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Article I GPCA Web Site Content

The contents of the GPCA web site will be available to the general public, except as otherwise defined herein:

Section 1-1 General Assembly

1-1.1 Agendas of GPCA General Assemblies shall be available only to party members.

1-1.2 Minutes of GPCA General Assemblies shall contain a record of decisions taken and votes cast, but shall not contain meeting notes of what was said by individual attendees, and shall be published on the web site and made available to the general public, with the exception of the budget, which shall be available only to party members, and any other information which is restricted for legal or personnel reasons.

1-1.3 Notes from GPCA General Assemblies shall contain a paraphrased record of the plenary discussions and shall be considered an approximate record of the meeting in order to give a general sense of the discussion and the different views held, but not be considered a definitive record upon which to quote any individual person or persons; and shall be available only to party members. General Assembly notes are not to be republished to the general public.

Section 1-2 Standing Committees and Working Groups

Each GPCA Standing Committee and Working Group shall have its own web page on the GPCA web site and be primarily responsible for creating its content, provided that such content is in keeping with the duties and authority for that Standing Committee and Working Group. Once the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), posting access for this purpose shall be granted to the co-coordinators of each committee or working group, as well as to any other designee by the committee or working group, provided they demonstrate the capability to post to the site.

1-2.1 The home page for each Committee and Working Group shall be available to the general public. Other pages shall not be available to the general public, but shall be available as otherwise as provided herein.

1-2.1(a) Agendas of GPCA Committee and Working Group meetings shall be available to all party members, but not to the general public. Telephone numbers for committee and working group teleconferences are not to be republished to the general public.

1-2.1(b) Minutes of GPCA Committee and Working Group meetings shall contain a record of decisions taken and votes cast, but shall not contain meeting notes of what was said by individual attendees, and shall be published on the web site and made available to the all party members. Only candidates who have declared their intentions to run shall be featured in the minutes.

Section 1-3 County Green Organizations

Once the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), each County Green Organization may have its own web page on the GPCA web site and and be responsible for creating its content and maintaining its operation. Posting access to GPCA web site shall be granted to the designees of the County Green Organization, provided they demonstrate the capability to post to the site.

Section 1-4 Party Officers and Staff

GPCA Party Officers and Staff members may post to the GPCA web site in accordance with their duties and authority contained in their job description, provided they demonstrate the capability to post to the site.

Section 1-5 Levels of Access to the web site

1-5.1 General Public

Access to all publicly available information as defined in this Article.

1-5.2 All GPCA members

Access to all publicly available information as defined in this Article and information available to party members as defined in this Article.

1-5.3 Current Members of GPCA Committees and Working Groups

Access to internal information of the Committee or Working Group.

1-5.4 Current Members of the GPCA Coordinating Committee

Access shall be to all material on the GPCA web site.

Section 1-6 Information not published on the web site

1-6.1 Information that is considered by the Coordinating Committee (CC) in executive session. However, minutes of CC executive sessions shall report on decisions taken and the votes cast.

1-6.2 Party contracts in their entirety. However, summaries may be included in the minutes that summarize the contract, including a record of hire, length of employment, job description, summary of obligations and overall amount paid, but that do no include home addresses and other personal contact information, hourly rates and specific obligations of both parties.

1-6.3 Sensitive political information. Minutes shall only include mention of candidates who have formally made a declaration of candidacy and/or otherwise have indicated they wish their intentions to be publicly known.

1-6.4 Sensitive legal information.

1-6.5 Unedited video and audio recordings of GPCA General Assemblies, Gatherings and Committee and Working Group meetings. Limits to the type of information that can be published on the GPCA web site also apply to what can be included in published video and audio recordings of the GPCA. For the time being, videos and audios should be stored off-line.

Article II GPCA Web Site Content Management System Access

Section 2-1 Access by Coordinating Committee Appointment

Until the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA website via the GPCA's Content Management System (CMS), the Coordinating Committee may approve a limited access list of individuals with technical skills and specific areas of focus, and the Coordinating Committee may specify the areas of the web site that the individual is authorized to post to. Those will access shall undergo a basic training on how to post to the GPCA CMS before being able to post on their own.

2-1.1 Applicants shall supply their first and last name, county, mailing address (to confirm their voter registration) and email address. Applicants shall also state their technical experience and the reason for their access. email address

2-1.2 The Coordinating Committee shall designate who shall provide passwords to those appointed by the Coordinating Committee and a list of all those given access shall be maintained within the GPCA CMS, and shall be provided to the Coordinating Committee upon request.

