[NV Greens] Minutes from 1/29/2006 - 2/11/2006

Mon Feb 20 07:36:26 PST 2006

Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada
          01/29/2006 - 02/11/2006
                E-mail Meeting

               ------Agenda-------

----OLD BUSINESS----
I. APPROVAL OF EC E-MAIL MEETING MINUTES
II. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF STATE INFO
III. VOICEMAIL ACCOUNT
IV. PAYPAL ACCOUNT
V. GPNV CREDIT CARD
VI. GPNV STATE NOMINATING CONVENTION
VII. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EMAIL LIST
VIII. CANDIDATE HANDBOOK

----NEW BUSINESS----
I. GREEN PAGES STATE REPORT
II. NEVADA STATE ASSOCIATE TO CCC

The E-mail meeting of the Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada
is an ongoing meeting.  Minutes will be published every two weeks that
will document decisions made and discussions held during this ongoing
online meeting.  This E-mail meeting is meant to supplement the regular
face-to-face meetings of the Executive Council of the Green Party of
Nevada.  If non-Executive Council registered Greens would like to
participate in this meeting, please contact an Executive Council
member, e-mail gpnv at clarkcountygreens.org, or join us at the next
Executive Council face-to-face meeting.  Please distribute this to all
registered Green Party of Nevada members.

               ------Roll Call-------
Executive Council Members Active in Discussion and Decision-Making
during 01/29/2006 - 02/11/2006 E-mail Meeting:

Craig Bergland
Bob Giaquinta
Jason Halprin
Charles Imboden

***Active participation means having sent at least one e-mail regarding
the meeting topics within the meeting time period.

        ------Details: Meeting Start: 01/29/2006-------

                     ----OLD BUSINESS----

I. APPROVAL OF EC E-MAIL MEETING MINUTES
Status: Adopted
Action: Minutes distributed to e-mail lists and added to
nevadagreenparty.org website on 2/13/2006.

Description: Adoption of the minutes for the online meeting from
01/15/20056 - 01/28/2006.

Outcome:

Craig Bergland - Yes
Bob Giaquinta - Yes
Jason Halprin - Yes
Charles Imboden - Yes

II. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF STATE INFO
Status: Adopted pending voicemail information
Action: None.

Description: The following information will be sent to the Secretary of
State upon activating a Green Party of Nevada voicemail account:

Jason Halprin, Co-Chair
PO Box 90533, Henderson, NV, 89009-0533
Email: gpnv at clarkcountygreens.org
Website: www.nevadagreenparty.org
Phone: Voicenation toll-free voicemail number to be determined.

III. VOICEMAIL ACCOUNT
Status: Open for Discussion
Action: None.

Description: To use VoiceNation or another voicemail service.

IV. PAYPAL ACCOUNT
Status: Adopted
Action: None.

Description:  Set up a PayPal acct so we can take credit card donations
over the Internet and deposit those donations directly into the Green
Party of Nevada bank

V. GPNV CREDIT CARD
Status: Adopted
Action: Still awaiting credit card account approval from bank.

Description: The Green Party of Nevada needs its own credit card in
order to sign up for the VoiceNation voicemail service.

VI. GPNV STATE NOMINATING CONVENTION
Status: Open for Discussion
Action: Meeting location confirmed and added to website.

Description: It has been put forward that the following is needed to
organize the
convention:

*Actual Venue of Meeting
*Lodging
*Transportation
*Agenda
*Promotion
*Funds

The volunteers for the above items are now as follows:

*Actual Venue of Meeting (Jason)
*Lodging (Jason)
*Transportation (Jason)
*Agenda (Charles)
*Promotion (Charles)
*Funds (Open)

Also, remember that members can still help with any of these issues, so
please volunteer any time/effort that you can.

VII. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EMAIL LIST
Status: Adopted
Action: E-mail list confirmed and links placed on website.

Prosposal
---------

 1. Create a private, moderated e-mail list similar to the dasbistro
e-mail lists (nvgreen, clarkcountygreen, northnevadagreen) for the
Executive Council to use for voting and discussion. The name of this
list will be: gpnv-exec

 2. Invite all registered Greens to participate as observers on this
new e-mail list.

 3. Place a link (or links) to this new e-mail list on the Green Party
of Nevada website.

 4. Moderation and facilitation of this e-mail list will rotate between
members of the Executive Council every two weeks in conjuction with the
two-week meeting minute schedule. Executive Council members may choose
*not* to facilitate if they are not interested nor comfortable.

 5. Hold frequent trainings in order to teach members of the Executive
Council how to moderate and facilitate the e-mail list.

 6. Draft and approve e-mail discussion procedures that include
facilitation, recording of minutes, proposal creation and guidelines,
voting, how observers may participate, and other important details.

VIII. CANDIDATE HANDBOOK
Status: Adopted
Action: None.

Description:

Whereas our Green Convention is rapidly approaching, and in order to
fulfill the bylaws and spirit of the Nevada Green party --specifically
the wording regarding our duty to help elect Greens to office -- I
propose that we of the EC use what time we have available to attempt to
create a candidate handbook for Nevada Greens - to the best of our
ability in this short time. And that this handbook be available to
those at the convention who may be interested in running for office in
Nevada this election cycle.

