I have been with Committee 03, General Assembly Procedures. It was not considered one of the "exciting" committees, but you couldn't have guessed that by the deliberations and painful hashing out of issues. I discovered that we could have drawn a line in the sand, almost like the civil war on any given issue. It was amazing how we seemed to polarize into similar groups of agreement and dissension. When I was celebrating the fellow next to me was groaning; and vice versa. The challenge was to stay engaged when the "other" voices spoke. We approved 16 items of business, approved 4 items with amendments or comments, referred 3 items to other committees, and disapproved 13 items.
Our committee was a "guinea pig" for using the handheld voting device, which worked quite well. We will be the only committee called into session after the plenary session on Friday night.
Alice
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