2-1.3 Content may be posted subject to a set of criteria established by the Coordinating Committee's designated Web Design Team and shared with each person having CMS access.

Article III Contact Data Base Access and Use

Section 3-1 Contact Data Base Use

3-1.1 The Data Base shall be used to facilitate the operations and communications of the GPCA, as defined in the GPCA's Purpose; its Bylaws, Rules and Fiscal Policy; and the Duties and Responsibilities of its Committees and Working Groups.

3-1.2 Email blasts may be authorized and sent on behalf of GPCA committees and working groups, county Green Parties, and the GPCA General Assembly.

3-1.3 The GPCA may share data about Green Party members in a given county, to a representative(s) of that county Green Party, designed by the County Council in that county, as per Section 3-4.

3-1.4 The GPCA may send statewide (or other) email blasts on behalf of GPCA-endorsed candidates, but shall not directly export the contact information data from the Contact Data Base to any candidate nor their campaigns.

3-1.5 The Contact Data Base shall not be utilized for personal political work by those with access to it.

Section 3-2 Contact Data Base Access

3-2.1 Voter registration information in the Contact Data Base shall not be used for any personal, private, or commercial purpose (as per the California Elections Code http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=elec&group=02001-03000&file=2180-2194.1), including, but not limited to:

3-2.1(a) The harassment of any voter or voter's household.

3-2.1(b) The advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products or services to any voter or voter's household.

3-2.1(c) Reproduction in print, broadcast visual or audio, or display on the Internet

3-2.2 No one convicted under the Megan's list law may have access to the data base

3-2.2 Anyone with access to the data base, and anyone to whom data base content is exported, shall be governed by these rules, and shall make such a declaration in writing to the Coordinating Committee.

Section 3-3 Data Base Administrative Access by Coordinating Committee appointment

The Coordinating Committee shall designate who shall have Data Base Administrative Access (dbAdmin) to the Contact Data Base. Only those with Data Base Administrative Access (dbAdmin) shall have the ability to download/export data from the Data Base. A list of all those given access shall be maintained within the GPCA Contact Data Base, and shall be provided to the Coordinating Committee upon request.

Section 3-4 Data Base Non-Administrative Access by Information Technology Committee appointment

The Information Technology Committee shall designate who shall have non-Data Base Administrative Access to the Contact Data Base. Those with non-Data Base Administrative Access may have the ability to access the Data Base, but not alter nor download/export data from the Data Base.

Section 3-5 Access by County Council Appointment

Until the ability is gained to partition and segregate access to different parts of the GPCA's Contact Data Base, county access to data base information of voters, donors and volunteers shall be as follows:

3-5.1 County Councils in active GPCA counties may appoint one or more individuals to whom an export from the county data base of the Green Party members and their data in that county may be shared. The export shall be effectuated by the GPCA Internet Technology Committee, upon receipt of the notice of appointment.

3-5.2 Recipients of the data shall work with the Internet Technology Committee, and specifically those with Data Base Administrative Access (dbAdmin), to make updates of changes in emails, phone numbers and other information in the Contact Data Base itself.

Article IV GPCA email lists

Section 4-1 Participation

4-1.1 Participation in the official email lists of the GPCA are open to GPCA members only. Participation is additionally contingent upon following the GPCA's Email Rules of Decorum.

4-1.2 All GPCA email lists are considered 'opt-in' lists, except those in which participation is a prerequisite for membership in a standing committee, working group or county Green organization, in which case the individual in question shall be automatically subscribed.

4-1.3 Participation in the email lists for each standing committees or working group shall be open to all members of that standing committees or working group. Such lists may have additional rules about who may participate, including former members, advisors, observers and other party members. Such rules may be appealed to the Coordinating Committee, which can overturn them by a 2/3 vote.

4-1.4 Participation in the email lists for each standing committees shall be open to all members of that standing committees, as well as Coordinating Committee members upon their request and other party members who may be added as advisors or observers upon decision of the standing committee.

4-1.5 Participation in the email lists for each working group shall be open to all members of that working group. Such lists may have additional rules about who may participate, including former members, advisors, observers and other party members. Such rules may be appealed to the Coordinating Committee, which can overturn them by a 2/3 vote.

4-1.6 Participation in the email lists for each County Green Organizations shall be subject to the rules of each County Green Organizations, except that lists discussing the business of each County Council shall be open to all County Council members.

4-2 Purpose

Email lists for standing committees, working groups, the GPUS Delegation and the Standing General Assembly shall be for the duties, authority and functions defined for each in the GPCA Bylaws, Rules and Procedures and Fiscal Policy.

