Those delegates who are in category three will be allocated similar to category two as follows. The dnc would announce the noegation of category three later than five days after the last nominating contest the allocated the pledged delegates. If there are insufficient in category three candidates, alternate delegates would be elevated to provide the needed president ial preferences. Once the dnc has achieved the requisite number of supporters for each candidate, the dnc seven collect a written president ial preference from each candidate and delegate as applicable. The dnc shall make public the identity of each category three delegate and any alternates as applicable, and the candidate for which they have submitted a president ial preference. If the states chair or the dnc determines there is still an insufficient number of category two or three delegates respectively, supporting candidates proportionately, after attending to allocate alternate delegates, the states whichdnc will determine delegate respectively shall pass the vote at the national convention. However, instead of passing the vote to an alternate, the vote to the delicate chosen will be abstain and during the roll call of the states. The secretary will then report the requisite number of additional votes to tea the proportions required to reach the correct president ial candidate allocation of category two and category three delegates. And that is it. Thank god i read to my kids every night so i can do that out loud. [applause] [laughter] madam, chair. I felt almost as if when i sign up for something on my phone, the little tiny print that goes on for pages and pages, there is a little agree button in the corner right now. That was amazing. We wanted to ensure that it was not tiny print, but loudly spoken print. Ok. So that is the amended language before us. Is there any discussion . Ok. Say no discussion, we are going to vote. , pleasee in favor signify by raising your hand. Unanimous with inattention. Ok, that passes. Thank you. Ok. We are now moving to our next tabled amendment on the Ombudsman Council which is on page 14. Is it is in the party reform section. Ok. One. Is the old the any objections are taking this off the table are there any objections for taking this off the table . See no objections, i will read the updated version. Addition, this is an substitution to the current one, which is now c. Is that correct . Ok. The Commission Recommends that the rbc develop a process to address violations of the charter and bylaws. Any member of the dnc can bring a complaint alleging the dnc officers are not adhering to the provisions of the charter and bylaws. Complaints that consist of disagreements that a managerial in nature shall not be heard nor forld challenges otherwise a states delegations election plan. Rule 21, i missed that word. Of the regulations of the rules and bylaws, and challenges to the credentials to a dnc member. 10 b of the section charter and bylaws. We support the creation of an ombudsman counsel to partially address any complaints or recommend improvements. The council should include the designee of the chair, the , thedent, the cochair chairs of the regional caucuses, or the representative with others elected as needed to ensure diversity. [indiscernible] recommended improvements. First sentence of the second paragraph. Thank you. Ok. This is a replacement. Any discussion on this amendment . Ok. Saying seeing no discussion, we will move to vote. [laughter] alright, all those in favor, please raise your hand. [laughter] have one day over there, mayor. Ok, we are unanimous. Ok. Thank you. That is passed. Ok. The amendmenting that was tabled around the financial oversight council. , what pages it on . Still on page 14 and it is the old 3c. This is a replacement. Ok. This is a replacement amendment for 3c, which is now e. On page 14, Section Three party reform. Ok. This is a replacement amendment. Was informedn about the level of transparency with the budgetary process of the dnc. Theurrently described in bylaws, the budget and finance committee is charged with reviewing the budget, assisting in developing priorities, reviewing major contracts and evaluating the performance of consultants and senior staff. Members, ceo and coo of the dnc, the composition of the budget and finance committee should be an election of qualified members, allowing for adequate representation of the partys caucuses and councils and regional caucuses. No person under contract with the dnc, or any Democratic Party affiliated should serve on the budget and finance committee. As called for in the bylaws, the budget and finance committee should provide the executive committee for discussion in a closed session. , enclosed onport the goals, purposes of expenditures and results of expenditures and staff. The result of the report and the executive Committee Discussion should then be sent to the full dnc membership. We specifically recommend that , it election cycle published report of the focus of the dncs finances, including all major expenditures and vendors made available. Ok. So this is a replacement amendment. Any discussion . Discussion, we will move to vote. