Coordinating Committee minutes, January 28th, 2012

Coordinating Committee Retreat 
San Mateo, California, January 28, 2012
10am to 7pm

1. Welcome and setup, roll call, quorum check 
 
Coordinating Committee members present (11): Victoria Ashley (East Bay), Marla Bernstein  (at-large), Warner Bloomberg (Silicon Valley),  Maxine Daniel (at-large) - arrived at 3pm; Sanda Everette (at-large), Mike Feinstein (Los Angeles),  Barry Hermanson (San Francisco), Tim Laidman (at-large), Matt Leslie (Orange/Riverside/San Bernardino) - via skype,  Nancy Mancias (at-large), Stevie Luther (at-large), Alex Shantz (North Bay) 
 
Coordinating Committee members not present (6): Dave Heller (at-large), Lauren Sinott (at-large), Jeff Quackenbush (San Diego), Michael Rubin (at-large), Kate Tanaka (at-large)

Coordinating Committee alternates present (1): June Brashares (North Bay)

 
Invited participants: Marnie Glickman, GPCA Managing Director
 
Quorum: Quorum reached at 10:45 with 11/17 present:  Ashley, Bernstein, Bloomberg, Everette, Feinstein, Hermanson, Laidman, Leslie, Luther, Mancias,  Shantz. Daniels arrived at 3pm.
 
Facilitator: June Brashares (approved by consensus)
Minutes taker: Mike Feinstein (approved by consensus)
Time keeper: Stevie Luther (approved by consensus)
Vibes Watcher: Marla Bernstein (approved by consensus)
 
Agenda approved by consensus
 

 

2. Approve Coordinating Committee Internal Rules and Procedures Articles II, II, VII and IX 
 

Proposal: That the following text is approved (Feinstein, Laidman):

Article II Work Plan and Long Term Agenda Planning

Section 2-1 Work Plan

On an annual basis by the end of January each year, the Coordinating Committee shall prepare a yearly work plan along with any budget requests, in order to comply with GPCA Bylaws 6-2.1, which states "Each Committee and Working Group shall prepare a yearly work plan to be submitted to the Coordinating Committee along with any budget requests. The work plan must identify the objectives of the group for that fiscal year, any proposals it foresees bringing before the General Assembly, and a projected timeline for the group’s activities. The stated objectives must be congruent with the group's charge as defined in these bylaws and the goals and strategies of the GPCA."

Section 2-2 Long Term Agenda Planning

On an annual basis, the Coordinating Committee shall create a draft schedule for Coordinating Committee meetings, agenda items and on-line votes, based upon the timelines needed to fulfill the Coordinating Committee's responsibilities regarding General Assembly planning, committee appointments, liaisons appointments and other Coordinating Committee responsibilities contained in GPCA Bylaws and Rules and Procedures, as well as any other tasks identified in the yearly work plan. The draft schedule shall guide, but not mandate, individual agenda planning, except when legal or bylaws deadlines must be met.
 

Approved by Consensus
 

Proposal: That the following text is approved (Feinstein, Laidman):

Article III Meetings

Section 3-1 Regular Meetings

For the purposes of complying with GPCA Bylaws 7-1.3, which state that "Regular meetings of the CC shall be held at least once a month, in person or by teleconference. Date and location of the next regular meeting shall be determined at the close of each meeting or, failing this, shall be determined by the CC coordinators and announced with at least 20 days notice", the Coordinating Committee adopts the following:

3-1.1 Regular monthly meetings of the Coordinating Committee shall be held on the first Monday of each month, with three exceptions: (a) If there is a conflict with a national holiday; (b) if the meeting would occur on the night before a statewide election (primary, general or special), or (c) if it would occur the day after a General Assembly has concluded. In these cases, the regular monthly meetings of the Coordinating Committee may be rescheduled with at least 20 days notice, and the Coordinating Committee is encouraged to do so on an annual basis when these exceptions are easily anticipated.

3-1.2 Regular monthly meetings shall be for two hours.

Section 3-2 Special Meetings

For the purposes of complying with GPCA Bylaws 7-1.3, which state that "a special (or emergency) meeting may be called with at least one week notice by the CC coordinators or a majority of the CC", and that all decisions made at a special meeting shall require 80% approval and that quorum shall be 2/3, the Coordinating Committee adopts the policy that special meeting agendas must be published at the same time that the meeting itself is called.

