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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Our Policy Manual specifies that in order for a motion to be considered new business that is previously submitted, the mover must meet the qualification by “transmitting this intention by an e-mail to the entire LNC at least 21 days prior to the session with the full text of the motion to be submitted”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please note that any such motion submitted after Sunday June 24<sup>th</sup> will be deemed to not comply with the Policy Manual, and will not be considered “New Business – Previously Submitted”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This should not be construed to mean that motions after this date are somehow out of order – they are not. They do, however, according to our standard agenda, mean that they will get a lower / later priority on the agenda, and therefore will be more likely to be not addressed should we run out of time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please post your motions to the LNC-Business list. Please make any comments you feel inclined to offer on the LNC-Discuss. A second is not required to be placed on the agenda, but will be required when the motion is presented in the meeting. I will respect any members wish to withdraw a motion up until I prepare the agenda, which I hope to have completed seven days before the meeting. I will also respect any members wish to replace their motion with another, but will not respect any process of “amendment” by anyone other than the maker. Changes are subject to the deadline, and once the deadline has passed, a motion must remain or be removed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If the deadline has passed, I will gladly let members submit motions in advance, but they will be placed on the agenda under the “new business without previous notice” section.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I intend to attempt to place the items on the agenda in the order of which they are received. If a motion is resubmitted, the order will be based upon the resubmission date, not the original date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also will state that I think it is in order for the maker of the motion to speak (briefly) to his motion in order to state the intent. Please keep it short. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To be clear, I will prepare the preliminary agenda as specified in the Policy Manual, present it to the LNC, and the LNC during the meeting must approve. You are free to move to rearrange the preliminary agenda at the LNC meeting, during the “adoption of agenda” portion of the business, or after the approval of the agenda, by suspending the rules. I will not entertain requests to rearrange the agenda prior to the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone thinks I’m acting improperly, please fix the policy manual to specify the process more completely, because it’s sketchy as to these mechanics, and I’m trying to fill in the gaps.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Geoffrey Neale<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>