[Noisebridge-discuss] Bylaws!

[David Molnar]

Al Billings wrote:
> Where are we at in the bylaws discussion and incorporation now?

We met on 8 April and discussed possible options for organizing, given 
the constraints we would have with California law. By the end of the 
night, I remember there being a rough idea along these lines:

0) Have a small Board consisting of the 3 exec officers (CEO, Secretary, 
and Treasurer). Possibly 5 members to allow for one or two absences 
while still having a quorum. The role of the Board, as Paul pointed out 
in his comments, would be to moderate. The role of the exec officers 
would be to execute the will of the membership, plus take care of 
bookkeeping (e.g. financials).

1) Have legal capital-M "Members" who would act as "Stewards" for 
Noisebridge. A Steward's role would be oversight - to make sure the 
Board and the executive officers are doing the right thing. As a 
capital-M Member, Stewards would have the rights outlined in the law, 
including the right to call meetings, toss out the Board, and so on.
The idea is that a Steward is supposed to look after the interests of 
the club as a whole, and everyone would pick initial Stewards with that 
in mind.

2) Have small-m "members" who come to the place, use Noisebridge 
resources, work on projects, and so on and so forth. These members are 
not capital-M Members under the meaning of the law, but there would be 
some process by which someone could become a Steward.
We didn't finalize what such a process would look like.

We then decided to write up a bylaws draft with this concept and send it 
out to get everyone's feedback. That has not yet happened, I think due 
to people becoming busy. (I know I was supposed to help out, and I 
missed at least one irc meeting, for example.)

If I forgot or misstated something, please someone let me know.

-David Molnar

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