Section 3-3 Draft Meeting Agendas

3-3.1 For each Coordinating Committee meeting, a draft agenda shall be published that shall include those items for the Coordinating Committee to fulfill its duties and authority under GPCA Bylaws and Rules and Procedures. Additional items may be submitted by individual Coordinating Committee members. Only Coordinating Committee members may submit agenda items.

3-3.2 For its regular monthly meetings, agenda items must be sent to the Coordinating Committee email list at least 14 days beforehand. Items sent after 14 days may be added by the Coordinating Committee at the meeting by consensus or a 2/3 vote during the agenda approval process, but can not be included in the draft agenda.

3-3.3 When submitted, agenda items submitted shall include whether it is a decision-making or discussion item or a report, a title and brief description, who are the anticipated presenter(s) and how much time is requested. If the item is a decision-making item, it should be submitted in the format specified in 3-4. While it is not always possible to present a proposal fully in advance of a meeting, sponsors are strongly encouraged to submit as much specificity about decision-making items in advance as possible and to provide supportive documents or references where needed.

3-3.4 Agenda items shall be ordered and assigned times by the Co-Coordinators. Facilitators, time keepers and vibes watchers shall be assigned by the Co-Coordinators as part of the agenda. Agenda items that were submitted on time but not included in the draft agenda shall be listed separately at the end of the agenda, with a brief explanation why they were not included.

3-3.5 A draft agenda shall be published seven days before the meeting, to the Coordinating Committee email list and to the password accessible Coordinating Committee meetings web page. In response to Coordinating Committee member feedback, the Co-Coordinators may revise the agenda and if so, shall publish a revised draft agenda no later than 72 hours before the meeting. During this time, sponsors of agenda items are strongly encouraged to send any remaining information about their item that may not have been available at the 14 day submission deadline.

3-4 Proposal Format

Proposals to the Coordinating Committee shall be submitted in this format, with 3-4.5 and 3-4.6 optional as needed:

3-4.1 Subject/Title:

3-4.2 Co-sponsors):

3-4.3 Background and Purpose:

3-4.4 Proposal:

3-4.5 Implementation/Timeline/Resources:

3-4.6 References:

Section 3-5 Quorum

Quorum for CC meetings shall be a simple majority of seated members, according to the proposal passed by the General Assembly in October 2009 (http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/archives/agendas/0910proposals.pdf).

Section 3-6 Agenda Approval

3-6.1 The agenda shall be approved by a simple majority vote, except that requests to enter Executive Session shall be considered separately as per 3-8.

3-6.2 All proposed amendments to the agenda should be sent to the Coordinating Committee email list as soon as possible after the release of the draft agenda in order to facilitate the timely consideration of any amendments. At the beginning of each meeting as part of the agenda approval process, the Coordinating Committee may amend the agenda as follows:

3-6.2(a) Revise the order and timing of items and/or change facilitators, time keepers or vibes watchers by consensus or a 3/5 vote;

3-6.2(b) Add new agenda items by consensus or a 2/3 vote. Items proposed to be added that were not submitted by the 14-day submission deadline in should be of an urgent and unexpected nature to warrant consideration after the submittal deadline.

Section 3-7 Consensus-Seeking

3-7.1 Proposal sponsors shall be called upon first by the facilitator to present their proposals. Facilitators shall then call for clarifying questions and give the sponsors the opportunity to respond, then call for concerns and affirmations and give the sponsors the opportunity to respond.

3-7.2 Once the process in 3-7.1 has occurred, the facilitator shall ask whether there are any outstanding concerns. If not, the facilitator shall announce that there is consensus. If there are outstanding concerns, the facilitator shall ask whether the person(s) holding them are willing to stand aside. If yes, their stated concern will be be recorded in the minutes and the facilitator shall announce that there is consensus. If no, the sponsor may then ask for a vote or withdraw the proposal. If the proposal goes to a vote, the facilitator shall ask the minutes taker to call the roll. Roll call shall occur in alternate alphabetical order of Coordinating Committee members' last names with each vote.

Section 3-8 Minutes

3-8.1 Minutes of Coordinating Committee meetings shall consist of the date, time, location (where applicable) and attendance (including when leaving call), any modifications to the agenda, agenda items heard, decisions-taken (including who voted for, against or stood aside) and the text of all proposals, including amendments.

