Point Grey NDP General Meeting

Tonight I attended the BC NDP Point Grey General Meeting.

The meeting was fairly well attended, given there’s no threat of a general election until 2013 and this was not the annual general meeting. Around 15 people made it out.

The primary purpose of the meeting was to add a few new members to the executive. A number of vacancies had existed and a few more spots opened over the past year, but nearly all were filled, with new representatives for policy, women’s, and members-at-large. I was elected as the Young New Democrat representative – a position I can only hold until the end of next year (when I become too old).

The second purpose was for preparation for the 50th anniversary BC NDP convention coming up in December. We elected a full slate of delegates, with the only spot in contention being the YND delegate, since they get a reduced rate ($25 versus $375).

I also won this spot by a vote of 8-7 over Gabe, another student (who was elected to the exec). We did approve spending a bit of money to financially support some of our delegates, so hopefully everyone is able to go. I’ll be sure to live-blog and tweet the convention when the time comes.

Finally, we approved a few resolutions for the convention. While no formal resolutions had been submitted in advance, we still managed to keep the spirit of Point Grey alive by filling out the rest of the allotted meeting time suggesting ideas for resolutions for the exec to submit.

I’m proud to say that my resolution – to end funding to charter schools – was met with much support from the other members and was passed unanimously (basically all suggestions put forth were passed unanimously).

It was a good meeting, and I’m looking forward to being involved with the Point Grey NDP.