We believe in open and transparent governance. Below are links to minutes from our General and Steering Committee Meetings.
Our meetings are consensus-driven, as outlined in Democracy in the Raw.
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
10 January 2009
Facilitators/functionaries
Facilitator- Joy, Time Keeper- Esther, Vibes Watcher- Marian, Queue Keeper- Marian
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forward
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Ten key values, individual introductions, do not park near the front of building
II. Approve the Agenda (5 minutes)
III. Announcements (15 minutes)
A. SEC Conference call-First Thursday of the month. See back of page for information.
B. George W. Bush's gate-City Council will likely vote on the installation of the gate on 14 January (Wednesday).
C. Officer elections-Positions of female and male co-chair, treasurer, and secretary are open. Elections held in March. Please submit your name to the secretary if you wish to be in the election (eastercat(at)gmail(dot)com).
Joy nominated herself for female co-chair. Marian nominated herself for treasurer. Jeff nominated himself for male co-chair.
D. Gaza rallies-Joy and Jeff went to candlelight vigil on Friday
E. Fair Trade Workshop-28 February in Austin, TX. 1-5 p.m. Put together by Bill Holloway.
IV. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
Sherri's not here
V. Voting Issues (45 minutes)
A. Money-We'll ask Sherri to pay it back and set a deadline of 14 February
Motion passed. No principled objections
B. Folk singer-Tom Nielson will be in DFW on 22 March. He's willing to do a fundraiser for us. Available 21, 23, or 24 March. Can invite other groups to table. Joy will ask around for venues. Marian will ask about what kind of audience Nielson has.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
C. Gaza-The Green Party of Dallas County supports a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We urge the US government to withdraw military aid and support peace negotiations.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
D. Open up new account-Texans Credit Union.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
VI. Workgroup Reports (10 minutes)
A. Outreach-
B. Web-N/A
VII. Discussion- Wishlist for first 100 days (TBD)
Tabling supplies-Adam has green pages. Need business cards, shirts, bumper stickers.
Texas legislative session-Joy will ask Travis county and SEC
Shoe party for Bush-Inaugurate the gate with shoes. Find out if other people are going to be doing something and hook on. Homeless shoe drive? Harass the companies working on Bush's house. Good and bad shoe drive. Joy will talk to Wasim.
Trans-Texas corridor-Independent Texans sent out a release with undersigners that urges money to be spent on public transportation.
Candidate forum-partner with libertarians.
Soccer game-Buy 10 tickets and get GP announced.
Scott Crow won't be able to facilitate the strategic planning meeting.
For February's agenda: Change the officer terms to two years.
Fundraising: donate $25 and get a free DVD of your choice
VIII. Action Item (0 minute)
Wishlist-Marian will look at the press releases. Letter needs to be sent to transition team.
Candidate recruitment-Dallas city council, school board
IX. Reminders
A. Meetup, Flying Saucer (Addison), first Monday-2 February, 7:30 p.m.
B. Steering Committee, Souper Salads (NE corner of Park and 75), Fourth Monday-26 January, 7:30 p.m.
C. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-14 February, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
D. Pass the hat
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
14 February 2009
Facilitators/functionaries
Facilitator- Joy, Time Keeper- Esther, Vibes Watcher- Marian, Queue Keeper- Marian
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forward
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Ten key values, individual introductions, do not park near the front of building
II. Approve the Agenda (5 minutes)
III. Announcements (15 minutes)
A. SEC Conference call-TBD
B. Sweat Free Workshop-cancelled. Will be rescheduled.
C. Dallas hotel-City council is going forward on spending tax payer money for the hotel.
D. Precinct Conventions-March 10 2009 from 7pm-7:30pm. Precinct 3213, 7510 E Grand Ave #4205 75214. Precinct 1113, 11031 Cinderella Ln 75229. (second Tuesday of March)
E. County Convention-March 14 (first Saturday after the second Tuesday of March).
IV. Treasurer's Report (5 minutes)
None given.