3-8.2 The minutes-taker shall publish the Draft Minutes to the Coordinating Committee email list within 48 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. Coordinating Committee members may post proposed revisions to the Coordinating Committee email list. The minutes-taker shall make a good faith effort to incorporate proposed revisions ensure the most factually accurate minutes before submitting them for approval to the Coordinating Committee.

3-8.3 Within one week of the meeting in question, the draft minutes including any revisions shall be posted to the password accessible Coordinating Committee meetings web page and be labelled 'draft' until approved as in 3-8.4.

3-8.4 Draft Minutes shall be submitted for approval at the next regular Coordinating Committee meeting. There shall first be a test for consensus and if consensus does not exist, the Coordinating Committee shall approve the agenda by a majority vote.

3-8.5 Approved minutes shall be posted to the Coordinating Committee email list and the password accessible Coordinating Committee meetings web page.

Section 3-9 Executive Session

3-9.1 The Coordinating Committee may go into Executive Session only for personnel matters, sensitive legal and financial matters in which the Party itself is involved in actual or potential legal proceedings, sensitive conversations concerning Green candidates or elected officials, and when dealing with proprietary information of vendors and contractors. No other circumstances are appropriate for Executive Session. Only Coordinating Committee members and persons invited by the Coordinating Committee whose participation is necessary to address the agenda item are allowed to participate.

3-9.2 When an item proposed for Executive Session is called on the agenda, it shall first require consensus or a 2/3 vote to enter Executive Session. Once Executive Session has begun, if at least twenty percent of the Coordinating Committee members present believe that the discussion is entering areas that are inappropriate for Executive Session as per 3-9.1, they may ask for a vote and 2/3 is required to remain in Executive Session.

3-9.3 Agenda item for which Executive Session is denied or permission withdrawn as per 3-9.2 may be heard in open session, but only within the limits of what may be discussed outside of Executive Session, as per 3-9.1.

3-9.4 Minutes of all Executive Session shall include the time of entering and exiting Executive Session, those present and a general summary of topics discussed, without including specific information precluded under 3-9.1. Decisions made in Executive Session shall be reported in the Coordinating Committee minutes, subject to any legal limitations on disclosure.
 

Approved by Consensus

 

remainder of item continued until after lunch

 

3) Election of CC Male Co-coordinator (moved up from later in the agenda)

Nominations: Alex Shantz, nominated 1/6 by Tim Laidman, accepted nomination 1/8

#1 - Shantz: Ashley, Bernstein, Bloomberg, Brashares, Everette, Feinstein, Hermanson, Laidman, Leslie, Luther, Mancias

Shantz elected 11-0-0


Hermanson and Leslie left at 1pm


4) Election of CC Male Alternate Co-coordinator

Nominations: Warner Bloomberg, self-nominated on 1/16

#1 - Bloomberg: Ashley, Bernstein, Bloomberg,  Everette, Feinstein, Laidman, Luther, Mancias, Shantz

Bloomberg elected 9-0-0


5) Election of CC Female Alternate Co-coordinator

No applicants.


 

2) Approve Coordinating Committee Internal Rules and Procedures Articles II, II, VII and IX (continued from morning session)
 

Proposal: That the following text is approved (Feinstein, Laidman):
 

Article VII State Meeting Planning Committee

7-1 Duties and Authority

The State Meeting Planning Committee is a sub-committee of the Coordinating Committee, charged with general supervision of planning and preparations necessary for conducting GPCA General Assemblies and Gatherings, including to:

7-1.1 Work with the host committee to identify a venue and stage a meeting in a manner consistent with the Ten Key Values, from supporting green, community-based institutions and workers, to ecological practices in conducting the meeting, to providing healthy vegetarian and vegan food for attendees.

7-1.2 Work with the host committee to provide logistical details for inclusion in the agenda packet;

7-1.3 Propose a draft agenda to the Coordinating Committee for inclusion in the agenda packet;

7-1.4 Propose facilitators to the Coordinating Committee for inclusion in the agenda packet;

7-1.5 Propose minutes-taker(s) to the Coordinating Committee for approval for all General Assembly sessions; and prior to the commencement of minutes-taking, ensure that minutes-taker(s) are provided the text of the table of contents and all proposals in the draft agenda packet in electronic form. Provide support to the minutes-taker(s) to ensure the draft minutes are produced on-time;

7-1.6 Ensure a video recording is made of the General Assembly;

7-1.7 Work with the host committee and the Finance Committee to provide a post-meeting financial report for each General Assembly and Gathering;

7-1.8 Produce a Post Assembly Report within a week of the conclusion of each General Assembly, containing the date and location of the next state meeting (if one has been scheduled), the agenda submittal deadline, a description the agenda submittal process and a general summary of decisions made at the just concluded General Assembly.

