[statecom] inactive committees; decision-making process

[BillCunningham]

Merelice, Jaimie and others,

I always suspected I was "no one." 

I must be though, since I HAVE RECOMMENDED we consider Robert's Rules (for the State Com only & modified, eg our present stacking procedure). 

True, I'm NOT RECOMMENDING it now, but that's only because it's hard to kick against the pricks (Acts 9:5-6). Still, some one else might still advocate it.

How do we know that no one in GRP ever WILL RECOMMEND it, ever again?  

Which of Robert's rules are included in the Rainbow's consensus process?  


-----Original Message-----
>From: Merelice <merelice at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2007 5:24 PM
>To: State Committee Official Business <statecom at green-rainbow.org>
>Subject: Re: [statecom] inactive committees; decision-making process
>
>Note:
>I have retitled this discussion since it has evolved. It still
>addresses business taken up at the StateCom meeting. But if the
>discussion continues, I suggest it be moved to the discussion list.
>Merelice
>
>On 11/18/07, Jamie O'Keefe <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org> wrote:
>>
>> The last post to the platform committee was 11/4/2007.  The last post
>> to the procedures list was December 2006.
>
>Who moderates the platform committee list? Jill and others have tried
>to post and were notified that their postings needed moderator
>approval. Apparently when the committee was reactivated earlier this
>year, the new members didn't get put on the list and the moderator
>isn't active.
>
>>
>> I hated roberts rules during my time in the UMass senate.  The process
>> was always manipulated by people playing political games, it was
>> seldom clear what was going on, and decisions seldom satisfied most
>> involved.  Improving facilitation and holding trainings on consensus
>> would help improve our meetings and decisions.  Moving to Roberts
>> rules won't.
>
>
>Just to clarify:
>No one -- I repeat no one -- has recommended, is recommending, or will
>recommend that the GRP move to Robert's Rules. Yes, people need to
>learn how to facilitate and work with the consensus process. But that
>process is also vulnerable to abuses and game-playing and has been, on
>occasion, quite unfriendly. In our efforts to respect views held by
>the minority, we have been known to hold the majority hostage to bad
>behavior and prolonged and fruitless discussion.
>
>The Rainbow Coalition Caucus has functioned quite well with a modified
>consensus process that also draws on some Robert's Rules procedures.
>StateCom did agree to a review of the consensus process. Let's let it
>happen amicably.
>
>Merelice
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Bill Cunningham