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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	620
Proposal	To Sustain SC Decision on Proposal - Instructions to Budget Writers, Undoing Racism Training
Presenter	GPUS Steering Committee
Floor Manager	Farheen Hakeem
Phase	Closed - Adopted
Discussion	09-30-2011 - 10-01-2011
Voting	10-02-2011 - 10-04-2011
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens Quorum	A Majority of Yes and No Votes

Background

In accordance with our rules and policy on procedural objections [Rules & Procedures, Section 6-10
http://www.gp.org/documents/rules.shtml#06 and Proposal #266 Process for Resolution of Procedural Objections http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=266], an appeal has been posted objecting to the decision of the Steering Committee to adopt findings concerning the proposal "Instructions to Budget Writers, Undoing Racism Training," which will result in the return the proposal to the sponsor, Green Party of Georgia, to have the findings addressed.

The following are the findings: The Georgia Proposal for Anti-Racism Training is not properly formatted for forwarding to the voting queue.
Section 6-4.8, GPUS Rules and Procedures for proposals, specifies that Implementation/Timeline/Resources is to include "personnel, meetings, work hours, finances, period of implementation, including any sunset clause if applicable". The Georgia Proposal does not include specific, quantified information in the Resources section on finances and is to be returned to the
proposers with a requirement to include financial information.

In this case, the Green National Committee is being asked to vote on whether you approve of the SC's findings. Vote YES if you agree with the SC's decision. Vote NO if you disagree and believe the proposal should be sent to the voting queue as written.

Proposal

The GPUS Green National Committee sustains (agrees with) with the Steering Committee's findings regarding the proposal submitted by the Green Party of Georgia, "Instructions to Budget Writers, Undoing Racism Training," and the Steering Committe's decision to return the proposal to the sponsors to have the findings addressed before re-submission.

Resources

6-4.1 SPONSOR(S): (State Party, Caucus, Committee, or group(s) thereof)

Georgia Green Party

6-4.2 CONTACT: Primary Presenter(s) (name, phone number, email)

"Byron L. Merritt"
Denice Traina

6-4.3 SUBJECT/TITLE: (Goal of 10 words or less)

Instructions to Budget Writers, Undoing Racism Training

6-4.4 TYPE OF PROPOSAL, EXPECTED APPROVAL THRESHOLD: (as per 6-2)

simple majority pursuant to 6-2.2(b) Resolutions

6-4.5 REQUESTED PROPOSAL DECISION-MAKING TIMELINE

An immediate two week discussion, followed by a one week vote.

6-4.6 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: (relationship, reasons and/or
justification to the GPUS; presentation should be short and to the
point, with further background provided in the Resource section)

The following resolution was endorsed for the consideration of the
National Committee by the Georgia Delegation on National Green Party
Affairs who urges this body's enthusiastic support.

6-4.7 PROPOSAL:

The National Committee finds that the work of the Green Party of the
United States and its accredited state parties and caucuses would be
empowered by a collective and rigorously developed strategy for
deconstructing racism within the ranks of the Party, within the broader
progressive community and in our Party's public policy work at the
local, state, federal and international levels.

Resolved, by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United
States, that:

(1) The Finance and Fundraising Committees are instructed to develop and
the Steering Committee is instructed to recommend, in its next proposed
budget to the National Committee, a fundraising plan and budget
authorization for funding sufficient to provide for the travel,
accomodations and participation of each member of the Steering
Committee in the "Undoing Racism Community Organizing
Workshop" (http://www.pisab.org/programs#urcow), offered by the Peoples
Institute for Survival and Beyond;

(2) The Steering Committee is instructed to appoint an ad-hoc committee
to promote party-wide participation in the workshop;

(3) In developing their recommendations, budget writers and the adhoc
committee are urged to solicit bids from state Green Parties willing to
organize on-site logistical support in an affordable travel hub where
they will host the weekend long workshop, providing for community
housing;

(4) the adhoc committee is instructed to seek the paid participation of
Greens throughout the Party to help fill the workshop and finance the
costs of its presentation; and

(5) each accredited state party is urged to provide for the
participation of at least two members of their state leadership, either
in the workshop organized by the adhoc committee, or at other workshops
organized locally and presented by the Peoples Institute for Survival
and Beyond (http://www.pisab.org/) or a similar organization offering
comparable training.

6-4.8 IMPLEMENTATION/TIMELINE/RESOURCES: (personnel, meetings, work
hours, finances, period of implementation, including any sunset clause
if applicable)

Adoption of this resolution, will instruct the Financne Committee to
develop and the Steering Committee to recommend a 2012 Annual budget
consistent with the existing deadlines to fund undoing racism training
for party leadership in the coming cycle.

6-4.9 REFERENCES: (Sources for readily obtainable materials to aid in
the decision making process of voting members, including additional
background)

http://pisab.org/programs#urcow

References

Process for Resolution of Procedural Objections
http://www.gp.org/documents/rules.shtml#06
http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=266

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