7-2 Membership

7-2.1 The State Meeting Planning Committee shall be composed of up to 12 members, with no more than six Coordinating Committee members at any time, each serving one year terms, with six members appointed for terms beginning July 1st and January 1st.

7-2.2 All GPCA members are eligible for appointment, although attendance at a prior General Assembly is desired. Additional volunteers may be invited by the committee.

7-3 Appointment

7-3.1 If there are as many or fewer candidates than open seats, the Coordinating Committee shall first test for consensus on the full list of candidates. If consensus exists, then all candidates shall be considered appointed. Where there is not consensus, or where there are more candidates than there are open seats, candidates shall be appointed by ranked choice voting, per GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8.

Approved by Consensus
 

Proposal: That the following text is approved (Feinstein, Laidman):

Article IX Strategy Committee

9-1 Duties and Authority

The Strategy Committee is a sub-committee of the Coordinating Committee, charged with facilitating the Coordinating Committee's role in GPCA Bylaws 7-1.13 Strategic Plan, including to:

9-1.1 Prepare an annual draft two-year work plan for the GPCA by using the individual work plans from the Working Groups and Standing Committees (as described in GPUS Bylaws 6-2.1 Work Plan), relevant information regarding election cycles and other deadlines affecting the GPCA from the state of California and the U.S. Government, internal deadlines of the GPCA, and deadlines of the Green Party of the United States affecting the GPCA;

9-1.2 Prepare and facilitate an annual General Assembly strategic planning brainstorming session, including a review of the draft two-year schedule described in 9-1.1;

9-1.3 Propose a revised draft two-year work plan for approval by the General Assembly at the same meeting at which the budget is approved, including identifying potential agenda items for upcoming General Assemblies and Gatherings over a two-year period.

9-2 Membership

The Strategy Committee shall be composed of six members appointed by the Coordinating Committee, each serving two year terms, with three members appointed each year and appointments to occur in the third quarter of each year.

9-3 Appointment

9-3.1 If there are as many or fewer candidates than open seats, the Coordinating Committee shall first test for consensus on the full list of candidates. If consensus exists, then all candidates shall be considered appointed. Where there is not consensus, or where there are more candidates than there are open seats, candidates shall be appointed by ranked choice voting, per GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8.

Approved by Consensus

 

6) Appointment of Coordinating Committee Liaisons to Standing Committees

- Bylaws: Victoria Ashley
Approved by Consensus
- Clearinghouse: Mike Feinstein
Approved by Consensus
- Platform: Stevie Luther 
Approved by Consensus
- Finance: Tim Laidman
Approved by Consensus

 

7) Appointment of Coordinating Committee Liaison/Co-coordinators to Working Groups

- Electoral Reform: Stevie Luther 
Approved by Consensus
- Campaigns and Candidates: Matt Leslie
 

Approved by Consensus

 

8) Appointments to Standing Committees

- Clearinghouse: Marla Bernstein, Maxine Daniels
Approved by Consensus
- Finance: Maxine Daniels
Approved by Consensus
- Media: Nancy Mancias

Approved by Consensus

 

9) Appoint GPCA Treasurer, co-signers

- Treasurer: Doug Barnett until the next GPCA General Assembly
Approved by Consensus


10) Appoint additional members who may sign checks and/or authorize them via the GPCA bank account if/when the Treasurer is not available

- Add Sanda Everette and Tim Laidman and remove Barry Hermanson

Approved by Consensus

 


 

11) Review of Funding Approach for General Assemblies and Gatherings

- Discussion: that the Coordinating Committee would develop a specific policy to fund and account for General Assemblies and Gatherings that will reflect state party-sponsored nature of said statewide meetings; and will seek input from county Green organizations on this policy.


12) Address status and location of GPCA PO Box and Clearinghouse

-Discussion: that the PO Box should remain in its present location for now and the Clearinghouse Committee will continue to explore warehousing options and who will answer the state phone.


