October 9, 2024

North Carolina Republican Party
Plan of Organization Committee
October 9, 2024

Chairman Dan Barry called the meeting to order.
There was suggested an amendment that incapsulated decisions made with respect to
Article 7.
Bill Scholtes stated that the one decision that was made that affiliate groups would not be
part of the Central Committee.
On our call, we went over roles and responsibilities. There was consensus on either eliminating or
reducing quorum for the Executive Committee. Also, the EC would meet four times a year. The
convention committees would also become part of the NCGOP Executive Committee as well as
committees of the Convention. There also seemed to be consensus around adjusting the ratio for
determining the number of at-large Executive Committee members, and possibly capping the
number.
After much discussion, a motion was made to allow for the following to define the roles of the
State Executive Committee. The motion was made by Bob Castona and seconded by Robert
Watkins. The motion carried with no objection.
Section 7-204.  Duties of the Committee.
The State Executive Committee shall have the following duties,
(a)  Authority.  Have the highest authority in the management of Party affairs between State
Conventions.
(b)  Delegation.  Assign duties as it shall determine to the State Central Committee.
(c)  Budget.  Approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the two-year budget presented
by the State Central Committee at the meeting held in conjunction with the State Convention, and
if the Committee fails to adopt a budget, the budget that was most recently approved shall remain
in effect for the year beginning on the following July 1.
(d)  Elect Officers.  At the meeting held in conjunction with the State Convention in an odd-
numbered year, elect a Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer and an Assistant
Treasurer, and a General Counsel and an Assistant General Counsel, all of whom shall serve until
the adjournment of the next State Convention held in an odd-numbered year or, if later, until their
successors are elected. 

The discussion pivoted to the size of the committee and who is on the Executive Committee as
well as how often they are required to meet. It was agreed that the Central Committee would be
members of the Executive Committee. There was also consensus that the affiliate groups would
not be on the Central Committee. Bill Scholtes suggested that affiliate groups could be members
of the Executive Committee provided that their by-laws do not run counter to the Plan of
Organization, and subject to party discipline—meaning that the affiliated groups could not make
public endorsements in a Republican primary.
The discussion included members of the General Assembly. It was suggested the members of the
General Assembly should be bound by the same rules and go through the same process of getting
elected to the Executive Committee. Another suggestion was the possibility of allocating a
percentage that would count on an Executive Committee vote—meaning that the members of the
General Assembly could not outweigh that of the other members of the Executive Committee.
A question then came up with the idea of doing away the 25% of the current quorum requirement.
A suggestion was made to require 30 counties and 7 District Chairs, or their designees (At
minimum) are represented. A point was made in rebuttal that people who agree to serve on the
Executive Committee should be held accountable for not showing up by replacing those who
don’t for a set number of meetings.
The committee pivoted to the size of the Executive Committee. Proposals have included the
ration of Executive Committee members going from 1:8000 to 1:16000, or electing one member
of the Executive Committee at the County Convention. The election of one at-large member is
already in the proposed draft.
Chairman Barry then presented a chart that shows how the numbers would change if we went
with a change in the ratio of one member per registered Republicans versus a hybrid of one per
county plus the changed ratios. Under a straight change in the ratio, the number would drop from
292 to 155 under the 1:16000 and 108 under the 1:24000 ration. Under the hybrid model, under
1:16000 would drop to 180, and under 1:24,000 would drop to 145.
Chairman Barry asked the membership to review the workbooks of the breakdowns between
counties based on the proposed ratios.
There being no further business to come before the committee, a motion to adjourn was made by
Ed Stiles. The motion was seconded by Robert Watkins, and the committee adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ed Stiles
First District Representative
Committee Secretary