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Post by christopherabrown on Jun 18, 2012 14:35:08 GMT -5
Should steering committee notices be text on an .html page at the site instead of google docs?I ask because a notice this morning from the steering committee led to google and a notice that corporations have again obsoleted by equipment and software. The text at bottom is from the google page here. docs.google.com/document/d/1rr71l3CY84xMimJ2cEJtPcSWHXoF1oD7m6gAiJEjf6U/edit Proposed Agenda and Schedule for CC2.0.doc Your browser does not support all features of Google Docs. If you are having problems, try Google Chrome.This post was written as if there was a poll feature on the forum, I don't see one(?)
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mhuttman
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Post by mhuttman on Jun 18, 2012 14:51:34 GMT -5
It should have been posted in full on the forums somewhere, or made available as a PDF...
Proposed Agenda & Schedule For Continental Congress 2.0
July 2, 2012 to July 4, 2012,
The Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
Monday July 2nd
6:00 am. Volunteers arrive at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at the Arch Street entrance and check in with security. Please ensure ballroom is ready and set up with microphones and projectors operational.
Registration tables should be outside of the ballroom. No will one will be admitted unless they are on the delegate list and have a government issued photo identification such as passport or drivers license. If the name on the list does not match the ID, the person must have some documentary proof as to why the name on the ID is not on the list (e.g. name change though marriage, etc.). Volunteers will be stationed at the Arch Street entrance, outside Ballroom B and between the entrance and Ballroom B to guide delegates to Ballroom B.
7:30 am. Delegates begin to arrive at the Arch Street entrance to the Convention Center to register. After having ID checked against the delegate list, delegates will proceed to Ballroom B to register and receive ID tags and registration packet with agenda, how the voting system works, list of grievances and activities in Philadelphia. Keypads will be assigned to each delegate with the keypad number recorded for future reference so we know how each delegate voted. Voting will be by electronic device and anonymous during the Congress but the voting record of each delegate will be published after the event for accountability and transparency purposes.
9:30 am. Continental Congress 2.0 convenes with welcome comments from the chair and an explanation of how the event is expected to proceed. The Chair and Co-Chair will be appointed by the Steering Committee and the delegates may elect presidents pro tempore to assist the Chair in performing his or her duties. The Chair is appointed because of the level of planning required and knowledge needed to operate the electronic voting system. The Chair shall remain neutral at all times and refrain from expressing his or her own view except during his or her two-minute speech (see below).
The chair will explain the agenda, how the electronic voting system will work and reviewing the materials provided in their registration package. By attending the event, the delegates agreed to subscribe to the rules as published on the website. The 100 proposed grievances the delegates are voting on were submitted by the delegates and the American people between October 7, 2011 and June 15, 2012. Grievances must be worded with sufficient specificity to be used in a federal lawsuit against the government to enforce the petition should that be necessary.
All votes (except for minor procedural votes) shall require a quorum of at least one-third (33%) of the total registered delegates in attendance at the Congress. Delegates who leave the Congress early should notify the chair so the 1/3 quorum may be adjusted accordingly.
After the petition has been ratified and signed by the delegates, it will be served on the Congress, Supreme Court and President before the November 6th general election. These 100 proposed grievances are the points most frequently requested by the American people to be in the petition over the last nine months of online submissions. Not every grievance that was submitted is on this list mainly because of redundancy or only one person requested a very uncommon grievance.
The delegates will have an opportunity to amend, merge or add grievances to the final petition after the delegates have selected the grievances from the list of 100 grievances submitted by the American people.
Any delegate who attempts to disrupt or insists on speaking when they are not recognized by the chair will be given a warning. If the person persists in this type of misbehavior, they will be escorted out of the Convention Center by security and banned from the Congress. This “no tolerance” policy is clearly specified in the published rules and is necessary if the petition is to be completed in three days.
