[Lnc-business] Proposed agenda - 7/18=7/19

[Brett Bittner]

All,

I've watched the conversation with regard to the upcoming meeting, its
length, and its agenda unfold on this list, as well as the "off list"
(LPconfer) conversations by the Representative and Alternate from Region 1.
Don't worry, Norm and Ron... I'll maintain the confidentiality of those
messages' content.

If I'm not mistaken, we voted to meet in Alexandria July 18-19. The agenda
proposed by Chairman Sarwark is one that does not contain a substantial
amount of action on our part. Do we really have action items that
necessitate the additional meeting day? If not, why not? Every member of
this body has the ability to propose agenda items for inclusion, and, to my
knowledge, Chairman Sarwark has not denied the addition of any agenda
items. So, with whom does the blame lie?

I would prefer that we not have marathon sessions that only end due to a
lack of quorum, rather than completing what we set out to do. Should we
simply expect the Chair to fill an additional three hours with agenda items
that are without substance to fill some allotment of hours to meet the
travel plans made by the members of the committee? Perhaps we should meet
Representative Goldstein's request (yes, I know that it was a joke, Sam)
that we sing Kumbaya in the basement of LPHQ Sunday.

Thus far this term, we have been consistent in meeting in a manner that we
adjourn the session prior to noon local time on Sunday of the session.

Personally, I'd like to see some discussion of our progress toward the
goals we set last year in the September session in Alexandria.

Remember the six things we decided as a body were the most important
indicators of our success or failure as a committee? I see fewer
conversations here that indicate our commitment to reaching those than I do
bickering about how long an agenda is or what we should be posting on
Facebook.

As we seem to want to use this list to share our personal stories with
regard to travel and preferences with regard to the upcoming session, I
welcome having the surprise "free time" in the DC area on Sunday, so that I
can see some of the sights and meet with some of my friends and
acquaintances in the area that I might not otherwise be able to. I
anticipated leaving Monday to accomplish some of that, but now I'll be able
to make a few more visits and use the time on Monday to do some networking
for my day job.

To sum up, I'm fine with just meeting Saturday OR meeting both days, but I
don't want to waste time on "filler" just to extend the length of the
session. I hope to see several substantive agenda items added by those
complaining that will actually move us closer to meeting the goals we set
at the beginning of our term to roll us into the "experiment" of meeting at
LPHQ on Sunday.

Brett C. Bittner

brett at brettbittner.com
404.492.6524

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <nsarwark at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> Attached is a rough agenda in Word and PDF form.  As I believe I've
> already mentioned, I'm only contemplating the Saturday-only meeting option
> at the request of some LNC members.  The agenda attached could be applied
> over Saturday and Sunday combined.
>
>
>  Please let me know what you would like me to do.  Based on current
> feedback, we'll try to star at 9:00 am and finish by 5:00 pm.
>
> -Nick
>
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