Proposed Bylaw Change - Board Size & Quorum

Sep 27 13:56 UTC 2010

This is a proposal to change our bylaws, reducing the size of Grex's Board of
Directors and the number of  board members necessary to meet quorum. 
Presently, there are seven board members and this proposal asks  that to be
changed to five. Quorum would change from five to three board members present.

This proposal would simply substitute the new numbers for the old.  The current
bylaws state: **************************** ARTICLE 3:  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  a. The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of seven individual members of
  Grex, and shall include a 
chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer.
 

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 five
BOD members.  A board member will be considered to be in  attendance at a
meeting if he or she is physically present at the location of the meeting, or
if he or she  can, via a telephone or other electronic system, hear and be
heard by all the other attendees.

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With the proposed amendments the bylaws would read:
                
*****************************
ARTICLE 3:  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
  a.  The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of five individual members of
  Grex, and shall include a 
chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer.
 

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 to be in  attendance at a
meeting if he or she is physically present at the location of the meeting, or
if he or she  can, via a telephone or other electronic system, hear and be
heard by all the other attendees.

*****************************

These changes are now up for discussion for two weeks.  During that time 10% of
the membership will need to  endorse the proposal in order for the proposal to
qualify for a membership vote.

We have very few members at present.  Very few.  Please consider sending in $18
to qualify as a voting  member and be part of the process.

The bylaws can be found at:
https://grex.cyberspace.org/cyberspace/bylaws.xhtml

response 2 of 49:

Sep 27 17:17 UTC 2010

I'm in agreement for these 2 changes.

response 4 of 49:

Sep 27 19:43 UTC 2010

Representation should be somewhat proportional to the constituency, especially
when Grex has no members....

response 6 of 49:

Sep 28 07:12 UTC 2010

  
reformatted:
  
 
 
 This is a proposal to change our bylaws, reducing the size of
 Grex's Board of Directors and the number of board members neces-
 sary to meet quorum. Presently, there are seven board members
 and this proposal asks that to be changed to five. Quorum would
 change from five to three board members present.
 
 This proposal would simply substitute the new numbers for the
 old. The curren t bylaws state: 
   
 **************************** 
   
 ARTICLE 3: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
  a. The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of seven individ-
 ual members of Grex, and shall include a chairperson, a secretary, 
 and a treasurer.
 
 
 d. The BOD shall hold face-to-face meetings on a regular, bi-
 monthly basis, and in addition may hold special meetings if nec-
 essary.  A quorum consists of fiv e BOD members. A board member
 will be considered to be in attendance at a meeting if he or she
 is physically present at the location of the meeting, or if he or
 she can, via a telephone or other electronic system, hear and be
 heard by all the other attendees.
 
 ***************************** 
 
 With the proposed amendments the bylaws would read:
 
 ***************************** 
 
 ARTICLE 3: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
  a. The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of five individ-
 ual members of Grex, and shall include a chairperson, a secretary, 
 and a treasurer.
 
 
 d. The BOD shall hold face-to-face meetings on a regular, bi-
 monthly basis, and in addition may hold special meetings if nec-
 essary. A quorum consists of three BOD members. A board member
 will be considered to be in attendance at a meeting if he or she
 is physically present at the location of the meeting, or if he or
 she can, via a telephone or other electronic system, hear and be
 heard by all the other attendees.
 
 *****************************
 
 These changes are now up for discussion for two weeks.  During
 that time 10% o f the membership will need to endorse the pro-
 posal in order for the proposal to qualify for a membership vote.
 
 We have very few members at present. Very few. Please consider
 sending in $1 8 to qualify as a voting member and be part of the
 process.
 
 The bylaws can be found at: 
   
  https://grex.cyberspace.org/cyberspace/bylaws.xhtml