Draft agenda of the May 2016 General Assembly, San Francisco, May 14-15, 2016

Draft agenda originally approved for distribution to the Counties by the Coordinating Committee, April 4, 2016; and amended May 2, 2016 and re-distributed to the Counties
 
Saturday, May 14
 
  8:00am Breakfast, registration
 
  9:00am Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of Standing Committee vacancies
 
  9:30am Agenda approval
 
  9:45am Confirmation: Ruscal Cayanyang, Assistant Treasurer (Coordinating Committee)
 
 
 
10:40am Presentation: Coordinating Committee female and male candidates for FY2016-2018 make statements
 
11:05am Presentation: GPUS Delegation delegate and alternate candidates for  FY2016-2018 make statements
 
11:25am  Proposal: Budget FY2016-2017 - Draft budget in .xls and .pdf format  format; Income and Expense Narrative in  .docx and .pdf; and Annual Reports and Workplans of Standing Committees and Working Groups in .docx and .pdf (Budget Committee), Proposal: Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee)
 
11:55am Announcements 
 
12:00pm Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch 
 
  1:05pm Quorum count
 
  1:10pm Proposal: Budget FY2016-2017 - Draft budget in .xls and .pdf format  format; Income and Expense Narrative in  .docx and .pdf; and Annual Reports and Workplans of Standing Committees and Working Groups in .docx and .pdf (Budget Committee), Proposal: Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee)
 
  2:45pm Announcement of Standing Committee vacancies
 
  3:00pm Green Gathering - Strategic Planning (Coordinating Committee), with the option to have breakout sessions during this period
 
  -  Presentation: Response to the Sanders campaign and opportunities for the Green Party (Coordinating Committee, IT Committee) retaining and regaining membership, messaging and IT strategies
 
  -  Presentation: Update on Legal Cases against Proposition 14/SB6, Update on overall efforts to amend the state elections code to address negative effects of Proposition 14 on the state's smaller, ballot qualified parties (Coordinating Committee)
 
  4:45pm Break
 
  5:00pm Green Gathering - Internal Green Party organizing
 
  6:00pm Dinner on your own (host committee providing recommendations), GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner
 
  7:30pm Evening Social Gathering in process of organization
 
Sunday, May 15
 
  8:00am Breakfast, registration
 
  9:00am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Green Issues, ERWG, Bylaws)
 
10:35pm Quorum count
 
 
10:45am Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place (Coordinating Committee)
 
10:55am Discussion: Amendment to GPCA Fiscal Policy, Finance Committee Mission Statement (Bylaws Committee, Finance Committee)
• ID 96 - Fiscal Policy amendment: Fundraising Committee
http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=96
 
11:20 am Discussion: Review of bylaws items before the SGA (Bylaws Committee)
• ID 90 - Bylaws amendment: Coordinating Committee election eligibility
http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=90
• ID 91 - Bylaws amendment: Closed ballots for internal party elections
http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=91
• ID 92 - Bylaws amendment: Closed ballots for candidate endorsements
http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=92
• ID 93 - Bylaws amendment: General Assembly quorum
http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/propdetail?pid=93
 
12:15pm Lunch, Optional caucus meetings 
 
  1:25pm Announcements, including announcement of Standing Committee vacancies, Quorum Count
 
  1:30pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Media, Platform, IT)
 
  2:45pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Finance, GROW, Clearinghouse)
 
  4:10pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators  (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session)
 
  4:15pm Closing session