A good model for the Long Island Congress?

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This model seems to encapsulate one way a "Long Island Congress" might be structured although it is not as dynamic as we would like (as far as I can tell) and it might be too bureaucratic for our needs. 

We'll continue to research other models for all the "Long Island 3.0" projects although my gut feeling is that we'll have to develop some sort of hybrid model to suit our needs.