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Mission & Operating Procedures
(approved by the Steering Committee, 9/27/09)

I. Mission

1-1 Serve as a resource for advice on Party hardware and software needs to GPUS staff and committees

1-2 Serve as a resource for advice on Party IT innovations and
strategies to GPUS staff and committees

II. Membership

2-1 Members shall automatically include the Secretary, GPUS Staff (Political Director, Office Manager, Fundraiser), GPUS webmaster and any other Steering Committee members who wish to join.

2-2 The Steering Committee shall also appoint additional members. Appointed members shall include those with expertise in areas within the scope of the Advisory Group Mission.

The intent behind appointments is to provide a continuity of input, advice and expertise from Advisory Group members. At the same time, as the Advisory Group is a sub-committee of the Steering Committee, appointments shall occur on at least on an annual basis after the new Steering Committee members are elected, so that each year the newly elected Steering Committee members may be part of the appointment process.

2-3 Each time an appointment is made to the Advisory Group and/or each time this Mission Statement and Operating Procedures are amended, it shall be included in the minutes of the Steering Committee and reported to the National Committee along with those minutes.

2-4 Where an Advisory Group member's participation is not in keeping with the Mission of the Advisory Group, the Steering Committee reserves the right to remove an Advisory Group member for cause. If a vote of removal for cause is taken,it shall be included in the minutes of the Steering Committee and reported to the National Committee along with those minutes.

III. Operating Procedures

3-1 The Advisory Group shall have an email list, with archive, that shall be open to all Advisory Group members.

3-2 The Advisory Group shall have as a goal the holding at least two teleconferences annually, and to also convene any other teleconferences of individual group members as needed.

IV. Areas of Focus

The Advisory Group shall specifically address issues of:

4-1 Hardware and Software, including database management

4-2 Website (www.gp.org)

4-3 Committee Operations (National Committee, other GPUS Committees), including voting pages, listserves, list maintainance and membership tracking

V. Advisory Nature

5-1 The Advisory Group shall serve only in an advisory capacity to GPUS staff and committees.

5-2 The existence of the Advisory Group does not imply or assert any decision-making powers on behalf of Group.

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