[PAA-Discuss] "E"-listing of conditions negotiated with Ritchie

[Sarah Gonzales]

Please also take note of a snippet from John Behrman I find pertinent  
as it relates to the transparency of the bargaining process. The  
Steering Committee voted to make a recomendation to the PPC  
membership that they endorse Ritchie. That recomendation will be  
discussed and may or may not be accepted by the membership.

It is not a done deal by any stretch and as delegates to the  
convention, you have a one vote and one voice, making you equal to  
everyone in attendance regardless of their position within the party.

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "John Robert BEHRMAN"
> The pre-convention is a bargaining process and the convention is a  
> deliberative process. We have made the bargaining transparent. Do  
> you know any other organization that has done so?
>
> So, you and every member has a chance to march into caucus with  
> your ducks and arguments in a row.

Recommendation For Endorsement of Boyd Ritchie
http://www.texaspopulists.com/node/1157

Party Initiatives Agreed To Between The PPC Steering Committee And  
The State Party Chair In Consideration Of Our  Recommendation For  
Endorsement By Our Membership At Large on 5/30/06

The following Party initiatives/reforms were agreed to by the  
existing TDP Chair in consideration of a recommendation from our  
Steering Committee to our membership at large to endorse Boyd Ritchie  
for Party Chair for the June ’06 through June ’08 term, at our Caucus  
at the State Convention on June 9, 2006.

1. Aggressive public endorsement and media initiative by the TDP  
supporting the Party’s position requiring a voter verifiable paper  
ballot trail in conjunction with any electronic voting system used by  
election authorities in Texas.

2. TDP Chair obtain read and write access to the Secretary of State’s  
to the Texas Secretary of State Texas Election Administration  
Management System (TEAM) and appoint an SDEC member to actively  
participate in its activities.

	http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/team/index.shtml

3. Advocate debate within the Convention Rules Committee on two PPC  
resolutions addressing these two issues above which include:

           * PPC Resolution: Public Support for VVPAT
	     http://www.texaspopulists.com/node/1133

           * PPC Resolution: Personal Privacy Protection (TEAM)
	     http://www.texaspopulists.com/node/1132

4. Strong and forceful admonishment to SDEC members from the SD’s  
situated in the Houston, DFW and Bexar County areas that a core duty  
of their tenure of service is leadership with the SD Chair and  
related County Chairs in  Party Building and Voter Mobilization  
Organizing in their Senate Districts; provision of training by proven  
SDEC organizers for those directed to receive such training by the  
Chair.  This is inclusive of specific accountability reports to the  
TDP Chair, in writing, submitted at each SDEC meeting on Party  
Building work accomplished between SDEC meetings.

5. Appointment by the TDP Chair of  PPC member Tom Blackwell, SD 16   
to the Convention Platform Committee.

6. Creating and implementation of a training program and  
collaboration with the County Chairs Association to teach County  
Chairs and SDEC members  the rudiments of counter-voter suppression  
activity engaged in by County election officials across the State,  
irrespective of party affiliation,  fostered by the Republican  
Secretary of State and both the national and local Republican parties.