On Friday, April 11, 2014 16:00:01 Chris Egeland wrote: > To the Board, Membership and Community of SYN/HAK: > > I am hereby calling a special board meeting, the authority for which is > granted to me as a Champion under Section 6.4.3.1 of the bylaws. The > purpose of this special meeting is as follows: > > * The adoption of a bylaw amendment to formally change our official > address to 48 S Summit St. > * The adoption of a bylaw amendment to require the board to publicly > post an agenda of a meeting prior to the meeting occurring, and > restricting the board from voting on topics not on said agenda. > * The discussion of removing Andrew Buczko from the board for refusing > to enter into a mediated discussion to resolve interpersonal conflicts > with a member.
I've been thinking about this for a few days, actually. I had been discussing this on and off with Chris and Omar, but I think they failed to sell me on the idea of removing Andy from the board. First: Yes, Andy and I haven't been getting along. I'm not sure whose fault it is and would really rather go to mediation so the two of us can figure things out. If any of it is my fault, I'd want to know what I did wrong, as I obviously am unable to grasp what I did so I can apologize and accept responsibility. Its a bit of a shame, since he's been with SYNHAK since the beginning. I miss friendly Andy :( Second: What is this supposed to solve? Chris had contacted Andy and myself to ask for mediation at the request of another member. I happily agreed, but didn't hear from Andy except through Chris who said that Andy said he was too busy due to Notacon. Sure, fine. I can understand that. He's pretty involved and I totally support that. I later heard that he now outright refuses and thinks that there isn't a problem. Andy doesn't want to go to mediation with me; He doesn't want to fix whatever problems are ailing the relationship between us as friends. I'm not sure how removing him from the board solves this except to send some kind of message of "If you have conflicts with another member, you get kicked off the board." Thats a scary precedent in my opinion. It flies in the face of my previous arguments that the board is supposed to rubber-stamp actions taken by the membership and that it should be limited to acting as an interface between the community and any legal obligations. I'm not advocating this for the current situation with Andy and myself, but I think the appropriate response to someone who isn't willing to participate in conflict resolution is that they shouldn't be permitted to participate in the community. It shouldn't matter if they're on the board, if they're an officer, a full member, or even a non-member. I don't think the situation is at that point yet, since Andy is obviously very busy with Notacon. I'm cool with waiting another week and trying again after Notacon is done with. I really don't have a problem with Andy, and this conflict isn't causing me any significant grief. I've learned to just tune it out in the hopes that we'll cool down and get over it, or he will find time for mediation. Previously, I had called for the removal of a board member because they had broken my trust. Andy has not broken my trust, so I don't feel that he should be removed. The above points were discussed with Chris in private message, but don't appear to have had much sway. To summarize: * Removing Andy from the board because him and I have a conflict is silly * Removing anyone from the board due to an inability to resolve interpersonal conflicts is silly * I'm still open to trying mediation * Andy hasn't broken my trust, and I still think he's a cool friend, but we're just not seeing eye-to-eye where it matters * If someone doesn't want to resolve their differences with another member of the community, they aren't really participating in the community and should leave for a period of time by willful suspension, or be forced to leave by stripping them of their membership. * I do not support removing Andy from the board as a response to the conflict between him and myself. We really need a community working group to sort through this stuff instead of jumping to the board when (not if!) it happens again. I'd like to figure out a meeting time this week where we can work on it, but its Friday night and I have...consumables. I'll get back to you all on that... > > The venue of the board meeting shall be 48 S. Summit St, Akron OH > 44308. The date and time shall be April 16, 2014, 7:00PM local Akron time. > > As usual, the membership is welcome, and encouraged, to attend this > board meeting. Any questions may be sent to me off-list. > > Regards, > Chris Egeland > SYN/HAK Champion > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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