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Michael is absolutely correct. The GPCO state council has never rounded down for a quorum always up. There is no other option because to round down results, as in this case, to be less than 60% plain and simple. I was council facilitator for 5 years and I can assure council members this has always been proper procedure. Quorum is this case is 8 chapters.
My apologies for missing that sentence.However due to a lack of council discussion on the specific date I Disagree.Kevin AlumbaughGreater Boulder Green Party
In the opening paragraph of this proposal the following excerpts fro the bylaws were included:Per Section 4.1 of the GPCO bylaws, "State meetings will be held yearly or more frequently at a location agreed upon by the members at the previous meeting, or by a special call of the Council at its discretion.Also per section 4.2.3. of the GPCO bylaws, "The Council sets the agenda for the state meetings..."I did not see any discussion on the state council as to the specific date of the state meeting. It has been customary in the past to have a discussion of the date of the state meeting in the proposal drafting stage with several possible dates considered so that council members can weigh in on what dates work for them in an effort to ensure that a date is determined that works for as many council members as possible. August 12th is virtually the only date over the summer that I cannot attend due to a long-0planned vacation/reunion.I also did not see any council discussion of the agenda. The text of the proposal lists the agenda as "tentative." Does this mean that it is still open for discussion? If so I move that this proposal be moved to the proposal drafting board so that both items can be discussed further.Also I did not see Council Facilitator listed in list of officers to be elected at the meeting. Was this an oversight?Thank you.Kevin AlumbaughGreater Boulder Green Party
I'm sorry but I don't see the urgency in this registration requirement especially as it relates to Prop 108. Prop 108 allows unaffiliated voters to vote in party primaries and the GPCO has never had a primary. I don't see how 108 makes it any more likely that unaffiliated voters would try to influence or disrupt our nominating conventions. It has not been a problem in the past. I don't see how this registration requirement brings “order to the situation” or even what that means. There is a credentialing process at every meeting and I can't see how it would be any more orderly with this requirement. I cannot see how this proposal brings more “integrity to Green Party process” and which processes are being referred to. I also cannot see how these requirements make it more likely that our “nominations and state party processes would be more likely continued to be carried out according to Green values.”Would the sponsors of this proposal please elaborate on this and also what is meant by "windows of organizing opportunity."Thank you.Kevin AlumbaughGreater Boulder Green Party
Agree.Kevin AlumbaughGreater Boulder Green Party The Boulder Greens look forward to working closely with the Longmont chapter. Longmont is it's own entity and having a local chapter there will be a great asset to promote the Green Party in Boulder County.Congratulations!
My vote is 1. Arn Menconi 2. Robert Lee Worthey 3. Dave BellKevin Alumbaugh Greater Boulder Green Party
I don't want to circumvent the process here but it looks pretty certain that this proposal will not pass and if I'm not mistaken the week of voting will be over after tomorrow. Can we call a truce in the interest of a get out the vote effort since the election is only two weeks away? I would like to revive the nomination process for the co chair vacancy as well and I have nominated Arn Menconi on the private council discussion page.Andrea can we get an update on Jill's campaign since you're the Southwest campaign manager? Are there any events in the works for Jill's campaign or for our Colorado candidates? Can we get calling lists from Nationbuilder? Myself, Carolyn Bninski, Susan Hall, and Tom Hall have done phone banking recently and I'm sure we would all be willing to make more calls if we could get new lists.Thank you.Kevin Alumbaugh
I would like to nominate Arn Menconi for the co chair vacancy. Arn has been an amazing Senate candidate. He has raised more money for his campaign than any Colorado Green candidate. He will probably receive more votes than any Colorado Green candidate has in the past as well. He is a get-stuff-done kinda guy and I think he would make a fantastic co chair.Kevin AlumbaughGreater Boulder Green Party
AGREE First of all this proposal is not erroneous and doesn't need to be retracted or reworked. Council members can propose anything they wish in a proposal from endorsements to bylaws changes and submit it to the state council for agreement seeking/voting. Of course this is about both policy and objectives. The proposal to remove Bill from office was called "Proposal to fill co chair vacancy" even though Bill hadn't been removed and hadn't resigned. This is a blatant double standard.Proposal 07-16 was an attempt to heal a serious divide in the party by having interim co chairs who were not involved in the recent ugliness step in and transcend it in order to focus on the other more important issues like our candidates and A-69. The hypocrisy and double standards in some of these posts is staggering. This post by Ms. Garcia-Lock is unbelievable "We are all adults, why are we wasting time focusing on this when we have so many other things to worry about? When you go to work and don't like a co-worker or your boss do you campaign to get them fired? NO. Leave it at the door." Really?? Is this the approach that was taken with Bill Barlett? And as Bob Kinsey said today this entire episode starting with the proposal to remove Bill couldn't have waited until November 9th?Mr. Justice. How dare you accuse the sponsors of this proposal of being white-privileged