SCLC #329 — Detroit UCS Assembly working-paper motion, 27 Oct / 23 Nov 1971

A two-page November 23, 1971 UCS letter to Assembly members reports what the board did with the October 18 “Guidelines for Assembly” memorandum (#316): at its October 27 meeting the board adopted a motion to treat the memo as a working paper, circulate it for comment, and send election-procedure information. Procedural circulation ≠ adoption of the proposed governance reforms as final policy.

• Quoted motion calls for “clarification and possible restatement” of the Assembly’s function — language that leaves substantive rules open.
• Invites comments by December 10; unanimity of hope ≠ roll-call on every guideline.
• Four distinct stages: existing bylaws · reform memorandum · board instruction to circulate · any later amended rule. These leaves show only the third.
• Distinct from #316 (the Oct 18 memo itself) and from 1972 tracks #319–#325.
• Custody in Parks Papers ≠ Parks membership, authorship, or approval.

Immutable report: detroit-ucs-assembly-working-paper-motion-1971.