Thanks Kari. That was the info I was looking for. Shawn
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 16:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Shawn and group > > The main reason for only the core positions to be elected is that the > Societies Act only indicates 4 Executive/Director positions. > > The secondary reason for this is it is really hard enough to get 4 core > position filled for a year. > > The third reason is that appointed positions can be added, removed or > replaced as the elected board sees fit considering the situation. So that > if you lose an appointed Exec member they can be replaced by the remaining > Executive - which is unlike an elected position where there would have to > be a Special General meeting called (as we did for Marcel) or the position > would remain vacant until the next AGM. > > My recommendation would be have names to put forward at the AGM so that the > Executive can vote on that person(s) at their first quarterly Executive > meeting. > > I hope that answers your questions... > > The Communications Coordinator did not have a job description written up > for it but that position has been responsible for the website (including > updates) the mailing list and any advertising CLUG may do for events, > meetings, etc. As I know that there are many people within our group that > have the skills to do this job - I would encourage you all to think about > whether you would like to put your name forward as an interested person for > this position. > > Now I will be honest... I cornered Jason at one of the > after-meeting-meetings... and after come cajoling (and wings) he agreed to > be appointed as the Communications Coordinator. He did a great job and put > a lot of enthusiasm and ideas forward. I truly enjoyed working with you > Jason and fully understand that sometimes life gets in the way :-) > > Sincerely > > Kari _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

