2010 Leadership Review / Race

A lack of response to Michael's questions in this forum is further evidence that this site has deteriorated since we've moved to a new website format.  As fewer commenters access this site, the more questions like this remain unanswered (I have an outstanding one here as well, Michael: it's regarding our position on cap and trade...no one has offered to assist).

Michael, you may want to use the Green Bloggers site to access many more blogs from Greens, many of whom have moved away from this site over time, for various reasons.  The Green Bloggers site is a feedcluster -- it provides links to various blogs; it's administered by private individuals, including Dave Bagler.

There have been several blogs written lately with regards to where the Party is at with the leadership contest question.  It's not an easy one to answer, although there may be more direction after the next Federal Council meeting, as I understand that at least two motions will be coming forward: one to require Fed Council to begin organizing in preparation for holding the leadership contest at the BGM; the other motion will be to ask the membership at the BGM to amend our by-laws regarding the 4-year leadership contest requirement.

If the first motion is adopted by Fed Council, it's almost certain that there will be a leadership contest in August, culminating at the BGM.  If the motion is defeated, and the second motion passed, a leadership contest may or may not occur late in 2010 -- if the membership votes to amend our by-laws, there will not be a 2010 contest; if the membership defeats a motion to amend our by-laws, a leadership contest will have to get underway sometime after the August BGM.

So...things are a little up in the air right now.  The next Federal Council meeting was scheduled for February 14th (although there was discussion that it may be changed to the 7th to avoid Valentine's Day); it's unclear to me when the meeting will be, as the minutes from the last meeting on the 17th of January have yet to be posted to the GPC site.

We should have a better perspective as to what will happen, depending on how Fed Council resolves these two largely conflicting motions (note: since I've not seen an Agenda for the Feb 14 meeting, and I doubt one has been put together yet, I'm not 100% that both motions will be on it; but I suspect that they will be).

I suspect, though, that if you keep looking to this site for information on what's going on, it'll be out of date by the time you find it.  Other bloggers, though, will no doubt be out of the gates after the Fed Council meeting, whenever it might be.

That's the best that I can do right now, Michael.  If others have a differing opinion, please do chime in.  I'm not on Fed Council, so I don't have an insiders perspective on this issue.