Carl Celestino adds that instead of having to go back and forth through the Constitution, incorporating these amendments into the Constitution would make it less confusing. He also adds that these grammatical changes are not changing the meaning of the Constitution, that these are just cleaning up the presentation of the document itself. President of the Senate Moore moves to recognize Chief Justice Cook, motion is moved and seconded and voted on, all in favor, none opposed, no abstentions. The board recognizes Chief Justice Cook Lt. Governor Moon moves to suspend the rules to allow Chief Justice Cook to give his officers report.
Motion is moved and seconded, all in favor, none opposed, no abstentions.
Chief Justice Cook- Reports that no information has been made available as of yet. He also suggests that instead of changing the term chairperson to chair man that we just make it chair to alleviate any politically correct problems that may arise with this correction. Lt Governor Moon reports his Chief of Staff Cori Conway, informed him that it is AP style that chairman is used and that the formalness of this document should not require politically correct terminology. President Moore expresses his concern that debate concerning these changes will be generated if these changes are made, and that the whole organization should be concerned with this decision. Secretary of State Lankford reiterates that this is a formal document and that we are not looking to be politically correct in its updating, we are only looking to fix the grammatical portion, and that this decision to change chairperson to chairman is correct.