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Decorum & the Committee on Discipline
How do you maintain order and “decorum”?
Decorum (defined): Decorum is behavior that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable. “I was treated with decorum and respect throughout the meeting.” Synonyms: propriety, decency, etiquette.
Yes, political party meetings can get passionate and heated … and that is ok so long as everyone is being honest in their actions.
But it is an openly known and widely discussed political tactic to cause disruption in order to obstruct proceedings … particularly in our local county parties where the rules of discipline are not well defined.
Maintaining Decorum
So how do you handle it … how do you maintain order and “decorum”?
Consider, you don’t really see elected Members of the SC House of Representatives walking up to the the microphone and (falsely) calling other members liars … particularly if the statement is meant to mislead others less knowledgeable about the facts and circumstances being discussed. It is simply not allowed … the House has “RULES”.
THE RULES: Here in SC and the SC House of Representatives, the 2023 Rules of the House are 66 pages in length (HERE). It is a serious matter governing a deliberative body of 124 diverse members … and a lot of time and energy has been put into developing these Rules.
The word “decorum” is found 8 times in the Rules of the House. And the penalties for failure to maintain “decorum” can be extreme.
Roberts Rules
Committee on Discipline
Unfortunately, and perhaps by design, we do not have similar rules in the SCGOP State Rules … or in any of our County local rules (that we have been able to find).
But remember … when Party Rules do not cover a matter, we revert to Roberts Rules of Order (HERE) … and as advised to us from various County Party Leaders across SC … Roberts does have provisions for maintaining decorum … a process for Disciplinary Procedures (HERE).
And like in the SC House of Representatives and other deliberative bodies, the penalties for failure to maintain decorum under Roberts Rules of Order can be extreme:
- Censure
- Fine
- Suspension
- Expulsion
Mission
Yes, the minority in a deliberative body should be allowed to have a “voice” in the proceedings … but the minority opinion should not be allowed to overshadow the will (and mission) of the majority.
The mission of the SCGOP is simple … to promote the platform and ELECT candidates who will support it!
When has coming to a meeting and creating a scene elected a candidate? NEVER in our experience, yet people keep doing it.
If you are not on mission and you are purposefully obstructing … there are methods of discipline to address the obstruction …. and we suspect these matters will be a topic of conversation in your local party meetings soon.
SC Republican Platform HERE
As we learn more about the available disciplinary proceedings we will pass it along, but in the interim …
LearnTheRULES!!!
… and stay on UNITY of MISSION!!! (HERE)
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The opposition hates it so much … and we temporarily had to move it to a local DENNY’S restaurant … because they actually filed a ZONING / Business Use violation as we were not authorized to have public meetings inside our HQ (outside is OK) as we are just formally permitted as a “business office” AND a PODCAST STUDIO!!! Yes, we are formally permitted at our HQ as a PodCast Studio … so guess what we can do!!!
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Friends, we have been running a weekly Coffee & Politics Meeting out of our Greenville Headquarters for nearly 3 1/2 years now … and it has been a huge hit. It is how we communicate our vision and #Mission to or local Volunteers and Community … and it one way we RECRUIT more people to the MAGA America First movement.
WHEN: Every Friday from 11am – 1pm
The opposition hates it so much … and we temporarily had to move it to a local DENNY’S restaurant … because they actually filed a ZONING / Business Use violation as we were not authorized to have public meetings inside our HQ (outside is OK) as we are just formally permitted as a “business office” AND a PODCAST STUDIO!!! Yes, we are formally permitted at our HQ as a PodCast Studio … so guess what we can do!!!
We are now LIVESTREAMING the meeting not just for our local Greenville Friends … but also statewide (and worldwide as we have had members watch from Europe & even from a transatlantic cruise).
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff is the Greenville County Republican Party Chairman (2021-2023 & 2025-2027) and also served as the GCRP State Executive Committeeman (2023-2025).
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
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