Section 4-3 Standing Committees and Working Groups

4-3.1 Email lists for all GPCA Standing Committees, Working Groups and other Special Groups, Ad-Hoc Groups and Sub-committees shall be hosted and archived by the GPCA on the GPCA server.

4-3.2 Administrator status for each email list shall be granted to the co-coordinators of each committee or working group, as well as to any other GPCA member(s) designated by the committee or working group. Committees and Working Groups are expected to retain their password and appoint new administrators and otherwise manage their own lists as needed.

Section 4-4 County Green Organizations

Each County Green Organization may have and is encouraged to have its own email lists hosted and archived by the GPCA on the GPCA server. Administrator status for each email list shall be granted to the GPCA member(s) designated for that purpose by each county Green organization.

Section 4-5 Inform List

The GPCA Inform List a one-way list is for the state party to communicate official party business to individuals in state party leadership positions and to members of Green Party County Councils.

4-5.1 The list's recipients shall include current Green Party members of County Councils and GPCA standing committees going back four years; the co-coordinators of GPCA working groups going back four years; General Assembly/Standing General Assembly delegates going back four years, and the GPCA Treasurer, Liaison to the Secretary of State and state party Spokespersons going back four years.

4-5.2 Official business includes information regarding meetings and actions authorized by them; Projects of the Coordinating Committee, Standing Committees and Working Groups; Business of the Party Officers; Other items deemed appropriate by the Coordinating Committee or General Assembly.

4-5.3 There shall be an Inform List operator and back-up, appointed by the Coordinating Committee. Only the list operator and back-up operator have posting privileges. The list operator shall notify the back-up operator of any planned absences so the back-up can assume the duties.

4-5.4 Those authorized to request messages be posted shall include the Co-coordinators of the Coordinating Committee, Standing Committees and Working Groups and the Treasurer and Liaison to the Secretary of State. Coordinators may authorize another individual for posting requests by notifying the list operators, but should still be copied on all requests.

4-5.5 The list operator shall review each posting request for consistency with the guidelines herein, and shall return non-compliant messages with an explanation of why, and shall archive such correspondance at the list operator archive. If there is further disagreement over the appropriateness of a posting, the list operator shall consult the Coordinating Committee for resolution.

Section 4-6 Green Party of California Forum List

The GPCA Forum List is a general discussion list designed to promote communication and dialogue among GPCA members across California about the Green Party in California and issues affecting it. The GPCA Forum is not meant to replace the official lists of GPCA committees and working groups, nor of the GPUS Delegation or the Standing General Assembly; but discussion of the work of those bodies and all party operations is within the scope of the Forum List.

4-6.1 The list's members shall include, but not be limited to present and past members of County Councils, GPCA Working Groups and Standing Committees, present and former GPCA candidates and officeholders, present and past General Assemblies and Standing General Assembly delegates and other active and interested party members.

4-6.2 Participation is based upon the premise that people participate in the gpca-forum in a respectful manner, in order build the GPCA and advance the Ten Key Values. By subscribing, one agrees to follow the E Rules of Decorum. Subscribers who are no longer GPCA members are expected to unsubscribe immediately.

4-6.3 List moderators/administrators shall make an annual report to the GPCA Coordinating Committee on the number of subscribers, and on any moderation issues regarding the Email Rules of Decorum.

Section 4-7 Standing General Assembly Elections Administration

Under GPCA Bylaws 7-6.2 Decision Items, "The following decision items shall automatically be placed before the Standing General Assembly, 7-6.2(d) Election of the Coordinating Committee; and 7-6.2(e) Election of the GPUS Delegation. The Standing General Assembly Votes List and the Standing General Assembly Voting Page shall be utilized to conduct these elections. (http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_7-6_Standing_General_Assembly)

4-7.1 Voting Page

All candidates shall be entered into the Voting page data base in the order their applications were received. The date, hour and minute of submission for each application shall be published on the candidate applications display page. The background section on the voting page for each election shall specify that the candidates have been entered in this order by design.

4-7.2 Candidate Application Submission

Under GPCA Bylaws 8-4.2 "Candidates must submit an application to the Coordinating Committee by the last Monday of April to be eligible. Applications must include a biography and what they wish to accomplish on the Coordinating Committee.”

4-7.2(a) Applications must be sent by the candidate themselves. Each candidate shall submit their to applications@cagreens.org. Applications will not be considered valid if sent to any other address. Applications will not be considered valid if sent via social media, not to personal email addresses.

