interesting. it seems that few groups have an elected board. based on what i hear here and in conversation with people from a couple of other communities that have elected boards, 'coercion' and begging are the primary slating mechanisms. and, the unelected boards seem to have more continuity, ie the same people serving for a longer number of years than with elected boards. is this impression incorrect?
jeffrey chicago > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Organizers] Rochester NY Organization > > HI all, > Rochester has a weekly Thursday dance, with a board > consisting of President, Vice President, Secretary, and > Treasurer. All positions are elected by the members who > attend the dance when the voting is held. There is a few week > notice, with a slate presented for consideration. It is > mostly by coercion that members get put on the slate, so > there is no contention in > recent memory. The board > meetings are somewhat regular, about every month, open to > all, with special invites to the organizers of an upcoming > event, as well as "members at large" , the scheduler for > bands/callers, and the sound guy. The positions are described > in the bylaws, and > there are time limits (3-5 yrs) for the positions - as much > to be a guaranteed > "out" for those afraid of being stuck in the position, as for > helping to get more members of the dance involved in the > organization. We are a CDSS affiliate, and we are an official > Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization - 501c(3). 2007 is the > first year we have to file our own Form 990 in addition to > the CDSS required annual summary. Anyone with words of > advice, please contact me directly!!! > > Bob > > > ************** > Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID > =aolcmp00300000002548) > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
