GM 2012-03-21 Motion on Project Development

 Patrick Fitzgerald:

"I move the adoption of the following resolutions:

Resolved, that a special rule of order be enacted reading:

The Project Development Committee shall be a standing committee of the Party, chaired by the Projects Manager. The Projects Manager shall be elected by the Committee, the Executive Board, or a general meeting from among the members of the Party. Except as otherwise decided by a general meeting or the Executive Board, the Committee can rescind an election of the Projects Manager made by a general meeting or the Executive Board.

The Executive Board and the Political Council may, from time to time, designate official Party projects within their respective areas to be managed by the Committee. Each such project shall have a leader appointed by the designating body. In case of a vacancy in a project's leadership, the Committee can appoint a replacement.

The membership of the Project Development Committee shall be the Projects Manager and the leaders of all Party projects managed by the Committee. The Committee can, by suspension of the rules or special rule of order, extend the rights to make motions and to speak to non-members, and should, wherever reasonable, ensure that all Party members participating on projects are able to participate in its meetings.

The Project Development Committee shall manage and coordinate the Party's projects. It shall receive and consider project proposals and recommend new projects to the Executive Board or the Political Council, as appropriate. It shall also recommend that projects be dropped Within the direction of the Committee, individual project leaders can make decisions with regards to their respective projects.

Nothing in this rule shall be construed as preventing the establishment of committees to manage specific projects.

Resolved, that the Executive Board shall establish rules by which control over funding of projects is, within limits such as a monthly budget either overall or on a per project basis, given directly to the Project Development Committee and its members, and report their creation to the April meeting."

