CB.16:4.2 - Recover positions and affected differences

Define whose position is needed for this contribution. Use actual membership and constituency arrangements where they exist. Include people affected by the proposed action even when they do not attend ordinary meetings. CB.1 and OCE.2 help recover missing participants and different interests.

Provide enough of the proposal and its consequences for people to respond. Ask for the change they want, the case or reason behind it, what they can accept and what would make the proposal unworkable. Choose accessible routes and timing proportionate to the decision; one open meeting may not reach dispersed or less confident contributors.

Separate agreement, disagreement and absence of a response. An unanswered invitation supplies no assent. A well-attended discussion supplies useful positions, but its participants do not automatically represent every practitioner in the field.

Investigate differences that could change the request. Some may concern the same aim under different conditions; others involve competing priorities or a cost one group is asked to bear. Preserve the consequential difference in the proposal or in a clearly attributed dissent.

Agree what may be quoted, summarised or disclosed. A confidential case can inform the question without being identifiable in the public position. Obtain permitted evidence sufficient for the claim, or narrow it to what the participants can support.