[statecom] Important question Re: credentialing new StateCom reps

[Merelice]

Greetings,

Consider this a process question:

I have received a couple of questions regarding the election of new
StateCom members BEFORE the virtual StateCom meeting now in session
takes care of the business of the meeting.

AdCom discussed this at its Monday night teleconference. We were told
that at in-person meetings, part of the credentialing process was
electing and credentialing _new_ StateCom members and, therefore, it
would be part of the process of a virtual meeting.

However, in the past, virtual meetings did not include a credentialing
process because it was assumed that ALL StateCom members receiving the
notice of the meeting were "credentialed" to participate in the
meeting. Waiting for quorum was not an issue since the meeting takes
place over a period of time. We simply needed to hear from at least
two-thirds of StateCom to complete the business of the virtual
meeting.

There has not been an effort to add StateCom reps AFTER the notice of
a virtual meeting went out. I can understand (and share) concerns
about being asked to vote for new statecom reps without the benefit of
in-person discourse and, as important, without the potential new reps
having participated in the business to be addressed at a virtual
meeting that doesn't allow for the same kind of deliberation as an
in-person meeting.

I suggest that by virtue of sending out the StateCom meeting notice
and having already begun the session, the credentialing has already
taken place. Therefore, we should proceed with the business for which
the meeting was called.

Merelice (on behalf of other puzzled members)


On 6/19/08, Merelice <merelice at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  There have been a couple of references to credentialing new members of
>  the State Committee. Please notify at least AdCom and preferably
>  StateCom -- before the vote takes place -- who the new candidates for
>  StateCom rep are and what counties they are from.
>
>  Thanks much,
>
> Merelice
>