Excellent [re-]start Ted. Thanks for remembering this! Ted Roche wrote: ... > I have a few ideas about how I'd like to structure the organization. > This is just one guy's opinion and I'd welcome constructive criticism. > The main things I am trying to build in here are: representation, > responsibilities, checks and balances.
I really like the checks and balances approach! ... > 2. Two or more "at large" members can serve, bringing the total count > of the group to an odd number. I believe the number of at-large council members should be equivalent to the ratio of the number of members that aren't covered by a chapter. (Of course, this requires people to "claim" one and only one chapter, and we still have to define a chapter.) > 3. Council members elect a chair to run the meetings and act as GNHLUG > within specified limits between meetings, a secretary to record > meetings, discussions and decisions, and a treasurer to maintain and > account for whatever funds we decide to work with. I think that should read "elect a chair to run the organizational and quarterly meetings and act as..."; keeping in mind that a chair can delegate the actually em-cee'ing of a meeting to someone else. > 4. All chapters can recall their representative. Besides regular > elections, we'll need a recall mechanism. > > 5 . A sufficiently large group can recall an at-large member. ... > 7. Membership is open to the public. Representation should be available > to everyone, but we may want to more clearly limit what would qualify > as a "voting member." Ideas on this sticky point very much welcomed. For now, a voting member should be someone on the mailing list, registered on the web site and/or attended at least 2 chapter meetings in one year. I'd like a more formal method that would ensure there's only one vote per person, instead of one vote per email address though. > I've posted this to the -org list for preliminary feedback. Based on > that, I'd like to open the discussion to the -discuss list, then draft > paperwork to get this done. I'm hoping to have the basic paperwork in > place by the fall. So, comments are needed as soon as possible, since > each step takes longer than we'll want or expect. I also believe that SIG groups should have the same benefits (and representative power) as chapters. --Bruce _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
