Special RA Meeting 0800 hours June 7, 2009

[Soro Dagostino]

Here is the RA AGENDA for Special Meeting at the request of an RA Member, set for 7th June 2009, 8:00 AM SLT, PRAETORIUM

I. ADMIN (8:00 to 8:10)
a. Get agreements to record session.
b. Review this agenda. Approve any changes
c. Inquire for speakers on today's agenda items.
d. Future RA schedule: Sunday 6/13/2009, 9:00 AM SLT

II. GENERAL MASTER PLAN (8:10 to 8:45)
1. a. Report regarding accession of Monastery.
b. Discussion and Vote.

III. CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS (9:45 to 9:55)
1. a. Proposed Community Merger Bill
b. Presentation by Proponent
c. Consideration of any related Motions
d. Motion to Continue to June 13th RA Meeting and post to Forum for a week's discussion.

END SESSION
a. Works closed and Adjournment (9:55)

NOTES:
1. I do not have a proponent for Item III 1a. If I hear from no one, the LRA will ask for a Motion to Postpone for any further bills pending for approval nor amendments to the 6-13-2009 Meeting.
2. Should there be additional matters to be considered be prepared to make a motion to revise the Agenda Sunday Morning to have them heard.
This is a Special Meeting, all debate limits will be strictly observed unless waived by a majority vote of the RA Members.

[Cindy Ecksol]

I'm sorry, but I am strongly opposed to a meeting being called with an agenda this momentus and with so little advance notice. There is no evidence that there will be a quorum, and even if there is, several of us will be requesting 7 day vote, so it is unlikely that any decisions will be made on the agenda proposed.

I am also unaware of any section of the Code or Constitution that requires anything other than regularly scheduled meetings of the RA. And scheduling a meeting of the RA is something that by custom is done by consent of the majority of RA members present at a regular meeting. Aside from a request on the forum by a non-RA member for a meeting, and the echoing request of a single RA member, I do not recall any kind of poll, and am only aware of two members (now three including Soro) who said they would be willing to attend such a meeting. Unless someone can identify a section of the Code that allows calling of an RA meeting with less than 48 hours notice, it seems likely that any action taken at such a meeting could face a Constitutional challenge.

There is nothing on this agenda that needs to be decided this week, and in any case it seems unlikely that anything CAN be decided, so I respectfully ask that Soro withdraw the call for a meeting this week and defer the agenda until next week's regularly scheduled meeting.

Cindy