Re: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda

Re: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda

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2001-11-12

Either way works for me on the first paragraph.

The other paragraph you quoted seems to have a redundancy:

"The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for
MAPC." and "The Coordinating Committee has the right to make emergency
decisions when necessary."

X


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Subject: RE: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda


> X,
>
> Thanks for doing this. I would change the first paragraph to the following
> for readability:
>
> The main decision-making body of MAPC is the General Meeting. (moved this
> next sentence forward from end of paragraph; seemed to flow better) The
> Coordinating Committee ensures that the decisions of the General Meetings
> are implemented. The General Meeting sets the politics and the overall
> direction of MAPC.  The Coordinating Committee takes its direction from
the
> General Meeting, and is accountable to the (deleted general) membership.
All
> decisions made by the Coordinating Committee are subject to discussion and
> review by the General Meeting.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for
> MAPC.  An emergency decision consists of responding appropriately to
rapidly
> changing current events, or of initiating the coordination of plans that
are
> under time constraint. The Coordinating Committee has the right to make
> emergency decisions when necessary.  Emergency decisions will be reported
> back to the General Meeting
>
> I'll print, but would need to know tonight about content so that I can do
it
> between work tomorrow & the meeting. I'll be in a time crunch, especially
> with getting Jesse to a friend's house before the meeting.
>
> X
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: X
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:38 PM
> To: coordination@madpeace.org
> Cc: X; X
> Subject: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda
>
> Here is the CC mission, combining Rae's original plus what we
added/changed:
>
> - The main decision-making body of MAPC is the General Meeting.  The
General
> Meeting sets the politics and the general direction of MAPC.  The
> Coordinating Committee takes its direction from the General Meeting, and
is
> accountable to the general membership.  All decisions made by the
> Coordinating Committee are subject to discussion and review by the General
> Meeting.  The Coordinating Commitee ensures that the decisions of the
> General Meetings are implemented.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is the central orgainizing body of MAPC.  It
> ensures that the work of the committees is coordinated.  It evaluates
> ongoing work to make sure that MAPC is not missing opportunities for
> outreach, growth, and political impact.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for facilitating development
of
> overall strategy for the coalition, subject to General Meeting approval,
and
> for providing recommendations to ensure that the work of the committees is
> coordinated in a matter consistent with that strategy.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for
> MAPC.  An emergency decision consists of responding appropriately to
rapidly
> changing current events, or of initiating the coordination of plans that
are
> under time constraint. The Coordinating Committee has the right to make
> emergency decisions when necessary.  Emergency decisions will be reported
> back to the General Meeting.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for establishing policy on and
> making decisions regarding disbursement of funds by the coaltion.
>
> - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for orgainizing the General
> Meetings.  It will develop agendas for General Meetings.  It assures that
> General Meetings are organized so that critical discussions are held and
> important decisions are made in a timely fashion.
> =========================================
>
> THis was a little more difficult than it seemed, since not all sentences
> flowed well with what was sandwiched in.  The first paragraph is funky
with
> using "general meeting" and "general membership" but I think it's probably
> ok. I did some minor editing to make everything fit together. We agreed to
> give 24 hours for corrections and feedback. X and X will present.
> X, will you be printing for distribution at the meeting?
>
> Here is the agenda:
>
> GM meeting agenda
>
> 1) Welcome
> 2) committee reports
> - action
> - outreach
> - Student Youth
> - Arts
> - media
> - policy
> - fundraising
> - labor movement report
> 3) Proposals (new business)
> - CC mission proposal
> - Action committee vigil proposal
> - SYC logo proposal
> 4) Announcements
> 5) Optional - Video
>
> I'll get the meeting notes out as soon as I can clean them up, probably
> tomorrow evening.
>
> X
>
>
>
>
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Re: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda