Next step -- Deciding on output

[John Goerzen]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:08:53PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> What I'm suggesting is that in our proposed motion/resolution/whatever, we
> leave off the WHEREAS part.  I think that we do not need to be expressing a
> "sense of the membership" about background information, just getting it
> done.  This also makes reforms easier to pass because disagreements on
> background information will not lead to blocking passage.

For precedent on how this has been done in the past in SPI, I refer you to:

http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-1999-09-21.nl

Also it is important to note that Articles 1 and 2 are immutable.

-- John