SUMMARY: Give people a change to consider and improve proposals without taking everyone’s time at GAs.

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Each proposal to be voted on by the General Assembly, GA, will be submitted to the Process Committee and made available on the Occupy Atlanta web site at least one week prior to the proposal being brought before the GA for a vote. Modifications to the proposal during this one week lead time shall be made available by the proposer in a timely manner -including updates on the web site and final submission to the Process Committee of the proposal as it will be presented to the GA by the time of the last Process Committee meeting before the GA at which the proposal will be presented. Should the Process Committee or members there of who are facilitating a GA at any time deem the proposal to have been substantially changed to the degree that it constitutes a new proposal the proposal may be subjected to a new week of lead time before the proposal my be voted on.

In situations where the Process Committee recognizes a pressing need for more rapid consideration of a proposal the Process Committee may add the proposal to the agenda for consideration by the GA -waiving the one week lead time. The Process Committee will maintain a list of proposals and the dates of GAs at which the proposals are scheduled to be presented and will make a good faith effort at making this list available for perusal.

Responsibility for posting of a proposal to the web site lies with the proposer and may be fulfilled by a third party on behalf of the proposer. The proposer also holds responsibility for getting on the stack to present the proposal.

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This proposal exists for the sake of increasing dialogue among interested parties outside of the limits of GAs. Hopefully the extended lead time for proposals will provide sufficient time for people to both reflect and engage in dialogue with other occupiers so that group consideration and cooperation will increase along with the beneficial aspects of proposals.

The gist of this proposal was presented to the GA on 2012 Jan 14 with the intent of bringing it before the GA for a vote on 2012 Jan 20 (just under a week later.) Conversations with many people have influenced the proposal up to this point and further input can surely improve upon it. So please offer your concerns and suggestions here and in person. Ideally when it is presented to the GA everyone will have considered the proposal and offered their best input toward its improvement so that the GA can proceed smoothly and quickly for everyone’s sake.

submitted for your consideration,
donald

I think we should cut the lead time down to “by the day of the previous General Assembly, preferably to be announced there.”