WHAT WE CAN AGREE
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WE MUST PROTECT THE REPUTATION OF THE INSTITUTION.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM OF TIME : HOW DO WE USE IT EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY?
WE DO NOT WISH TO BE DIVERTED BY ARGUMENT ABOUT PROCESS.
WE DO NOT WISH TO HAVE MORE COMMITTEES THAN WE CAN COPE WITH EFFICIENTLY. A CEILING SHOULD BE PLACED ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND A QUEUING SYSTEM ADOPTED.
THEREFORE WE NEED A SYSTEM OF RULES TO CONFER CERTAINTY, TO PROTECT THE POSITION OF MINORITIES AND TO FOCUS THE DEBATE.
WE ALSO NEED TO DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITIES TO COMMITTEES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALISE OUR COMMITTEE SYSTEM. IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FORMAL COMMITTEE SYSTEM TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION.
REGARDLESS OF THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE ADOPTED, WE WOULD LIKE OUR APPROACH TO POLICY SCRUTINY TO BE MODELLED ON THAT OF OMELCO PANELS - A BASICALLY CONSENSUS APPROACH