Q4 - San Antonio: Agenda, Reports, and Motions

Paul Darr said:
I would like to make a motion opening nominations for Platform and Credential Committee Reps to the LNC at the SLEC meeting with vote to be conducted by OpaVote. Precise language of the motion will be provided this week.
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Attached are the motions. Hoping this is straightforward. Let me know if anything is unclear.
 

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Attached is a draft of the agenda for our upcoming meeting. Two things I want to point out:

First item, we'll have our Executive Director present one consolidated staff report, instead of reporting department by department in addition to the over-arching XD report. Fun fact: There's nothing in our rules or policy that requires these reports, they've only been occurring for the past maybe ten years according to people who have been around longer than I have, and ever since about six months into my tenure as XD I've questioned the cost/benefit value of expecting all Department Directors to attend every SLEC meeting to give a brief report and answer a couple of questions, when the XD is in a position to summarize everyone's work and field the questions. Without an XD it makes a bit more sense, but with an XD? Not so much... 🤷‍♂️

There may be future meetings for which it would make sense for some individual Director(s) to come in for a special report (say, Legislative Action for a post-Session debrief, for example). But for this meeting we have no such special needs, so it makes a good test case for us to try the one-consolidated-report approach. For those wondering, I discussed this with Carter, he discussed it with the other Directors, and we're all on the same page here—it's more efficient for SLEC, and more efficient for Staff. Doesn't guarantee that this is a great idea, but it definitely rises to the level of 'we should try this and see what we think'. So we're gonna try it!

The second heads up is that Carter and I will take about a half hour in the late morning to run through a quick 'Intro to NationBuilder' presentation. We had a fair turnout at the two trainings earlier this week, but everybody on SLEC needs to see this and get any intro questions answered. Scheduling is difficult for busy people, so while we're all together we'll run through a condensed version of what we went through during the other trainings. From there you can use the NationBuilder forum on Discord for help, or you can reach out to Nick, Carter, or me directly.

See you soon!
 

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Not sure that everyone checks the Departments threads, so reposting this post from Executive over here on the meeting thread to increase the odds it'll get seen:

Hey team, this budget has now been posted for three weeks, and by the time the meeting rolls around it will have been a month. Please take advantage of this remaining time to familiarize yourself with the proposed budget and make any questions or concerns known here (or contact Carter directly) before the meeting (and preferably before the Wednesday or so before the meeting). Basic respect for the time of the body suggests that we all familiarize ourselves in advance with the budget, and if we're not content with it as proposed, then identify your pain points and have a discussion with Carter over the next week or so. If you're still not content, come to the meeting with a specific proposed amendment (or amendments) that will resolve the issue if a majority of the body agrees with you.

As a practical matter, the Spike event has been so successful we may have to vacate our meeting room before 4:00p to allow for a reset of part of the room, and I'd like to be prepared for that contingency. We'll know more in a couple of days.

As a more general matter, it's in all of our best interests to have efficient and effective meetings, and not be guilty of wasting scarce and highly valuable volunteer time. On behalf of the whole body, thanking you in advance for doing your part to come prepared. :cool:
 
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