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Ok. Unanimous. And then we are going to stick in this section and move to a f, sectionnt on s three operating in a manner that is open and transparent. States, and im taking this off the table. Whatever im supposed to say about that. Thank you. They should prepare an annual budget which must be presented for review and approve by the dnc budget and finance committee and presented to the full Democratic National committee at each regularly scheduled meeting. Officers and members of the budget and finance committee i am just going to go and read g in the mechanical separately on both of those. Contract andd all expenditures exceeding 100,000 annually must receive prior approval from the dnc chair and officers, and or their designees is a part of any proposal, vendor shall be required to disclose the composition of their leadership and the diversity of the organization. Go to discussion . Thank the like to representative for working very heartedness with me. Working very hard on this with me. This is what members have been discussing for a very longtime. I think it is going to be a very strong message to the dnc members and chairs who care about the dncs finances. Thank you. Onany additional discussion f or g. Seeing no discussion, we are going to vote on f. All in favor of the new f as amended, please raise your hands. With one abstention of Jim Roosevelt. [laughter] sorry, the small things that are phoenician of the senate to the rest of the world. All right. We will move to vote on g. All in favor on g please raise your hand. We are unanimous with an abstention and we are unclear on who that is from. [laughter] just kidding. For the record it is Jim Roosevelt. Ok. To j, now going to go 3ich is in the same section on the former, it is the former is threeg unpaid 16 3g on page three. We have not voted on it. J reeves any and all joint fundraising agreements and understanding yes. Shall beansparent transparent and use of the general election. To ensure the party has the necessary resource to conduct a big terrorist general election toort, the dnc is encouraged take steps to ensure all Democratic Candidates participate in a dnc fundraising events and solicit their own supporters to assist in general election efforts. The dnc come stay parties, and the respective president ial campaigns will Work Together to determine the best ways to use resources raised under these agreements. The dnc will also take steps to ensure the that stay parties understand the financial terms of any agreement they enter into. Is there in is there any discussion on j . Seeing no discussion, we will move to the bill. All those in favor and j, please raise your hand. We are unanimous with an abstention of Jim Roosevelt. Appropriately so, mr. Roosevelt. I am not joking about it, but i am just joking about it. Ok. Ok. Without objection, i am going to move the amendment dealing with services be taken off the table. Is 6aon page 17, still in and connecting our values and actions section. For what replacement is in the current draft. Ok. This is a full replacement amendment. So a read, the Commission Recommends the dnc developed a Service Oriented program for the national and state parties to connect our values and our actions. Trainingd also include and other events that demonstrate a commitment to serving our communities. We therefore propose that working with the states chairs, dnc committee to assess ways to implement direct voter contact inms in a targeted targeted areas and assessed after a twoyear period. The impact this program has had on party growth and electoral performance. Based on this assessment, we can decide on how to find the effort to more areas to fund the effort in more areas. Any discussion . Discussion, seeing no discussion, all those in favor, please raise your hand. Ok, we are unanimous in support with one abstention. , as wereas one of mine the finance councils modification and also the ombudsman. Yesterday when we had feltable all three, i today, sense of relief when we were able to come to an agreement on the language. Thei appreciate congresswoman and even and elaine, and you madam chair to come up with language that we were able to work with. I appreciate that. Far from being intrusive, these are committees that actually become empowering of dnc members and leadership to be able to make real decisions to make this a governing body, and i appreciate the fact that my colleagues supported this and we were able to determine the right language. Thank you. Ok. And thank you for all of the work. I think this really highlights places we came together. To thegoing to move final section tabled from yesterday, which will take us to take 13 of your draft, which is section 2, supporting and growing state parties and put and growing grassroots participation. We are making an amendment that will add to what you are seeing which is formally b, which is now c. The new c would read as follows and i was supposed to pick that up the table, but anyway. The Commission Recommends parties ben state expanded over the course of the cycle. The Commission Recommends the dnc continues to maintain the 50 state strategy with recommendations for the program, and financial goals by the leaders. Thisere any discussion on addition . Ok. Seeing no discussion, we will move to a vote. Although those in favor, please raise your hand. We have unanimous, no abstention. [applause] ok. That is the last tabled amendment from yesterday. And so, we have now completed our consideration of the recommendations to the Committee Reform commission and we should all clap. [applause] [indiscernible] ok. Obviously, still have some business to do, and so, i want to thank everyone for all of their work. You are going to move right now to talk about the rbc process and the next steps of the community Reform Commission process, and then make sure we have questions for Commission Members to take. The process that we go through , both myselfthat and the vice chair and a staff, will go through the report amended from today and yesterday , make any appropriate grammatical changes and consistent with the rest of the report, and add in the sections that will include the process that we have gone through, which will work on over the course of the next week, and will transmit to the Commission Members, and then we will transmit it to the rbc by january 1, 2019. And then that finishes the work of the report that we are required as a commission. Expected towe are be in loose formation a period of six months while the rbc takes up the recommendations of our