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k	Home What's new Our Campaigns Upcoming events Volunteer Opportunities Our Bylaws Newsletter Platform Links of interest	k		Green Party of Central Missouri minutes. 3/17/02 Active members present: Keith Brekhus, Mark Haim, Mark Robertson, Roy Hartley, Amy Damashek, Johann Holt Agenda: Smart Growth Coalition Treasury Report Farmers Market Living Wage Change in by-laws for endorsing issues/spending money Columbians Against Throwaways Keith Brekhus's campaign- Web page/campaign committee/funding/ Petition drive Earth Day Columbia Progressive Peace issues Next meeting Smart Growth Coalition: Keith Brekhus is elected as the alternate to Roy Hartley. Smart Growth meetings are the first Wednesday of every month, at the Boone County Government Center. Treasury Report: $634.80 in the account after rent Farmers Market: The Green Party is officially endorsing the permanent residence of the Farmers Market next to the new Rec Center. Roy Hartley will present our support at the 3/17/02 city council meeting Living Wage: Mark Robertson reported that the lawsuit against the Living Wage law in St. Louis is in the appeals process in the St. Louis Supreme Court. The Green Party decided to make Living Wage less of an issue for the present, but to still have it as part of the display for Earth Day. Change in by-laws for endorsing issues/spending money: Johann Holt brought up the issue of allowing the Green Party to officially endorse issues and to spend money outside of official business meetings, if necessity arises. This could be done by email or phone, if officially approved. The Green Party approved voting on the proposal at the next business meeting. The proposal, written by Johann and subject to member approval , is as follows: (with the current bylaw starting in italics, and the proposed alteration afterwards) 3. Decision-making process:     a. A quorum of active members is needed at a meeting for any decisions to be made. A quorum is defined here as half of the active members plus one more. 5. Officers     b. All expenditures will be approved by the members of the group at an official meeting according to the decision-making process. 3. Decision-making process:     a. A quorum of active members is needed for any decisions to be made. A quorum is defined here as half the active members present at the last official business meeting plus one. The methods of approval shall be as follows, ranked in preference Vote at an official business meeting Vote through email correspondance Vote through phone correspondance Any member wishing to present an issue to be voted on must present it in that order, if at all possible. In the event that timeliness ordains voting through email first or phone second, every effort must be made to contact all members present at the last meeting, and they must all vote for any decision to be binding. If group concensus cannot be reached, then the decision making process follows as written in section 3b, and subsequent decision making must be done at the next official business meeting. Bylaws may not be changed by email or phone. 5. Officers     b. All expenditures will be approved by the members of the group according to the official decision-making process in section 3. Columbians Against Throwaways: CAT will use the Canopy (Green Party of Central Missouri and Missouri Heartwood headquarters) for the current campaign to keep the deposit ordinance. The Green Party donated $50 to CAT for their campaign. CAT also desperately needs canvassers and people to phone bank. Contact Mark Haim fo rmore information. Keith Brekhus¹s campaign- Web page/campaign committee/funding/petition drive: Mark Robertson is working on a separate website for Keith¹s campaign. Keith and Rusty are looking into the technicalities of accounting and campaign laws. Keith is setting up his committee, which shall meet immediately after the offical Green Party business meeting ends. The Green Party of Central Missouri has approximately 372 signatures. We are expecting may more with Earth Day and several other large events. Earth Day: Johann Holt and Elaine Hartley are organizing the Earth Day display. There will be an art raffle at the display. Green Party members will also collect signatures throughout the crowd as well as at the table. Columbia Progressive: The deadline for the next progressive is April 14th. Mark Haim will write an article on why the Green Parties stance on peace. Roy Hartley will write an article on agriculture and genetic engineering. Johann Holt will write an article on the wind power. Mark Robertson will write an article on Living Wage. The paper supply has about run out and the Green Party authorized from $130-$150 for new paper. Peace issues: The Green Party will protest again the April 3rd special rush hour protest at Broadway and College. This next month will be the sixth month of bombing. April 13th is the Legs for Arms special peace march, held directly after the morning post office protest. Keith Brekhus will speak on peace. Business meeting: Because of Earth Day, our next official business meeting will be April 14th at the Canopy. The next Meet the Greens is April 7th , also at the Canopy.
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