AW: [council] Public Meeting and the use of weekends

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Wolf-Ulrich 

 


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        Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Im Auftrag von Adrian Kinderis
        Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. März 2011 11:19
        An: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Betreff: [council] Public Meeting and the use of weekends
        
        

        All,

         

        I am a big supporter of not repeating the sins of the past (probably 
because I make so many of them).

         

        A few points around the public meeting;

         

        -        What are we doing to ensure we are not debating wording on the 
fly at the meeting?
        [WUK: ] First to me it's not a difference between "public" and phone 
call meetings (which are public to a certain extent, too). The public meeting 
shouldn't be seen as a show where perfect work is presented. It's a 2 hours 
working session as usual

                On the one hand I prefer having motions well prepared that 
we're able to achieve results by voting. On the other hand more and more it's 
going to happen that alternate motions are presented where positions of 2 sides 
are fixed and where we can't find majority in both houses either. In those 
cases I would encourage on the fly wording up to the last moment in order to 
find a potential compromise solution rather than going home with nothing.

        -        Are we going to make a rule that all motions MUST be locked 
down prior to the meeting?
        [WUK: ] I'm open to discuss this (s.a.) 

        -        If so, have we allowed time to dedicate towards this?

        -        How are we catering for public involvement in the meeting 
itself (this has always baffled me)?
        [WUK: ] We've rules which our chair is following. But we could talk 
about improvements. 

         

        Thanks.

         

        Adrian Kinderis