[Businessmtg] Motion and operationalizing

[Steve Rankin]

Hi folks,

Mary is not only spot on in her perception of a difference between policy and how policy is operationalized, she just pointed out the key difference between the authority of the membership in the Business Meeting and the authority of the members of the Steering Committee as they perform their duties in the day-to-day operation of ASP.

ASP's Motion #22 clearly states that the Business Meeting "Establish general meeting policies by substantial unanimity of subscribed membership of Business Committee."
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Please note that the group conscience authority is limited to GENERAL policies. When it comes to IMPLEMENTING policy, Motion #22 states that the Steering Committee is responsible for the "Implementation of ASP policy & practices."

In other words, here in the Business Meeting we have no business telling the Steering Committee HOW to implement policy.  That includes details such as when to implement policy, how to inform the membership, etc.  Since the Business Meeting does not have the authority to specify implementation details, it follows that discussion of those details belong to the Steering Committee, not the Business Meeting.  Likewise, the Steering Committee may discuss implementation details, however in the end, the final decision generally belongs to the individual member of the Steering Committee who is responsible for the implementation.  

Regardless of who we are or where we fall in this process of policy making and implementation, we need to trust the others in the process.  

Love and SERENITY,
Steve






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Subject: [Businessmtg] Motion and operationalizing

 I’m fine with the wording of the motion. I see a difference between policy and how it is operationalized. The motion and vote will set the policy. I feel comfortable letting the SC figure out how to operationalize how the policy is executed. So, I’m fine with the SC figuring out how to let the membership know of the new policy and giving a notice about the details of how archives will no longer being available to the membership. Mary A Sent from my iPhone ____________________________ To Unsubscribe, go to: http://www.asp-afg.org/mailman/listinfo/asp
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