1. Legal Landscape Timeline from now to the 2018 National Assembly

2. Decision-Making Model
Recommend
a decision or action
Provide Input to a recommendation
Formally Agree to a decision
Views may or may not be reflected in final proposals
Views must be reflected in final proposals
Decide and commit
the organization
Be accountable for Performing a decision once made
RAPID® Decision-Making Model 2

3. The Team(s) Ad-hoc Legal Committee Sounding Board Advisors
Johanna Telke, Board, Heartland | Dick Hopp, Board, Seattle | John Knechtle, former L’Arche USA Board, Trinidad & Tobago | Bob Ciota, former Board, Syracuse | Steve Washek,Vice-National leader and Staff liaison, Erie
John Cook, Member of L’Arche GWDC Anita Maroun, Cleveland, Regional Leader Paula Olson,Tacoma, National Board member 3

4. An 18 months process Expected Outcomes / Deliverables in June 2018
Membership Agreement
Revised Constitution
Policies 4

5. affirmations and concerns Input to Draft 1 of Constitution
Discussion- and Decision-Making Process
Constitution / Membership Agreement / Policies
Individual Conversations between LC and CL / BP as well as NB
Input to distill
affirmations and concerns
National Board & local Board Representatives Input to Draft 3 of
National Assembly
NB / Joint Regional Councils
Input to Draft 1 of Constitution
Constitution, Draft 2 of MA, Decide Constitution,
Draft 1 of Policies
MA, Policies Communities review their articles of incorporation and by- laws for compliance.
Ad-hoc Legal Committee (LC) recommends Process, Framework and Guiding Principles to National Board (NB)
(LC)
recommends
Draft 2 of Con. and Draft 1 of Membership Agreement to Communities and NB
(LC)
recommends
Draft 3 of Con., Draft 2 of MA, Draft 1 of Policies to Communities and NB
Test Vote at ELT and NB (Draft 4 of Con., Draft 3 of MA, Draft 2 of Policies) then Final
Recommendation
(LC)
recommends
Draft 1 of Constitution (Con.) to Communities and NB
Nov/ Dec
Sept
October – Nov./Dec.
2017
June
May 2017
June – August 2017
Nov ‘17 – May 2018 5

6. Nick Fellers, President The Suddes Group | Steve Elder, Senior Partner
The Team(s)
The Suddes Group – For Impact
Local – National – Int’l Working Group
National – Int’l Steering Committee
Nick Fellers, President The Suddes Group | Steve Elder, Senior Partner
Marty O’Malley, Community Leader, Mobile | Nathan Ball, Director of L’AI Foundation, St Louis | Tina Bovermann,
National Leader
Mal Young, former Board L’Arche USA | Wendy Sullivan, Board Chair, L’AUSA | Michel Delloye, Board L’Arche Belgium and L’AI Foundation, Jacques Jaubert,Treasurer L’AI