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amended. Council unable to do job because general plan frame work is messed up. L'Orange: It would be very cumbersome to set up general plan review mechanism in the Charter . Phillips : Charter should include clear language as to the process under which the general plan is put together , how changes are passed, and how it is reviewed . H. Council: 1 . Aste: That members be elected from 22. Elect Council their districts in the primary election from district; man- and at-large in the general election. date resignation Phillips: Guarantees that one Republican when leave district. and one Democrat representative of the district would be on the general election ballot. Bethea: That assumes that a district has an identity when the line drawing begins. VII . AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Am. Assn. of Univ. (Exhibit C) Women By Jenny Aste, Sandy Matsuura, Dorothy Doudna A. Gender Parity: 1 . Aste: Charter should reflect neutral 23. Mandate gender gender language. parity in Charter when selecting 2. Aste: Want more women in public boards/commissions. offices; should be no more than a bare majority of each sex on each board/ commission. "Important" commissions (i .e. Planning) often have no women or a token woman on the commission. Three states now require gender parity (i .e. equal male-female representation on boards/commissions . Want gender-balance stated in the Charter. 3 . Juvik: Charter states members should be representative of the community (31) . Other groups may be under-represented (i . e. racial groups) . L 'Orange: Because some boards also have geographical requirements , if you also required gender parity, you might have a situation where the district representative would always have to be a woman (or always have to be a 532 man) . Top consideration is background and