Minutes - 20th Meeting Of Exco

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The Civic Party 20th meeting of the Executive Committee Date: August 8, 2006 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30 p.m. Venue: Party HQ Present: (1) Kuan Hsin-chi (Chairman), (2) Joseph Cheng Yu Shek, (3) Ronny Tong Ka Wah, (4) Margaret Ng Ngoi Yee, (5) Alan Leong Kah Kit, (6) Chan Ka Lok, (7) Gladys Veronica Li, (8) Amy Yung Wing Sheung, (9) Mandy Tam Heung Man, (10) Claudia Mo Man Ching, (11) Vincent Ng Wing Shun, (12) Stephen Char Shek Ngor, (13) Albert Lai Kwong Tak, (14) Thomas Yu Kwun Wai In Attendance: Tsang Kwok Fung Items

Action

Part A - Confirmation of Minutes 1. Agenda Members endorsed the agenda as distributed. 2. Minutes of the Last Meeting Members approved the minutes of the last meeting. 3. Matters Arising from the Minutes a. Preparation of CE Election Ronny reported that he had exchanged views with Lee Wing Tat on the CE election. Lee agreed that the pan-democratic camp should find out whether or not AC would stand as a candidate. If AC did not want to run, the pan-democratic camp should have its own candidate. It was suggested that the candidate should come from CP. Further, Lee and Ronny reached a consensus that the pan-democratic camp should jointly launched a political reform package and seek the Minutes of 20th ExCo meeting 08/08/06

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support of the general public. b. Preparation for DC Elections S-G also reported on the result of a round-table discussion of the pandemocratic camp on DC elections. Some principles of co-ordination were agreed upon in the meeting. (1) All parties should table and exchange their respective lists of DC candidates with those of other parties by September 10; (2) all new candidates should avoid constituencies currently hold by members of the pan-democratic camp; (3) all clashes should be resolved at the local level first; (4) the pandemocratic camp would adopt a “let it be” policy if the clashes could not be resolved even at the central level; (5) an “election strategic task force” will be formed to handle any attacks from the opposite camp, scandals of the pan-democratic camp, and co-ordination for better election publicity; (6) the pan-democratic camp would also consider presenting candidates to challenge the heavy-weights of the pro-Beijing united front. Ronny added that it was agreed between CP and DP that the two parties would simply toss a coin to make the final decisions on any unresolved clashes of candidates. Members noted the principles. It was stressed that the party should strike a balance between challenging the Establishment and achieving a respectable elected rate. The elected rate would affect the image of the party. Some members articulated that the strategy of challenging the heavy-weights of the Establishment would help to attract media attention and raise the popularity of our new candidates. It would be a strategy that the party should seriously consider. Part B – Items for Discussion 4. Nomination Processes of CP’s DC and LegCo Candidates Members adopted the paper on the nomination processes prepared by S-G. It was agreed that all interested DC candidates should declare their intentions before September 9, and branches should be responsible for their Minutes of 20th ExCo meeting 08/08/06

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own procedures for nominating candidates. The ExCo would have the final decision on the list. Members also agreed that the party would discuss the mechanism for consulting the party membership in finalizing the nominations in the party members’ retreat. CAO would be responsible for notifying the members on the issue.

CAO

5. Preparations for the AGM Members adopted the paper prepared by Mark on preparations for the AGM and the election of the new ExCo. It was tentatively agreed that the AGM would be scheduled on November 4. Members also authorized Mark to prepare a draft amendment to the Articles of Association and the notice to the party members on the AGM.

Mark

6. Review of Party Organization Members agreed that the party would have ExCo meetings every two weeks while S-G would later notify members concerning the effective date.

S-G

Members were asked to consider the recruitment of new ExCo members and the organization of a research team serving the party. 7. Suggestions for Party Members’ Activities ExCo appointed Vincent as the Social Function Officer to organize social events for the party membership. Members also approved the budget proposed by Stephen on the social events for FOP. The budget would be $10,000 per annum.

Vincent

Part C – Reports to Note 8. Chairman’s Announcement The Chairman announced that he had helped to organize a study group for the Young Civics.

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9. Party Leader’s Report a.

Members adopted PL’s written report. Members gave the parliamentary party, especially Margaret, a great applause for all the hard work in the consideration of the covert surveillance bill.

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The parliamentary party would meet CE on August 31 to submit proposals on his coming policy address. The party would prepare a serious submission to the CE to be released to the community. It was decided that all policy branches and the parliamentary party should submit their proposals to the Secretariat by August 14. ExCo would discuss the proposals on August 15, and finalize the text on August 22. Ronny and Alan would be responsible for the draft; and CAO would be responsible for the co-ordination of the preparation of the submission.

Ronny, Alan & CAO

Three principles were agreed on regarding the submission: (1) The submission should be a quality work presenting the party’s platform on important policies. (2) The submission should focus on the relationship between the administration and the legislature. (3) The submission should also include some significant livelihood topics. 10. S-G’s Report The S-G’s written report was noted. 11. Branch/Committee Chairpersons’ Reports

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HKI’s written report was noted. The Secretariat would follow up on the threat received by Audrey’s office, and the damages done to the signboards of the HKI Branch. Margaret reported that the C&G Branch had formulated its mechanism for party members’ meetings. There would be several meetings restricted to members while the rest would generally be open to friends of the party.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Minutes of 20th ExCo meeting 08/08/06

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