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23.5.13
| Minutes: WGPC Telephone Conference, 23rd May 2013 |
Present: John
Matthews, Pippa Bartolotti, Paul Atkins, Chris Simpson, Ann Were
Dorothy Wilson, Jane
Cooke, Chris Were, Owen Clarke
Apologies: John
Evans, Trish Evans, Max Wallis
Introduction
The telephone conference was called
at short notice to discuss the situation which had arisen regarding the
dissemination of internal WGPC e-mails to non-members of the Green Party, and
subsequent damage caused to the party by this and related matters on social media
and within the print media.
Background information and assumptions
1) Anne
Greagsby has been forwarding e-mails after deleting the e-mail address of the
person who sent them to her from the forwarded e-mail.
2) Max
Wallis has been receiving these e-mails in his capacity as an elected member of
WGPC – campaigns coordinator. (He has already been suspended from his post as
newsletter editor.)
3) Max
Wallis and Anne Greagsby are partners living in the same house.
4) We are acting on the assumption that Max
Wallis has forwarded WGPC e-mails to Anne Greagsby.
5) Max
Wallis has not admitted to sending internal e-mails to Ann Greagsby. The
General Secretary alleged that Max Wallis also pointed out that it is not
written down anywhere that e-mails are confidential. We note that he has a long
history of political activism in both FOE Cymru and the Communist Party – he
knows what is confidential and what should remain internal to party members.
6) There
is also a general obligation on all party members not to bring the Green Party into disrepute.
Decisions taken
1) Wales
Green Party Council voted unanimously to suspend Max Wallis from his elected
post of Campaigns Coordinator with immediate effect. (The justification for
this is our assumption that he forwarded internal e-mails to a non-member, the
fact that is had caused problems in the selection of a Euro list and the fact
that so much activist time is having to be diverted to dealing with these
problems – especially coming after the newsletter editor fiasco.)
2) Wales
Green Party Council voted unanimously to remove Max Wallis from all internal
WGPC e-mail traffic with immediate effect.
3) Ann
Were will write to Max Wallis informing him of these decisions. She will send
the letter by e-mail (requesting electronic receipt) and via the post.
4) Ann
Were will send out a short members’ newsletter by e-mail informing all members
of the facts leading up to the suspension of Max Wallis from his two WGPC
positions. She will also include a warning about the fact that ex-members of
the party may contact party members and try to turn them against the Green
Party.
Post-script
a)
Pippa Bartolotti informed Council members that
she had started the procedure to have Max Wallis expelled from the Green Party.
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