Okay, uh, why don't we go ahead and get started?

Are we recording?

Okay, cool.

Um, okay, so this uh welcome everybody.

This is the uh special meeting of the assembly rules committee.

We're noticed from 11 50 to 1250 p.m.

Today is Friday, August 21st.

Uh let's do uh introductions and then we'll talk about the agenda.

George Cameron Perez Radio.

Janice, Donald Handel and Sure.

Sydney Scout, Anna Brawley.

Yara Silvers.

And on the phone, we have uh Keith McCormick.

Okay, well, maybe he'll is on mute or uh we'll be here later.

Um so and I'll just note too I know um Erin Baldwin Day was here earlier.

She is traveling, not able to uh be on the phone, and then Dan O'Bullen is also traveling.

So um, and that's who we have right now.

Uh, we're also joined by uh clerk staff, uh legislative services, one member of the public.

And um, so I'll just briefly speak to today's meeting.

So this is uh to finish the business that we had um on our agenda uh previously, uh specifically the committee's uh discussion of committee assignments and and what that looks like.

Um, and then we also have a training on uh quasi judicial uh proceedings.

Uh so that is going to be given by Mr.

Jeff Purzell.

So um at the request of at least one member of this committee, um, we will do the committee work first, but I will note um we do need to get both of those items done today.

So and we can go a few minutes later.

We have one more work session after this.

Um, but at some point I'm gonna uh say we need to cut off discussion on committees if we're still discussing so that we can move on to the training.

So um, so what I'm hope is that we get as far as we can through the committees today.

There may not be agreement or um kind of decision on all of these, so we'll do what we can um because the goal is to start changing both our structure of committees and schedule uh and also making sure that we have our leadership positions all worked out.

So um, so with that, we'll go into our committee business.

And I will just note uh sorry, I'm sure I'm pieces of paper.

Um so I'll just speak very briefly to this list, and then I'm really hoping we have a good discussion and I want people's feedback.

This is a working draft, so I'll say that again.

This is not the final decision.

Um, and you'll see some things are changing, some aren't, but that doesn't mean that we can't have further changes to this list.

So just again, this is a group discussion, but at the end of the day, um the chair is empowered and required to make these um assignments.

And so, for example, if we say we want a committee and no one signs up to be chair, I'm gonna have to select a chair.

So I just want to also put that out there, or we just say we're not having that committee.

Uh so this is not a group vote, but obviously it affects the group.

So I'll just very briefly walk through this.

Um this list that we have before us, this working draft again, um to generally orient you.

And I know there's been a lot of um discussion previously.

So so what I heard from members is we want to have um if possible, fewer committees or at least fewer meetings.

Um when we have meetings to uh really cluster them together or kind of have days that we're doing assembly business for the most part versus days that we're not.

I know it's challenging when you have to, when you're working another job, you have to chime into a committee meeting and then jump back into your job.

So looking at clustering those that way.

Um also looking at how we can use our committees and not uh put everything through a work session, uh, but also recognizing there are reasons that we have work sessions and there's things that are appropriate for that.

Um, and then also really looking at the schedule to make sure that we have committees, uh ones that relate to each other uh are spaced out enough properly so that we're not having um, you know, for example, transportation committee on the same day as AMATs, because the request was that there's different purposes for those committees.

So all that to say, I'll just briefly walk through um the proposed changes essentially.

Some are not changing, so budget and finance would remain a committee of the whole.

Well, and I guess I'll also say in terms of leadership.

Um the goal is to have everybody have a leadership position on a committee if they want.

That does require them to say I want to do that.

So I could assign all 12 people, but if uh two people don't want to have a committee assignment, then I'm not gonna force people to do that.

Um so I'll say that.

And then also I think um we have a lot of new members, and so some of what you'll see here, I put the word train up.

The goal would be to not have the same person in the leadership role forever, but to be able to transition out, whether it's a few months from now, whatever works for that particular committee.

So I think um this is what we have now, but it can also change, especially as folks get more uh training, more experience running meetings.

That's the goal here is we have to all share this big workload that is the assembly.

So um, so the committees that we have before us, I'll just point out the changes.