General Membership Meeting: March 14th, 2021

March 2021 EBDSA General Meeting Agenda

East Bay DSA

General Membership Meeting

March 14, 2021

1-3 pm

I. Settle In/Welcome

Hosts: Allie L, Matt S, Will S

Allie kicked off the meeting at 1:05pm

Will S: Membership Welcome

Resolutions announced

Matt S: Roberts Rules Basics/Filling in Blanks

Allie L/ A.J. A: Voting link check in

II. Approve Agenda & Rules

Committee member announcements:

Classroom Justice - Micha B

Anti-privatization campaign for public schools
2020 School board election
Informative Coloring Book Distribution
Reparations Resolution Support
Healthy School reopening project
Prop 39 - school privativing mechanism
School closures
School board trustee relationships
SSO Support
St Louis DSA support

PRO Act Pre launch Campaign - Max M

Tue - 3/16 - 7-9
Blow anti-worker Prop 22 away
Empower the formation of unions

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9HXXxwg9mzuigYw54QOfEgQJ7PZKlfpvSV4wRuXL9djQ0Cg/viewform

https://brandonmagner.substack.com/p/breaking-down-the-pro-act

Test vote 82/1 - Problem fixed

Approve Agenda - 88/0

GM Special Rules Vote - 74/0

III. New Business

Resolution on the 2021 East Bay DSA Priorities Resolution Process

Referred to General Membership by the East Bay DSA Steering Committee

Whereas the East Bay DSA Bylaws mandate that at the annual Chapter Convention, “the Chapter shall elect all officers of the Chapter and adopt a Priorities Resolution.”

Whereas East Bay DSA adopted a 2020 Priorities Resolution not long ago at our September 2020 Local Convention.

Whereas the breadth of the current Priorities Resolution has created challenges in the implementation of many of its planks, and more focused prioritization would benefit our Chapter’s campaigns and overall political efficacy.

Whereas the Convention Organizing Working Group is interested in working toward a more focused set of priorities through our 2021 Local Convention, while maintaining the breadth of politics and projects represented in our current Priorities Resolution and generating democratic buy-in from the Chapter around the Priorities Resolution Process.

Therefore be it resolved that East Bay DSA will adopt its current Priorities Resolution as the base document for a Chapter Platform to be ratified at the May 2021 Local Convention.

Be it further resolved that the May 2021 Local Convention will deliberate and vote on amendments to that base document, including the submission of new planks.

Be it further resolved that the May 2021 Local Convention will debate and vote to select [Number TBD]* Priority Campaigns from the Chapter Platform which, taken together, will constitute our 2021 Priorities Resolution. The Local Convention will select these Priority Campaigns by a single-transferable vote method.

Be it further resolved that the 2021-22 East Bay DSA Steering Committee will be tasked with carrying out this Priorities Resolution by allotting appropriate chapter resources to the Priority Campaigns. Resources may include chapter funds, promotion in chapter communications, and aid in volunteer recruitment.

Be it further resolved that chapter campaigns and projects may not be excluded from access to chapter resources by virtue of not being selected as a Priority Campaign.

*NB: We will use this Robert’s Rules procedure to fill the blank here and determine the number of priority campaigns.

By COWG, narrows the quantity of priorities.

Resolve attention issues/ the SC to direct comms to highlight the campaigns deemed prioritized by the elected body

Number of Priorities Votes:

One - 24/70 [N]

Two - 28/67 [N]

Three - 64/37 [Y]

Motion to reconsider [2/3 requirement] - 62/36 [X]

Motion to extend by 2 speakers [2/3] - 65/28 [O]

Motion to refer to the COWG to further clarify the resolution [2/3] - 27/63 [N]

Vote on the 2021 Resolution Process - 60/32 [Y]

Motion to extend GM by 15 minutes - 74/8

Resolution for East Bay DSA to Approve CA DSA Bylaws

Submitted by Rex LC, Kaela SH, and Renée P

WHEREAS East Bay DSA voted to participate in the process of building a Statewide organization to serve as California’s regional body to coordinate campaigns and projects crossing a variety of tactics and terrains of struggle; and

WHEREAS the statewide exploratory committee charged with developing a vision and bylaws for a new, statewide CA-DSA regional organization has concluded its task; and

WHEREAS the approved bylaws adhere to the principles for CA-DSA approved by our chapter including:

Sharing resources, particularly with new/smaller chapters
Liaising with statewide organizations for strategic coordination
Increased continuity of statewide organizing efforts
Statewide electoral endorsements
Greater connection to YDSA
Proportional representation
Required representation for small chapters
Procedural mechanisms to ensure wide support of statewide decisions
Democratic governance of the CA DSA PAC

WHEREAS a regional organization will provide added capacity for the development, growth, coordination and political effectiveness of members and chapters across the state of California; and

WHEREAS the chapter’s delegate to the exploratory committee voted affirmatively for the final amended version of the bylaws; and

WHEREAS upon passage by 50+1 percent of CA chapters the bylaws will be submitted to DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC) for final consideration of the formation of CA-DSA as the regional, statewide organization of the state of California;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that East Bay DSA supports the formation of a California DSA and approves the CA-DSA Bylaws document as the initial governing document of CA-DSA and its submission to the NPC for final approval of the regional CA-DSA organization.

Approve DSA By Laws [67/11]

IV. Committee and Member Announcements

Ly M - support Moe’s workers that voted to unionized - Meet at Telegraph & Haste, poster between 3pm-6pm

Ella - POly Ed - night school - R&F strategy the tuesday after next

Andrew R - Membership engagement - a form to talk with a mobilizer; a form to be a mentor to new members. Talk to a mobilizer: https://forms.gle/B1TXD5NWxbHfzVrb8 Sign up to talk to new members: https://forms.gle/tqvc5PDSy9493NAM9

Rex - Oakland City budget - anti austerity campaign - firemen to take mental health call, not PD

Francis - relaunching the Comms committee - meeting this month.

Kevin - Antioch police accountability operation

Drew - Labor Committee - movie documentary viewing

Katie - classroom reopening and standardized testing waiver

Pro Act Phonebank, Pro Act Interest form

Hasan - AfroSoc and RSC [meeting tomorrow - presentation; 20th - presentation over indian farm workers.]

LINKS:

Night School: https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1845/2021-03-23-socialist-night-school-what-is-the-rank-file-strategy/

Talk to a mobilizer: https://forms.gle/B1TXD5NWxbHfzVrb8

Reminder to sign up to phonebank for PRO-Act support!

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank

PRO ACT Interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9HXXx

ADJORNED AT 3:15