My work on creating the Youth Organizations Committee, among other things

I do apologize for not updating this blog in over a month (MUN, volunteer work, chores, and other life necessities have taken up a considerable amount of time). But getting back on topic, I did notice one thing when I was trying to get a "Youth Organizations Committee" established, and members recruited: most Young people my age have never took part in a board-room committee setting before. But when I really thought about it, and caught up with Steve Penney, James Upshall, and many other of the people that helped the NLFP (Newfoundland and Labrador First Party) grow, an idea came to mind: why not simply create a Facebook group, which would just make use of a 'Invite-only' membership.

In this way, the proceedings of the meetings would be private, except to those on the group, and to the powers that be on Facebook. In this way, accountability mechanisms would still be in place to keep debates reasonable and to ensure things don't get out of hand. Yet, it provides the account of Confidentiality needed for a Committee to operate. Even though Wayne Bennett (the Director of Communications) in the Newfoundland and Labrador First Party had suggested a Yahoo group, I figured most people I don't don't use Yahoo groups. But if anyone believes that establishing such a committee on Yahoo would also be helpful, let me know, and i'll see what I can do!

Other than that, i've got at least 3-4 people interested in sitting on this Y.O. (Youth Organizations) Committee via Facebook, i've also invited some other people who would have more to add to the dialogue and Committee matters. My intentions in creating this Y.O. Committee is not only to plan the establishment of a MUN Youth Wing Association, with its HQ at MUN for the NL First Party, but also to give members of the Committee a forum to bring up Youth Issues that the Youth Wing will need to tackle, plan Fundraising for the Youth Wing's operations, drafting a Youth Wing Constitution, among other things.

Of course, some of these meetings are going to be held in person: the final debate on a Draft Constitution for the Youth Wing of the NL First Party will probably need to take place in person, in order to accommodate those youth people who aren't comfortable with using Facebook to deal with Committee Issues, to clear up any misunderstandings that may come up, to allow for members of the Committee to vote on matters in person who lack Internet Access, and so on. However, in order to stay on as a Permanent member of the Y.O. Committee, people will need to send an e-mail to me, taking between 1/2 a page to 2 pages, explaining any relevant experience they have in dealing with Young people (be it their own age in community activities, hobbies,etc.) Why is this so? In order for me to appoint members permanently to the Committee, I must submit a list of the names of persons to be appointed to the Y.O. Committee. As for the "brief resumes" I mentioned above, this simply helps the EC (Executive Council) of the NL First Party to assess whether such members have the proper credentials to be on such a Committee.

You can expect to hear more about this, as time permits. I'd appreciate from feedback on this entry, so that I may answer any question you all may have. Also, if you're interested in becoming a member of this Youth Organizations Committee, post a comment at the link below this blog. And if you encounter difficulties doing so via a post, you can just e-mail me at jwlatwork@hotmail.com

Other than that, it's going to be interested to see how things play out in the next couple of months! Being Director of Youth Organizations since March 2007 to the Present has been such a Great Experience. ( Who would've imagined that involvement in a political party could start with the simple inquiry of why a website hadn't been updated in a year!)