Motion Selection for Spring Conference
Saturday, January 12th, 2019 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_s_b
Motions have landed in my inbox for Spring conference, and I am composing my emails to the spokes I need to contact on the topic I have been designated, but I'm reading all the others too, and...
I actually really like the name blind submissions.
We get "10 or more members" or "SAO" or "local party" or "federal committee" under who the motion was submitted by, and honestly? I think even that is too specific. But FPC/FB would probably moan if we got rid of the differentiation completely... I'd really like to see their motions assessed on their merits... But it's very nice to not even have the possibility of an accusation of unconscious bias against a particular submitter.
Anyway, those of you who have sent things round saying "the more signatures we get the more persuasive it is!!" - sorry. Doesn't work like that. Just thought I should publicise that.
I actually really like the name blind submissions.
We get "10 or more members" or "SAO" or "local party" or "federal committee" under who the motion was submitted by, and honestly? I think even that is too specific. But FPC/FB would probably moan if we got rid of the differentiation completely... I'd really like to see their motions assessed on their merits... But it's very nice to not even have the possibility of an accusation of unconscious bias against a particular submitter.
Anyway, those of you who have sent things round saying "the more signatures we get the more persuasive it is!!" - sorry. Doesn't work like that. Just thought I should publicise that.
