RETURN
Rules of the Susquehanna County Green Party Committee
Effective March 15,
2003
Article I
Establishment of Rules
The Susquehanna
County Green Party Committee does
hereby adopt the following rules.
Article
II
Mission Statement
The principles of the Susquehanna County Green Party
Committee
are articulated in the ten key values of the
Green movement in the United States
of America:
grassroots democracy, social justice and equal
opportunity, ecological
wisdom, non-violence,
decentralization, community-based economics and
economic
justice, feminism and gender equity, respect
for diversity, personal and global
responsibility, and
future focus and sustain ability. The Susquehanna
County
Green Party Committee shall govern itself in a
manner consistent with and in actualization
of these
values.
Article III
Members of Committee
The membership
of the Committee, at any specific time,
shall consist of all electors enrolled
in the Green
Party in Susquehanna County.
Article
IV
Officers of Committee
The officers of the Committee shall be a Chairperson
and
a Secretary. Officers may at any time be called
to step down in the event of
a vote of no confidence.
A vote of confidence will be taken at the end of each
meeting.
The floor will be open for nominations every
three months.
Article
V
Meetings
Meetings of the Committee shall be held on the call of
the
Chairperson, or in the case of vacancy in the
office of the Chairperson, on the
call of the
Secretary. Notice of the time and place of a meeting
shall be
served by transmitting a notice of meeting to
each member not less than ten days
before such
meeting. At all meetings of the Committee, there
shall be present
at least three members in order to
constitute a quorum.
Article
VI
Nomination of Candidates
The Committee may nominate candidates for
such offices
as are to be voted for by the electors of Susquehanna
County or
subdivision thereof. As soon as possible
after the nomination of candidates,
the Chairperson
and Secretary shall deliver to the Susquehanna County
Board
of Elections an Authorization of Candidacy
listing the offices for which candidates
have been
nominated and the names and addresses of such
candidates. The Board
of Elections shall not certify
the nomination of any Green Party candidate for
whom
such Authorization has not been received. Such
Authorization may be supplemented
at any time prior to
the last date on which nomination papers may be filed.
Article VII
Vacancies
Any vacancy happening or
existing in the Green
nomination for any county or municipal office by
reason
of the death or withdrawal of a candidate, the
calling of a special election or
other cause shall be
filled by the Committee, which shall have the
authority
to make and certify a nomination as
specified in Article V.
Article
VIII
Selection of Delegates
At its first meeting of each calendar year
the
Committee shall select from among its members a
minimum of two delegates
and one alternate per
delegate to the Coordinating Committee of the Green
Party
of Pennsylvania, as specified by the rules of
that body, who will serve until
the first meeting of
the following calendar year.