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.