Draft Proposal: Committee and General Assembly Meetings; Sc

[ciwp]

[NOTE ADDED 9 December 2011: This proposal has been modified. The text in this post is the original language of the proposal. See the reply shown below which incorporates changes suggested at GA on Dec 5, 2011 - MD]

Presented to the evening GA 25 November, 2011

Draft Proposal:

Committee and General Assembly Meetings; Scheduling:
All committees are required to adhere to the following rules regarding the times and places of their respective meetings:

1) Multiple committee meetings must not be scheduled to run simultaneously. All committees must check the weekly Occupy Chicago schedule to ensure that their committee's scheduled meeting times do not conflict with the scheduled meeting times of the other committees.

2) Committee meetings can not be scheduled to take place during General Assembly meetings. All committee meetings must adjourn no less than 1 hour before the scheduled start of the General Assembly meetings; and no committee meetings can be called to order less than one hour after the adjournment of the General Assembly meetings. Adherence to these rules makes it possible for every Occupy Chicago participant to attend and participate in every committee meeting and every GA meeting, which is absolutely crucial to our ability to bring into real-world existence the ideals of openness, transparency and democratic practice that animate every element of Occupy Chicago.

3)
a.) General Assembly Meetings
Except in case of a serious emergency of some kind, any change(s) as to the time and/or location of General Assembly meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/) and announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) no less than 24 hours in advance of the rescheduled General Assembly meeting.

b.) Committee Meetings:
Except in case of a serious emergency of some kind, any change(s) as to the time and/or location of committee meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/) and announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) no less than 24 hours in advance of the rescheduled committee meeting or that committee meeting must be cancelled and the rescheduled meeting postponed until such 24 hour notice can be made. In the event of a rescheduling of any committee meeting, all committee members must be given a minimum of 24 hour's notice by email and/or telephone message as to the time and place of the rescheduled meeting.


4) The 24-hour notice period will begin as soon as the rescheduling information is posted to the appropriate committee or General Assembly page(s) on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/).

These rules ensure that all interested persons who wish to participate in Occupy Chicago can enjoy the fullest participation in as many committee and General Assembly meetings as possible.

Proposed by:
Mark Donaghey
Committee for an Independent Workers Party

Note: There will be a vote held on this proposal during the GA meeting on Saturday evening, 3 December, 2011 at 7:00 PM.

[ciwp]

[This version of the proposal incorporates changes suggested at GA on December 5, 2011, except for the suggested provision that the rules changes "only apply to the days we make votes". I originally agreed to add this, but after reading everything again, I can't figure out how to add that to the current language in a way that makes sense. A friendly amendment suggested by Bearhair was added Friday afternoon (Dec 9) regarding posting schedule changes at HQ. There will be a vote held on this proposal during the GA meeting on Saturday evening, 10 December, 2011 at 7:00 PM.- MD]

Draft Proposal:

Committee and General Assembly Meetings; Scheduling:
All committees are required to adhere to the following rules regarding the times and places of their respective meetings:

1) Multiple committee meetings must not be scheduled to run simultaneously. All committees must check the weekly Occupy Chicago schedule to ensure that their committee's scheduled meeting times do not conflict with the scheduled meeting times of the other committees.

2) Committee meetings can not be scheduled to take place during General Assembly meetings. All committee meetings must adjourn no less than 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the General Assembly meetings; and no committee meetings can be called to order less than 30 minutes after the adjournment of the General Assembly meetings. Adherence to these rules makes it possible for every Occupy Chicago participant to attend and participate in every committee meeting and every GA meeting, which is absolutely crucial to our ability to bring into real-world existence the ideals of openness, transparency and democratic practice that animate every element of Occupy Chicago.

3)
a.) General Assembly Meetings
Except in case of a serious emergency of some kind, any change(s) as to the time and/or location of General Assembly meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/), announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) and posted at HQ (Jackson and Lasalle) no less than 24 hours in advance of the rescheduled General Assembly meeting.

b.) Committee Meetings:
Except in case of a serious emergency of some kind, any change(s) as to the time and/or location of committee meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/), announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) and posted at HQ (Jackson and LaSalle) no less than 24 hours in advance of the rescheduled committee meeting or that committee meeting must be cancelled and the rescheduled meeting postponed until such 24 hour notice can be made. In the event of a rescheduling of any committee meeting, all committee members must be given a minimum of 24 hour's notice by email and/or telephone message as to the time and place of the rescheduled meeting.


c.) The 24-hour notice period will begin as soon as the rescheduling information is posted to the appropriate committee or General Assembly page(s) on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/).

These rules ensure that all interested persons who wish to participate in Occupy Chicago can enjoy the fullest participation in as many committee and General Assembly meetings as possible.

Proposed by:
Mark Donaghey
Committee for an Independent Workers Party

Note: There will be a vote held on this proposal during the GA meeting on Saturday evening, 10 December, 2011 at 7:00 PM.

[Bearhair]

I propose the following amendments:

All committee meetings must adjourn no less than 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the General Assembly meetings;

All committee meetings shall adjourn at a time sufficient for those in attendance to arrive, based on reasonable transit times, before the scheduled start of the General Assembly meetings.

and no committee meetings can be called to order less than 30 minutes after the adjournment of the General Assembly meetings.

No committee meeting shall start before a time sufficient for those at the General Assembly to arrive, based on reasonable transit times, after the actual end of the General Assembly meeting.

Except . . ., any change(s) as to the time and/or location of General Assembly meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/) and announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) no less than 24 hours in advance of the rescheduled General Assembly meeting.

Except . . ., any change(s) as to the time and/or location of General Assembly meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/), announced at each General Assembly Meeting, and posted at HQ2 . . .

Except . . . , any change(s) as to the time and/or location of committee meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/) and announced at that day's General Assembly Meeting(s) . . .

Except . . ., any change(s) as to the time and/or location of committee meetings must be published on the Occupy Chicago website (http://occupychi.org/), announced at each General Assembly Meeting, and posted at HQ2 . . .

[ciwp]

What was it Shakespeare said about lawyers...? ; )

I keed, I keed!

I think that it is a great idea to post the changes to GA schedule at HQ, except for one thing: we have no organized way to do it right now that I am aware of, and we don't even have billboard with a daily schedule of events posted up at HQ. HQ needs to be upgraded in a big way. Once that's done, our daily schedule will ALWAYS be posted there as a matter of course and the change you suggest to this proposal will be moot. I think. Oh hell, I'll put it in there anyway.

Mark Donaghey
Housing, Donations Committees
Committee for an Independent Workers Party

[UndyingFlame]

Mark, you assaulted Brian for telling you that you can't stay at Grace place, in accordance with long-established rules. You then threw hot, scalding water onto people, and attempted to assault multiple individuals. You then threw brake fluid on people and said you were going to set them on fire. You're a dangerous, mentally unstable individual and for the safety of our members you will be arrested if you show up again. Honestly, I hope you get taken by the authorities into custody for a long time, that's what you need.