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@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@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@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@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@clarkcountygreens.org.