I think this is a really cool idea. Letting the Chair appoint committees to come up with proposals could allow more focus on particular problems. While I understand what Glen is saying, I don't think committees alone can fix that problem.

But, if the Chair issues a call or committee members and that group can work collaboratively to institute change, hopefully that can keep people active and we'd grow the active pool while letting the others matriculate out over time.

What you don't want to get to is a situation where you're assigning unresponsive people to committees — that would be a recipe for disaster, but giving legislators a bit more authority to tackle problems they're passionate would be good.