report. And that will mean that, and Jim Roosevelt as the care of the rbc, will go through the process and their deliberations, but we both stay as a commission invested in saint is moving forward. Invested in pain attention to when it is being discussed. As the chair will as leaders to speak on the half of some of the reports, and elaborate or context as needed. While we will not be formally willng, thank goodness, we expect, and everyone should expect to be called on in order to ensure that the work that we have done over the past year is the work that is implemented through the dnc moving forward. So, with that, i want to turn the floor over to Jim Roosevelt, who is, and has been one of the cochairs of the dnc bulls and Bylaws Committee, to go over the process with everyone, and then we will open it up for questions. Jim . Jim i would like to thank you and larry for your very strong leadership of this committee. Want to thank all of the Commission Members. [applause] it has been an honor for me to serve in this commission, and i for that working together, we have made some excellent recommendations. This. L be discussing and i do not want to prejust the outcome of that discussion. Feel we have at the opportunity and a taken that opportunity to learn from each other here. We have moved a long way from where we began in this discussion. So these recommendations will be transmitted to the rules and Bylaws Committee, and eventually to the full Democratic National committee. On behalf of myself and my cochair lorraine miller, and the like to assure you that we take his work very seriously. We plan to act on this with lee and to begin the process of incorporating plan to act on and begin the process of incorporating this. In the regulations, and the charter, and in the bylaws. These are the documents i govern the process that these recommendations impact. In terms of the specific process , i have asked staff to schedule a leading early next year to begin this work. I continue we are looking at dates in late january or early february. There will be a public announcement. Meetings,s with all the public can attend you do in person or electronically. We will meet frequently at the rules and Bylaws Committee, and the process will be similar to the process that we had gone through yesterday, and today, not aiming for another 12 hour meeting, but it will be a similar process. All of our meetings are open and i encourage all of you to attend. My plan is to have gin and larry brief the meeting brief the rbc ofee and inform the our process of deliberation so we start the discussion. I will also be calling on each of you from the commission to engage with the rbc is a process of recommendations, so that if you were involved in drafting, redrafting, proposing and so on, we will be asking you to participate in this process. Presentationsve by representatives from state parties and experts and someone, but thisll be a little more so because they will be backandforth on this discussion as to how we got to what we did and why we did not get to some places. The rules and Bylaws Committee will not just with the report, but we will rely on each of you has Commission Members to share your perspectives as to how we formulated these recommendations. After the rules and Bylaws Committees consideration, the report will be forded to the full dnc for final approval. Which will be no later than the summer meeting in 2018. It is possible that some elements may go to the full dnc at the march meeting. How this getsn sorted out among the various documents, will be the most coherent way to present them come and also will be the most persuasive way to present them . If there is ultimately a recommendation from the rules and Bylaws Committee a difference in the recommendations of this the rbcon, recommendation will be referred back to this commission for agreement, endorsement, comment, disagreement, whatever comes out, and if there is disagreement, as i understand the mandate, which sets up a sixmonth period for the report to be processed by the rbc and reported to the full dnc, both the recommendations of the rbc and recommendations of this commission, as well as the original mandate, will be presented to the full dnc. So, that is the ellen of the process. So that is the outline of the process. Madam, chair, i will take questions. Jen thanks, jim. Lets open it up for questions. Thank you. Thanks to all of our colleagues. , andke much more progress all of us will agree, then many of us assumed early on. Up theo want to bring issue that i raised before about the potential for conflict of interest. And so many issues, we found consensus. And clearly come on issues we find consensus, we would expect the rules and Bylaws Committee to adopt as he recommend. On issues where there was a division in the house, i think it is important to ask that those members of this body who were sitting on the rules and Bylaws Committee to agree to recuse themselves of consideration of those issues. It is a question of fairness. It is a question of optics. It is a question of democracy. It simply does not work when our issues that we are divided on the you get another bite at the apple when we go before the rules and Bylaws Committee with it. Is think the chair here and i think the chair here correctly abstained on issues that he would be considering. I think the same goes for when these issues, before the rules and Bylaws Committee, asking not for a mandate, but im asking the members here simply consider that that would be a more appropriate measure to take. And so, i appreciate that, and i put it for for consideration. So, as he pointed out, i did of state on issues that i thought would be subject to active discussion in the rules and Bylaws Committee, and that is because i am cochairing that meeting. Disagree respectfully with respect to whether rules and Bylaws Committee come other than t