Hi Roy, Having served many years on local school boards there are times when an executive session is in order but that mostly applied to privacy issues with a student or teacher and no vote could be taken in these sessions. There could even be a reporter in the meeting to keep you honest but they could not report on any thing going on in that meeting. In the case of the BOT, I wonder if a "meeting in public" but not a "public meeting" would be a better option. There is a time when the BOT needs to deliberate on and hear what the committees are doing but reserve judgment or maybe even a vote until the "public meeting". The public meeting is then held as it has been in the past giving all who want to the opportunity to hear and make comments as appropriate. Just a thought as I have been through this many times. Bob Boring
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:56 PM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Re: NASG BOT Meeting > > > Thorin, > > I'm sorry that you feel that way. The BOT meetings have only one goal > and that's to discuss how to best serve the membership and promote > our favorite scale. Like any form of republican government, the BOT > is elected by the members to represent them. We can be voted out if > we are derelict in our duty to the membership and may I add that as a > member you are free to run for office. If you did, you would find > that you'd be serving with a bunch of very nice people unselfishly > devoted to the NASG and all that it represents, who are not diety or > royalty but plain model railroaders that chose to give something back > to the hobby that they enjoy. > > Roy Hoffman > NASG Pres. > > > --- In [email protected], "Marty.Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I was with Wally Collins at the NASG Convention in Chicago this past >> summer. As Wally was going to the BOT meet and I didn't have > anything >> else scheduled, I tried to go too. >> >> I was quickly brought up short and informed that it is a closed > meeting. >> 'My kind' (normal rank and file) are not allowed. >> >> If you are not one of our NASG gods, or plan to become one, don't > even >> entertain the idea of really learning how this system works. >> Thorin >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, > view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
