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making the changes that we’d discussed and then sending the letter out for approval over <br />email next week. He then asked Bouma if that process would meet the standards of good <br />governance. <br /> <br />Bouma weighed in to say that based on his best understanding, there could not be a voting <br />decision made over email. But if we could summarize the kinds of changes we were asking <br />Monast to make then we could structure a motion now referencing those items and take a <br />vote. That would likely be more solid ground. <br /> <br />Janway then asked a question of other staff members. We were selected to represent our <br />governments, but do we have the authority to sign off on a letter that would go to another <br />government? <br /> <br />Richardson weighed in to say that he agreed that we would need our own governments to <br />see the letter before sending it on to the state, and that is the process we are proposing. <br /> <br />Janway thanked John for clarifying and said that sounds like a good process. <br /> <br />Marcoplos said that the Council could send it out to whoever we wanted as the Climate <br />Council, but the governments would have to vote on it and send it under their names. He <br />then asked Monast what were the key edits to the letter that he heard in the discussion so <br />far. <br /> <br />Monast said that the changes to the letter itself would be to note that there are practices <br />related to managing the pandemic that we should consider keeping as regular practices, <br />stressing resilience as a way to reduce stresses in the long run, making explicit reference to <br />the WHO manifesto. Those are the main items. In terms of making the letter more <br />concrete, he was not sure that he could represent the Council on that. He would feel <br />comfortable making the other changes for the Council following a vote and then sending it <br />out a final copy to the Council. Perhaps the intention to make more concrete statements <br />could be satisfied by sending additional letters in the future. <br /> <br />Marcoplos agreed that those were the changes he heard and asked if any other members <br />had other changes for the letter. Hearing none, he asked for a motion. <br /> <br />Rubinoff then clarified the issue of “concreteness” not being a list of particular projects that <br />we want but providing example actions that respond to both COVID and the climate as a <br />way of describing our point. If you feel like our audience might benefit from that. <br /> <br />Hansley-Mace then noted the short time remaining and made a motion that Monast make <br />the changes that he just listed and that the Climate Council send the final letter to the local <br />governments so they can choose to send it. <br /> <br />This was seconded by McCullough. <br /> <br />Marcoplos then called for a vote and the vote appeared to pass unanimously and there <br />were no dissenting comments. <br /> <br />McCullough then volunteered to assist Monast in making the edits to the letter over the <br />weekend. <br />