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Veronique,I respect your decision not to participate in this vote. As a member of the newest local chapter you don't have personal experience to understand the background and motivation for this proposal.And the proposal itself doesn't give you any background information to explain why the proposal is being presented. Andrea Merida, acting as facilitator for the proposal, censored the background information out of the proposal submitted by the Greater Boulder Green Party (GBGP) because she could not see its relevance. Here is the censored portion of the GBGP proposal:
4. Background:Since the co-chair wars in October 2016 Co-chair Andrea Merida has claimed she is entitled to 24 months in office. Andrea is using her position as council facilitator to block all proposals to have the 2017 annual meeting before she gets her full 24 months in. So now, four months after the 2016 election, GPCO Council is unable to set a date for the meeting because we have not agreed on when our officers' terms expire. All other political parties will have held their annual state meeting by the end of March.
Anyway, the bylaws published Monday (in section 5.7) don't require state party officers to be elected at annual meetings and don't guarantee Green Party affiliates in Colorado a vote for the state party officers. Earlier published bylaws required state officers to be elected at annual meetings, open to all registered Greens in Colorado. This is a clear deficiency in the newly published bylaws.Passing this proposal to amend section 5.7 to read,
5.7 Officers shall be chosen at each odd-year annual meeting to serve two-year terms, ending at the next odd-year annual meeting.
would restore the original meaning of the section. I think it is important.
Andrea, I request a one-week extension to the voting window. The Poudre Valley Greens are attempting to discuss and decide using an on-line process. Additional time would be appreciated.
Andrea, the Poudre Valley Green chapter has decided by majority vote not to participate in voting on the forum on this proposal, so there is no need to hold the window open for us. Thank you.
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