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From: merope <merope(a)Radix.Net>
To: USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com <USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 8:51 AM
Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Daily Board Show
Where's the beef?...its Your Daily Board Show!
*warning* Contains editorial content; wimps need not apply. Read at your
own risk!
Saturday 28 Nov 1998:
A Board member requests a report from the Election Committee [which
apparently consists of one person] with a tentative timetable for the
upcoming election.
The election 'committee' replies that it is the process of organizing for
the upcoming elections. Four committees are being formed:
Nominations
Vote-NE/NC
Vote-NW/Plains
Vote-SW/SC
Vote-SE/MA
[It is presumed that these four regions correspond to the four project
regions.] The voting period will be from Jan 15 through Jan 30, 1999.
[According to the bylaws the elections committee is appointed by the Board
shall consist of Advisory Board members and projecct volunteers. If you
are interested in participating, contact Kay Mason at kmfkm(a)ptw.com or
your Board reps.]
A Board member requests further information as to estimated dates for
nominations and the method of nominating.
Because its Monday Corner: From the bylaws:
"ARTICLE VIII. ADVISORY BOARD PROCEDURES
Section 3. For major issues, the Advisory Board will announce, at least 48
hours in advance, when the vote will be taken in order for members to have
the opportunity to voice their opinion."
Based on this passage, three of the last four votes by the Advisory
Board are not in compliance with the bylaws. I cannot find any evidence
that the project membership was informed of these important upcoming
votes. There is no evidence I can find that announcements were posted to
the State Coordinators list for dissemination, nor were these motions
posted prior to each vote to the National Website, at least not in a place
easily findable---and I check every day. Motion 98-3 ('new' grievance
procedure) is still not posted (as of 11:30 EST, 11/30/98) and voting on
that motion commenced on Nov 25. Nor have I talked to anyone who received
any sort of notice from the Board that votes were about to be taken.
Thus, the votes for the Interim NC, the interim SW/SC representative, and
the 'new' grievance procedure were not done in compliance with the bylaws,
which _require_ 48 hours notice prior to a vote being taken, for the
express purpose of allowing the project membership to "voice their
opinion."
Of course, allowing the membership to "voice their opinion" probably
seemed like a good idea at the time, much like "keeping the volunteers
informed" with open Board meetings must have also seemed like a good idea.
Now, the Board can approach this at least three ways: 1) these issues are
not important; 2) the membership WAS informed 48 hours prior to each
being taken; and/or 3) the Board was not aware of the requirement. Which
do you think it will be?
In my opinion, the Board's failure to comply with this provision of the
bylaws renders the votes null and void. Better luck next time.
This has been your Daily Board Show.
-Teresa
merope(a)radix.net
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