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Let me kick this scenario out to you.Let's say you elected a Boulder County Commissioner from the Green Party. Let's say that elected commissioner had to step down from office for whatever reason, triggering a vacancy committee election.C.R.S. 1-12-206, paragraph 2 states:
If the vacating commissioner was elected by the electors of the whole county, whether at large or from a district, the successor shall be appointed by a vacancy committee constituted of those persons selected at the county central committee organizational meeting of the same political party as the vacating commissioner.
Let's say the Boulder chapter's membership is now majority non-Greens.Then what?
I believe this has already passed, even with the amendments. Please confirm; we need to get a call out to our chapters. Thanks.
The intent is to actually spur on the call for nominations, as well as lay down some ground rules for qualification that the bylaws are silent on.
So let's amend this by specifying that this affiliation requirement is for the 8/29/15 state meeting ONLY. I will move another proposal after that meeting to make a permanent bylaws change.
I don't think three weeks is an appropriate amount of time. I'm willing to look at something slightly less than 6 months, though.
I am willing to incorporate your amendments H1, H2 and H4 without issue.Regarding H3, we don't follow state rules regarding how we select party officers, so we are free to do as we please. In this case, what I'm looking for is a track record in party activism to be a basis for consideration for nomination.Remember, we're looking at party officers, not candidates for elected office.How do we knit this together at this point?
Other ideas Laura Clark and I have discussed:open house time for prospective Green observers who might be presentchapter breakout time (to rope in any new attendees)full treasure's report and fundraising discussion
Here is the draft agenda that Harry, Laura and I have been working on:2015 Annual Meeting of the Green Party of ColoradoAugust 29, 20159:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Corky Gonzales Branch LibraryDenver, ColoradoAgenda (preliminary version)Morning Session:1) Co-chairs convene the meeting - 9:30 a.m.2) Local host gives a welcome and offers logistical information - 9:40 a.m.3) Credentials report and establishment of quorum - 9:45 a.m.4) Agenda review and adoption - 10 a.m.5) Chapter introductions and reports/Unaffiliated Greens introductions - 10:15 a.m.6) Reports from state party officers and committees - 10:15 a.m. Co-chairs Secretary Treasurer National delegates Council Facilitator Website Fundraising Strategic Planning7) Election of state officers (2 co-chairs, 1 treasurer and 1 secretary), 2 national delegates, council facilitator - 10:45 p.m.Lunch Break - 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Afternoon Session:[the newly elected co-chairs chair the afternoon session]8) Discussion: the Sanders campaign 1 pm8) Resolutions/Political Statements 1:30 p.m9) Collaborative Strategic Planning Session - 2:00 p.m.10) Future Business - 4:00 p.m.11) Adjourn - 4:30 p.m.A few notes:There is a hope that we can do a "pre-credential registration" via a webform, so that all we need to do onsite is to check a drivers' license against the pre-credential list. However, Harry feels that we should not be checking IDs at all.We are including a specific agenda item to discuss the Bernie Sanders campaign. It has been noted that Greater Boulder is contemplating whether to support that campaign, as an aside.Bob Kinsey's specific request to strategize on campaigns should probably be included in the strategic planning. As Art Goodtimes has verbally addressed with Laura Clark, we are political party and we should be running solid, viable candidates in smaller races that we can win. The Nationbuilder discussion should be part of that discussion as well, because we need tools for the job.What other ideas do folks have? If there are no other ideas, I'd move that we adopt this, pending formal adoption at the meeting itself, per this proposed agenda (and per precedent).
