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Autumn Conference 2017 Harrogate autumn Conference 2017 final agenda harrogate contents Section A / Reports and Motions required by Previous Conference Resolution A01 SOC Report _4 A02 Treasurer and Finance Coordinator Report _9 A03 GPEx Report _10 A04 GPRC Report _17 A05 Disputes Resolution Committee Report _23 A06 Disciplinary Committee Report _24 A07 Leaders’ Report _25 A08 Conference Committee Report _26 A09 Policy Development Committee Report _27 A10 Campaigns Committee Report _29 A11 Equality and Diversity Report _29 A12 Reform Conference Voting Working Group Report _29 A13 Governance Review Working Group Report _30 A14 Principles For Incorporation Of The Party _31 A15 Proposed New Constitution to go to Ballot _31 Section B / Voting Papers B01 Climate Change Voting Paper _32 B02 Forestry And Woodlands Voting Paper _35 Section D / Organisational Motions D01 An Urgent And Holistic Review Of How The Green Party Operates _37 D02 Election Messaging Strategy That Highlights Economy And Environment _38 D03 Changing The Green Party Message And Target-To-Win _39 D04 Updated Policy On Electoral Alliances For The Period Up To The Next General Election _39 D05 Relinquishing “Progressive Alliance” _41 D06 Future Electoral Deals With Other Parties _42 D07 Compositing Of Motions To Conference _43 D08 Conference Accessibility _43 D09 Interim Policy Positions _44 D10 Campaigning Priorities _44 D11 Set Up A Constitutional Reform Working Group _45 D12 Introduce A Procedural Card To Conference Plenaries _45 D13 Parliamentary Candidates May Remain In Place Up To 18 Months After General Election _46 D14 Election Of Leadership Team Using STV For Ordered List _46 D15 Include A and F sections in Pre-agenda process _47 D16 Allow One-Year Members To Stand For GPEx _48 D17 Reform of Conference Voting Working Group Extension _48 Section E / Policy Motions E01 Reducing Plastic Waste _49 E02 Enabling Motion For Small Business _49 E03 Widen Application of Precautionary Principle _49 E04 Culture, Media And Sport PSS Enabling Motion _50 E05 Improving Trans Rights Policy _50 E06 Updating Sexual Orientation Policy _51 E07 Oppose Stonehenge Tunnel Plan _52 E08 Bank Holiday Marking The Contribution Of Migrants And People Of Colour _53 Section F / Draft Voting Papers F01 Energy Policy Draft Voting Paper _54 F02 Tax And Fiscal Policy Draft Voting Paper _55 Late Motions 1 Campaigning Against the EU Repeal Bill _59 Reports and Motions A Required by a Previous Conference Resolution Where an amendment proposal related to different parts of a A01 SOC Report motion, the amendment has been split and the relevant parts Martin Hemingway, Andy Hunter-Rossall, Jen Law, Jill Mills linked to the relevant parts of the original motion. Introduction 10 motions proposed failed to gain the support of 12 co- The team from the last Conference has carried on to prepare proposers as required by the new process, and these are listed for this Conference, with the exception of Kat Boettge who after section F of the Agenda (Appendix 1) resigned after the General Election. SOC would like to thank her for her contribution over most of the year. Jen Law took 6 SOC ruled 1 motion, and parts of three other motions, and weeks leave from SOC duties in August/September but we are parts of four amendments out of order, and these are printed glad to have her back for the final conference preparations. after section F of the Agenda (Appendix 2). In pursuit of its aim of making Conference procedure more The prioritisation ballot fell into two parts: Section D 104 open and flexible, and our documentation more consistent, valid ballots, and Section E 83 valid ballots. The initial data SOC has brought forward two motions to Conference. One to for the prioritisation ballot was collected using webforms on make the sections of the agenda clearer, the other to seek to the members’ site that only allowed one submission per user simplify the procedure for the compositing of motions. We hope and was restricted to Green Party members only. The ballot to bring more to Spring Conference 2018. result was created by running successive STV elections with the same data but each time decreasing the size of the group Content of the Final Agenda elected by 1 thus ejecting 1 option – that is the last one on the There are 13 motions to accept reports (Section A) provided list. This is done in ever decreasing numbers until 1 option is to Autumn Conference, which also forms the Annual General elected – and that is the top one on the list. In consequence Meeting of the party. There are also two A section motions there are no “points” attached to each motion in this required by previous conferences. One of these (A15) has conference to report. The ballot data is available on the SOC an appendix which is printed after