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The Green Party of Texas is making plans for the annual state meeting
for 2009. This year is the tenth anniversary of the Green Party of
Texas and provides an opportunity to celebrate!
Harris County has offered to host a short business meeting and a FUN
celebration in November. Details (like where and when) are still under
discussion.
Essential business includes:
Consideration of platform amendments
Elections of state officers and members of the State Executive
Committee (SEC)
Election of delegates to the National Committee (3 plus alternates)
1. Platform
The current platform of the Green Party of Texas is available at our
web site - txgreens.org http://txgreens.org/
. Please submit proposed amendments by September 15th to
sec-contact@txgreens.org
. The proposals will be circulated so that friendly amendments can be
suggested, a lively email discussion can be held and, hopefully, a
final version will be ready for a vote at the state meeting.
2. State Executive Committee
Current SEC members with terms through June 2010 are:
Co-Chair Thomas Muhammad
Secretary Christine Morshedi
At large Matthew Loughran
At Large Alan Alan Apurim
At Large Keith Sartin
Members with expired terms are:
Co-Chair Kat Swift
Treasurer David Wager
At Large Philip Snyder
Please send nominations for Co-Chair (female), Treasurer and At Large
members of the State Executive Committee to sec-contact@txgreens.org
. A short bio of nominees would be appreciated!
3. National Committee
Current NC Delegates are Esther Choi, Don Cook and Joel West. All
terms expire in 2009. Alternates with terms expiring in 2010 are
Thomas Muhammad, Diane Wood and Philip Snyder.
Please send nominations for NC Delegates to sec-contact@txgreens.org
. Again, a short bio would be appreciated!
Anyone is welcome to attend the State Meeting and 10-Year
Celebration. However, the number of voting delegates to represent each
county is limited by population and addressed below.
It will be helpful for those planning this event if they have an
early estimate of how many delegates will be attending from each
county. You can reply to the Secretary (cmorshedi@gmail.com
) or send an estimate to sec-contact@txgreens.org
.
The final list of delegates from each county should be turned in by
September 15th. (My interpretation of the bylaws is that the rules for
State Conventions are applicable every year, not just election years.)
http://txgreens.org/drupal/node/265
K) Each affiliated County Green Party shall submit to the State
Executive Committee a list of elected county delegates and alternates
and elected Green Party officials, including names, residential
addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses (where available),
no later than 30 days before a State Convention.
Have fun celebrating until we see you in November!
Christine Morshedi
Secretary, Green Party of Texas
Number of voting delegates for selected counties, based on latest
census estimates:
Harris County - 18
Dallas County - 14
Bexar County - 11
Travis County - 8 (500 more residents would put them at 9 delegates!)
Burleson County - 1 (or 1/2 vote for a female and 1/2 vote for a male
delegate)
Bell County - 4
Fannin - 1 (or 1/2 vote for a female and 1/2 vote for a male
delegate)
Hays - 3
Nacogdoches - 2
Tarrant - 11 (just barely!)
Galveston - 4
Please inquire about the number of delegates for counties that aren't
listed here! I used census counts at:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48439.html
and the GPTX Bylaws to determine the numbers given above.
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Thank you Green Party of Texas for including me in your e-mail list!
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