Maybe you should consider stepping back from SYNHAK responsibilities if work is impairing your ability to act responsibly as a board member.
Andrew Buczko <a4s...@dsprototyping.com> writes: > Torrie > > 1>There is a conflict of interest, since Chris is more of your friend > than mine > 2>Chris is trying to force a time limit on me to respond withing 24 > hours of his email's. This is NOT a rule that I have to follow. > 3>I have to WORK, I have TWO jobs for a reason. I can not be taking > time out for meetings when I have to buy new tires for my car, fix my > house gutters, pay my CPA etc. etc. > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Torrie Fischer > <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net> wrote: > > 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 > > 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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