racists. I have been active in the GPCO and I have promoted the 10 key values for 10 years and I certainly don't need your validation. Donald Trump and David Duke are racists. The fact that you and others use the race card as a weapon against anyone who disagrees with you is despicable and you sir are awash in shame for using such a serious issue as a tool to achieve your nefarious goals. Your hypocrisy is stunning. Isn't racism at it's core about associating certain stereotypes and behaviors with an entire group of people or ethnic group? Yet it's OK for you to throw around terms like white-privileged, racist, and sexist about people you've never met or spoken with. You do a great disservice to your cause. And no one volunteers their time and energy to promote the Green Party and the 10KV as an "academic exercise" as Andrea has implied again assuming the motives of people because they happen to be Caucasian. And as far as scurrilous lies are concerned you once again accuse Bill of something he didn't do. All of you who have jumped on this band wagon shame on you. Bill was asked if he threatened Andrea and he disputed the claim. You say you stepped in front of him before he had a chance to take a swing at Andrea. You could say that about anyone who was within three feet of her. How convenient that the main argument for removing Bill was an incident that can't be proven and is your word against his. The version that Bill related to me was that he was trying to help you take items to your car and talk to you but you were both hostile to him and he said that was f'ed up. I have known Bill for many years. I don't know you. Someone is lying. So I can only conclude you are lying. Anyone who wasn't there has no right to assume you are telling the truth and Bill is lying. And as far as the conference call is concerned anyone who actually listens to it will hear that Bill and Andrea were both talking over each other as can happen in an intense conversation. There was an obvious lull where she had an opportunity to speak but she conveniently hung up so she didn't have to actually address the issue. For anyone to assert that Bill used "violent language" is absurd. So here we are bickering like spoiled brats at this critical time. So much for trying to heal a wound and bridge the divide and pursue conflict resolution. It's time to get this out in the open.Andrea Merida Cuellar is attempting to take control of the Green Party of Colorado. She has demonstrated a pattern of starting local chapters and hand picking state council reps who are in lock step with her. You only need to look at the history of the way the chapters she has created have voted. And she has also demonstrated time and time again a pattern of retaliating against people who disagree with her with hostile communications and accusations in emails, Facebook posts, and in social media. And this is undoubtedly why there was a proposal to remove Bill. Do the people who backed that proposal really expect us to believe that she wasn't pulling the strings behind the scenes? Nothing goes on in the GPCO without her involvement. Do you really think we can't see through the good cop/bad cop nonsense where she keeps her nose clean but sends out the attack dogs to do the dirty work? Please! Her M O is obvious. Create a power base and stack the deck against anyone and any local chapters that aren't in lock step. If she creates enough of a power base she can exercise total control of the party by means of a majority of people in her camp on the state council. Deny it. Many former Bernie supporters and disgruntled Democrats have reached out to me about her hostility towards them and have related similar stories from other people they know. I'm sure every local is experiencing an influx of Berners and former Dems as is the Greater Boulder chapter. But the many examples of her propensity to alienate many of them is inexcusable. This is the greatest opportunity for growth the GPCO has ever seen and to alienate even one potentially active Green is incomprehensible! Our Green registration numbers are up despite her not because of her. Every Colorado Green should be suspicious of Andrea's motives. Why did the proposal to remove Bill surface when it did (don't deny she was behind it). It has completely distracted the entire party from the elections. Why did she stifle the proposal to endorse A-69 when many chapters supported it as well as our amazing U.S. Senate candidate, Arn Menconi, and our presidential candidate Jill Stein? Why has she chosen to pick fights with Arn rather than find some kind of common ground? Why have council members from Boulder including our co chair Carolyn Bninski and council members from the Jeffco Greens not been been able to get access to the Forum? Why have many new members been added to the state council without notifying our council facilitator Brittany Hoover? People have been voting without even an indication of what local they belong to which should disqualify their vote. Why did Andrea single-handedly redesign the state web site with no input from the web site committee or co chair? Why are the two domain names the GPCO owns on her private server and not on a state account accessible to the web site committee? Wake up people. Anyone who tries to exercise control over a political party is toxic to that party. The position of co chair is not a position of authority and no one who serves in that position has a right to act unilaterally on any issue. The GPCO is in a state of total disfunction at this time and this will not change as long as Andrea is co chair. If she cares about the GPCO more than her own agenda she will step down like Bill did so that we can function as a political party instead of bunch of spoiled brats.Kevin Alumbaugh
Come on folks you really shouldn't “cry wolf” with the race card. The issues were clearly stated in the proposal and playing the race card every time someone disagrees with you will only make future such claims less credible.Kevin Alumbaugh
