Questions have emerged over whether Dick Ochs was ever reconfirmed by the Maryland Green Party Coordinating Council to the GPUS International Committee. The CC reconfirmed a number of GPUS delegates at its 8/26/2020 meeting. A review of the Zoom recording of that meeting showed that the CC attempted to recall from memory the names of all of the MGP members currently serving on GPUS committees and reconfirm them to their posts. For whatever reason (whether by accident or intent), the CC did not mention the name of "Richard Ochs" (aka Dick Ochs). The MGP CC discussed this at its 11/23/21 meeting via Zoom. At that meeting, there was unanimous consent from the delegates present (and quorum was reached) that the MGP should confirm Dick Ochs as an MGP delegate to the GPUS International Committee through the remainder of the current term, which ends in August 2022. This proposal, if adopted, will provide written confirmation of the MGP's decision to appoint Dick Ochs to the International Committee through August 2022.

*Note: A state party can have up to three slots on each committee. Therefore, the MGP would still have two vacancies on the International Committee. The CC agreed at its 11/23/21 meeting to put out a call for Maryland Green Party members to fill those slots