4-7.2(b) Applications shall include the candidate's name, city, county and email address, along with their biography and what they wish to accomplish. Together, the biography and what the candidate wishes to accomplish shall be no longer than 600 words, but may include links to additional content.

4-7.3 Candidate Application Display

4-7.2(c) A stand alone candidate page shall be created on the GPCA website that shall include all candidates for the female and male Coordinating Committee seats. A stand alone candidate page shall be created on the GPCA website that shall include candidates for GPUS Delegation — delegates and alternates.

4-7.3 (b) Each candidate shall be listed separately. Each listing shall include the candidates name, city, county — and the biography/what they wish to accomplish that was submitted with their application. Such text may be amended by the candidate up until two days before the close of the discussion period, via email to applications@cagreens.org.

4-7.2 (b) Candidates may submit a photo, but are not required to do so. Candidates are asked to submit a square photo or one no greater than 10% difference between height and width. Candidates are asked to submit a link to the photo if possible, but this is not mandatory. Any candidate who does not submit a photo shall not have one posted without their consent. The candidate photo may be amended by the candidate up until two days before the close of the discussion period, via an email to applications@cagreens.org

4-7.3(c) Candidate emails shall be embedded on the GPCA website as links to their names on the candidate page and not displayed openly

Section 4-6 Standing General Assembly Votes List

The Standing General Assembly Votes List is to facilitate communication for the purposes of Standing General Assembly decision-making.

4-6.1 The list's members shall be limited to Standing General Assembly delegates and list moderators and administrators.

4-6.2 Participation is based upon the premise that people participate in the gpca-votes list in a respectful manner, in order to carry out their responsibilities as Standing General Assembly Delegates, and to build the GPCA and advance the Ten Key Values. By subscribing, one agrees to follow the E Rules of Decorum. Subscribers who are no longer GPCA members and/or are not Standing General Assembly delegates are expected to unsubscribe immediately.

4-5.5 Posting to the SGA Email list shall be limited to messages relating to:

4-5.5(a) decision-making items before the SGA as provided for in GPCA Bylaws, Rules and Procedures and Fiscal Policy, including proposals, elections, platform amendments, and positions on State propositions; and

4-5.5(b) making good faith efforts to state clarifying questions and concerns, and to bring forward relevant information, during the discussion period for SGA decision-making.

Section 4-5.7 Posting and formatting Guidelines

4-5.7 (a) All posts shall be signed at the bottom of every message with the first and last name of the author, and their county;

4-5.7 (b) Subject lines should accurately describe or reference the topic of the post. When quoting other messages, the person quoted should be properly cited, and extraneous text (including headers, footers, irrelevant text to the section being responded to) should be deleted. Short, non-substantive replies and one-on-one discussion belong off-list;

4-5.7 (c) Forwarding private messages without the expressed written permission of the author is prohibited;

4-5.7 (d) Copyrighted material (newspaper articles, website content, etc.) and other items forwarded should be accompanied by, where applicable, a source URL, the name(s) of the author(s), and the originating source (if a publication);

4-5.7 (e) SGA list members retain their personal copyright for their original messages, but through use of these lists grant other members the right to publicly quote portions of their message in any medium, and the right to forward messages in their entirety to others so long as the author's name and web address is cited or linked; and

4-5.7 (f) SGA list members shall familiarize themselves with the GPCA Rules of Decorum and act in accordance with the GPCA Email Rules of Decorum.

Section 4-5.8. SGA List Moderators

4-5.8 (a) The Coordinating Committee shall nominate a minimum of five individuals (with gender balance), subject to SGA 3/5 approval using ranked choice voting in accordance with 7-2.4(a) of the GPCA bylaws, with the three highest ranked serving as SGA list moderators to serve simultaneous two-year terms as SGA list moderators; and the next two ranked individuals to serve as Alternate SGA moderators for the same term. Terms shall run from September 1 to August 31 in even-numbered years. (For 2016 only, the SGA will vote to approve the SGA list moderators and alternates at the first SGA session after adoption of this provision.)

4-5.8 (b) All nominees must be Green Party members and be recommended to the Coordinating Committee by their county council to be eligible. It is recommended but not required that SGA moderators have training and/or experience in meeting facilitation and/or dispute resolution. A call for SGA Moderator applicants shall be sent to the GPCA Inform, GPCA Forum and SGA Votes Email lists by the IT Committee at the direction of the Coordinating Committee, within the first 15 days of July of each even-numbered year.

