[statecom-discuss] Re: draft proposal #1 (Improve the Operations of the State Committee)

[Yarden]

Feedback 1
With regard to the following proposal; two comments and some suggestion 
for improvement.
1.  I regret the necessity for reducing the quorum to 40%, and would 
prefer this to be treated as a temporary measure.  While not a devotee 
of slippery slope or other precedent avoidance arguments
in decision making, it does seem to me that we should avoid projecting 
a measure of current weakness
into the future.  It just does not feel good. So maybe a sun-(shine) 
clause?
2.  While I fully support the spirit of the proposal and concern with 
effective functioning of the State Committee shown through out the 
proposal, the idea of " .   .   . a Temporary Subcommittee which will 
study  operations of our meetings.   .   .   .   [and] make 
recommendations to change the by-laws and standing rules." which I 
assume is intended to 'improve' our rules and operations, might be more 
effective if an addition were made to the following paragraph.

> This Subomm. will also make recommendations for the kinds of trainings 
> that
> would be useful, including trainings in facilitation and consensus.

and also learning (trainings, teach-ins, courses, projects) in GPR 
fundamentals, 10KV, and the other features that distinguish us as a 
political party in Massachusetts.
Peace,
Elie Yarden,
MRGRA


On Monday, October 29, 2007, at 08:29 AM, 
statecom-discuss-request at green-rainbow.org wrote:

> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:42:39 -0400
> From: "mikeheichman at verizon.net" <mikeheichman at verizon.net>
> Subject: [statecom-discuss] draft proposal #1 (Improve the Operations
> 	of the	State Committee)
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> Oct. 29,
>
> We will be having our next meeting of the State Comm. on November 17. 
> Today
> I am submitting a DRAFT of 3
> proposals which were not addressed at our last meeting. I welcome your
> feedback. I will formally submit these 3
> proposals in the next few days.
>
> Thanks for your attention and feedback.
>
> Mike Heichman
>
> ---------------------
>
> Improve the Operations of the State Committee
> by Mike Heichman, Suffolk County
>
>
> I formally submitted this proposal on July 6, 2007 for the July 29, 
> 2007
> State Comm. Meeting. This proposal had been co-sponsored by Bill 
> Cunningham
> and Ron Francis. It was not discussed or acted upon because of an 
> unwise
> use of our limited time (my opinion).
>
> I am resubmitting this with minor changes, based on feedback from Bill
> Cunningham before the August State Comm.  Meeting.
>
> Text :
>
> A. Agenda of State Comm. Meetings
>
> 1. The State Committee meeting will prioritize its agenda more wisely 
> by
> focusing most of its attention in the following areas:
>
> i. making of policy between conventions
> ii. improving communication and coordination
> iii. evaluating the progress of the party
>
> It will stop doing the work that should be done by other organs of the
> party. Example: It will stop working on crafting policy statements or
> working on the platform (work of Adcom and Platform Comm.)
>
> B. The quorum for State Comm. meetings will be changed from 50% to 40%.
>
> C. Creating more meaningful, effective, fun, and efficient meetings
> consistent with GRP values
>
> The State Comm. will create a Temporary Subcommittee which will study 
> the
> operations of our meetings. It will make recommendations to change the 
> by-laws
> and standing rules.
>
> This Subomm. will also make recommendations for the kinds of trainings 
> that
> would be useful, including trainings in facilitation and consensus.
>
> The Subcomm. will issue a progress report well before the next meeting 
> of
> the State Comm (Winter, 2008) and give ample opportunity for 
> discussion and
> feedback. It will then take this feedback and make its final report and
> proposals at least 2 weeks before the Winter meeting.
>
>
>
>
>
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