Current language:

Article IV. TOPIC SELECTION

Section 6:

“The chair of the Topic Selection Committee will be a
committee member selected by a majority vote of the committee.”

Proposed language:

“The chair of the Topic Selection Committee may be a
committee member selected by a majority vote of the committee. The committee
may also elect a non-voting chair from outside their membership.”

Rationale:

To give the topic committee the choice to select an outside
member as their chair.