[19914] in APO-L
Re: convention review
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francase)
Fri Jan 22 17:24:57 1999
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:24:43 -0500
Reply-To: Francase <mfranci@EMORY.EDU>
From: Francase <mfranci@EMORY.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <36A8EB05.1EDD26ED@frontiernet.net>
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Richard Quodomine wrote:
> > My main concern (and reason for writing this) is the concern of the
> > actual legislative session and how long it took. From what I was told 3
> > people had to be taken off the floor for health reasons, while many
> > more were sent to bed because it was just too much.
>
> > one of the suggestions I heard was:
> > 1. limiting the # of proposals alumni can submit while encouraging
> > under-grads to submit more (currently that ratio is very disproportionate)
I'm really not crazy about limiting the amount of proposals which should
come from alumni. Granted, this is an undergraduate organization, and
undergraduates should dubmit more legislation, but Alumni that have been
around for a while have also had the opportunity to see how proposals and
goals change over the years, and thus they produce a lot more to change
things, since they have been around long enough to see what does and does
not work.
>
> > It is my firm belief that the following should be done:
>
> 1. Voting Delegates arrive on the 26th and committee agendas and
> meet-and-greets get taken care of that day. Say, around 3 PM - 6 PM (just an
> idea time, not solid). This way, preliminary items can be taken care of. Many
> delegates arrive on the 26th as it is, and to me, it seems as if that would
> get alot of stuff out of the way early.
>
I like this idea. Most of us are already arriving on the 26th anyway.
Though it would be difficult to determine what would qualify as
"preliminary items". Maybe have the opening session that day and nothing
more, as opposed to having the opening session with roll call and then
afterwards going straight to opening committtees.
> 2. Water be kept constantly on hand. Hotel conditions tend to be both sterile
> and dry. This leads to health problems, especially for students who are
> adjusting to climate changes as well. I know the floor runners are extremely
> busy (did it at '92 Nationals), but filling a pitcher of water may well be the
> best thing we can do for our delegates.
There was water on hand for all the committee meetings, as people kept
coming aorund to fill them up. This would help a lot on the floor, too.
I liked the whole "Adopt-a-delegate" idea, that helped a lot especially
when we all were getting cranky around 2 AM.
>
> 3. An alternate voting delegate be pre-registered with the National Convention
> in case of health problems or other such difficulties. This person must be
> certified by Rules and Credentials as "on the list" before such time as he or
> she takes over. I know Rules & Credentials already subpoenaed over 100 people
> last year during Banquet, but this alternate delegate may be the only way to
> keep up health. The alternate voting delegate should be used only in case of
> inability to perform duties of the current voting delegate, and should in no
> way constitute a 3rd vote. I welcome ideas and ammendments on this issue, as
> it seems there is no perfect solution here.
>
I thought we could already submit names to serve as alternate delegates.
We almost had to use one since I got foor dpoisoning on Christmas Eve and
almost wasn't able to come- in that case, we would have used our
alternate. So I thought something like this was already in place.
Lastly, I had a problem with Rats being as late as it was. I'm not sure
what could be done to change the time of this, but having Rats/Ducks
starting at 3 in the morning after being on a committee and the floor
pretty much wore me out completely. Perhaps if it was done as part of a
dinner break (everyone gather for 2 hours,. bring food, and listen)
that might work better.
> Respectfully submitted,
> Richard D. Quodomine
> '94 Voting Delegate, '98 Committee Advisor, Scouting
>
Michael Francis
Delta Kappa Voting Delegate '98, Emory University
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