[Noisebridge-board] board shit TO DO list
Shannon Lee
shannon at scatter.com
Tue Dec 22 00:49:18 UTC 2009
Er, yes, Tuesday. Tomorrow.
--S
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> 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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> > --
> > Shannon Lee
> > (503) 539-3700
> >
> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
> >
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