Comments for Committee Meetings at http://pres-outlook.net , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://pres-outlook.net Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:04:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://pres-outlook.net/blog/Committee-Meetings.html#comment-4011 In my memory of assemblies past, committee work is pretty boring at first as people settle in and figure out how to work together. Plus, there's the seemingly endless process of listening to everyone who wants to speak to the committee about something -- overture advocates, public hearings, etc. Then, sometime on Monday night or Tuesday, the committees actually get around to figuring out what to recommend to the assembly. At this point is when it gets interesting. Over the next 24 hours, committees will start to make their recommendations, which are a necessary step to the plenary issues. Although committee work is tedious and tough, it seems to be really important. In the past, the entire assembly has tended to trust the committee's judgment on many things -- usually there are only one or two items each year where the plenary does not adopt the committee's recommendation. So the committees' recommendations mean more than the tedious discussions might seem. - Andy James Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:31:36 +0100