13) Recommendations of the Web Security Task Force/Proposal to Establish an GPCA IT Protocol

Proposal: That the following text is approved (Feinstein, Laidman):

Information Technology Protocol

Article I GPCA Web Site Content

The contents of the GPCA web site will be available to the general public, except as otherwise defined herein:

Section 1-1 General Assembly

1-1.1 Agendas of GPCA General Assemblies shall be available only to party members.

1-1.2 Minutes of GPCA General Assemblies shall contain a record of decisions taken and votes cast, but shall not contain meeting notes of what was said by individual attendees, and shall be published on the web site and made available to the general public, with the exception of the budget, which shall be available only to party members, and any other information which is restricted for legal or personnel reasons.

1-1.3 Notes from GPCA General Assemblies shall contain a paraphrased record of the plenary discussions and shall be considered an approximate record of the meeting in order to give a general sense of the discussion and the different views held, but not be considered a definitive record upon which to quote any individual person or persons; and shall be available only to party members. General Assembly notes are not to be republished to the general public.

Section 1-2 Standing Committees and Working Groups

Each GPCA Standing Committee and Working Group shall have its own web page on the GPCA web site and be primarily responsible for creating its content, provided that such content is in keeping with the duties and authority for that Standing Committee and Working Group. Once the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), posting access for this purpose shall be granted to the co-coordinators of each committee or working group, as well as to any other designee by the committee or working group, provided they demonstrate the capability to post to the site.

1-2.1 The home page for each Committee and Working Group shall be available to the general public. Other pages shall not be available to the general public, but shall be available as otherwise as provided herein.

1-2.1(a) Agendas of GPCA Committee and Working Group meetings shall be available to all party members, but not to the general public. Telephone numbers for committee and working group teleconferences are not to be republished to the general public.

1-2.1(b) Minutes of GPCA Committee and Working Group meetings shall contain a record of decisions taken and votes cast, but shall not contain meeting notes of what was said by individual attendees, and shall be published on the web site and made available to the all party members. Only candidates who have declared their intentions to run shall be featured in the minutes.

Section 1-3 County Green Organizations

Once the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), each County Green Organization may have its own web page on the GPCA web site and and be responsible for creating its content and maintaining its operation. Posting access to GPCA web site shall be granted to the designees of the County Green Organization, provided they demonstrate the capability the capability to post to the site.

Section 1-4 Party Officers and Staff

GPCA Party Officers and Staff members may post to the GPCA web site in accordance with their duties and authority contained in their job description, provided they demonstrate the capability the capability to post to the site.

Section 1-5 Levels of Access to the web site

1-5.1 General Public

Access to all publicly available information as defined in this Article.

1-5.2 All GPCA members

Access to all publicly available information as defined in this Article and information available to party members as defined in this Article.

1-5.3 Current Members of GPCA Committees and Working Groups

Access to internal information of the Committee or Working Group.

1-5.4 Current Members of the GPCA Coordinating Committee

Access shall be to all material on the GPCA web site.

Section 1-6 Information not published on the web site

1-6.1 Information that is considered by the Coordinating Committee (CC) in executive session. However, minutes of CC executive sessions shall report on decisions taken and the votes cast.

1-6.2 Party contracts in their entirety. However, summaries may be included in the minutes that summarize the contract, including a record of hire, length of employment, job description, summary of obligations and overall amount paid, but that do no include home addresses and other personal contact information, hourly rates and specific obligations of both parties.

1-6.3 Sensitive political information. Minutes shall only include mention of candidates who have formally made a declaration of candidacy and/or otherwise have indicated they wish their intentions to be publicly known.

1-6.4 Sensitive legal information.

1-6.5 Unedited video and audio recordings of GPCA General Assemblies, Gatherings and Committee and Working Group meetings. Limits to the type of information that can be published on the GPCA web site also apply to what can be included in published video and audio recordings of the GPCA. For the time being, videos and audios should be stored off-line.

 

Article II GPCA Web Site Content Management System Access

Section 2-1 Access by Coordinating Committee Appointment

Until the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), the Coordinating Committee may approve a limited access list of individuals with technical skills and specific areas of focus, and the Coordinating Committee may specify the areas of the web site that the individual is authorized to post to. Those will access shall undergo a basic training on how to post to the GPCA CMS before being able to post on their own.

2-1.1 Applicants shall supply their first and last name, county, mailing address (to confirm their voter registration) and email address. Applicants shall also state their technical experience and the reason for their access. email address

2-1.2 The Coordinating Committee shall designate who shall provide passwords to those appointed by the Coordinating Committee and a list of all those given access shall be maintained within the GPCA CMS, and shall be provided to the Coordinating Committee upon request.

