Tag Archives: standing rules

Assembly Committee 7: Form of Government Revision

Posted on June 11, 2010 by presbybob

I am not going to pretend to be neutral on this topic. I spend a considerable amount of time working with our current Book of Order. When people unfamiliar with what is in our current Form of Government call me … Continue reading →

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Assembly Committee 3: General Assembly Procedures

Posted on June 7, 2010 by presbybob

My goal in this series of posts is to give a reflection on the things I will be watching coming out of the Assembly Committees; not to survey each and every item. Assembly Committee #3: General Assembly Procedures is going … Continue reading →

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Assembly Committee #2: Bills & Overtures

Posted on June 3, 2010 by presbybob

Today, I am looking at Assembly Committee #2, Bills & Overtures. There is not going to be anything controversial in this post; all of that will start on Monday when we get into the Assembly Committees to which business is … Continue reading →

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Assembly Committee Summaries: Beginning with #1

Posted on June 2, 2010 by presbybob

Between now and the convening of the 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis, there are just enough days to summarize an Assembly Committee a day. Assembly committees will meet — for the most part, today’s committee excluded — on Sunday, … Continue reading →

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Six – 6! – Candidates for Moderator

Posted on May 31, 2010 by presbybob

We are entering the home stretch for preparations for the 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis. In just a little more than a month, we will be convening and starting to work. One of the first things that will happen … Continue reading →

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Stated Clerk Elections in an off-year

Posted on May 4, 2010 by presbybob

There is some interesting buzz going around about Overture 117, which would amend the process for electing the Stated Clerk. The overture has not yet been assigned — but will be assigned to Committee 3, General Assembly Procedures. The text is … Continue reading →

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YAD vs. YAAD

Posted on April 15, 2010 by presbybob

In the end, this post is much ado about very little substantive; however, it is about something very big procedurally. On pc-biz, under the Resources tab, is the Manual of the General Assembly. In December,2009, when I started to think … Continue reading →

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Standing Rules and “Collaboration”

Posted on March 26, 2010 by presbybob

There are now 97 overtures and 42 recommendations posted on pc-biz. (By the way, the COGA commission is now posted as Rec-o42. Look at #5. That’s the big one. We’ll get back to that in future posts.) I want to … Continue reading →

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