Point of Order to Properly Convene the Georgia Republican Party State Committee Meeting on January 20, 2024

Unless Convened Properly, Tomorrow's State Committee Meeting Will be Null and Void

Last evening I posted a Substack entitled, “A Roadmap to Settle the Georgia Republican Party/Corporation Conundrum—State Party has all Authority Necessary to Resolve this Issue at the Brunswick Meeting.” In this document I offered the individuals comprising the Georgia Republican State Committee a resolution, which if passed by that body would resolve the "Party/Corporation” conundrum about which I have written extensively over the past few months. There is one problem other than, of course, perhaps obstinance, pride or ulterior motives by those in control of the meeting, which would keep this resolution from uniting the party going forward, each member on both sides of the issue locking arms and singing Kumbaya all the way through the Spring primary season to the November general election. And that is the fact that should the meeting attempt to transact business under the “Rules of the Georgia Republican Party, Inc.,” dated June 17, 2020, any act of the assembly would be null and void, having been completed under the authority of an entity undefined in law, a “corporation/political party.” Because a “corporation/political party is not a thing, it cannot transact business for the Georgia Republican Party, a political party as defined under OCGA 21-2-110.

Thus, for any action of the Republican State Committee to bear authority, the January 20 meeting must be held under the auspices of the “Georgia Republican Party,” not the Georgia Republican Party, Inc.”

The Rules Adopted under this Document are for an Entity that Does not Exist Under Law and therefore Cannot be Used to Authorize a Meeting of the Georgia Republican Party State Commitee

To accomplish that purpose, the following point of order, or one to its effect, must be well-taken by the chairman prior to the transacting of business:

Point of Order: This assembly of the Georgia Republican Party State Committee is the result of a Call issued November 27, 2023 by the Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, an unincorporated entity under Georgia Title 21, its certified rules last amended on May 18, 2013, and filed with the Georgia Secretary of State, stamped received on May 24, 2013. In the interim, there have been no amendments or changes to the 2013 Rules of the Georgia Republican Party, as would be required under OCGA 21-2-110(d). Therefore, today’s meeting is and must be conducted under the auspices of the 2013 Rules, recognizing that business undertaken under any other rules would be null and void with respect to the November 27 call of the Chairman.

These Rules Remain the Rules of the Georgia Republican Party, certified by Chairman John Padgett and Received by the Georgia Secretary of State May 24, 2013

Whether this point of order will be allowed, or well-taken, I have no idea. I simply know that accepting this point of order, and passing the resolution I offered yesterday, or one to that effect, is necessary to resolve the conundrum about which I write.

I post this tonight to inform any of the Republican State Committee members of these facts, as well as the prospect that such a point of order may be forthcoming as the meeting convenes.