[fgp-chat] GPVA Meeting report and CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

[Dr. Christopher Fink]

Dear Virginia Greens,

Yesterday we finished the GPVA business meeting that was started on July 
23rd. We addressed three important topics that I will summarize below.

First, the members agreed by consensus, with one standing aside, that we 
will form an ad hoc committee to gather information and form a 
comprehensive proposal regarding our standing committees. Specifically, 
this "committee committee" will propose which existing committees we 
should keep, what new committees should be formed, and what the duties 
of each committee should be.

WE ARE TAKING NOMINATIONS for this committee until this Friday, August 
11th, at midnight. Any current GPVA member may be nominated for this 
committee, and self-nominations are okay. (Do not nominate anyone 
without that person's prior consent.) Following nominations, we will 
conduct a vote using Approval Voting on OpaVote.com. This vote will 
close on Tuesday, August 15th, at midnight. Exactly five (5) members 
from among the nominees will be selected.

The committee will be convened by email after the election, and will 
decide on a facilitator and mode of communication. (The mode chosen must 
be transparent to the membership.) They will have five weeks to 
promulgate their proposal, which will be placed on the agenda of our 
next business meeting.

Please send any nominations for the committee-committee to the business 
list-serve, and also directly to co-chairs at vagreenparty.org 
<mailto:co-chairs at vagreenparty.org>. Again, nominations must be received 
before midnight Friday.

In addition, the meeting today agreed to consider a proposal at our next 
business meeting for the creation of a Political Response Team, to 
include the press secretary, a legislative coordinator, a campaign 
coordinator, and a political liaison from each local. Details of this 
proposal will be forthcoming.

Finally, the members agreed by consensus, with one standing aside, to 
hold a GPVA Summit in September as our fall general meeting. The purpose 
of this summit will be to formulate and articulate the GPVA's vision and 
political agenda. Details on the format of this summit will be worked 
out over the coming few weeks, and all are welcome to provide input.

I will hope to have the minutes published within a few days, as well as 
information about how to access the recording of the meeting (both days) 
for those interested in listening. In the meantime, I'm sure your local 
representative can answer any questions you may have, and you are always 
welcome to communicate with Tamar and me as well.

Many thanks to all,

Sid

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B. Sidney Smith
GPVA, Co-chair
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