[19943] in APO-L
conventions past...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen d Kranzer)
Sun Jan 24 03:12:51 1999
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:26:39 -0500
Reply-To: dhickey@compuserve.com
From: Ellen d Kranzer <ccrazy@WORLD.STD.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
This message was originally submitted by dhickey@COMPUSERVE.COM to the APO-L
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Just a little history in convention scheduling:
About 10 years ago, the convention was expanded by a half-day or so. It
used to be taken for granted that Rats On Parade wouldn't start until 3am=
. =
(Not exactly the ideal time to interview your potential national leaders=
.)
It's been more coordinated and generally earlier for several years, thou=
gh
this one did start late. Some legislative sessions have had to run much
longer than this past one to hash out tough problems.
Workshops, service and fun aside, the legislation is the real reason for
national conventions. You have some very difficult decisions to make. =
Efficiency is good, but if you seek to streamline debate too severely, yo=
u
lose the synergy of group discourse.
Besides, you end up with some interesting tales to tell, should you
survive: The great comma debate. The needlepoint kit. The bumblebee issu=
e.
To name just a few ... :)
yilfs,
mrn
13 conventions so far....
(5 as voting delgate, the rest in floor services)
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