On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:05:53 -0400 Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 1. Number and composition of the Board of Directors: I'd like to > ensure that each chapter feels they are represented on the board, as > I'd also like a couple of "At-Large" members > who are interested in the overall organization Excellent ideas. We could go with a BOD using the current chapters with say two at large members. New chapters could be approved by the BOD. > > 2. Rotating terms: in the proposed by-laws, all BoD members are > elected for a three-year term. Comments? Never a right or wrong answer to this one, just what people think will work. People could sit on the board for several terms so it is very hard to know how it will play out for continuity. > > > 4. Inclusive qualifications for membership > The egalitarian thing to to allow all members who wish to > be members. I think as a practical matter all who wish to be members can be members and there is no need for a requirement for paying dues. On the other hand there may well be people who have no interest in the mechanics of the club and would have no interest is making things work so to speak so perhaps those people should not be able to hold office or vote or whatever. Frankly I've never been in a club where all members were not full members, but in the past there has been this "thing" in GNHLUG about everybody should be participate without any corresponding potential responsibilities which is not all that good either unless you have a separate category of members. Personally I'd like to see a single category of member and some modest dues for adult members. Don't want to pay dues? Fine and you can come to all the meetings, etc. but you don't get to be a member, vote or the burden of making things work. > > 5. Membership exclusion: The reality is that there may be some > limitations we as a group wish to place on membership, or the > possibility that a member needs to be excluded for some reason. How > should we define membership? Good question. Not easy to make a list of do's and don'ts that will get you excluded. > > 6. Finally, should we leave this to the first BoD to bring to the - > org list to discuss and establish as a policy document rather than > encoding this in the bylaws? My thinking is to always have a fairly limited set of bylaws and allow all the operational details to be fleshed out in policies, etc. created by BOD and/or approved by members. Most corporate by-laws are really rather spartan and people rely upon the inherent powers that shareholder/members and BOD have under statutes. Ed Lawson _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
