tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post114883839549137762..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: County Council ConundrumWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-89768385459968139582006-12-31T13:12:00.000-08:002006-12-31T13:12:00.000-08:00Yes Wes, I find the parlor games about who is a re...Yes Wes, I find the parlor games about who is a regional rep incredibly boring, but parlor politics seems to be the end point for some...that being said, I am working on cleaning up the CC internal page, which is where you found that 'job description'.<br /><br />The current version of the CC internal page is an upgrade on where it was before, it contains a lot more info...and that is something that I worked on. One of the projects no yet completed (because it is massive) is I am going through all CC minutes since 2000 to see what CC internal procedures have been approved and when, as the record-keeping for that is terrible and that means people fight over the process, because even getting to use it. <br /><br />As for the CC making policy, I agree with you about the CC being an admin committee (I actually was one of the six people locked in a room at the August 1990 plenary that created the CC concept that the GA then approved). <br /><br />Can you tell me which cases you feel are policy-making by the CC?Michael Feinsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291292546790270009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-33542729096053537812006-12-31T12:50:00.000-08:002006-12-31T12:50:00.000-08:00Ok, if that is NOT the job description, then I wo...Ok, if that is NOT the job description, then I would suggest that a "valid" job description be posted. Who is responsible for keeping that section of the GPCA web site up to date? <br /><br />It is my opinion, if the CC passed this job description for Regional Reps, and the CC is made up of Regional Reps, that those same Regional Reps are NOT doing their job.<br /><br />So, if you want to use the bylaws as the basis for defining what a Regional Rep does, the only thing it says is that they are members of the CC. In other words, without a job definition other than the tasks of the CC which are defined by bylaws Section 7-1.1<br /><br />"Coordinating Committee shall be generally responsible for coordinating meetings, internal<br />communications and other administrative tasks,..."<br /><br />Given that general description it would seem that the CC has been known to overstep its authority since it is clear that the CC has an administrative role, not a policy making role. <br /><br />Maybe the CC need to redefine what its members are supposed to be doing, since to the untrained, remote observer who has not a tad of interest in gotcha politics, it might appear that the CC is not doing anything other than discussing who should be a regional rep.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-7733983431510050662006-12-31T11:55:00.000-08:002006-12-31T11:55:00.000-08:00"It also seems to me that we have a similar proble..."It also seems to me that we have a similar problem with the role of the Regional Rep. The job description for the Regional Rep says that they are deeply involved in County Council operations."<br /><br />This 'job description' that is linked to here, has little validity, although unfortunately it has been promoted as such.<br /><br />The CC is a committee of the General Assembly and the CC's responsibilities are described in the GPCA bylaws. The 'extra' job description referred to her was passed internally by the CC at one point in time and has no validity as far as the GA is concerned, since that 'extra' description never went to the GA.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this extra job description has confused the issue about what the job of the rep is, and I think, discouraged some from seeking it who would be very qualified to do the things that *are* in the job description.Michael Feinsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291292546790270009noreply@blogger.com