Grex Coop Conference

Item 324: 2012 Board elections

Entered by richard on Wed Dec 14 00:43:00 2011:

Since nobody has entered this yet and the year is ending.  Board 
elections.

From what I can tell, there are five board members and four of them:

STeve Andre (steve)
Denise Anderson (denise)
Chuck Martin (unicorn)
Kent Nassen (kentn)

are either up for election this time or are term limited (served two 
consecutive terms)  Only Gelinas's term (elected last year) is not up 
this year.

Maybe Grex needs to amend the bylaws to waive the term limits rule 
before this election is held, then nobody will be prevented from 
running for re-election.
11 responses total.
#1 of 11 by kentn on Wed Dec 14 03:06:32 2011:

Are you proposing removing the term limits rule in the by-laws?

#2 of 11 by rcurl on Wed Dec 14 04:29:33 2011:

I've just followed a discussion on a land-trust board about term limits. Most
have quite generous term limits. One I helped form has four consecutive two
year terms. Other have up to four three year terms. Amend the bylaws after
this vote (though that just puts off when the same problem occurs again).

#3 of 11 by richard on Wed Dec 14 18:37:23 2011:

Here's an idea.  Why not have everyone agree *not* to run so there are 
no elections this year.  Then amend the bylaws to waive term limits and 
quorums.  This would leave Gelinas as a one member board for the next 
year, effectively making him dictator.  This would simplify the process 
if the idea is to shut down the corporation over the next year and move 
the conferences to a new platform.  Gelinas could vote as the 1-person 
board to sell the box to himself.  The corporation goes away with no 
more arguing.

#4 of 11 by rcurl on Wed Dec 14 19:39:06 2011:

Brilliant! But, he would not be a quorum: from the bylaws "A quorum consists
of five BOD members.".

#5 of 11 by mary on Wed Dec 14 20:16:02 2011:

Three.

You need better meds, Richard.

#6 of 11 by richard on Wed Dec 14 20:59:32 2011:

The bylaws can be amended to change quorum from three to one.  And re#5 
whats wrong with setting up an easy way out.

#7 of 11 by cross on Wed Dec 14 21:00:14 2011:

resp:3 You seem to be the only one advocating those changes, so that course
of action only makes sense for you.

#8 of 11 by kentn on Wed Dec 14 22:40:15 2011:

Changing quorum from 3 to 1 is a bad idea unless we want one person
running things.  I thought that's one big reason why Grex got started
in the first place.  Grex supposedly works by consensus and that 
requires more than one person.

#9 of 11 by rcurl on Wed Dec 14 23:06:42 2011:

Re #5: I copied and pasted directly from the bylaws in the Grex conference.
They say 5. If that has changed, the copy in the conference should be changed.

#10 of 11 by kentn on Thu Dec 15 01:05:13 2011:

From the web version of the by-laws:

(From Article 3: Board of Directors)

d.  The BOD shall hold face-to-face meetings on a
regular, bimonthly basis, and in addition may hold
special meetings if necessary.  A quorum consists of
three BOD members.  A board member will be considered
in attendance at a meeting if he or she can communicate
with and be understood by all the other attendees.

#11 of 11 by kentn on Thu Dec 15 01:21:47 2011:

I've entered a new item in coop with the by-laws as of Oct 31, 2010.
It is item 325.

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