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I have reviewed the bylaws and didn't find any particular places where it could be simplified, except perhaps with some of the voting procedures. Do you have an example? As to fitting form to function, I would support adding at least two state representatives to the roster: public relations and membership. The co-chairs would then be responsible for the management of the secretary, treasurer, PR, and membership officers. A procedures and guidelines would be excellent to instate standards of calling current members, finding and assigning new members, fundraising... need to brainstorm that aspect more, but in essence there needs to be a set of procedures that can be followed to attain specific purposes, tied to each officer's position. Each procedure needs a feedback loop and control mechanism to ensure that corrections can be made when difficulties are encountered. Generating these procedures is dependent on the results we want from the state party.
( There are some notes I've made over the last few weeks. They are no complete, but encompass a good deal of my views on the place of the state party. )The purpose of the State Party: - Foster communication between local party leaders- Bring in volunteers for local parties- Build relationships with local organizations- Create press for local greens- Polling about green issuesCoordination - Find out what locals are doing, see how their activities align with Party platform or values - Do the same for active locals in other states, working with the state parties as well to keep aligned with a bigger picture of the party - Maintain a central events calendar that includes all other state calendars, and important dates and activities of out of state chapters - Manage a volunteer network for maintaining phone trees, documentation, blogs, etc. § Must include each person's talents, abilities, and availabilityCommunication - Maintain active communication with locals here and nationwide. Important information may include: § Local officials and where they stand on Green issues § Current political and social trends § Potential local leaders that may be Green-minded*Propagation - Encourage distribution of flyers to public spaces, at large local gathering, etc. - Flyers will link to state to be sent a personal invite to the party, with contact for locals and volunteer options both locally and at the state level
Excellent! I can see a definite advantage in polling both informally and formally. This can drive our platform decisions and where the state party chooses to focus its energy. I will make a topic for poll submissions, so we can start building a nice topic database for when we hit the ground officially with the forum.
