The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the Green Party of California (GPCA) and consists of delegates from each active county organization recognized by the GPCA. The General Assembly generally meets twice a year, once in Northern California and once in Southern California.

The General Assembly of the Green Party of California will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18th in Sacramento at the beautiful Camp Pollock.

The General Assembly Planning Committee is asking that counties submit a list of their selected delegates to the State Meeting Planning Committee no later than Friday, June 9th.

Draft agenda of the June 2017 General Assembly, Sacramento, June 17-18, 2017

Saturday, June 17

8:00 am Breakfast, registration
9:00 am Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of Standing Committee vacancies
9:25 am Quorum Count

9:30 am Agenda approval

10:00 am Presentation: Coordinating Committee female and male candidates for FY2017-2019 make statements
10:25 am Presentation: GPUS Delegation delegate and alternate candidates for FY2017-2018 make statements
10:55 am Proposal: Budget FY2017-2017 - Draft budget in .xls and .pdf format format; Income and Expense Narrative in .docx and .pdf; and Annual Reports and Workplans of Standing Committees and Working Groups in .docx and .pdf (Budget Committee), (links need to be changed to current)

12:25 pm Announcements

12:30 pm Lunch, Women’s Caucus meeting during lunch

1:30 pm Reconvene and Quorum Count

1:40 pm Presentation and discussion: Gayle McLaughlin and Juan Reardon of the Richmond Progressive Alliance: The Story and experiences of the RPA

3:10 pm Announcement of Standing Committee vacancies
3:20 pm Discussion: Report from counties on “What are the counties doing?”
(A facilitated meeting in which people from different counties briefly share what their counties are doing. Handouts and/or links to internet information would be shared.)

4:20 pm Break
4:25 pm Workshop offered by the Campaigns & Candidates Working Group focused on Skills Building and/or Training
5:25 Announcements

5:30 pm Dinner on your own (host committee providing recommendations), GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner
7:30 pm Evening Social Gathering in process of organization

Sunday, June 18

8:00 am Breakfast, registration
9:00 am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups; Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG), Green Issues, Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG) and Bylaws.
10:35 pm Quorum count
10:40 am Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators
10:50 am Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place (Coordinating Committee)
11:00 am Presentation: Single Payer Healthcare and SB562 (Green Party of Sacramento)

12:00 pm Lunch, Optional caucus meetings

1:00 pm Announcements, including announcement of Standing Committee vacancies, Quorum Count
1:15 pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Media, Platform, IT)
2:45 pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Finance, GROW, Clearinghouse)
4:15 pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session)
4:15 pm Closing session