Right, I'm well aware of the bylaws and how the elections process works for PTP. Also I am certainly not questioning the way the board voted for the delegation of duties. Just pointing out that it caught me off guard in that I didn't expect that you Russell would actually want the extended duties of President considering the amount of work you're already putting into PTP.
Regardless, contrats once again to you and thanks again to Michael for his 2 years of dedication to the presidency of PTP. On Aug 14, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > >>>>>> "Tyler" == Tyler Booth <[email protected]> writes: > > Tyler> Woa, curve ball. I guess I just expected Chris would be prez > Tyler> as it's been the norm for the past 6(?) years. > > I've droned on about this at various meetings. For a long time, > members thought they were voting for officers (President, Secretary, > Treasurer). When I became Secretary, I thought it would be a good > idea to read the bylaws, and when I did it became exceedingly clear > that Members elect the Board of Directors (for two year terms, > staggered) and the Board of Directors selects officers (for one year > terms). > > The pattern up to now is that the person elected to what was Michael's > Board seat also went on to be President, but that was a coincidence > rather than structural. However, the pattern of experience was strong > enough that several people didn't believe either me or their own eyes > when I pointed directly at the various clauses in the bylaws. The > bylaws are online, you can read for yourself! ;-) > > http://www.personaltelco.net/download/nonprofit/PTP_bylaws.doc > (Note: the optional parts at the end are not considered part of the > bylaws in force, per board decision, see: > http://wiki.personaltelco.net/BoardMeeting20061206). > > I also want to thank Michael for his two years of service, both on the > Board and his able service representing us as President, not to > mention his extensive history as a volunteer prior to that. I hope > that we can continue to profit from his good judgement on the Advisory > Board and as a volunteer. > > I'll just say a few words about my goals as President. I think the > most important thing for PTP is to remain active as a beacon, an > educational resource and a rallying point for communications freedom, > and for endeavoring to secure the means for people and their > electronic helpmates to transfer information at their own discretion, > and not at the whim or under the arbitrary policy constraints of those > self-interested groups that have seized control of the pathways. In > the process, we will continue to assist those who wish to share their > internet connections with their community, activities for which we are > best known, and we will continue to work to advance the goals of > communications freedom by whatever means present themselves. > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
