Mennonite Church USA restructuring

http://www.themennonite.org/issues/13-2/articles/MC_USA_consultant_reveals_alignment_report

For all those interested in internal Mennonite Church USA politics and processes, Mennonite Church USA engaged a consultant this past year to reflect on its structure. These are his reports.

In my first reading, a couple of things stand out:
1) moving Mennonite Mission Network under the auspices of the executive board (presumably with this hope of making 'mission' more broadly understood core to the work of the executive leadership).
2) giving area conferences more power, by giving them representation on the board, and asking the board to work more collaboratively with them.  (interesting, but I wonder if the vastly different sizes of area conferences means that if given more power their would be some dramatic differences in services offered).
3) encouraging the streamlined use of support staff (this makes lots of sense to me).

Also, they are suggesting adding Mennonite Health Alliance as a fifth 'agency' along with Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonite Publishing Network, Mennonite Education Agency, and Mennonite Mutual Aid. I'm curious how Mennonite Health Alliance members from other Mennonite denominations will respond to this.

Just an update, for those who are curious.