[NV Greens] 1-1-2006 to 1-14-2006 GPNV EC E-mail Meeting Minutes

Tue Jan 24 09:36:22 PST 2006

Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada
            01/01/2006 - 01/14/2006
                     Agenda
               (E-mail Meeting)

                ------Agenda-------
I. APPROVAL OF EC MEETING MINUTES
II. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF STATE INFO
III. VOICEMAIL ACCOUNT
IV. EC OUTREACH PROPOSAL
V. PAYPAL ACCOUNT
VI. GPNV CREDIT CARD
VII. MEETING MINUTES TO BE APPROVED AFTER CREATION
VIII. CO-CHAIRS TO BE OBSERVERS ON GPUS NATIONAL COMMITTEE
IX. GPNV STATE NOMINATING CONVENTION

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 01/01/2006 - 01/14/2006 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: 01/01/2006-------

I. APPROVAL OF EC MEETING MINUTES
Status: Approved

Description: Approval of the minutes for the online meeting from
12/18/2005 - 12/31/2005.

Outcome:

Craig Bergland - not present
Bob Giaquinta - not present
Jason Halprin - yes
Charles Imboden - yes

Action: None.

II. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF STATE INFO
Status: Approved pending voicemail information

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.

Action: None.

III. VOICEMAIL ACCOUNT
Status: Open for Discussion

Description: To use VoiceNation or another voicemail service.

Action: none.

IV. EC OUTREACH PROPOSAL
Status: Failed - No Quorum

Description:

Background
----------
Since ...

   * The Green Party of Nevada Executive Council (GPNV-EC) has lost four
members and gained one member in the last six months;
   * The GPNV-EC is responsible for facilitating the state meetings and
conventions;
   * The GPNV-EC must assure that the Green Party of Nevada exists with
the state and moves towards ballot access and then election;
   * The GPNV-EC benefits from being wholly transparent and encourages
registered Green participation; and
   * A current agenda item in the GPNV-EC e-mail meeting is outreach and
education;

I propose the following:

Time Frame
----------
Please respond with approval, disapproval, and/or comments to this
proposal by Saturday, January 7, 2006.

Proposal
--------
Send the following copy to all Green Party (Northern Nevada Greens,
Clark County Greens, Green Party of Nevada) and friendly groups e-mail
lists and message boards on January 11, 2006 from the
gpnv at clarkcountygreens.org e-mail address.

-------------copy begin---------------
We need more participation in the Green Party of Nevada Executive
Council.

Calling all Nevada Greens!
We need your help planning for and organizing the state meeting in
April.
We need your help keeping track of all the changes in Nevada election
law.
We need your help growing the Green Party of Nevada.
We need your help in assisting candidates and getting Greens elected.

We have these open positions:
Co-chair
Treasurer
Member At-Large
Member At-Large

Your current Executive Council:
Co-Chair: Jason Halprin
Secretary: Charles Imboden
Member At-Large: Bob Giaquinta
Member At-Large: Craig Bergland

The Green Party of Nevada is not like other electoral political parties.
That's why we're registered as Green ... we know that this party is
different. But when we register as a Green, we don't simply sign up and
then sit back in order to watch what happens. We register knowing that
we seek a more participatory government and therefore, a more
participatory political party. We not only believe this, but we've
written it into our bylaws, our platform, and our Ten Key Values. Every
registered Green is responsible for helping to grow the Green Party of
Nevada. With this in mind, your elected Executive Council asks that you
get involved in any way that you feel comfortable so we can grow this
party together.

If you want to help your Green Party of Nevada, please send an email
with a brief description of yourself and your reasons for wanting to
join the Green Party of Nevada Executive Council to
gpnv at clarkcountygreens.org, call Jason at (702)460-6265, or ... just do
it yourself!

Thank you for reading,
Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada
-------------copy end---------------

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

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

Action: None.

V. PAYPAL ACCOUNT
Status: Approved

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 acct. Paypal will take 2.9% + $.30 per donation. We should
use this service until we can find something better.

Please respond to this proposal with a yea, nea, or change by 1/13/2006.

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

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

Action: None.

VI. GPNV CREDIT CARD
Status: Approved

Description:

Background
-----------
The Green Party of Nevada needs its own credit card in order to sign up
for the VoiceNation voicemail service. In the past, we've had problems
with people using their own credit cards and then leaving the Green
Party of Nevada, thereby cancelling the account. In order to avoid this
problem, it is best if the organization can activate the account and
that way the people checking and maintaining the account can change as
they need to without fear of cancelling the account.

Nevada State Bank, the bank the Green Party of Nevada has its account
at, offers a Visa Business Credit Card for $30/year annual fee. This
fee may be waived if we ever spend more than $2500 in one calendar
year.

Proposal
----------
Fill out the forms needed to apply for an account and send the forms to
Nevada State Bank. Jason Halprin will be the personal guarantor for the
account to get it started. If the Executive Council decides to place
others on the account, this can be done at a later date. All credit
card transactions will be paid off in full once each statement is
created and all transactions will be documented prior to transactions
being made. We will also set aside $30 (out of $116) for the annual fee
each year.

Time Frame
----------
Please respond to this proposal by 1/13/2006 with a yea, nea, or
comment.

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

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

Action: None

VII. MEETING MINUTES TO BE APPROVED AFTER CREATION
Status: Approved

Description:

Background
-----------
So far, during this ongoing e-mail meeting, we haven't posted the
minutes to the nvgreen, clarkcountygreen, and northnevadagreen e-mail
lists. This is partly due to the lack of response in terms of approving
the minutes and because there has been no time-limit for approval of the
minutes. Because our recent decisions are financial in nature and are
important for the rest of the registered Greens, it is imperative that
we share this information and be as transparent as possible.

Proposal
----------
In the interest of updating registered Greens in a timely manner, I
propose that all votes on approval, disapproval, or changes to the
e-mail meeting minutes be cast within 4 days of the initial meeting
minutes e-mail. A consensus of a quorum (currently at least 3 out of
the 4 members) of the Executive Council must approve of the minutes
within 4 days of the initial e-mail and then on the 5th day, the
minutes may be distributed to the nevada green e-mail lists. The
co-chairs will be responsible for distributing the minutes to the
e-mail lists.

Time Frame
----------
Please respond with discussion, yea, nea, or abstention votes by Sunday,
1/15/2006.

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

Action: None.

VIII. CO-CHAIRS TO BE OBSERVERS ON GPUS NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Status: Open for Discussion

Description:

Background
-----------
The National Committee of the Green Party of the United States is the
equivalent to the Executive Council of the Green Party of Nevada. The
National Committee is made up of representatives from each state party.
There are two e-mail lists that are important to the inner workings of
the National Committee, USGP-DX and USGP-COO.

Proposal
----------
In order to keep track of current National Committee issues and
discussions and in order to learn about how the National Committee
works so we can duplicate the process here in Nevada, I propose that
the two co-chair positions within the Executive Council be observers on
both e-mail lists (USGP-DX and USGP-COO) and send a report to the
Executive Council on current National Committee proposals, discussions,
and votes on at least the 1st of every month and more often if the
observers feel this to be necessary.

Time Frame
----------
Please respond to this proposal with yea, nea, abstention, or discussion
by Tuesday, 1/17/2006.

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

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

IX. GPNV STATE NOMINATING CONVENTION
Status: Open for Discussion

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

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

If there are no objections, I will volunteer to handle the agenda and
promotion. 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.

Action: Possible cities for the state convention include Tonopah, Ely,
Eureka, and Las Vegas.

         ------Details: Meeting End: 01/14/2006-------

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