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Currently an IFC passes through 4 levels. IFC - draft: This is an early stage IFC submitted by a delegate. IFC - submitted: This IFC has a sponsor and a second and voting timeline starts IFC - First Vote: The first vote sequence for this IFCIFC - Second Vote: The second vote sequence for this IFC … [Read more...] about Types of IFC’s

Hi  This is a reminder that the first Extended Council meeting is this Thursday, January 21 at 8:00pm eastern. We really hope you as Chapter President and/or your chapter delegate to Council will attend. The meeting will start promptly at 8:00pm eastern. However the Zoom will be open starting at 7:40 for general questions.  Meeting Details Zoom link Here … [Read more...] about First Meeting Invitation

RFA'sThere are 2 RFA's regarding electronic voting at Convention/Council. One is from the Bylaws Committee allowing electronic voting when a convention is cancelled. The other is from the Direct Member Voting Task Group that seeks to test electronic voting at Council in Regional Caucuses. There is an RFA to create a new membership category called Student that includes … [Read more...] about Hot Topics for Winter Board Meeting

Goal 5.1 Board & GovernanceTactic 5.1.6 Council Role: Continue to advance/refine Council's role to best advise and bring feedback to the Board and organization on our path forward.Action 5.1.6.1 Council Feedback Loop: Improve the process/system for enhancing Council's ability to collect and bring feedback from the broader membership to the board. … [Read more...] about New Council Initiative directly supports Long Term Plan

This is an important document! The link will take you to the PTG.org site where you will have to log in to see the document. … [Read more...] about Winter Board Meeting Agenda

Any delegate can submit an IFC through a simple email to the administrators. The IFC must be phrased around a single subject with a yes or no response. This sounds restrictive but is needed to give discussion focus on taking a particular action. The IFC is posted by administrators and can be commented on by delegates. The administrators currently decide which topics to … [Read more...] about How does an IFC get introduced into Extended Council

These meetings are called Extended Council and represent an informal extension of the annual Council session held during convention. The purpose of these meetings is to help chapters be aware of important issues facing the PTG and to convey the preferences of individual members as represented through their chapter delegates to the board. The central premise is that to be an … [Read more...] about Important Points

The PTG board is has not played any role in the development of the New Council concept, which includes the Extended Council meetings we have scheduled (at least one!). Anything on the New Council website pertains only to the concept of New Council and the scheduled Extended/Council meetings. To help make that clear, a new structure to the meetings is being used, … [Read more...] about Some additional clarification