V. Voting Issues (45 minutes)
A. Texans Credit Union.
Joy Vidheecharoen-Glatz, Jeff Glatz, and Esther Choi will be the trustees for the Green Party of Dallas County's bank account at Texans Credit Union.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
B. Renew Dallasgreens.com and dallasgreens.net. Jeff is the technical contact and Joy is the administrative contact.
Motion passed.
VI. Workgroup Reports (10 minutes)
A. Outreach-Folk singer. Marian will talk to Paul Heller about 21 March (Saturday). Final decision will be made after Marian talks to Paul.
Joy wants to do a third party May day concert (1 May). Brendan and Reid knows bands who can play.
Work on Facebook and MySpace.
Post on Indy Media, Pegasus news, moonlady (yahoo groups): meetings, announcements, etc.
Marian wants to try to promote local businesses. Local green pages to highlight businesses in DFW. Look at farmer's markets?
Tabling materials-buttons, platform, flyers, t-shirts, stickers. Budget is limited by how much cash we have.
Medical marijuana-on the table for the Texas legislative session.
B. Web-N/A
VII. Discussion-
VIII. Action Item (0 minute)
A. Call Attorney General Eric Holder's office to prosecute George W. Bush's administration for war crimes. If you have not as of yet made your call to Eric Holder's office, please do so. The number in Washington D.C. is 202-514-2001. Tell U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint an independent special prosecutor to investigate the crimes of the Bush Administration. It is up to each and every one of us to put the pressure on the Attorney General to establish the rule of law and to ensure that no one is above the law.
Pass this on to everyone you know.
B. Call state legislator to vote for medical marijuana legislation and to sponsor the bill. The medical marijuana bill is currently working its way through the Texas Legislature.
On February 12, 2009, HB 164 was officially assigned to the Public Health Committee in the Texas House of Representatives. The most exciting part of this committee assignment is that the bill's author, Rep. Elliott Naishtat (Austin), has been assigned to be Vice Chair of the committee! Also, HB 164 has picked up a co-author, Rep. Lon Burnam (Ft. Worth). If you, or someone you know, uses marijuana for a serious medical condition, and are willing to submit testimony to the Public Health Committee, please contact us as soon as possible (josh@texasnorml.org, 512-585-3846).
Below is a list of the members of the Public Health Committee, with areas they represent and links to contact them. If you need any help composing a letter of correspondence to your representative, please do not hesitate to contact josh@texasnorml.org.
House Committee on Public Health - Phone: (512) 463-0806 Committee
Chair: Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst, Dist. 13 (Brenham/Huntsville)
*IF YOU, OR SOMONE YOU KNOW, LIVE IN REP. KOLKHORST'S DISTRICT, WE NEED YOU TO CONTACT HER AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT HB 164 BE GIVEN A HEARING.*
Vice Chair: Rep. Elliott Naishtat, Dist. 49 (Austin)
Committee Members:
*IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, LIVE IN ANY OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES' DISTRICTS, PLEASE CONTACT THEM AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THEY SUPPORT, AND VOTE FOR, HB 164.*
• Rep. Garnet Coleman, Dist. 147 (SW Houston/Harris County)
• Rep. John E. Davis, Dist. 129 (S/SE Harris County/Pasadena)
• Rep. Veronica Gonzales, Dist. 41 (McAllen/Palmhurst)
• Rep. Chuck Hopson, Dist. 11 (Jacksonville/Crockett/Henderson/Carthage)
• Rep. Susan King, Dist. 71 (Abilene/Sweetwater)
• Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, Dist. 89 (Rockwall/Farmersville/Melissa)
• Rep. Jim McReynolds, Dist. 12 (Lufkin/Coldspring/Woodville)
• Rep. Vicki Truitt, Dist. 98 (Southlake/Ft. Worth/Grapevine)
• Rep. John Zerwas, Dist. 28 (Simonton/Hempstead/El Campo/Wharton)
Even if you do not live in one of these districts, you can still contact members of the Public Health Committee to ask for their support on this issue. You can also contact your own representative to request a co-sponsor of the bill. Also, it would be very helpful for everyone to contact their State Senator and request that a similar bill be introduced in the Senate.
