Resolution Amendment Writing Geoffrey Dyer Area A Representative

Resolution Amendment Writing Geoffrey Dyer, Area A Representative Sam Foster, Area D Representative Faculty Leadership Institute, June 15, 2018, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina

Overview • Amendments in the Resolutions Process • Nuts and Bolts • Your Turn…Write an Amendment!

Amendments Timeline & Process • For plenaries, amendments can be submitted at pre-session area meetings and up until posted deadline on second day of plenary. • Today, mock amendments must be submitted electronically by 6: 00 pm to resolutions@asccc. org. • Amendment signature page with four signatures required. • We will work during this session on mock amendments, and you can also submit

Resolutions & Amendments Timeline

Nuts and Bolts Amendments: • Added to help clarify intent and/or expand scope • Use underscores and strikethroughs, not track changes • Review the title after adding an amendment, and amend if necessary • Make sure amendments don’t result in inconsistencies within a resolution or reverse the intent of the resolution (better to vote the resolution down if it reverses intent) • If an amendment to a Resolved changes the intent, changes to Whereas statements may be needed. • Include contacts for each amendment

Nuts and Bolts • You can: • Amend a resolved or whereas • Add a resolved or whereas • Strike a resolved or whereas • More… • All resolutions and amendments are to be submitted electronically to resolutions@asccc. org • Signature pages are to be submitted during session to the Resolutions Committee Chair

Nuts and Bolts Format: • No more than four “whereas” and four “resolved” statements: Sample Amend Resolution 3. 14 Amend the first whereas: Whereas, Blah, blah de dah blip; and Add a second resolved: Resolved, that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges… Contact: Qwerty Tipe, Kee Bord College

A Real Example

Add a Resolved or Whereas. . . “Resolved”s need to be able to stand on their own, to ensure the resolution will be effective in the event that “Resolved”s are divided from floor and one or more voted down

Nuts and Bolts Must check the following: • Duplication of Position • Reversal of Position • Clarity, Readability, Understanding, Intent • Senate Purview

Your Turn… • Write an Amendment with colleagues to any of the mock resolutions in today’s packet… • Amendments are due: Today, June 15, 6: 00 pm! • Mock Plenary Session: Saturday, June 16, 10: 15 am! • Email Amendments to resolutions@asccc. org • Submit Amendment signature page with signatures of four attendees to Resolutions Chair Wi. Fi info: Sheraton-Meeting code: asccc 2018