[council] Re; Impovements plan - a comment on the compositon of the OSC

[Avri Doria]

On 10 Oct 2008, at 12:02, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

>  I am hoping there will be more discussion
> like this and to encourage it even more, I second the motion for the
> amendment.

thanks.

> We will probably have to define 'full consensus' more precisely. Would
> 'observers' be included in full consensus?  If so, then what is the
> difference between being a regular member and an observer?

I have always assumed it was full consensus of members not including  
other participants.  for example wile the comments of staff are always  
highly valued, I did not assume they were figuring into the consensus  
decisions.  they are list among other participants.  Note: this is  
different then in the planing team where staff are members of the team  
due to the nature of the Board's mandate to staff and council.

If necessary for clarity we could amend the two instances of:

Decision making for the [P,O]SC
• Unless otherwise determined by the [P,O]SC members, committee  
decisions
   will be made using a “full consensus” process.

to

Decision making for the [P,O]SC
• Unless otherwise determined by the [P,O]SC members, committee  
decisions
   will be made using a “full consensus of the members" process.



a.