First of all, I'd like to comment on Dean Allison, who was also a really good chair in the short period I interacted with him. He does have a lot to bring back to us in terms of institutional knowledge.
I wonder whether part of this motion could also talk about orientation in general, that the orientation would include a previous chair coming forward to discuss the operation of the committee. We also had some very good orientation from the Clerk's office. We have a lot of new members on the committee, and I found the orientation to be excellent. If we were able to have another orientation session, showing us what the committee does when it's on a good day, what kinds of challenges we might have and how to handle those challenges going forward in a non-partisan way....
I would suggest that part of the motion state that we bring back the previous chairs, and that we have orientation by the department.