INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY (p. 83)
We need to step up to the plate and go to a full quadrennial (four-year) cycle of elections, appointments and General Assemblies. Having cut the mandatory allocation to the State and International Offices by a third, and given the cost of the General Assembly, we’re doing the fiscally irresponsible by continuing the biennium. Moreover, having worked at the International Offices, I can assure you that the biennial cycle guarantees that half of our time is either spent recovering/reorganising from the previous General Assembly or preparing for the next one. Having a quadrennium would make for more productive time at the State and International levels.
I’m sure we could come up with meetings that would fill the void without having to mandate them in the Minutes.
THE MISSING ITEM FROM THE AGENDA
The one item that I would like to see on the agenda–and many others I’ve talked to agree with this–is the reduction in the number of members of the Executive Committee from five to three. Grandfathering current members is fine. The reduction in cost would go a long way to offset the reductions in the tithe on tithe that has caused such dislocation of late.
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