In this century, it is imperative that we find sound economic ways to make systemic changes. It is our responsibility to rebuild the political culture of the United States in order to stop wars of aggression, short-sighted ecological destruction, erosion of our rights, and the system that perpetuates social and economic injustice. In other words, we must fundamentally change our society's broken political system.

Now is the time to build a bridge from the world we have to the better world we know is possible.

Now is the time to grow a sustainable political force to work for grassroots democracy, nonviolence, social justice, and ecological wisdom.

We look forward to meeting you on November 14, 2020!

Michael E. Cease
AZGP Secretary
www.azgp.org/

AZGP statewide General Membership meeting

Agenda for Saturday, November 14, 2020

10:00 AM to 12:45 PM
Zoom Meeting  

PRE-MEETING SOCIAL

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Hosted by Cara Bissell, AZGP Treasurer

INTRODUCTION

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Welcome and brief introductions (30 seconds for each introduction) 
Liana West, AZGP Co-Chair, Facilitator

10:15 AM – 10:20 AM
Volunteers for role assignments of Stack taker (certain items limited to General Membership members only and not State Committee members**), Time keeper (note, all speakers in the stack are limited to 1 minute), 2 Vibes monitors  (one vibes monitor for audio and one vibes monitor for “Chat” notes on Zoom), Public scribe (committee of the whole through “Share Screen” feature on Zoom)
Celeste Castorena, AZGP Recorder, Minutes taker

10:20 AM - 10:25 AM 
Minute of silence in respect of Greens we have lost and Honoring Indigenous People, national day of mourning and International Free Leonard Pelteir event on November 26th Liana West, AZGP Co-Chair and Haryaksha Knauer, AZGP Co-Chair

10:25 AM – 10:30 AM
Brief 1990 to 2020 AZGP historical introduction
Celeste Castorena, AZGP Recorder

10:30 AM – 10:35 AM
“On Conflict and Consensus” reading
Cara Bissell, AZGP Treasurer

10:35 AM – 10:50 AM 
Jamboard Session and open discussion of concerns, visions and AZGP mission from the general members.
Whiteboard – Sam Hales, AZGP Alternate GP-US Delegate

REPORTS

10:50 AM – 10:55 AM
Treasurer’s report
Cara Bissell, AZGP Treasurer 

10:55 AM – 11:00 AM 
Fundraising, monthly sustaining donors appeal
Cara Bissell, AZGP Treasurer

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
National Committee Delegate report (5 minutes)
Celeste Castorena, GP-US Delegate

11:10 AM – 11:25 AM
GPMC (Green Party of Maricopa County) report (5 minutes)
Liana West, GPMC Chairperson

11:25 AM – 11:30 AM
Ballot Access Committee Report
Amee Beck, AZGP 1st Vice Chairperson, BAC Committee Coordinator

11:30 AM – 11:35 AM
Report on 2022 Petitioning Campaign for AZGP New Party recognition
Haryaksha Knauer, AZGP Co-Chair

11:35 AM – 11:40 AM 
Media Committee Report
Sam Hales, AZGP Alternate GP-US Delegate

NEW BUSINESS

11:40 AM – 11:50 AM
State Working-Committees call for volunteers/review whiteboard sticky notes**
Sam Hales, AZGP Alternate GP-US Delegate  

11:50 AM – 11:55 AM
Volunteers for National Committee requests
Vincent Jones, AZGP 2nd Vice-Chairperson

11:55 AM – 12:05 PM
GP-US Delegate position status, term expires January, 2021
Celeste Castorena, AZGP Recorder and Liana West, AZGP Co-Chair

12:05 PM – 12:10 PM
Recognition of Yavapai County as a new organized county chapter of the AZGP **
Mike Cease, AZGP Secretary

12:10 PM – 12:15 PM
Bylaw amendment proposal for State Committee quorum requirements**
Mike Cease, AZGP Secretary

12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
Guest Speaker on Ranked Choice Voting
from Voter Choice AZ

OTHER

12:35 PM – 12:45 PM
Meeting evaluations, what worked well and what needs improvement
Liana West, Facilitator

Adjournment 12:45 PM