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Grex > Coop13 > #25: Nominations for the 2004 Grex Board of Directors | |
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remmers
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Nominations for the 2004 Grex Board of Directors
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Oct 13 20:07 UTC 2003 |
Nominations are now open for the Cyberspace Communications, Inc.
Board of Directors. In accordance with Article 4, Section d of
the Bylaws, nominations will close on November 15 and an online
election will be held December 1 through December 15. Terms of
office begin on January 1, 2004, and are two years in length.
Four seats are up for election this time around.
Any current member of Grex who has paid at least 3 months'
membership dues is eligible to run for and serve on the Board
unless they are currently serving and are completing the second
of two consecutive terms. (People in the latter group are
eligible to run again in next year's election if they are
still members at that time.)
The terms of three board members have one more year to run:
Mark Conger (aruba), Joe Gelinas (gelinas), and Anne Perry
(mooncat). Hence there is no point in nominating any of them.
The four board members whose terms end on December 31 are
Eric Bassey (other), Greg Fleming (flem), Mary Remmers (mary),
and Marcus Watts (mdw). Mary Remmers is completing her first
term and is eligible to run for re-election. The remaining
three are all completing the second of two consecutive terms
and are therefore *not* eligible to run this time, although
they can run in future elections.
To appear on the ballot, a person must be nominated in this
item by November 15 and affirmatively accept the nomination
in this item before the start of voting on December 1. Seconds
are not required. Self-nominations are permitted.
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remmers
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response 1 of 225:
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Oct 13 20:09 UTC 2003 |
I'll start by nominating Colleen McGee (cmcgee). She's a
long-time Grexer, fairwitness of this conference, and has had
tons of experience serving on boards of nonprofits. She'd be
a real asset to the board.
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jp2
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response 2 of 225:
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Oct 13 21:20 UTC 2003 |
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other
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response 3 of 225:
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Oct 13 21:31 UTC 2003 |
Oh, my Dog! My four-year reign of (t)error is coming to an end!
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mary
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response 4 of 225:
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Oct 13 23:55 UTC 2003 |
I'd like to nominate Kip DeGraff and Glenda Andre.
Both would do a great job and we'd be lucky to
have them on the board.
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gelinas
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response 5 of 225:
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Oct 14 17:50 UTC 2003 |
I nominate Mary Remmers (mary).
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mynxcat
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response 6 of 225:
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Oct 14 18:16 UTC 2003 |
I'd like to nominate Todd Plesco (tod)
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richard
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response 7 of 225:
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Oct 14 18:23 UTC 2003 |
query-- if one or any of the three board members whose second term is up
after next year wish to stay on beyond then, could they resign their seat
now and run for one of the open seats instead. Technically if they
resign, their second consecutive term was never completed, so they
wouldn't be ineligible to immediately run again would they? Lets say for
instance that Aruba wants to stay on as treasurer past next year when his
second consecutive term expires. What if he resigns now, a month before
the election. His seat becomes open, and there are elections for five
seats instead of four. Then Aruba, since he hasn't completed two
consecutive terms, would be eligible to run right away for one of the open
seats right?
This is a way to avoid having to figure out what to do with the
treasurer's job after next year. Let Aruba resign now, he can let
somebody hold the books until the end of the year, and then he runs for
an open seat, gets elected, and becomes treasurer again in January and
thus nobody else has to take over as full time treasurer any time soon.
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jp2
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response 8 of 225:
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Oct 14 18:32 UTC 2003 |
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richard
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response 9 of 225:
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Oct 14 18:41 UTC 2003 |
The bylaws state--
Article 4
b. Upon serving two consecutive terms on the BOD, a person must
vacate the BOD for one year before being eligible to serve
again.
A board member must vacate the board for one year after SERVING two
consecutive terms. It doesn't say that a board member having been elected
two consecutive times, can't resign before his second term is up, and then
run for election again.
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gelinas
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response 10 of 225:
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Oct 14 18:42 UTC 2003 |
(There are easier ways to handle that particular situation, if we wanted to.
For example, the Treasurer could appoint Mark bookkeeper.)
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jep
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response 11 of 225:
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Oct 14 20:16 UTC 2003 |
If anyone tries to make an end-around to evade the by-laws on the
theory that he's unreplaceable, I'll vote against him. Even Mark is
going to want to take a break some day. Grex can find someone else to
take his place if it has to.
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other
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response 12 of 225:
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Oct 14 20:29 UTC 2003 |
I would think that an appropriate interpretation of the by-laws as
written would preclude the scenario richard proffers above.
Perhaps a by-law amendment for clarification is in order, along the lines
of [auggested alternate wording]:
Article 4
b. A person shall be considered ineligible for election to the Board
of Directors if, in the two most recent prior elections in which that
person was eligible, that person was elected to the Board of Directors.
This wording would unambiguously prevent any person from being elected to
more than two consecutive terms on the board, without regard to the
duration of their terms or any potential future changes in the duration
of the term of a director.
Thoughts?
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gull
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response 13 of 225:
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Oct 14 20:31 UTC 2003 |
The experiences of other organizations I've been in have led me to believe
that having the same person serve as treasurer for too long can cause
problems. Unless you have someone else reviewing the books any errors or
quirks in their accounting method can snowball and result in a big mess
eventually.
I have the utmost confidence in our current treasurer, but relying too
heavily on any one person is a recipie for disaster.
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other
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response 14 of 225:
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Oct 14 20:37 UTC 2003 |
I agree wholeheartedly with the last sentence in resp:13 above.
Also, Mark deserves a break if he wants it, but if he'd be willing to
provide guidance and consultation to whomever succeeds him, I'm sure it
would be greatly appreciated by us all.
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