Structure Proposals!!!
This is just a summary of the proposals we’ve received as of Monday, June 23! Soon we will release a report with the full proposals!
1. SDS National Structure Proposal – by Rachel Haut, progressneeded@yahoo.com, New York City SDS
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
2. National Working Committee Proposal – by Freddy Bastone, shinethepath@gmail.com, CUNY Hunter SDS
- A proposal to create a group to make needed decisions in between National Conventions.
3. Proposal for Creating Horizontal, Accessible, Non-Governing Emergent Structure (Proposal for CHANGES) – by Kevin Hachey, anriar@ufl.edu, and Richard Gutierrez, University of Florida SDS
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
4. National Structure Proposal – by ACTIVATE, sds@activategr.org, (Grand Rapids SDS)
- A comprehensive structure document that will be broken into smaller pieces, with recommendations for many aspects of SDS national work.
5. Participatory Democracy through the creation of an SDS National Council – by Philly SDS (phillysds@gmail.com)
- Creation of an SDS National Council
6. Creation of National Organizational Constitution – by Aric Miller, miller.aric@gmail.com, Detroit SDS
- A proposal to create a working group that will draft a new SDS constitution.
7. SDS Constitution (1962) – Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington chapter/Fredericksburg, Virginia and Alex Stamm, stamm_17@hotmail.com, Nebraskans For Peace/SDS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Throw out all the work we’ve done so far and all our prior National Convention ratified documents and start over with the 1962 SDS Constitution!
8. Process for the Removal of Individual Members from affiliation with National Students for a Democratic Society – by Jeff May, jmayx9ns@umw.edu, Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, and Jason Walsh, jwals6aj@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington SDS
- Proposal for a way to democratically ask troublemakers and oppressive folks to leave.
9. Membership in Students for a Democratic Society – by Brian Leon, bleon8st@umw.edu, University of Mary Washington SDS and Adam Wiese, wiesead@mnstate.edu, Fargo-Moorhead SDS
- Who is a member?
10. Proposal to Establish a Website Working Group (WWG) - by Ben Privot, bprivotsds@gmail.com, Philadelphia SDS, and Robin Markle, Philadelphia SDS
- Create a working group to manage the SDS website.
11. Proposal to Establish a Budgetary Working Group – by Tristan K. Husby, tristan.husby@gmail.com, – Connecticut College SDS
- Pay for our projects
12. Proposal to Establish Chapter Dues – by Robin Markle, robinmarkle@gmail.com, Philly SDS, and 9 other authors from different chapters
- A proposal for chapters to contribute dues to fund SDS.
13. Proposal for an SDS Theory Journal – by Josh Sykes, joshua.ganryu@gmail.com, UNC-Asheville SDS
- Chat about theory!
14. Proposal for Field Organizers – by Tracy Sachs – UCLA SDS (tsachs@ucla.edu) and Dave Shukla – UCLA SDS (st.coltrane@gmail.com)
- SDS Organizers travel to “meet people where they’re at”.
15. Facebook Advertising Working Group - by Will Klatt, wk938905@ohio.edu, Athens SDS, Athens Ohio
- Spread the love on facebook!
16. Proposal to Receive Anonymous Help and Advice – by Ramiz Andoni, ramiz.sds@gmail.com, GMU and DC SDS
- Receive anonymous help and advice!
17. Statement of Pluralism – by Eric Gardner – UCLA SDS (gardner.ec@gmail.com) and Will Klatt, Athens SDS
- A statement on the politics and constituencies of SDS.
18. Proposal for Ratification - by Adam Wiese, (wiesead@mnstate.edu), Fargo-Moorhead SDS, Moorhead Minnesota
- A proposal to ratify all the other proposals after the convention.
