On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, which problem are we solving by imposing a regulatory structure > on SIG's?
The one where the Board of Directors is responsible for actions undertaken by the Legal Entity they represent. One of the unfortunate consequences of having something called "GNHLUG" recognized in the eyes of the law is that there's going to be some overhead involved. Entities which already existed prior to us getting our act together are basically "grandfathered" (i.e., we didn't submit requirements to any existing chapter/SIG). But going forward, there needs to be *some* kind of process involved. It'd be nice to just say we'd police as needed, but that's not sufficient. Anyone who wanted to could claim they're doing something in the name of GNHLUG. That would expose GNHLUG to legal liability that I, at least, cannot accept in good conscience. That said, I think we should keep any required overhead to an absolute minimum. As a first approximation, I would say it would be sufficient that any subgroup/chapter/SIG/whatever should: 1. Be recognized and dissolved by decision of the GNHLUG Board 2. Have some kind of formal stated purpose (charter, mission statement, whatever) (brevity encouraged) 3. Have two coordinators (primary and alternate) 3a. Initially, recognized by decision of the GNHLUG Board 3b. Normal succession by approval of both existing coordinators 3c. Replacement by decision of the GNHLUG Board 4. Coordinators are *not* empowered to make decisions on behalf of the GNHLUG Board Provision 3b would be our normal process of a coordinator saying "I quit, Bob's the new guy". Provision 3c would be for the cases where an existing coordinator becomes unavailable and unreachable, or the unlikely event that an individual acts detrimental to the good of the group. Provision 4 is again just a CYA move. The Board is recognizing the subgroup and taking on some liability, but in return reserves the right to make any rules needed. Hopefully we won't ever need to. Keep in mind this is only for entities operating in the name of the Legal Entity GNHLUG. There's nothing keeping anyone from simply going out and getting stuff done on their own. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/