Pre-, no. Post, yes.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Ani Niow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:v@oneletterwonder.com">v@oneletterwonder.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I wasn't planning to be at NB that day but can be. I don't think Andy<br>
is coming back until next week though.<br>
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On Jan 4, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Rachel McConnell <<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> OK trying this again. Will most of us be available tomorrow, pre- or<br>
> post- the general meeting?<br>
><br>
> Rachel<br>
><br>
> Ani Niow wrote:<br>
>> I'm really bad at replying to emails.<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Should the process for Shannon be pretty much the same as it is<br>
>> for<br>
>> Miloh and I? Paperwork-wise I mean. Not sure what to do about it<br>
>> either.<br>
>><br>
>> 2. I already subscribed before this message was sent on my<br>
>> <a href="mailto:v@oneletterwonder.com">v@oneletterwonder.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:v@oneletterwonder.com">v@oneletterwonder.com</a>> account with no<br>
>> troubles. Unless Andy gets to it first then feel free to subscribe<br>
>> yourself Miloh.<br>
>><br>
>> 3. I would like to know this as well. If you need anything from<br>
>> Miloh,<br>
>> Shannon? and I don't hesitate to ask.<br>
>><br>
>> 4. Had a look at the bylaws and here's what I found out:<br>
>><br>
>> Directors: "*Section 4. Election and Term of Office of Directors.*<br>
>> The<br>
>> directors shall be elected by the members as described in Article<br>
>> II of<br>
>> these bylaws. Each director shall be elected for a term of one (1)<br>
>> year.<br>
>> Each director shall hold office until a successor has been elected."<br>
>><br>
>> That seems to be that you are correct. A director has a term of one<br>
>> year<br>
>> and hold that until a successor is named.<br>
>><br>
>> For officers however: "*Section 2. Election.* The officers of this<br>
>> corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, and<br>
>> each shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to the<br>
>> rights, if<br>
>> any, of an officer under any contract of employment."<br>
>><br>
>> That last sentence that is in the directors section isn't there for<br>
>> officers. Which means that officers are elected annually but it is<br>
>> unclear what happens if they go past term.<br>
>><br>
>> In any case, its been a year and looks like we should be electing<br>
>> another one anyway. Would running an election be similar to the board<br>
>> elections? If so we have the templates there and it shouldn't be that<br>
>> difficult to run another one. I'd be happy to take up that task if no<br>
>> one else will. If the elections for both are indeed similar than<br>
>> perhaps<br>
>> next year the ED can be tacked on to the board ballot, seems easier<br>
>> that<br>
>> way.<br>
>><br>
>> 5. Rather not ignore this if there's a chance for penalty.<br>
>><br>
>> 6. What is needed for this to happen and how can Miloh and I help<br>
>> with this?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> -Ani<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2009/12/10 Rachel McConnell <<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a><br>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>> There is a bunch of crap to deal with. Here is what I can think<br>
>> of:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. I forgot to mention this in the election hoo-hah, but as of<br>
>> about a<br>
>> week ago I have received YES emails from everyone who was a<br>
>> member when<br>
>> Shannon was consensed as a director. We need to do something with<br>
>> this... have to work out exactly what.<br>
>><br>
>> 2. Welcome Miloh & Ani... whoever is managing this list (Andy?)<br>
>> please<br>
>> put them on it! Let Andy know if I don't have the right email<br>
>> above.<br>
>><br>
>> 3. Do we need to notify any governmental organization about the<br>
>> changes<br>
>> to our board & officers?<br>
>><br>
>> 4. Are we out of an ED? Someone pointed out to me recently that<br>
>> the<br>
>> Bylaws state that directors hold office until replaced, but that<br>
>> clause<br>
>> is not applicable to officers, and the ED term is supposed to be<br>
>> a year.<br>
>> The board is responsible for appointing the officers; WE do<br>
>> that by<br>
>> making the membership decide and then rubber-stamping it. I<br>
>> personally<br>
>> do not have interest in running another election and would love<br>
>> for<br>
>> someone else to take that particular task on.<br>
>><br>
>> 5. The one task the ED is supposed to do is a yearly accounting of<br>
>> finances. Last year didn't really have much but maybe Jake, you<br>
>> could<br>
>> ask Mitch for his records through Dec 31 2008? Or we could<br>
>> ignore it.<br>
>> Not sure if there is any penalty for that. I suppose removing<br>
>> the ED<br>
>> from office should be sufficient and I'm pretty sure we have to<br>
>> do that<br>
>> anyway.<br>
>><br>
>> 6. We need to officially change our address to 2169 and file some<br>
>> paperwork about that. I remember noticing this a while ago and<br>
>> made a<br>
>> wiki page for board business,<br>
>> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Business" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Business</a>. I'm not<br>
>> putting the<br>
>> rest of this on there yet b/c I'm not sure of any of it yet.<br>
>><br>
>> I have a feeling there is something else but I can't think of it.<br>
>><br>
>> Rachel<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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