The Progressive Populist Caucus Recommends An Openly Transparent Use Of The Chair’s Platform Advisory Committee

WHEREAS: The Texas Democratic Party wishes to maximize participation from the grassroots in the creation of its State Party Platform;

WHEREAS:  The Party is committed to open and transparent conduct of its business;

WHEREAS:  The grassroots people of the Party have expressed a need for increased participation in the affairs and policy positions of their State  Party and have many laudable ideas which have not previously had a venue to be expressed and State Party leadership has expressed the need for increased grassroots participation;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED:  that the Texas Democratic Party will deploy a gender, ethnic, lifestyle and geographically diverse group comprising the Chair’s Platform Advisory Committee to the primary task of each creating a regional hearing or “town hall meeting” to be convened prior to the commencement of SD/County conventions, or in conjunction with those conventions in locations accessible to West, Panhandle, South, Central, North, Northeast and Southwest/Gulf Coast Texas Democrats,

AND BE IT RESOLVED that these Committee members will collaborate with elected SDEC members in selecting date, time, location, venue for “testimony” and publication of meeting notices through local and State Party channels and the local media to maximize participation by Texas Democrats,

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these Committee members will prepare a succinctly written report summarizing in bullet-point form the ideas on Platform content on public policy issues for the Chair to provide to the elected State Convention Platform Committee for consideration in inclusion in and/or amendment to the existing duly constituted State Platform.