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janc
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response 4 of 299:
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Aug 26 04:47 UTC 2002 |
There has certainly been discussion about amending it. M-Net manages to have
non-local board members.
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jp2
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response 5 of 299:
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Aug 26 04:52 UTC 2002 |
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twinkie
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response 6 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:00 UTC 2002 |
And we *still* can't manage to have monthly meetings.
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mynxcat
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response 7 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:02 UTC 2002 |
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tod
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response 8 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:08 UTC 2002 |
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gelinas
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response 9 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:09 UTC 2002 |
Right. Unless you agreed to come for the meetings.
I don't know about "fair"; it's about as fair as requiring US citizenship to
vote for our President.
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gelinas
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response 10 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:09 UTC 2002 |
Someone ran on a similar platform last year, BTW.
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rcurl
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response 11 of 299:
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Aug 26 05:53 UTC 2002 |
Grex is a Michigan corporation. That doesn't exclude non-residents from
being a board member, but they should still familiarize themselves with
Michigan non-profit corporate law. In any case, Michigan law permits board
meetings via "communications equipment" without requiring anything in the
bylaws to permit this. (450.2521) That law also states "participation in a
meeting pursuant to this subsection constitutes presence in person at the
meeting." Therefore, by legal definition, an electronic meeting IS
"face-to-face".
(The law, however, seems not to be updated to the computer age: it does
say "...by means of which all persons...can hear each other". That is
possible, of course, with conversion of text to speech, but I think with
unanimous consent, it would be acceptable to do it just on-line. I
certainly would not hesitate to agree to do so.)
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twinkie
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response 12 of 299:
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Aug 26 06:55 UTC 2002 |
How many people on Grex's BoD have formally studied Michigan non-profit law?
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md
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response 13 of 299:
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Aug 26 11:22 UTC 2002 |
Rane is so quaint. Honest answers: How many people on Grex's BoD have
studied Michigan non-profit law, formally or informally? Casually
discussed it? Thought fleetingly about maybe looking into it some
day? Felt the slightest twinge of guilt for not having done any of the
above?
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gull
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response 14 of 299:
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Aug 26 13:20 UTC 2002 |
Speakerphone meetings suck. Anytime someone physically in the room
speaks the phone speaker mutes, so the person on the other end never
gets a word in edgewise.
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other
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response 15 of 299:
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Aug 26 13:24 UTC 2002 |
Even with full duplex?
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other
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response 16 of 299:
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Aug 26 13:27 UTC 2002 |
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mynxcat
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response 17 of 299:
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Aug 26 13:46 UTC 2002 |
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jp2
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response 18 of 299:
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Aug 26 13:49 UTC 2002 |
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edina
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response 19 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:03 UTC 2002 |
I am a non-local member of the BOD of m-net. I get my words in, don't worry.
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gull
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response 20 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:08 UTC 2002 |
Re #15: I've never seen a truely full-duplex speakerphone. If they exist I
bet Grex couldn't afford one.
Re #18: If someone who doesn't live near Washington is elected President,
they invariably move there, though. So the analogy would be to let someone
run for the Grex board as long as they moved to the Ann Arbor area if they
won. ;)
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jp2
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response 21 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:13 UTC 2002 |
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mynxcat
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response 22 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:35 UTC 2002 |
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krj
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response 23 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:49 UTC 2002 |
resp:17 :: Arbornet began allowing out-of-town board members when they
ran out of locals willing to serve on the board, and after the board size
had already been contracted at least once.
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jp2
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response 24 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:58 UTC 2002 |
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mynxcat
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response 25 of 299:
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Aug 26 14:59 UTC 2002 |
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remmers
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response 26 of 299:
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Aug 26 15:02 UTC 2002 |
There's an amendment procedure specified in the bylaws. Basically,
any member of Grex can propose an amendment; there's a discussion
period in Coop; then an online vote. So the simple answer to why
this particular bylaw has never been amended is that no Grex member
has ever proposed that it be amended.
Rane raises an interesting point in #11. Depending on how one
interprets "face-to-face", it may be possible to allow non-local
board members without any change to the bylaws.
In any case, however, the policy followed should reflect what the
members want.
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remmers
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response 27 of 299:
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Aug 26 15:03 UTC 2002 |
(#25 slipped. I suggest that mynxcat calm down and note that if folks
don't like a specific policy, there are procedures for getting it
changed.)
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mynxcat
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response 28 of 299:
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Aug 26 15:04 UTC 2002 |
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