GPUS Rules and Procedures Legislative Sessions
GPUS Rules and Procedures Legislative Sessions
Bylaws
- Election of Steering Committee http://gpus.org/bylaws/#06
Section 6.1. Nomination
6-1.1 Between seventy-five and eighty days before the Annual National Meeting, the Secretary shall publish a call for nominations for Steering Committee members to the National Committees Votes List. The call shall contain the job description for each position, as is described in the the GPUS Rules and Procedures, and a copy of this Article.
6-1.3 The deadline for nominations shall be 28 days before the Annual National Meeting.
Section 6-2 Discussion and Vote
6-2.1 Discussion shall commence 21 days before the Annual National Meeting. Voting shall commence on the Saturday the week before the Annual National Meeting and conclude on the Saturday of the Annual National Meeting, at 5pm in the time zone in which the meeting is held.
6-2.5 The terms of the newly elected Co-chairs and Secretary shall commence upon the conclusion of the Annual National Meeting.
6-2.6 The term of the newly elected Treasurer shall commence on the first of the month that occurs at least four weeks after the conclusion of the Annual National Meeting. During this time the outgoing Treasurer would be accountable to the party as before, but would spend approximately one month working with the newly elected Treasurer to understand the party’s finances so that person would be prepared to directly oversee them upon assuming office.
Rules & Procedures
Apportionment: every two years http://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#08 , revisit every eight years
Presidential Recognition Process: every four years http://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#10
Platform Approval: every two years, in convention and non-convention years http://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#12
Fiscal Policy
- Budget http://gpus.org/fiscal-policy/#06
Convention Rules
- Credentials Process http://gpus.org/convention-rules/#04
- Election of Credentials Committee
- Delegation Plans for Selection and Instruction of Delegates http://gpus.org/convention-rules/#02-07
2-7.1 Deadline for Submission of Delegate Plans
2-7.1(a) At least 120 days prior to the convening of each Presidential Nominating Convention, each state’s Green Party shall submit to the Credentials Committee, a Delegate Plan for selecting and instructing its delegation. The Credentials Committee shall post a copy of each Delegate Plan on its web site.
2-7.3 Change to Delegate Plans
2-7.3(a) After its Delegate Plan has been submitted to the Credential Committee, no change to the rules used by a state Green Party for selecting or instructing its delegation shall be binding unless the state Green Party submits within thirty days of such change to the Credentials Committee a supplementary report describing those amendments.
Section 2-8 Reporting the Results of the Delegate Selection Process
2-8.1 Not later than 14 days following any action to fill seats on a state Green Party’s convention delegation, a state party shall file with the Credentials Committee the results of its delegate selection process, including vote totals and the proportion of support enjoyed by each candidate seeking the nomination of the party, as well as a list of delegates and alternates and an explanation of how each has been instructed to vote in the first round of voting in the convention’s Presidential Nominating process.
- Election of Convention Officers
Other Elections
- Coordinated Campaign, Finance
= International Representatives to FPVA, Global Greens
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