[gpva-ic] Motion To Call For An Election for Delegate to GPUS National Committee

[Audrey Clement]

Rick,

I am happy to have you serve as facilitator for the current IC debate, but I 
think you are incorrect on the point of order. We do not have to vote on the 
question whether to appoint an acting delegate to GPUS unless we can't get 
unanimous consent on the motion. We have yet to fail to get unanimous 
consent on the motion. The only motion that failed to get unanimous consent 
was the one to elect a delegate.

So I ask again. Does anyone on the IC object to the motion to have the IC 
appoint an acting delegate to the GPUS National Committee until the next 
quarterly business meeting tentatively scheduled for June 9 or 10 in 
Richmond?

Audrey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Johnson" <agreen at firespring.com>
To: "Rick Johnson" <agreen at firespring.com>; <gpva-ic at vagreenparty.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [gpva-ic] Motion To Call For An Election for Delegate to GPUS 
National Committee


> AS A POINT OF ORDER, since our Co-chairs both seem to want to actively 
> participate in the debate, I suggest that we task someone as a facilitator 
> to keep track of the IC votes on the various issues under consideration. 
> And since I'm suggesting it, yes, I'm willing to do it (if no one 
> objects).
>
> So toward that end, as Audrey has apparently accepted Eric's amendment to 
> appoint rather than elect, and a consensus cannot be achieved on the 
> issue, each member of the IC must cast a vote;
>
> A "yea" vote is a vote in favor of the IC appointing a delegate.
>
> A "nay" vote means that an election should be held instead (which would be 
> open to all members of the business listserv).
>
> TO DO SO (and make the counting easy) PLEASE USE "IC APPOINTMENT VS 
> ELECTION VOTE" as the subject line of your message AND SEND IT TO ME at 
> rrj0304 at verizon.net NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT FRIDAY!
>
> Following resolution of this issue then, we will either proceed to conduct 
> the delegate election via the business listserv OR proceed to finalizing 
> nominations for the IC's appointee.
>
> TRYING to be helpful here,
>
> Rick J.
>
> Rick Johnson wrote:
>> I vote in favor of calling for an election, although personally I think 
>> the election should be for a permanent position rather than an acting 
>> position.
>>
>> Why? Because all the major participants in GPVA are known quantities to 
>> most of us. It's always pretty much the same people coming to the 
>> meetings and making the decisions. So what sort of surprise could we 
>> reasonably expect?
>>
>> The delegate should come from the southern portion of the state because 
>> the north is already represented by the other two delegates. So that 
>> logically limits our choices from those who are (a) regular GPVA 
>> participants, (b) from the southern portion of the state and who are (c) 
>> willing to take on the task.
>>
>> And I would bet that EVERY active GPVA member already knows who fits that 
>> criteria and also knows who they would choose from among them. So I'd 
>> suggest that we just cut the red tape and make the decision in this 
>> forum.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rick J.
>>
>
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