[Iowa-dx] FW: Extension for Submissions to Platform Committee
Hart, Holly J
holly-hart@uiowa.edu
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:50:00 -0600
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From: Green Party of the United States [office@gp.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:38 PM
To: iowa@greens.org
Subject: Extension for Submissions to Platform Committee
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Extension for Submissions to Platform Committee');
On the request of the Steering Committee, the Platform Committee has agreed=
to extend the deadline for Platform revision submissions from the original=
December 31 2007 deadline.
All submissions for amendments to the 2004 Platform for the 2008 campaign s=
eason, once they have been approved by the state party organizations, are n=
ow due on Martin Luther King Day, that is, Monday Jan 21st, 2008.
Please get the word out to your party members, and please remind them to fo=
llow the format for revision of the Platform.
The format guidelines are pasted below. Please follow them!
Those amendments which have been submitted and approved for consideration c=
an be viewed at:
www.gp.org/committees/platform/draft/work<http://www.gp.org/committees/plat=
form/draft/work>
Amendments should be sent by email to the Platform Committee Co-Chairs, ema=
il addresses indicated below. Amendments sent by other means can be arrang=
ed by telephone contact.
Sincerely,
Jenefer Ellingston and John Ely, Co-Chairs Green Party Platform
DC Statehood Green Party
Contacts:
Jenefer Ellingston =3D jellingston@earthlink.net<mailto:jellingston@earth=
link.net> Tel (202) 546 0940
John Ely =3D johnbethany@earthlink.net<mailto:johnbethany@=
earthlink.net> Tel (202) 529 1966
Mike Ewall, PA =3D catalyst@actionpa.org<mailto:catalyst@actionpa.org=
> (Platform Committee Secretary)
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Format for submitting a proposal (amendment) to 2004 Platform
Full Name
Street Address, City, State, Zip/Postal Code
Home Phone, E-mail
Party affiliation
The Platform Committee:
1) May return a proposal for revision or correction.
2) May send a proposal to your state party or state organization for revie=
w.
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Steps to take for proper submission:
- First, go to Chapter (in Roman numerals) and the Section (in Alphabet) a=
nd then paragraph or paragraphs, Number(s) of 2004 Platform that you wish t=
o amend.
- Identify where your amendment will fit or what it will replace.
- Write your amendment and indicate that it replaces/adds/re-orders/change=
some words/or whatever in 2004 Platform. Sometimes an amendment merges wit=
h original text, sometimes it replaces or adds... that's fine.
- If your text replaces a whole section - are defined number of paragraphs=
- write it in italics.
- Get approval from your Steering Committee before sending to us. (You can=
get approval by e-mail if necessary.)
- Send the amendment to the Co-Chairs of the Platform Committee:
Jenefer Ellingston, email =3D jellingston@earthlink.net<mailto:jellingston@=
earthlink.net>
and
John Ely =3D johnbethany@earthlink.net<mailto:johnbethany@earthlink.net>
Write Additional Comments if further explanation is necessary. Please note=
: If you do not follow format given above, your amendment will not be acce=
pted. It will be returned with request that you follow the format.
GPUS Platform 2008 Timeline/Process
Amendments were accepted from Oct. 1, 2006 to Dec. 31 2007.
We have extended the timeline to January 21, 2008.
Accepted amendments will be put on website by Mike Ewall, Secretary for all=
Greens to review and offer corrections. Mike's email =3D catalyst@actionpa=
.org<mailto:catalyst@actionpa.org>
The website will be closed for a period while we compile/order/correct typo=
s the text and then opened two months prior to Convention.
We wish to avoid complaint that Green had to vote on a document they hadn't=
had time to read.
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Additional information
1. National Committee approved the timeline/process this summer or early fa=
ll of 2006.
2. Notice was sent out by the Platform Committee co-chairs to NC and Platfo=
rm Committee members that door is open to accept amendments.
3. Amendments are to be approved by State Steering Committee or Caucus befo=
re submitted by member.
The Platform Committee will track and organize submissions.
All accepted amendments will be posted on the website: www.gp.org/committe=
es/platform/draft/work
<http://www.gp.org/committees/platform/draft/work>(Note that they are not a=
ll there yet.)
4. Corrections to website amendments must come from your Steering Committee=
or Caucus, not from one person. We will use a simple rating system to eval=
uate support or opposition for a proposed amendment. (SEE RATING FORMULA BE=
LOW.)
5. Final draft by two months prior to 2008 convention. There should only b=
e a few, if any, unresolved issues at this point. Unresolved amendments wi=
ll be circulated back to states/caucuses at least two months prior to the c=
onvention for last-minute feedback, informing them that they could be votin=
g on these at the final platform hearings, to be scheduled as close as poss=
ible to the day preceding the presidential nominating convention. Any item=
s and language that remain to be determined at the final hearings, if such =
are needed, will be made available to all convention delegates as part of t=
he convention packets (as well as available online).
6. Copies of the nearly final platform (with an addendum listing unresolved=
issues) will be printed before the convention and will be available at the=
convention. Platform hearings will be held to refine the unresolved issue=
s in an effort to make them acceptable to Greens at large. Platform hearin=
gs will be open to all, but only those chosen specifically to represent the=
ir state or caucus on the matter of these unresolved amendments would be en=
titled to vote, {if such is needed; however, consensus is the goal, so mate=
rial not gaining obvious overall support will not be included}. States/cau=
cuses can caucus at the convention and choose who will represent them in th=
ese hearings. (It is up to the state/caucus chair or co-chairs to inform t=
he Platform Committee about who was chosen to represent them).
States/caucuses can choose more than one representative, but votes will be =
counted in such a way that each state/caucus will be represented proportion=
ally, with voting weight equal to the number of voting delegates to which t=
hey are entitled to have at the convention. No single person may carry more=
than three votes. If consensus cannot be reached in the hearings, the vot=
ing representatives shall vote on proposed amendments. Those amendments pas=
s only if they obtain the support of 90% or more of the weighted vote of th=
e representatives in attendance.
7. Final copies of any amendments approved on the floor of the convention =
will be printed and made available, as a final addendum to the printed "nea=
r final" draft that the delegates will already have. This will prevent a f=
rantic, last-minute printing adventure. Nice and pretty final copies can b=
e done up after the convention.
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**RATING FORMULA
A rating of 1 =3D 3 points
A rating of 2 =3D 2
A rating of 3 =3D 1
A rating of 4 =3D 0, and
A rating of 5 =3D -1
1 - Approval. Material meets with general approval of membership, a strong=
majority or consensus.
2 - Approval, with minor revisions. Overall approval, but minor revisions =
such as corrected or updated information may be needed, or minor revisions =
to
meet concerns are suggested.
3 - General support, but with more substantial concerns to be addressed (th=
is could involve more substantial working out of material, possibly referri=
ng
content to those with particular expertise or background)
4 - General lack of support. This might be more acceptable if (...), but o=
verall, members find it unnecessary/unacceptable/doesn't really fit.
(Unlikely that material garnering this type of rating will make it into the=
2004 platform, but worth looking into.)
5 - Reject. Members do not support inclusion of this amendment in the Gree=
n Platform
Email: office@gp.org<mailto:office@gp.org>
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