Section F of the Agenda section of the website. (Appendix 3), and this has 13 amendments. The results and data can be accessed at: my.greenparty.org. There are two Section B voting papers at this conference. B01 uk/node/220/resources includes 3 amendments submitted as part of the motion. SOC is proposing several deviations from the agenda order The Policy process divides Policy motions into two groups: suggested by the prioritisation ballot, and makes the following those that have received accreditation from the Policy proposals for timetabling and agenda order. Development Committee (PDC) (the Section C motions), and those not so accredited (the Section E motions). Section A The reports from the Green Party Executive (GPEx) have been No motions have been accredited for this conference. It is grouped as a single motion, with separate sections for those important that those seeking accreditation make contact at co-ordinators that do not have to provide separate reports to the earliest opportunity with PDC to ensure that they are clear Conference. Only one report required by Conference (Equality about what the accreditation process requires. & Diversity Co-ordinator) was not submitted since there is currently a vacancy for this role. There are 8 E motions with a single amendment to one of them. The Governance Review is timetabled for this Conference, and the second plenary is allocated to this, however one of the There are 17 organisational and other (Section D) motions, organisational motions to Conference (D1) would, if passed which propose changes to the way the party organises itself. without the final amendment, end the current review and start There are 25 amendments across these motions. a new review. There are two Draft Voting Papers (Section F). SOC have decided to start the second plenary with Report A13 4 Section A / reports and motions (Governance Review Group), followed by Motion A14, which at within 2 years and 3 months of the passing of the EM, and a Spring Conference was separated from the Governance Review Voting Paper passed within 4 years and 3 months, or the EM process. Motion D1 will be taken next as required by Standing will be considered to have lapsed. Orders for the Conduct of Conference (SOCC) Section E(3)(e) (ii) “the need to debate motions which affect other motions Late Motions in an appropriate order” and perhaps (iii) “to give special The new policy process agreed at Autumn Conference 2016 priority to any motion in section d) which SOC considers to be introduced a category of Late Motions for issues arising after urgent for the resolution of controversy or for the continuing the First Agenda deadline, up to a new Late Motions deadline. functioning of the Party.”. If the final amendment to motion D1 One Late Motion has been accepted and is printed in the falls and motion D1 is passed, motion A15 will not be taken. Agenda after Section F. If the amendment passes or the motion falls, Conference will continue to motion A15. This Late Motion will be heard first in the first Late Motion/ Emergency Motion slot in the plenaries. Section B There are two Voting Papers proposed for discussion at Errors in the Agenda Conference, on Climate Change and on Forestry and Woodlands If you notice any errors in the final agenda please notify SOC by Policy which will be taken in the order they were submitted for emailing: [email protected] the Agenda. This agenda was prepared using guidance from the Dyslexia Section C Association and the Royal National Institute for the Blind. If There are no accredited Policy motions. there are any accessibility issues you’d like to tell us about for future action please email SOC at the same address. Section D There are two motions on electoral messaging, and three on Summaries and synopses electoral alliances. It would have been useful if these could Conference Standing Orders state that all motions must be have gone through the compositing process being proposed by accompanied by a synopsis of not more than 50 words (300 for SOC. policy papers). It is the practice of SOC to cut synopses at the appropriate length and note that this has happened. A couple » Motion D3 ‘Changing the Green Party Message and Target to of motions that included a ‘preamble’ in the text of the motion Win’ has been moved up from D5 to follow on from Motion also had these cut. D2 on electoral messaging. » Motion D6 ‘Future electoral deals with other parties’ has Original text of documents proposed for amendment been moved up from D9 to follow on from D4 and D5 on Where a policy does not appear in a motion in its original electoral alliances. format, SOC has sought to include the original text in a note, or » Motion D7 has been moved up from D13 to follow on from as an appendix, depending on its length.
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