The procedure, as written, for removal of board members if the membership is under 50 looks pretty well spelled out "... A majority of the membership..." Which as Chris pointed out a while back is defaulted to 51%.
Regards, Andrew L On Apr 2, 2014 4:41 PM, "Omar Rassi" <omar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > From what I gathered since the very beginning of Synhak, the spirit of how > Synhak is structured is such that the Membership decides how things should > be. The board exists to help support what the members want to do and > achieve. Its important to remember that the bylaws also allow for the > membership to remove any or all board members without cause, (Chapter > 6.3.3): > > > *6.3.3. Removal of Directors * > > Any or all directors may be removed without cause if: > > * In a corporation with fewer than 50 members, the removal is approved by > a majority of all members. > > * In a corporation with 50 or more members, the removal is approved by the > members. > > > So both Torrie and Justin are correct. A board meeting must be called to > make adjustments to the schedule of membership dues but the membership must > first reach consensus on what that new schedule should be. The board > creates resolutions without the membership deciding if that's what they > want might cause the membership to second-guess their board. > > Also, as a side note, the bylaws do need to be updated with the current > address as it still lists 21 West North as the principal office and there > isn't a clear difference between the less than/more than 50 members > procedure for Removal of Directors. Time for me to write an email to > Champions@ > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Torrie Fischer > <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net>wrote: > >> On Wednesday, April 02, 2014 15:42:45 Justin Herman wrote: >> > Just a point of order... >> > >> > Per the Bylaws, Section 5.3, the membership does not decide the dues, >> the >> > board does. >> >> Right, but it would be a Very Bad Idea to not get consensus on what is >> reasonable. >> >> > >> > Each member must pay, within the time and on the conditions set by the >> > board, the dues, fees, and >> > assessments in amounts to be fixed from time to time by the board. >> > >> > So a champion needs to call a board meeting. >> > >> > (PS: I am in support of having a senior discount as suggested by Philip >> and >> > interested in talking about family discounts) >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Torrie Fischer >> <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net>wrote: >> > > Last night's meeting seemed to go alright, though less good than last >> > > week's: >> > > >> > > * It devolved into a series of back and forth Q&A sessions between two >> > > people >> > > waaaay too often >> > > * Nobody had anything they wanted to bring up after we talked about >> the >> > > wall >> > > >> > > I'd like to discuss two improvements to the meeting. >> > > >> > > First, a stack-watcher. >> > > >> > > The role of the stack watcher would be to catch who raises their hand >> > > first >> > > and ensure that everyone gets a chance to speak in the order that they >> > > want >> > > during discussion. When listening to discussion, I'm trying to keep >> an eye >> > > on >> > > the notes on the screen, watching for raised hands, making sure that >> > > nobody >> > > talks for too long, and trying to remember the stack of topics that >> we're >> > > discussing (i.e., start on the wall, move down into ventilation, move >> down >> > > into moving the furnace, move back up to ventilation, back up to the >> wall, >> > > down to ceiling height, etc). >> > > >> > > It'd be super cool if someone could play stack watcher next week. Just >> > > keep a >> > > list of who is speaking when on a whiteboard. >> > > >> > > Second, a programmed agenda. >> > > >> > > Philip and I were talking about this, regarding the fact that >> membership >> > > dues >> > > and senior rates haven't been brought up yet. This also ties in with >> the >> > > recent discussion about a proposal that had been brought up before >> and was >> > > still open for discussion, but nobody brought it to the meeting. >> > > >> > > I'd like to request that everyone adds topics that they want to see >> > > discussed >> > > or consensed upon to the next meeting's agenda before Saturday night. >> That >> > > provides a few immediate benefits: >> > > >> > > * Everyone knows what we'll be talking about in advance >> > > * Nobody has to go check the proposals page to figure out what needs >> to be >> > > talked about >> > > * The meeting can progress along a lot smoother >> > > * We don't end up like last night where we talk briefly about the few >> > > issues >> > > that anyone remembers to bring up while other issues aren't considered >> > > * If what you want to talk about isn't on the agenda, you can be free >> to >> > > not >> > > show up if you don't want to, safe in the knowledge that you won't get >> > > screwed >> > > over because your voice wasn't heard >> > > * Proxies can be stated more concretely than "Hey, if we talk about >> this, >> > > here's my opinion" >> > > >> > > To avoid any kind of competition, I'd like to have the list of topics >> > > projected on the screen (since it'd already be in the meeting minute >> > > template >> > > that gets edited), and we collectively decide on what we want to >> discuss. >> > > >> > > Also related to the crosspost from noisebridge-discuss@, I am >> looking into >> > > building various decision making plugins for Spiff which we can then >> use >> > > to >> > > completely remove all this proposal discussion from the meeting and >> put >> > > everyone on a solid footing instead of giving such a *huge* advantage >> to >> > > those >> > > who have the free time to show up on a Tuesday at 7PM. >> > > >> > > Thoughts, please! >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Discuss mailing list >> > > Discuss@synhak.org >> > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@synhak.org >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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