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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	503
Proposal	Amend GPUS Rules Procedures: Findings Stay Vote, Not Discussion
Presenter	Green Party of Georgia
Floor Manager	Farheen Hakeem
Phase	Closed
Discussion	07/19/2010 - 08/01/2010
Voting	08/02/2010 - 08/08/2010
Result	Failed
Presens Quorum	31 0.6666
Consens Quorum	76 0.6666 of Yes and No Votes

Background

None.

Proposal

Resolved, that the Rules and Procedures of the Green Party of
the United States, Article 6, related to “Procedures for
Proposals to the National Committee”, Section 5, related
to “Steering Committee Review”, are amended, by striking
paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, which read:

6-5.2 If a proposal has satisfied the criteria in Section
6-5.1, the Steering Committee shall place the proposal
into the voting queue according to the timing specified
in Sections 6-1 and 6-3.

6-5.3 When the Steering Committee places a proposal into
the online voting queue, it shall

6-5.3(a) State the quorum requirement as a percentage and
as a specific number of states and caucuses necessary to
meet it;

6-5.3(b) State the appropriate approval threshold by the
National Committee;

6-5.3(c) Assign a Steering Committee member as Floor
Manager for the proposal's discussion and vote periods.

6-5.4 If the Steering Committee deems that a proposal does
not comply with any/all of the conditions in Section 6-5.1,
it must approve findings that state how the proposal does
not comply and how it can be corrected. Such findings
shall be published to the National Committee votes list no
more than 72 hours after the conclusion of the Steering
Committee meeting at which the findings are approved. In
the absence of a vote approving such findings, a proposal
shall be assumed to satisfy the conditions in Section
6-5.1 and must be placed in the voting queue according
to the timing specified in Section 6-1.

and inserting in their place the following:

6-5.2 The Steering Committee shall place the proposal
into the voting queue according to the timing specified
in Sections 6-1 and 6-3.

6-5.3 When the Steering Committee places a proposal into
the online voting queue, it shall

6-5.3(a) State the quorum requirement as a percentage and
as a specific number of states and caucuses necessary to
meet it;

6-5.3(b) State the appropriate approval threshold by the
National Committee;

6-5.3(c) Assign a Steering Committee member as Floor
Manager for the proposal's discussion and vote periods.;

6-5.3(d) schedule the proposal for discussion and, except
as provided by 6-5.4, a vote.

6-5.4 If the Steering Committee deems that a proposal
does not comply with the requirements specified in Section
6-5.1, and provides the National Committee with findings
that state how the proposal does not comply and how it
can be corrected, such findings shall stay putting the
question to a vote until a substitute is offered by the
proposal's sponsor which complies with the rules, but
only if such findings are be published to the National
Committee votes list no more than 72 hours after the
conclusion of the Steering Committee meeting at which the
findings are approved. Otherwise a proposal shall be
assumed to satisfy the conditions in Section 6-5.1 and
must be placed in the voting queue and scheduled for a
vote according to the timing specified in Section 6-1.

Resources

IMPLEMENTATION / TIMELINE RESOURCES:

This policy shall take effect upon its adoption by the National
Committee.

References

Rules and Procedures related to handling proposals before the National Committee
http://green.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/pr

CONTACT: Hugh Esco hesco - at - greens - dot - org

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