Following is an unofficial summary of the Extraordinary General Assembly put together by Joe Regotti. Greetings to the "outer orbit of the US East," Just a very quick summary of major decisions coming out of the GA, which ended successfully on Friday night, with approval of actual Statutes relevant to each statutory decision we reached during the meeting. Great thanks to Joe Loney and especially Russ Brine for this major work. The Steering committee, and other committees as well, worked a couple of 16 hour days to keep written records up with the process of the meeting to make the final day possible and end up with approval of new statutes. So, in case you haven't heard (this is from memory, so not official): + There will be a GA in 2008, and a GA every six years from then on. The GA is the highest authority in the organization when in session. (GA defines mission and vision of MLM, evaluates the governing board, names the two members-under-current-contract to the board, and sets general directions for the organization.) + We have an independent governing board, with 6 external members, three "MLM Alums" and 2 current members, with the three-person leadership team attending ex-officio (voice no vote.) It has most of the typical responsibilities of a board of directors. Terms are three years, renewable once or twice - I forget. It is the highest authority of the organization when a GA is not in session. The ALT and the current Advisory Board will assemble the entire initial board of directors. The Advisor Board will then dissolve. + The current ALT+5 will be responsible for the 2007 budget, since the board will probably not be complete until late fall. When the board of directors has its first official meeting this fall the position of Area Representative will dissolve (remaining only for the purpose of finishing the budget, if necessary.) +We have a three person leadership team (the LT), with one being the Executive Director, one the Director of Missions, and one being the Director of US Ops. They are all three member positions for now - until the '08 GA, with the current (well, now previous) ALT filling the three positions and left to themselves to decide how, ASAP. + We have an "enhanced" Global Council of Regions, that will meet annually. It will be in direct dialogue with the LT and the board and be consulted on the MLM strategic planning and other core functions of the organization. The GC will evaluate the job performance of the Director of Missions, and it will select the current MLM members to sit on the board of directors when the GA is not in session to do so. + Please see the attached for the mission and vision statements. You will notice that the best we could do as a body was to rewrite an identity statement. We are aware of this, and will leave it to the 2008 GA to write a real Vision Statement. Kevin M. was of the opinion that we really NEEDED to pass some kind of statement that the Advancement Dept. could use to serve their purposes in the meantime. peace, joe UNOFFICIAL AND FROM MEMORY--NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD. A BOOKLET, MINUTES, AND DETAILED DECISIONS WILL BE SENT OUT OVER THE COMING MONTHS.