10:00 am. First Vote: Approval of Agenda. Using the keypad voting system, the delegates will vote on whether to accept this agenda. Delegates will be asked to “Press 1 on your keypad if you approve the agenda and press 2 if you reject the agenda.” If the agenda is voted down, then the Congress will be run by the parliamentarian using Robert’s Rules of Order. In that event, any complex votes will have to be counted by paper ballot. Impromptu Yes/No votes can be handled by the keypad voting system but the computer system needs to be customized in advance to handle complex voting such as voting on detailed grievances. On this vote whether to adopt this agenda, a simple majority of 51% or more is needed.
10:30 am. Second Vote: Number of Grievances to be in the Final Petition. Assuming the agenda is approved, the next vote will be: “Using your keypads, enter the total number of grievances you believe should be in the final petition for it to be effective: Press 1 for 5, Press 2 for 10, Press 3 for 15, Press 4 for 20 and Press 5 for 25.” The number of final grievances will be referred to as “X” for purposes of this agenda.
11:00 am. Please take the next half hour to review the list of 100 most commonly proposed grievances so you will be familiar with them for the “baseline” vote at 11:30 am. These 100 grievances were collected online between October 7, 2011 and June 15, 2012. These are the 100 most requested for inclusion into the final petition but not every grievance that was submitted is on this list due to redundancy or the submission of vague, overbroad or unintelligible points. Many of the similar points submitted were consolidated and there will an opportunity for the delegates to amend, merge or add new grievances.
11:30 am. Third Vote: Baseline Opinion. “The 100 proposed grievances will now be projected on the screens. Each grievance will be shown for 30 seconds and in that time you may enter any number up to “X” or you may enter nothing. For example, you may use all of your “X” points on one grievance or you may distribute your “X” points over several grievances. This weighted point system allows you to emphasis those grievances that are most important to you. As each grievance is shown for 30 seconds, you may enter a number from zero to “X” but once you use up your “X” points, you will not be able to assign additional points. Do not worry if you are not yet fully familiar with the proposed 100 grievances. This is not a final vote; this vote is only intended to give all the delegates an idea of where everyone stands before the debate starts.” Conduct vote and display results by points.
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Lunch break.
2:00-5:00 pm. Two-minute speeches. Each state will now have one delegate speak for two minutes. After the first round, a second delegate from each state will speak for two minutes until every delegate who wishes to speak for two minutes has had an opportunity to do so. Delegates may use their two minutes in anyway they wish but it is requested that you concisely state what grievances are most important to you and your constituents and why. If your most important grievance is not on the list, please tell the delegates why it should be considered during the amendment, merger and addition period of the Congress described below. When the chair indicates your time has expired, the microphone will be passed to the next state for a delegate to speak. Please cooperate with the time limitations due to the tasks at hand the restrictions we have on time.
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Dinner break.
7:00 pm to late. Two-minute speeches continue.
*** Tuesday July 3rd.
9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Two-minute speeches continue.
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Lunch Break.
1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Two-minute speeches continue.
7:00 pm to 8 pm. Dinner Break and request that delegates review list of 100 grievances again over dinner in preparation for final vote.
8:00 pm to late. Fourth Vote: Final vote on the 100 proposed grievances submitted by the American people between October 7, 2011 and June 15, 2012.
“Just like the baseline vote, using your keypad you will be permitted to assign up to “X” points while voting on these 100 proposed grievances. Hopefully now you are familiar with all 100 proposed grievances. Please vote carefully because you may not use more than “X” points. As before, you may assign all “X” points to one grievance or you may distribute them among two or more grievances.”
“Each grievance will be displayed for 30 seconds and you should enter the number of points out of the “X” points you want to assign to each grievance within those 30 seconds. If you don’t get your vote in within those 30 second, the computer will register no vote from you on that grievance. The “X” grievances that receive the most points will be the “X” final grievances in the petition subject to motions to amend, merge and add new grievances tomorrow.”
