Hi all,

The general council was envisioned to be 27 councilors [somehow]
representing "hundreds of societies". Instead we have 27 councilors
for less than 27 societies, and they report to no societies and are
accountable to no one.

I think the idea of having a councilor for each society would be an
excellent improvement. In fact I proposed it myself about 20 years
ago, 1997 or 1998. I didn't push it very hard or very long before I
came up with the idea that study groups should be part of the
organization, because even back then many of the societies were pretty
much inactive, while there seemed to be lots of active study groups. I
didn't get any traction or comment from the Fellowship. But back then
we weren't all interconnected. One could only converse with the center
and not between members.

Of course I fully support having the societies each elect their own
rep to the council, which would be composed largely or wholly of such
reps. It would be empowered to set goals and directions for the
Fellowship in accordance with membership wishes.

Craig