I appreciate that George has articulated the reaction I also had to Synod's new practices. Other first-time delegates told me that they also felt intimidated as I did in 2010 when we had to leave our tables to stand at a mike across the room in order to speak.
And while I sympathize with the desire to get the wording of an amendment just right, I too thought that requiring delegates to write motions out and get them to the clerk BEFORE being able to talk about them was disruptive and hindered the actual discussion.
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I appreciate that George has articulated the reaction I also had to Synod's new practices. Other first-time delegates told me that they also felt intimidated as I did in 2010 when we had to leave our tables to stand at a mike across the room in order to speak.
And while I sympathize with the desire to get the wording of an amendment just right, I too thought that requiring delegates to write motions out and get them to the clerk BEFORE being able to talk about them was disruptive and hindered the actual discussion.
Mary-Lee Bouma