Vote Five: Election of Drafting Committee (no more than 10). Following the final vote, the chair will accept nominations for up to ten people to sit on the Drafting Committee. Each person who is nominated and seconded to be on the Drafting Committee will have one minute to state why he or she should be elected to the Drafting Committee. The chair will then read the list of nominees one by one. Using your keypads, press 1 to accept the nominee and press 2 to reject the nominee. The Chair will record the vote percentages for each nominee gets and the ten people with the highest percentages will be on the Drafting Committee. In the event of one or more ties, a run off vote will be held.
The Drafting Committee will then meet the night of July 3rd to the morning of July 4th to write the preamble and edit the language of the Petition for Redress of Grievance. The final language of the approved grievances should be carefully checked for accuracy and clarity but they should not change the substance of the grievances voted on and approved by the delegates.
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Wednesday July 4th.
9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Motions to Amend, Merge or Add Grievances. Each state may now make a motion to amend, merge or add grievances. This includes motions to make changes to the preamble language provided by the Drafting Committee. Thus, each state may make one motion to amend, one motion to merge and one motion to add a new grievance.
Please keep in mind that if too much information is in any one grievance it will not be effective and may be confusing. The Drafting Committee will be responsible for making the required amendments, mergers and additions before the final Petition is served upon the government prior to the 2012 general election. The same 1/3 quorum shall be required on motions to amend, merge or add grievances subject to the following stipulations and procedures:
1. To amend a grievance or merge one grievance with another, the motion must attain a supermajority vote of at least 66% or higher. No second is required on these motions. To approve a motion to amend or motion to merge press 1 on your keypad when the question is called. To reject a motion to amend or merge grievances press 2 on your keypad when the question is called. Percentages will be displayed on the screens.
To amend, specify the grievance you wish to amend and the change in language you propose. The new proposed language must be written down on a piece of paper and handed up to the Chair to ensure the change is made correctly and made part of the record.
To merge one grievance with another, state the two grievances by name and number that you seek to merge into one grievance. These grievances may be on the approved list of “X” grievances or they may be on the list of grievances that were not approved or a combination thereof. So you may request that a grievance that was not approved in the final vote be added to one of the “X” approved grievances. You may not seek to merge a new grievance (i.e. not on the list of 100) with one of the “X” approved grievance. The motion to add grievances should be used to add any new grievances.
2. To add a grievance to the final petition that was not on the list of 100 proposed grievances you must state the proposed grievance in one or two sentences and hand up a handwritten copy of the proposed new grievance to the Chair to be made part of the record. Because new grievances did not go through the nine month vetting process, or the voting process at the Congress, a new grievance must attain a supermajority of 90% or higher. For this voter, on your keypad, Press 1 to add a proposed grievance or press 2 to reject a proposed grievance when the question is called for a vote. A percentage distribution of yes and no votes will be displayed on the screens.
Procedure Note: Each state (not each delegate) will be permitted to make one motion to amend, and/or one motion to merge and/or one motion to add a new grievance. If time permits, a second round of amendment, merger and additions will be held.
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Ratification of the Petition for Redress of Grievances. Delegates will be asked to sign the signature pages (please sign two originals) indicating their name, state, and congressional district.
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Delegate parade down Market Street to People’s Plaza on Independence Mall for gathering and rally.
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Rally on Independence Mall. The petition and grievances may be read aloud here. Under the terms of our permit with the National Park Service, speeches are permitted using a portable amplification device and a small raised platform may be set up for speakers. The permit covers the area near People’s Plaza near the corner of Market and 5th Streets.
5:00 pm. The Congress shall recess from People’s Plaza although specific plans may be made by the Delegates to reconvene on a specific date if there is no response to the petition from the government. A final list of all attendees and their contact information, including email addresses, should be copied given to each delegate so that future Congresses may be planned if needed.
-End of Proceedings-
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Post by davidindc on Jun 20, 2012 16:17:36 GMT -5
I've taken the opportunity to read this anew and chew on it a little.
It doesn't taste any better than the first time.
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