C. Call your Dallas City council member to vote against the hotel. http://www.notaxpayerhotel.com
IX. Reminders
A. Meetup, Flying Saucer (Addison), first Monday-2 March, 7:30 p.m.
B. Steering Committee at Souper Salads (NE corner of Park and 75), Fourth Monday-23 February, 7:30 p.m.
C. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-14 March, 11a.m.-1 p.m.
D. Pass the hat
If you wish to add something to the agenda of the general meeting, please submit it to the secretary and co-chairs one week in advance of the steering committee meeting.
Websites:
Green Party of the US
TexasGreen Party
Green Party of Dallas County
Youth Caucus
http://gp.org/committees/youth/
Women's Caucus
http://www.gp.org/committees/women/index.html
Lavender Greens
http://www.lavendergreens.org/
E-mail lists:
North TX Greens Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/nortxgreens
Green Party of Texas
http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/texgreen
Dallas Greens Yahoo group
Phone:
Green Party of Dallas County
972 949 4314
Address:
Green Party of Dallas County
P. O. Box600342
Dallas, TX 75360-0342
GPTX SEC/CC Conference Call(8 p.m.)
Phone: 319.741.8100
CODE: 962935#
Elected Officers:
Co-chairs:
Adam Jochelson
214 789 2326
apjok(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Secretary:
Esther Choi
214 534 5165
eastercat(at)gmail(dot)com
Treasurer:
Sherri Marsh
smarsh(at)airmail(dot)net
National Committees http://gp.org/committees.shtml
Accreditation(AC), Annual National Meeting Committee(ANMC), Bylaws, Rules, Policies & Procedures(BRPP), Communications(GCC), Coordinated Campaign Committee(CCC), Credentials Committee(CredCom), Dispute Resolution(DRC), Diversity(DC), Finance(FinCom), Fundraising(FC), Green Pages Newspaper, International Committee(IC), Media(MC), Merchandising(MERCH), Peace Action(PAX), Platform(PlatCom), Presidential Campaign Support Committee(PCSC)
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
2009 March 14
No minutes available
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
11 April 2009
Facilitators/functionaries
Facilitator- Esther, Time Keeper- Jeff, Vibes Watcher- Jeff, Queue Keeper- Joy
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forward
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Ten key values, individual introductions, do not park near the front of building
II.
A. Review last month's minutes
B. Approve the Agenda (5 minutes)
III. Announcements (15 minutes)
A. SEC Conference call-TBA
B. City of Dallas Election-9 May. Taxpayer Hotel, city council elections
C. iGive-Purchase through iGive to help raise money for the Green Party (Joy)
IV. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
Bank account opened.
V. Voting Issues (45 minutes)
A. Purchase Agenda for a New Economy and 10 Excellent Reasons for National Healthcare
Table for May
B. Changing terms of co-chairs and treasurer to two year terms.
As of March 2010, the terms of the co-chairs and treasurer will be for a term of two years, to coincide with Texas election years. The term of the secretary will be for two years, coinciding with the terms of the co-chairs and treasurer.
C. Voting requirements
Pertains to internal matters, not regulated by state election code, a voting member of the Green Party of Dallas county is defined as: a registered voter in Dallas county and a contributing member to the Green Party of Dallas County. A contributing member is defined as attending a minimum of one meeting, contributing money, or volunteering time in a preceding 12 month period.
VI. Workgroup Reports (10 minutes)
A. Media-(Esther)
VII. Discussion and Action Item-
A. Legislative Update
IX. Reminders
A. Meetup, Flying Saucer (Addison), first Monday-4 May, 7:30 p.m.
B. Steering Committee, Angelika Lobby (Mockingbird Station), Fourth Monday-27 April, 7:30 p.m.
C. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-9 May, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
D. Pass the hat
Green Party Information
If you wish to add something to the agenda of the general meeting, please submit it to the secretary and co-chairs one week in advance of the steering committee meeting.
