[Noisebridge-board] board shit TO DO list
Rachel McConnell
rachel at xtreme.com
Mon Dec 21 22:47:49 UTC 2009
So the member meeting is on tuesday... I assume the 'thursday' is the typo?
How about we meet in January, the 5th or the 12th. Will that work for
people? Please respond, either way.
Rachel
Shannon Lee wrote:
> I will be settling into the Disney Land Hotel next thursday night after
> the member meeting.
>
> --S
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com
> <mailto:rachel at xtreme.com>> wrote:
>
> This is going to be really obnoxious to work out via email. How about
> we have a meeting? I bet we could take an hour and sort out everything.
>
> How about next Tuesday after the member meeting, or at 9 (whichever
> comes first)?
>
> Rachel
>
> Ani Niow wrote:
> > I'm really bad at replying to emails.
> >
> > 1. Should the process for Shannon be pretty much the same as it is for
> > Miloh and I? Paperwork-wise I mean. Not sure what to do about it
> either.
> >
> > 2. I already subscribed before this message was sent on my
> > v at oneletterwonder.com <mailto:v at oneletterwonder.com>
> <mailto:v at oneletterwonder.com <mailto:v at oneletterwonder.com>>
> account with no
> > troubles. Unless Andy gets to it first then feel free to subscribe
> > yourself Miloh.
> >
> > 3. I would like to know this as well. If you need anything from Miloh,
> > Shannon? and I don't hesitate to ask.
> >
> > 4. Had a look at the bylaws and here's what I found out:
> >
> > Directors: "*Section 4. Election and Term of Office of Directors.* The
> > directors shall be elected by the members as described in Article
> II of
> > these bylaws. Each director shall be elected for a term of one (1)
> year.
> > Each director shall hold office until a successor has been elected."
> >
> > That seems to be that you are correct. A director has a term of
> one year
> > and hold that until a successor is named.
> >
> > For officers however: "*Section 2. Election.* The officers of this
> > corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, and
> > each shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to the
> rights, if
> > any, of an officer under any contract of employment."
> >
> > That last sentence that is in the directors section isn't there for
> > officers. Which means that officers are elected annually but it is
> > unclear what happens if they go past term.
> >
> > In any case, its been a year and looks like we should be electing
> > another one anyway. Would running an election be similar to the board
> > elections? If so we have the templates there and it shouldn't be that
> > difficult to run another one. I'd be happy to take up that task if no
> > one else will. If the elections for both are indeed similar than
> perhaps
> > next year the ED can be tacked on to the board ballot, seems
> easier that
> > way.
> >
> > 5. Rather not ignore this if there's a chance for penalty.
> >
> > 6. What is needed for this to happen and how can Miloh and I help
> with this?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -Ani
> >
> >
> > 2009/12/10 Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com
> <mailto:rachel at xtreme.com> <mailto:rachel at xtreme.com
> <mailto:rachel at xtreme.com>>>
> >
> > There is a bunch of crap to deal with. Here is what I can
> think of:
> >
> > 1. I forgot to mention this in the election hoo-hah, but as of
> about a
> > week ago I have received YES emails from everyone who was a
> member when
> > Shannon was consensed as a director. We need to do something with
> > this... have to work out exactly what.
> >
> > 2. Welcome Miloh & Ani... whoever is managing this list
> (Andy?) please
> > put them on it! Let Andy know if I don't have the right email
> above.
> >
> > 3. Do we need to notify any governmental organization about
> the changes
> > to our board & officers?
> >
> > 4. Are we out of an ED? Someone pointed out to me recently
> that the
> > Bylaws state that directors hold office until replaced, but
> that clause
> > is not applicable to officers, and the ED term is supposed to
> be a year.
> > The board is responsible for appointing the officers; WE do
> that by
> > making the membership decide and then rubber-stamping it. I
> personally
> > do not have interest in running another election and would
> love for
> > someone else to take that particular task on.
> >
> > 5. The one task the ED is supposed to do is a yearly accounting of
> > finances. Last year didn't really have much but maybe Jake,
> you could
> > ask Mitch for his records through Dec 31 2008? Or we could
> ignore it.
> > Not sure if there is any penalty for that. I suppose removing
> the ED
> > from office should be sufficient and I'm pretty sure we have
> to do that
> > anyway.
> >
> > 6. We need to officially change our address to 2169 and file some
> > paperwork about that. I remember noticing this a while ago
> and made a
> > wiki page for board business,
> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Business. I'm not
> putting the
> > rest of this on there yet b/c I'm not sure of any of it yet.
> >
> > I have a feeling there is something else but I can't think of it.
> >
> > Rachel
> >
> >
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