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

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.” 

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.

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.