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Minutes of the
Inside the Legislative Process Committee
ASLCS Fall Meeting
Springfield, Illinois
September 25, 2005 |
The 2005-2006 meeting of the committee was called to order by Kirsten Waid (AK), Co chair.
The following members were present and introduced themselves:
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Suzi Lowell, AK, Co-Chair |
Kirsten Waid, AK, Co-Chair |
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Polly Emerson, TX, Vice Chair |
Crys Jones, AK |
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Michelle Adams, NC |
Ann Krekelberg, AK |
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Jane Atkinson, VA |
Karen Kuhlmann, CO |
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Lucinda Benjamin, NV |
Tammy Letzler, TN |
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Lisa Davis, MS |
William MaGill, VT |
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Inga Emerson, DE |
Jose Ortiz, Jr., PR |
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Karen Goldman, CO |
David Surdez, MN |
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Virginia Habansky, VA |
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Brenda Erickson, NCSL
Michael Lukyniuk, Canada (asked to be an observer)
A request for a volunteer for the position of recorder was put to the group - there were no volunteers at that time.
Brenda Erickson with NCSL shared information with the committee on survey creation and went into detail on the following points:
- solicitation of topics
- review of topics
- draft of survey
- making contacts
- compiling responses
She stated that most of this work could be done via email and conference calls. Last year’s survey response rate was 100%, which was due mainly to good contact work by the committee members and a more condensed survey.
It was agreed that a memo of suggestions with solicitation of ideas should be sent out by March. David Surdez shared a suggestion memo created by the past committee.
JoAnn Hedrick, President of ASLCS, stopped by and encouraged the group to maintain the survey response rate of 100% previously set by last year’s committee.
Carmen Cauthen asked if NCSL had, in the past, sold the Inside the Legislative Process publication, Brenda said yes, but what they really want to do now is put the publication online where it could be available to everyone. Copies of the publication are currently sent to committee members (who worked on it), ASLCS principals, and legislative libraries. October 2005 is the date for the 2004-2005 publication of Inside the Legislative Process.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Polly Emerson, TX, Vice Chair
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