On 28/09/17 14:06, Jonas Oberg wrote:
Hi Daniel,
Notice that in that proposal, the word "remove" is the only possibility in the first sentence and the word "remove" is the leading option in the second sentence.
So we can ask Matthias to rephrase that perhaps. It's factually true some members have proposed to remove the Fellowship seats. Other's have stated they would like to see an update of the wording to reflect reality. And yet others have expressed a wish to review the structure as part of altering the Fellowship seats.
Since this really is intended as a yes/no point, I do think Matthias might rephrase that to clarify the intent. (This is the official agenda, during which most topics should have a clear yes/no option).
We will need to discuss structural questions as well, but I don't believe there's support from the members to do that now. As you know, we're currently in a process to review and renew our committment to our organisational identity and self perception. When we decided to engage in that work, we also made a timeline for when certain discussions can reasonably happen.
Discussions around reviewing our organisational structure is on that timeline, and the thinking is to work towards having those at the end of 2018 and into 2019. The process of working through the structure is a significant committment, and will take time. I don't envision us doing that with taking less than a year for it.
Having a renewed comittment to an organisational identity prior to this is one of the keys to making sure we can succesfully discuss the structure.
A simple way forward, changing it to a yes/no question, may be asking the GA to vote on the motion "The constitution is amended to rename the Fellowship Representative to Community Representative"
Would anybody else like to propose a name other than "Community Representative"?
Everything else in this topic could be deferred, unless somebody wants to formally propose a motion to remove the position.
Regards,
Daniel