And also that any readers of the EC online meeting be encouraged to
participate in this project by offering their ideas and opinions on how
best to accomplish this task.

And further, since the deadline between our convention and the last day
to file (individual) petitions will be very short (slightly over a
week), that we have available for any who wish to run, a copy of the
Minor Political Party Candidate Petition form (state of Nevada), for
their use, and also that we make an attempt to get a network of
dedicated signers, and petition people ready beforehand so that we CAN
get candidates on the ballot on 2006.

I propose that we ready ourselves to make a triage effort to pre-secure
sufficient signators so that those wishing to run will have the
required 250+ signatures, and be within the alloted timeframe.

Quorum Needed: Consensus of 3 out of 4 Executive Council Members

Outcome:
Craig Bergland - Yes
Bob Giaquinta - Yes
Jason Halprin - Yes
Charles Imboden - Yes

                      ----NEW BUSINESS----

I. GREEN PAGES STATE REPORT
Status: Adopted
Action: None.

Description:

Background
-----------
Since last July 2005 when the current Executive Council was elected,
we've done a great deal of work. We've organized one state meeting,
sent a county-wide mailing to all Clark County registered Greens,
revamped and updated the website, secured a bank account, initiated
contact and correspondance with the Nevada Secretary of State,
developed an online e-mail meeting procedure so we can efficiently make
daily decisions regarding the Green Party of Nevada, opened up this
process for all registered Greens to observe and scrutinize, started
the process for creating a candidate handbook, and started to organize
for the state convention on March 25-26, 2006. This is a lot of work
for such a small group of people to have accomplished. It's not only
the work itself that's important, but the way we've done it. All of our
decisions have been made through consensus and we've encouraged the most
participation possible with every decision. We're even beginning to get
involved at the national level with the Green Party of the United
States. These are all serious accomplishments that deserve to be
recognized even though we have a great deal of work still to do.

Prosposal
-----------
Send the following to the Green Pages contact person for state reports:

The Green Party of Nevada is rebuilding. So far, they've focused on
strengthening the infrastructure of the party. They've done this by
encouraging attendance at state meetings, asking for more participation
on e-mail lists, and suggesting volunteer opportunites that help build
the party.

Most recently, the Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada
unveiled an online section of the website in coordination with an
Executive Council e-mail list so that registered Greens may monitor not
only the voting and end result of Executive Council decision-making
process, but the actual process itself, including discussions, debates,
and deliberations. The Executive Council hopes this will increase
participation in the Green Party of Nevada and at the same time, it
will take the Green Party of Nevada down the path to true transparent
leadership.

The Executive Council recently adopted a resolution to create a
candidate's handbook. This handbook is going to be used in order to
assist candidates for city, county, and state offices as they take the
plunge into electoral politics and carry out their campaigns.

While the Executive Council works on the candidate's handbook, they'll
also be spreading the word about and planning the next state
convention. The convention will be held in Las Vegas, NV at the Las
Vegas Library, March 25-26, 2006 from 10am to 6pm both days. The
Executive Council is working hard to make this event a safe space for
Nevada registered Greens to meet one another and get involved. By the
end of the convention, the Executive Council expects at least one
candidate for governor and a strong plan with committment to action
that will continue to build the Green Party of Nevada.

Time Frame
----------
The due date for submissions is 2/15/2006 so please make a comment,
question, change, yea, nea, or abstain vote by 2/13/2006.

Quorum Needed: Consensus of 3 out of 4 Executive Council Members

Outcome:
Craig Bergland - Yes
Bob Giaquinta - Yes
Jason Halprin - Yes
Charles Imboden - Not Present

II. NEVADA STATE ASSOCIATE TO CCC
Status: Open for Discussion
Action: None.

Description:

Background
-----------
The Coordinated Campaign Committee of the Green Party of the United
States (GPUS) is updating their records regarding the Nevada State
Associate. By appointing a State Associate, the Green Party of Nevada
will have more information to use towards our candidate handbook and we
will add one more way that we are participating with the GPUS. For more
information regarding the specific duties of the State Associate, go
here: http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/stateassociate.shtml

Prosposal
-----------
Remove the past State Associates, Paul Etxeberri and Eva Laws. Appoint
Craig Bergland as the new Nevada State Associate for the Green Party of
the United States Coordinated Campaign Committee. The Nevada State
Associate will participate as suggested here:
http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/stateassociate.shtml

Time Frame
----------
Please respond with discussion, yea, nea, abstain, or with questions or
comments by 2/15/2006.

Quorum Needed: Consensus of 3 out of 4 Executive Council Members

Outcome:
Craig Bergland - No Vote Yet
Bob Giaquinta - No Vote Yet
Jason Halprin - No Vote Yet
Charles Imboden - No Vote Yet

        ------Details: Meeting End: 02/11/2006-------

IF YOU HAVE OTHER PROPOSALS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS,
PLEASE E-MAIL gpnv at clarkcountygreens.org.