Websites:
Green Party of the US
Texas Green Party
Green Party of Dallas County
Youth Caucus
http://gp.org/committees/youth/
Women's Caucus
http://www.gp.org/committees/women/index.html
Lavender Greens
http://www.lavendergreens.org/
E-mail lists:
North TX Greens Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/nortxgreens
Green Party of Texas
http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/texgreen
Dallas Greens Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dallasgreens
Phone:
Green Party of Dallas County
972 949 4314
Address:
Green Party of Dallas County
P. O. Box 600342
Dallas, TX 75360-0342
GPTX SEC/CC Conference Call
Phone: TBA
CODE: TBA
Elected Officers:
Co-chairs:
Joy Vidheecharoen-Glatz
214-406-5333
jvglatz(at)dallasgreens(dot)net
Travis Wilson
972-948-1601
tldraco(at)yahoo(dot)com
Secretary:
Esther Choi
214 534 5165
eastercat(at)gmail(dot)com
Treasurer:
Jeff Glatz
214-406-5333
jeff(at)ruffkat(dot)com
National Committees http://gp.org/committees.shtml
Accreditation (AC), Annual National Meeting Committee (ANMC), Bylaws, Rules, Policies & Procedures (BRPP), Communications (GCC), Coordinated Campaign Committee (CCC), Credentials Committee (CredCom), Dispute Resolution (DRC), Diversity (DC), Finance (FinCom), Fundraising (FC), Green Pages Newspaper, International Committee (IC), Media (MC), Merchandising (MERCH), Peace Action (PAX), Platform (PlatCom), Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC)
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
9 May 2009
Facilitators/functionaries
Facilitator- Esther, Time Keeper- Adam, Vibes Watcher- Jeff, Queue Keeper- Joy
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forwardq
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Ten key values, individual introductions, do not park near the front of building
II.
A. Absence-Travis Wilson, excused
B. Review last month's minutes
C. Approve the agenda
Passed. No principled objections.
III. Announcements (15 minutes)
A. SEC Conference call-Every other Tuesday. Check Yahoo calendar.
B. Vote-Dallas election for city council and hotel
C. National Meeting-23-26 July in Durham, NC
IV. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
$476.13-check $1591.75-savings
V. Voting Issues (45 minutes)
A. Purchase Agenda for a New Economy and 10 Excellent Reasons for National Healthcare
Withdrawn at proposer's request
B. Purchase a pay as you go phone-Joy
$100/year on service. Phone costs $20-$30.
Green Party of Dallas County will spend up to $200 for the phone and service. If more needs to be approved, the treasurer will bring up the proposal.
No principled objections. Motion passed
C. Meetup-Marian. $12/month. If someone else is willing to organize, Marian will pay for the next 6 months.
Cancel the meetup until someone else can organize it.
No principled objections. Motion passed.
D. Because of their opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, the Green Party of Dallas County recommends its members boycott these companies. For example, companies include Home Depot, Container Store and Whole Foods.
VI. Workgroup Reports (10 minutes)
A. Outreach-Joy. Dropping newspapers off. Possibility of printing our own paper or brochures. Joy will look into the costs of printing a paper.
Tabling-Joy will look into tabling possibilities. Joy will talk to Jobs for Justice.
VII. Discussion and Action Item
A. Legislative Update-None
B. Action item-Boycott Home Depot, Container Store and Whole Foods because they're against the Employee Free Choice Act. Joy will see if unions are still protesting outside Home Depot.
Joy will post.
C. General meeting is second Saturday. Steering Committee is fourth Monday.
IX. Reminders
A. Steering Committee, Angelika Lobby (Mockingbird Station), Fourth Monday-25 May, 7:30 p.m.
B. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-13 June, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
C. Pass the hat
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
13 June 2009
Facilitators/functionaries
Facilitator- Esther, Time Keeper- Joy, Vibes Watcher- Jeff, Queue Keeper-Travis
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forward
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Ten key values, individual introductions, do not park near the front of building
II.
A. Absences: no absences
B. Review last month's minutes
Passed. No principled objections.
1. Purchase prepaid mobile phone (Joy)-will start working on it
2. Printing our own newsletter (Joy)-will start checking on it
3. Tabling possibilities (Joy)-will check on it
C. Approve the agenda
Passed. No principled objections.
