I find that having to develop work plans by motion is a sign of total dysfunction in a committee. We need a steering committee meeting, and we need to be able to figure this stuff out without going motion by motion. Having duelling motions is not the way to work collaboratively. One is dropped on the table, and then there's no capacity to have a consensus to find compromise. This means you end up doing yes, no, reject, amendments, and all of this stuff, which is just a waste of time. We've already said we don't have enough time for this committee work, and we're wasting the committee's time doing work plans.
On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.