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Brittany resigned as Council Facilitator on Nov. 18.I volunteered to fill the position on Nov. 19 and got several spontaneous endorsements.A few days later Co-chair Dave Bell (?) announced on this Forum that he had agreed with Co-chair Andrea Merida to appoint herself as the new Council Facilitator. That post has subsequently been removed.It would be nice for our Council Administer to identify theirself. Andrea? Dave? Are you there?
Judy, Scott, Damian, and Poudre Valley Greens,Thank you for participating in this discussion of the 2017 Annual Meeting. I posted the following summary of the discussion in 2017 Annual Meeting - Date and Location at http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=309.msg1603#msg1603
. . . . there has been significant discussion of the 2017 Annual Meeting date and location in the topic History of GPCO Annual Meeting Dates and Locations http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=308.0Feedback from that discussion is:Location: Preference is for a location with an active chapter. Grand Junction was suggested as a western slope location with a new chapter.Date: Strong preference is for May. Snow was a concern for March and April.Transition of Officers: Ideas for transitioning gradually from current party officers to 2017/2018 officers to satisfy Andrea Merida's claim to a 24-month term were discussed, without a conclusion.
Electronic voting and security of the GPCO Forum probably deserve more discussion, but not under this topic. I would like to end the discussion under this topic which, after all, has the subject History of GPCO Annual Meeting Dates and Locations.Please go to the topic 2017 Annual Meeting - Date and Location at http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=309.msg1603#msg1603 for further work on setting the meeting date and location.Harry
The poll in this topic is closed now. Three people, including myself, took the poll. This is not enough response to draw any conclusions. However, there has been significant discussion of the 2017 Annual Meeting date and location in the topic History of GPCO Annual Meeting Dates and Locations http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=308.0Feedback from that discussion is:Location: Preference is for a location with an active chapter. Grand Junction was suggested as a western slope location with a new chapter.Date: Strong preference is for May. Snow was a concern for March and April.Transition of Officers: Ideas for transitioning gradually from current party officers to new officers to satisfy Andrea Merida's claim to a 24-month term were discussed, without a conclusion.
The poll is here: http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=309.0It can be seen only by Council members.
Another electronic voting system to consider is this Forum – GPCO ForumThe forum supports polls. Poll questions can have simple yes/no answers or can be used for elections, using vote-for-one, ranked voting, or approval voting. A person who has experience with polls on the GPCO Forum can create a poll question in few seconds. Green Party members logged onto the forum will see the poll and can vote instantly. I'm suggesting the meeting be live-streamed publicly and all voting be done on the GPCO Forum.Considerations:Colorado Greens wishing to vote would register on the GPCO Forum. [Party affiliation is verified as part of the forum registration process.] We would want to pre-register as many people as possible to avoid registration delays the day of the annual meeting.Authentication of a person's credentials to vote is provided by the fact of being logged on and registered in the GPCO Forum. If there is concern about fraudulent voters, the party could re-verify the party affiliation of all GPCO Forum members shortly before a voting meeting is to be held.
GPCO Council Facilitator:The appointment of an interim GPCO Treasurer has taken more than 10 weeks.Would you please help facilitate this topic?
Thanks for writing, Judy. I appreciate the desire to discuss the 2017 Annual Meeting date with your chapter. Other chapters probably want to do the same. I will extend the time period for responses by a month; to January 20, 2017. That will give every chapter a chance to meet and discuss the timing and location of the annual meeting.The dates in February I originally suggested will no longer be possible. I figure council should allow at least six weeks from reaching agreement on the date and location of the meeting until the meeting itself, for meeting preparations.If council could agree by January 20, an annual meeting on March 4 may still be possible.So, Happy New Year! We have all earned a nice vacation, in the aftermath of this election season.
Judy, Council members typically need to act between chapter meetings. The standard time period for agreeing to a proposal is 7 days. You and the other Poudre Valley representatives could call or email your active members this weekend about their date and location preferences.
Council,Please help select a date and location for the 2017 annual meeting.I just created a poll (at the top of this topic) with all the suggested 2017 GPCO Annual Meeting dates and locations. The poll will be open for voting until Dec. 20 at about 4:00 pm.Check as many dates and locations as are acceptable to you.Thank you, Harry
Here are some good reasons (from 2015) for holding the odd-year annual meeting as early as feasible.
Re: GPCO Reorganization Meeting DateFeb. 9, 2015Folks, if I may, we need to consider that the objective might be our plans for 2015's work. That's the theme of Boulder's upcoming meeting, and they will need to get the state party's commitment to support those plans...sooner rather than later.Denver wants to play on a team with the rest of the state and not dominate the agenda going forward. I would much rather know what position we're to play, instead of going off on our own tangent.Further, Jill Stein has launched an exploratory committee for 2016. Whoever the nominee is, Colorado needs to be ready with a game plan to support. We need to be spending 2015 building the machine. Therefore, May is too late in the year.March, please. We can work on adding a Skype capability for the meeting if travel is a hassle.-- Andrea Merida303-550-0677"Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect." --Saul of Tarsus
For reference, these are the announced dates for the 2017 Annual State meetings for the other political parties in Colorado:Republican - March 4Democratic - March 4 or 11 (I'm getting conflicting information from different Dems)Libertarian - March 24-26
Are the sides in the co-chair war geographically defined? Is that why you specified one host chapter from each side of the continental divide?
No. Historically, it has been difficult for western slope chapters to participate fully in state party affairs. Several western counties that perform well for Green candidates do not have local chapters yet. The co-hosting suggestion is an affirmative action to foster cooperation, east and west.
I'm suggesting the meeting be held in just one location; either Carbondale or Frisco. We have not had a state meeting west of Denver since 2012.There is no local chapter in either location so preparing for the meeting (locating and reserving a meeting room, researching lodging, setting up the meeting space and equipment, arranging for food, etc.) will take some effort and possibly a trip or two to the site prior to the meeting.There are benefits to be derived from having two chapters cooperately host the meeting. Sharing the workload. Broadening participation. Resilience, in case one of the host chapters cannot perform. Most important, most chapters have taken sides in the co-chair wars; it is not clear that any one chapter can be trusted to be fair.