III. Announcements (15 minutes)
A. Kay Bailey Hutchinson-resigning soon to run for governor. Need candidate for special election. Rusty Tomlinson has tentatively agreed to run.
B. Sweatshop Free Coalition-meeting at 7pm. Northaven Methodist Church 3rd Mondays. 15 June.
C. National Meeting-23-26 July in Durham, NC
IV. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
$557.36 check. $1591.75 savings.
V. Voting Issues (45 minutes)
A. Steering Committee Meeting-when it falls on a holiday, it will be moved to the next business day.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
B. Velvet Revolution- Group is seeking to disbar lawyers in DOJ who justified torture. Seeking endorsement.
Joy will inform group of endorsement by 29 June 2009.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
C. Set the agenda for movie meetings
Citizen Green (series): because Green doesn't stop at recycling (it's not just about recycling). Jeff will look for/register citizengreen.org
Showing a movie. "Sicko" in July (at Paperbacks Plus); get someone from the nurse's union (Joy will ask). "Battle of Seattle" in August; know your rights workshop (Joy will ask ACLU; Travis inviting animal rights people; Rusty will help) with location TBD (Joy will ask about Richland and North Lake); people will brown bag. "American Drug War" in October; ask Stephen Betzen to be guest speaker (Rusty will ask).
Make December meeting the holiday party. Location TBD.
Joy will ask Paperbacks Plus to cancel meetings for movie days.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
D. Expenses for presenters of Know Your Rights workshop-Covers food and gas. Total amount paid is $140+$40 (Joy)+$20 (Esther)+$20 (Marian)+$20 (Travis). Rusty will get in touch with Scott Crow.
Motion passed. No principled objections.
VI. Workgroup Reports (10 minutes)
A. Web-discussion of website and what it should accomplish (Jeff)
Basic information, calendar (online brochure?), 10KV, contact information, meeting directions, add blog/message board for dynamic content (?). Fix front page first. Keep front page simple. Jeff will work on it (with Travis assisting).
B. Need chairs and volunteers to fill positions in workgroups (Joy)
Web-Jeff
Outreach-Rusty, Joy
Volunteer coordination-
Fundraising-
Political Action-
Media-
VII. Discussion and Action Item
A. HB 676–Single Payer Healthcare (move to July)
IX. Reminders
A. Steering Committee, Angelika Lobby (Mockingbird Station), Fourth Monday-22 June, 7:30 p.m.
B. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-11 July, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
C. Pass the hat
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
11 July 2009
No minutes available
Green Party of Dallas County
General Meeting
9 January 2010
Facilitator-? Time Keeper-? Vibes-? Queue-?
General Membership Meeting Rules of Conduct
A. Meetings follow guidelines enumerated in Democracy in the Raw
B. Personal attacks and/or disrespectful behavior are forbidden, as they neither promote nor move the party forward
C. Facilitator shall stop a member if member is: off topic, engaging in disrespectful behavior, attacking another member, or engaging in other behaviors that do not help the party
D. Facilitator may call upon someone, out of queue, if the member has information that clarifies the issue at hand
I. Introductions & Administrative (5 minutes)
Do not park near the front of building
II. Administrative
A. Absences-Joy and Jeff Glatz, excused absence.
B. Review and approve the agenda
III. Announcements
A. Resignation-Joy Vidheecharoen-Glatz resigned as co-chair.
B. Need female co-chair
IV. Voting
A. Endorsement-Rusty
Not here. Delayed until next meeting.
V. Reminders
A. Pass the hat
B. Steering Committee, Angelika Lobby (Mockingbird Station), Fourth Monday-25 January.
C. General Meeting, Paperbacks Plus, Second Saturday-13 February, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
I. Voting Issues (20 minutes)
Motion passed, no principled objections.
B. Green Party of Dallas County will loan the Green Party of Texas $1500.00 for expenses associated with the ballot access lawsuit. The loan will be interest-free with the terms of repayment to be agreed upon by both parties.
Motion passed, no principled objections.
II. Meeting Adjourned