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= MF/PL Leadership Committee Decision-Making Process =

(note: this is a work in progress)

== What decisions are made at MF/PL? ==

=== Categories of decisions ===
What are some broad categories of decisions that are made?
Examples could include fiscal, technical, political, personnel-related...

=== Timing ===
Within those categories, what sort of timing is MF/PL confronted
with, from decisions that need to be made at the spur of the moment to very long-term, big-picture decisions?

=== Scope ===
what decisions can be made by staff and/or support teams on their own and which kinds of decisions need to go to the LC?

== How have those decisions been made previously? ==

=== Who ===
 * Up to now, who has typically made those different types of
 decisions? 
 
 * What are all of the decision-making bodies currently at
 work at MF/PL? (e.g. co-directors, staff as a whole, board, LC,
 support team)

=== How ===
 * How are those decisions made within each body?

 * How are decisions recorded, shared with the wider organization, enacted, and
 followed up on?

=== Consultations ===
Outside of the people actually making the decisions, who else is 
consulted for input or feedback that is then incorporated into the 
decision-making process?

=== Assessment ===
What have the benefits of the decision-making process to date been? What have the drawbacks been?