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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 />