Constitutional deliberations started off great last night. We did intend to finish in one night (as crazy as that sounds now.) But, we inevitably had to call it quits at 11pm and the EB agreed to reconvene on Monday at GOP HQ again in Georgetown. Eric Stratton “chaired” the meeting and presented his working draft based on aggregated input from the body and EB over the past few weeks. David, Chris, Jose, Jen and Fred, Alan, Shannon and Justin also participated in the discussion. We quickly voted not to use Robert’s Rules and held a lively informal discussion covering Articles I-VII up to Section 7 of Article 7. That’s about halfway down the scrollbar of the entire document. Good job team!
The second session of constitutional deliberations will convene
at GOP HQ on Monday at 8pm ’til ???!
We already have a few of last night’s participants that have expressed that they may not be able to attend. If you are an active paid member and can not attend at all, we encourage you to give your input to the informal constitutional advisory committee, comprised of the EB and any members willing to attend these deliberations, that is diligently working on the revisions to present a ready-to-approve or amend draft to the regular Assembly meeting on July 29th.
Upcoming Elections!
If we vote to approve the new constitutional revisions on the 29th, we may also be holding elections for the Executive Board at that same meeting!
The positions that have tentatively been agreed to by the constitutional advisory committee are:
- Vice Chair, Education
- Vice Chair, Programming
- Vice Chair, Political Activities
- Vice Chair, Outreach
- Vice Chair, Communications
- Chairman
- Secretary-Treasurer
If you see positions here you’re interested in (and are an active paid member as of June 29th), please participate in the deliberations to flush out the responsibilities of the roles, and of course CONSIDER RUNNING FOR A BOARD POSITION. OR if you DON’T see a position you feel is necessary, please come advocate for your ideas. NOW IS THE TIME!
If you are thinking of running for office, contact Eric or Shannon.
