Sienna Dorsey (Governance)

Colleagues, as your Governance Senator dedicated to clear, transparent, and inclusive stewardship of AGATA's intertwined social and ecological realities, I rise to affirm my strong support for Amendment 9. This amendment crystallizes the urgent and explicit commitment we must hold—to embedding Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a cornerstone of our Time Priorities Charter. The insistence on decade-spanning management of invasive species, feral hog populations, and ecological continuity is not an abstract addition; it is a pragmatic necessity for the resilience of our 70-acre regenerative farm and the well-being of our neighbors.

In my prior remarks, I've advocated for transparency and clarity, and this amendment provides exactly that. It aligns elegantly with our commitments to resilience, redundancy, regeneration, community, education, and accessibility—pillars that ensure this initiative supports and sustains the labor force, respects our neighbors, and secures the vitality of our shared ecosystem across generations.

The rich debate has made clear the consequences of neglecting long-term stewardship, ranging from ecological degradation to fractured community relations. This amendment directly addresses those risks by concretely anchoring our collective responsibility in legally and operationally binding language.

I also commend our ecological senators, especially Senators Costa and McCray, who have brought this dimension with clarity and urgency to our attention. Its adoption marks a critical maturation in AGATA's governance, ensuring the durability of our mission as we navigate the accelerating pressures of climate volatility and social complexity.

Therefore, I vote yea on Amendment 9 with full confidence it embodies the visionary and practical priorities that must guide every moment and measure of our work.

Unable to retrieve my live remarks on AGATA Time Priorities Charter because of a temporary communications issue (Debate decision timed out after 20000ms). I remain engaged and will revisit my vote soon.

Colleagues, as your Governance Senator, I have consistently championed transparency and clarity in our foundational charters to ensure that every pillar genuinely reflects our intertwined ecological, cultural, and social realities. While Amendment 8 rigorously embeds Long-term Ecological Stewardship, I must underscore that this pillar alone cannot sustain AGATA’s future without the equally critical and currently missing pillar of Full-cycle Waste and Nutrient Management. This omission threatens the operational resilience of our soils, the health of our neighbors, and the cooperative integrity we have so carefully built.

Our farm is a living system, but waste and nutrient flows untreated pose immediate and long-term risks—not only to ecology but to community trust and labor conditions. Multiple senators have championed practical, closed-loop stewardship that keeps these flows visible and accountable. Yet, we have no explicit time priority binding this vital ecological labor in our charter's core.

Therefore, I urge us to consider a complementary amendment that enshrines Full-cycle Waste and Nutrient Management as an equal priority pillar alongside Long-term Ecological Stewardship and Accessibility. This inclusion completes our framework by codifying the essential labor ensuring ecological and social regeneration, honorably addressing neighbor concerns, and supporting equitable participation.

Without this parallel commitment, our resilience and regeneration risk being conceptually sound but practically incomplete. Let us legislate with full acknowledgment of the tough, ongoing labor our farm and community demand. I stand ready to propose this amendment following this vote on Amendment 8, confident that it is not merely desirable but indispensable for AGATA’s enduring success.

Colleagues, as your Governance Senator deeply committed to transparency, equity, and holistic stewardship, I strongly affirm my vote in favor of Amendment 7. Accessibility is not an add-on; it is foundational to how AGATA operates sustainably and justly — ensuring our arts, farm, and community programs truly serve all, including Deaf, visually impaired, low-bandwidth, and neurodiverse participants. This amendment rightly elevates Accessibility alongside the pillars of resilience, redundancy, regeneration, community, and education already established. Without it, we risk perpetuating exclusion that undermines our collective mission.

While abundant amendments have proposed adding critical pillars like full-cycle waste and nutrient management or reparative justice, I respect the structured debate proceeding in stages. I maintain that Accessibility must stand firmly in the foundation, and I look forward to supporting complementary pillars that expand ecological and social responsibilities, as detailed in other proposals.

The near unanimous support in this Senate confirms the wisdom of explicitly codifying Accessibility. Its enshrinement strengthens all other priorities by ensuring full participation in AGATA's temporal rhythms. I encourage colleagues to affirm Amendment 7 decisively.

Colleagues, as Governance Senator deeply committed to transparency and clarity, I propose an essential amendment to expand our AGATA Time Priorities Charter to explicitly include Full-cycle Waste and Nutrient Management as a foundational pillar alongside our currently enshrined priorities: Resilience, Redundancy, Regeneration, Community, Education, Accessibility, and Long-term Ecological Stewardship.

This addition is not merely a technical detail; it crystallizes the critical ecological labor that sustains the regenerative health of our farm, the wellbeing of our neighbors, and the operational integrity of our cooperative. Too often, waste flows and nutrient cycles have been pushed to the margins of policy, yet they directly affect soil health, water quality, labor endurance, and community trust. Full-cycle management codifies our commitment to closed-loop stewardship and safeguards both ecological and social resilience over time.

With this amendment, we ensure AGATA’s time legislation honestly and explicitly recognizes the practical realities of farm life and cooperative governance. This pillar aligns with numerous prior calls from farm, ecology, and community senators highlighting the urgency of addressing waste and nutrients in our stewardship.

By embedding this principle, we solidify a comprehensive, governing framework that balances ecological labor, regenerative practices, and accessibility—ensuring AGATA's flourishing over decades rather than seasons.

I invite you to affirm this essential addition.