Facillitator1. Basic Info:Date proposed: August 23, 2015Name of the sponsor(s): Andrea Merida, Bill Bartlett2. Title: Amendment to the Bylaws: Chapter Accreditation3. Text of the actual Proposal:Article III, section 1 of the bylaws shall be amended to read:A Green Local must agree to: * Accept the Ten Key Values and to manage the chapter in accordance with those values. * Abide by the bylaws of the Green Party of Colorado. * Openly support only the national candidates selected by Green convention, state level candidates nominated at a Green Party of Colorado nominating convention, and local candidates selected with the criteria specified in sections 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 of these bylaws. * Make a good faith effort, where reasonable, to increase the number of Green voter registrations within the boundaries of their chapter. * Make a good faith effort to run state and local candidates. * Make a good faith effort to increase the number of qualified voting members within their chapter. * Make a good faith effort to fundraise for the operation of their chapter and to assist in the operation of the Green Party of Colorado. * Demonstrate evidence of commitment to, and good faith efforts to achieve, gender balance in party leadership and representation. * Demonstrate evidence of good faith efforts to empower individuals and groups from oppressed communities, through, for example, leadership responsibilities, identity caucuses and alliances with community-based organizations, and endorsements of issues and policies.Chapter officers and council representatives must not have been registered as a member of a political party other than the Green Party of Colorado for at least thirty days before nomination and must maintain registration as a Green Party of Colorado voter throughout the duration of the officer's/representative's term.A Green local must present its proposed bylaws for approval, and be approved by 60% of the voting Greens at a state party meeting, or by the state council.4. Background: At present, our bylaws language places more party affiliation requirements on candidates seeking nomination than on the chapter itself. This language is intended to align the two issues.5. Justification/Goals: To provide some guidelines and standards for Green Locals and Officers.6. Pros and Cons: These changes give some guidance to present and future Green Locals about how they are expected to operate, benchmarks for success, and standards for maintaining their affiliation with the Green Party of Colorado. There are drawbacks to some of this language; some people may be less interested in being an Officer knowing they cannot change their affiliation to participate in other party's electoral processes.7. Alternatives to the proposal: Take no action, remove the Officer party registration constraints.8. References: See the GPCO Bylaws.
Abstain.There is no reason for Council to vote on this. The general membership will vote on it tomorrow.
DisagreeThe "good faith effort" and "demonstrate" items are vague and could require leadership time commitments that are excessive. Who determines what qualifies, and per what criteria?Michael HaugheyAJ Greens
In short, Michael, the chapter makes that determination. The idea here is to support a chapter's work of partybuilding, and it encourages the chapter to adopt some sort of plan.We're all volunteer, and the state party needs to support a chapter's efforts. It creates dialog between chapter and state party so that the state party can get creative about mobilizing forces. You have already shown yourself to be engaged in partybuilding, even just by helping out at the People's Fair. I think you could agree that a plan and goals are a good thing.Thanks for hearing me out.
STRONGLY AGREE. People getting killed in the streets. They need a third party to be built. Not Democrats who sell out the working class at the drop of the hat.
AgreeI do think the language before the bullet points should specify persons in leadership positions will do their best to follow the listed criteria of what a Green Party leader will do and encourage Green members to do the same. I think I do not believe we should be making all Green Party members follow the listed criteria, but we can expect those who are Green Party officers, those who are voting on Green party considerations to follow the criteria.I also agree with Harry that proposals should have more of the local chapters involved in discusions about what is happening in the state business.
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