[Lnc-business] Motion to be considered at November LNC meeting

[Arvin Vohra]

In order to not have this debate 200 times at the next meeting, I propose
the following:

1. LNC members who request to be addressed without Mr. or Ms. should
receive this courtesy from the chair.

I would like to set aside 15 seconds or less for discussion. The purpose of
"Mr." or "Mrs." is to show respect to our fellow LNC members. If using one
of those titles instead does not show that person respect, then it defeats
the entire purpose.

We can get into all sorts of abstract discussion about the notion of gender
itself being a socially constructed method to maintain the status quo, but
I don't think we need to take it that far. If an LNC member makes a
reasonable request for courtesy, it seems pretty obvious that we should
honor that request.

-Arvin
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