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3. The existing Legislative Coordinating Committee (LCC) should be the <br /> "screening and dividing" group for determining lobbying priorities and <br /> deciding which policies will be "endorsed" and referred to other groups <br /> (i .e. LMC) for lobbying. <br /> 4. We recommend that the Association strive to achieve real consensus on <br /> divisive issues, and not merely concurrence through a majority vote. <br /> Committee chairs as well as Board members might benefit from professional <br /> training in dispute resolution. <br /> The AMM should not avoid taking definitive positions on issues that are <br /> controversial among its own membership. While such avoidance may "buy <br /> peace" in the short term, in the long term it neutralizes the effec- <br /> tiveness of the organization, undermining its credibility with legislators <br /> and causing the proliferation of splinter groups surrounding special <br /> issues. The AMM should make use of dispute resolution services, such as <br /> the Office of Dispute Resolution in the State Planning Agency and the <br /> Mediation Center, a private non-profit community mediation service based <br /> in St. Paul . <br /> 5. The two-thirds majority vote requirement for adoption of legislative <br /> policies should be retained. <br /> i <br /> - 8 - <br />