The ways that resolutions can be developed, submitted, and adopted in Democrats Abroad is an evolving process that is ultimately governed by the DA Charter. Please find past announcements below and if you have questions, contact resolutions@democratsabroad.org
The deadline for submitting resolutions to be considered at the Global Meeting is 30 days out, or April 13. Please be aware that two years ago, we introduced an online process to enable DPCA Members to submit, review, debate and vote on resolutions via email and WebEx. So if time does not permit adequate debate and a decisive vote, these can be taken up post-meeting via online correspondence and meetings. |
Posted to DPCA-Leadership prior to 2014 DPCA Global Meeting
Dear DPCA members,
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Will Bakker and Susan Vaillant, January 9, 2014
Dear DA leaders, |
As posted to DPCA-Leadership listserv, 27 August 2015
Dear DPCA members,
THE PROCESS
THE SCHEDULE
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Posted to DPCA-Leadership, April 7, 2016
Dear all, if you have submitted a draft Resolution to the Resolutions Committee, here is an update on the process - Once the submission deadline is reached - which was April 1st - the Resolutions Committee members review the texts, discuss among themselves their comments to reach some kind of consensus, and then one of us will contact the submitter(s) of a given resolution with our recommendations - if there are any - for improving chances of getting the resolution adopted without undue delay - given that time for debate at the international meeting is always very limited, and scheduled for end of meeting (there is also a preliminary get-together on Resolutions just before the official start of the meeting - see agenda) . These recommendations will be basically editorial ; we also check that the topic has not already been adequately addressed fairly recently (e.g. last year’s meeting, the platform, etc.), redundancy (another submission that covers the same issue and in some cases, how these may perhaps be combined), relevancy to DA, etc.. The final text is up to the original submitter(s) of course. We then make recommendations to DPCA members prior to the meeting regarding all the submissions & post the final texts in their entirety so members can review for themselves before getting to the meeting. If you have co-sponsors and the original text has been altered you’ll want to inform them. The list of submissions can be found at the link we posted in an email last week. We will start contacting the submitters no later than next week. Thanks for your patience best regards |
Message entitled "RESOLUTIONS - RULES AND GUIDELINES" for 2015 Global Meeting
Somewhat redundant because based on 2014 document. Posted March 20, 2015
Dear all, best regards The DEADLINE to submit resolutions for the 2015 global meeting will be April 1st, at midnight, Washington DC local time, and should be sent directly to Will at secretary@democratsabroad.org and cc'd to Susan Vaillant, Resolutions Committee Chair, susaninstrasbourg@gmail.com There will be a preliminary meeting on April 30 to discuss submissions at the Resolutions and Charter Amendments Pre-Meeting (at meeting site in Punta Cana), April 30, 3:00pm. Theformal meeting to debate, adopt, reject or table Resolution submissions will take place on Sunday May 3 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 pm. (We strongly recommend that all those who submit or wish to debate resolutions attend the preliminary meeting, in case there is not time to address adequately all form and content issues on Sunday.) DPCA Resolutions and the Resolutions Committee The Resolutions Committee looks forward to your submissions and to working with you to keep the DPCA moving forward. You are very welcome to address questions and comments to Resolutions Committee Chair, Susan Vaillant (susaninstrasbourg@gmail.com). Best regards |