2-1.3 Content may be posted subject to a set of criteria established by the Coordinating Committee's designated Web Design Team and shared with each person having CMS access.

Article III Contact Data Base Access

Section 3-1 Access by County Appointment

Until the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA's Contact Data Base, county access to data base information of voters, donors and volunteers shall be as follows:

3-1.1 County Councils in active GPCA counties may appoint one or more individuals to whom an export of the county data base may be shared.

3-1.2 Upon receipt of said export of data, the recipient individuals and county agree to use it only for legally approved party-building purposes.

3-1.3 The Coordinating Committee shall designate who shall provide passwords to those appointed by the Coordinating Committee and a list of all those given access shall be maintained within the GPCA Contact Data Base, and shall be provided to the Coordinating Committee upon request.

3-1.4 Recipients of the data shall work with the individuals appointed by the Coordinating Committee to make updates of changes in emails and phone numbers in the Contact Data Base itself.  

Article IV GPCA email lists

Section 4-1 Participation

4-1.1 Participation in the official email lists of the GPCA are open to GPCA members only. Participation is additionally contingent upon following the Party's Email Etiquette http://www.cagreens.org/email-rules-decorum.

4-1.2 All GPCA email lists are considered 'opt-in' lists, except those in which participation is a prerequisite for membership in a standing committee, working group or county Green organization, in which case the individual in question shall be automatically subscribed.

4-1.3 Participation in the email lists for each standing committees or working group shall be open to all members of that standing committees or working group. Such lists may have additional rules about who may participate, including former members, advisors, observers and other party members. Such rules may be appealed to the Coordinating Committee, which can overturn them by a 2/3 vote.

4-1.4 Participation in the email lists for each County Green Organizations shall be subject to the rules of each County Green Organizations, except that lists discussing the business of each County Council shall be open to all County Council members.

4-2 Standing Committees and Working Groups

Email lists for all GPCA Standing Committees, Working Groups and other Special Groups, Ad-Hoc Groups and Sub-committees shall be hosted and archived by the GPCA on the GPCA server. Administrator status for each email list shall be granted to the co-coordinators of each committee or working group, as well as to any other designated by the committee or working group. Committees and Working Groups are expected to retain their password and appoint new administrators and otherwise manage their own lists as needed.

4-3 County Green Organizations

Each County Green Organization may have and is encouraged to have its own email lists hosted and archived by the GPCA on the GPCA server. Administrator status for each email list shall be granted to the persons designated for that purpose by each county Green organization.

Approved by Consensus


14)  Recommendations of the Web Security Task Force/Proposal to Establish an GPCA IT Protocol

Proposal: That the CC submit the following bylaws amendment to the next General Assembly (Feinstein, Laidman):

Section 7-8. Information Technology Committee

7-8.1 Duties and Authority

The Information Technology Committee is charged with providing technical support for GPCA web sites, data bases and email lists, for managing their permissions and access according to approved GPCA policies and procedures, for providing assistance in their use to GPCA personnel and for recommending policies and procedures that facilitate this work.

7-8.2 Membership

The Information Technology Committee is a standing committee of up to nine members, including a Coordinating Committee Liaison. The other eight members shall be appointed by the Coordinating Committee to two year terms, with no term limits. Members should be appointed based upon their abilities and qualifications to carry out the duties and authority of this committee. Members do not have to have meet any General Assembly attendance requirements to be eligible for appointment.

Approved by Consensus

Proposal: That until the next General Assembly at which the bylaws proposal to establish an Information Technology Committee is considered, that the CC establish an Information Technology Task Force based upon the text in proposed GPCA Bylaws Section 7-8. Information Technology Committee to begin to serve the functions specified in the proposed bylaw and to make recommendations on any amendments to it in advance of the next General Assembly; that the position be advertised internally and that appointments begin to be made at the retreat if there are any applicants and then additionally upon the Coordinating Committee's February 6th teleconference. (Feinstein, Laidman)

Approved by Consensus

Appointment to Information Technology Task Force

- Tim Laidman

Approved by Consensus


15) GPCA strategic plan as per GPCA bylaws 7-1.13

- Discussion held, input taken on likely items and timing for future General Assembly in 2012-2014. No decisions taken