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B01 (Jones & Jones): Fundraising and Fund Sharing

Whereas the ability to issue tax receipts has changed since the writing of by-law 9.7 and whereas clear and formalized co-ordination must be established between different levels of the party concerning fundraising.

 

Be It Resolved that we amend section 9.7 to the following fund sharing formula, and remove section 9.11 completely.

 

9.7 – All funds raised by the GPS or a Constituency Association or shall be allocated in the following proportions:

9.7.1– 100% of unsolicited donations received by the GPS stay at the GPS.

9.7.2- If the GPS solicits a donation from a member living in a riding with an established Constituency Association, 50% of the raised funds will stay with the GPS and 50% will be transferred to the Constituency Association of the member.

9.7.3 - If a Constituency Association solicits a donation, 80% of the raised funds will stay with the CA and 20% will be transferred to the GPS.

9.7.4 - The GPS must co-ordinate fundraising efforts with Constituency Associations by giving at least two weeks notice before a members of an established CA are contacted for fundraising purposes.

9.7.5 - All funds raised during a candidates election campaign remain with the candidate. Any surplus funds at the end of a campaign will be transferred to the CA, if it is established, or to the GPS.

  • By rcosbey at 03/12/2009 - 16:59
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I agree that changes in "the

I agree that changes in "the ability to issue tax receipts" require us to modify 9.7.1, 9.7.2, and 9.11.  All that is needed to satisfy this requirement is something like the following motion:

Be it resolved:

  • That section 9.7.1 be deleted from the Bylaws.
  • That the figure "12%" in sections 9.7.2 and 9.7.11 be changed to "20%".
  • That the clause "(or 88% in the case of non-tax-receiptable donations made directly to the Party)" be removed from section 9.7.3.

The wholesale replacement of 9.7 / 9.11 proposed in this motion introduces the following "unclarities":

  • The new terms "solicited" and "unsolicited" introduced here are undefined, and are not (in my opinion) self-defining.  (The clearly-defined criterion "all GPS membership fees" is removed, in the proposed amendment.)
  • The new term "GPS" introduced here is undefined, insofar as what it might mean as contrasted to specific bodies within the GPS.
  • All guidelines relating to "Regional Steering Committees" and "other Groups within the GPS" have been removed from 9.7.  While such bodies may not presently exist in any effective form, they have existed in the past, and are still mandated by the Constitution and Bylaws.  If they are to be removed, that should be a separate, and very major, explicit decision on the part of the general membership.

The motivation behind some of the proposed changes is unclear.

I support the intent of adding something like 9.7.5, because the current Bylaws give no guidance on campaign donations.  The proposed wording includes the undefined term "GPS" (in this context), and talks about funds remaining "with the candidate" rather than with "the campaign fund", which I believe is more aligned with the Provincial legislation.  There should be some reference made to the Provincial legislation, too, if only acknowledging that it takes precedence over the Bylaws.  This is the sort of work that should be done by a committee before submitting a motion like this to the general membership.  As there is such a committee established now, why not refer this and the other proposed changes (aside from those related to tax receipts) to that committee?

  • By rcosbey at 04/07/2009 - 18:32
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