[Procedures] Committee Report

[jackswin]

Dear Procedures Committee,
I have been considering a Procedures Report to the State Committee. 
A lot of procedures have changed in the last year and it 
would be good to provide a synopsis of the changes.

Even though these procedures were not explicitly handled on this 
Procedures list, committee members, such as Dan Melnechuk and 
I, have been active, as delegates, in the general discussion around procedures.

For example:
*New email proposal process
*Green/Rainbow merger process
*Changes in bylaws
*New standing rules for StateCom
*New consensus and proposal policies for StateCom
*One emergency StateCom meeting held via email
*A controversial email proposal that raised questions about 
    the email process[difficult to discuss online]

A lot of what we do as a committee takes place in the 
forums themselves such as:
    *Providing new delegates with information
    *Studying bylaws/policies and advising decision making processes
    *Submiting proposals aimed at clarifying &/or enabling our processes

We could do more, such as:
    *Compile State Committee decisions into one document
    *Analyze how procedures have helped/hindered the process
    *Help delegates organize and present proposals (structural not content)
        (i.e. Title/Summery/Text/Background) <- don't always look this way

I suggest that the mission of the Procedures Working Committee 
should be to facilitate getting our work done without excessive process. 
Our focus should be on clarity of mandates such that decision makers 
can readily grasp the process and concentrate on the business at hand.

Comments & ideas Please!

Jack Swindlehurst
Former Delegate from Berkshire County

Still on Procedures Working Committee
 
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