4-5.8 (c) In the event that an SGA Moderator or Alternate seat is not filled by rank choice vote, the Coordinating Committee shall conduct an on-line vote to fill the seat(s), subject to approval by the SGA in accordance with 4-5.8(b).

4-5.8 (d) In the event of an SGA Moderator mid-term vacancy, an Alternate of the same gender, if possible, shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term. If both alternates are the same gender, the coordinating committee shall select one at either their next regular meeting or with an online vote. The Coordinating Committee shall [conduct an on-line vote/re-nominate] to fill the Alternate seat(s) in a gender-balanced manner, subject to approval by the SGA in accordance with 4-5.8 (b)

4-5.8.(e) SGA list moderators may be recalled by a 2/3 vote of the SGA. The vote will be placed in the SGA voting queue with expedited process with two week discussion and one week voting period upon request to the Coordinating Committee by three different SGA delegates from three different counties.

4-5.8 (e) The threshold for SGA list Moderator decision-making shall be 2/3 and no fewer than two moderators in agreement for Compliance Advisories, Notices of Violations, Moderation of Posts, and Read-Only Status as described in this Article. If a moderator is not available an Alternate Moderator may participate in the decision making in their place. Quorum for all decisions shall be two.

Section 4-6 SGA Email List Moderator Compliance and Enforcement

4-6.1 SGA moderators shall carry out their responsibilities in an informative, pro-active manner to promote general compliance with the posting guidelines and Email Rules of Decorum; and shall post periodic reminders of these to each list, citing the relevant text.

4-6.2 SGA moderators shall pro-actively take special notice of, document and respond to examples of egregious and/or multiple violations of the Posting Guidelines and Email Rules of Decorum.

4-6.3 Other list members may file complaints about non-compliance privately in writing directly to the SGA moderators, but shall not post them to the lists established in this Article. Complaints shall quote the post(s) of concern and the relevant Posting Guideline(s) and/or Email Rules of Decorum.

4-6.4 In response to examples of egregious and/or multiple violations of the Posting guidelines and Email Rules of Decorum, based upon their own initiative or in response to complaints filed by list members, SGA moderators may send Compliance Advisories to individuals, with a copy to the county they represent. SGA moderators shall respond to complaints in a uniform fashion. Such advisories shall quote the post(s) of concern and the relevant Posting Guidelines and/or Email Rules of Decorum; and suggest ways of compliance. Compliance Advisories shall also cite the steps described in this Article if non-compliance continues.

4-6.5 If two Compliance Advisories are issued within 120 days, upon further non-compliance within the next 120 days, the SGA moderators may send a Notice of Violation to the individual, with a copy to the county they represent, quoting the post(s) of concern and the relevant Posting Guideline(s) and/or Email Rules of Decorum being violated. Concurrently, the SGA moderators may place the participant upon moderation for up to forty-five days.

4-6.6 The county represented by the participant shall be notified immediately of the participant's moderation status, and may appeal it in writing to the Steering Committee, as may the participant, during which time the participate will remain on moderation. Requests for appeal must be submitted to the Coordinating Committee according to the same timeline as for proposals under GPCA Rules and Procedures Article VI. Upon a timely submission of the appeal, the Coordinating Committee shall consider the appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting, and may overturn the decision of the SGA moderators by a two-thirds vote. This appeals process applies to all determinations of moderation status, as well as to determinations of read-only status.

4-6.7 Under moderation, the SGA moderators shall review all submissions from the participant and may withhold any post(s) they find are not in compliance with the Posting Guidelines and Email Rules of Decorum. The SGA moderators shall cite the relevant text in the Posting Guidelines and Email Rules of Decorum to the participant, explaining any posts moderated. Such review shall be done in a prompt manner to ensure that compliant posts are not detained unreasonably.

4-6.8 After the maximum of forty-five-day period of moderation, there shall be a probation period of 90 days, during which upon issuance of an additional Notice of Violation, the SGA moderators may place the participant under moderation again for up to 90 days.

4-6.9 After the maximum of ninety-day period of moderation, there shall be a probation period of 180 days, during which upon issuance of an additional Notice of Violation, the SGA moderators may place the participant under read-only status for up to 90 days.

4-6.10 SGA moderators shall maintain an electronic archive of all complaints filed, all advisories and notices of violations sent and all subsequent communications with the recipient. The SGA moderators shall post quarterly reports to the SGA Email list detailing their activities, and include the number of advisories, notices of violations and the number and names of those placed upon moderation and/or read-only status. The Standing