[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Executive Director

[jim]

   Christie's attempt to start a committee to review 
the bylaws (she seemed intent on re-writing rather 
than inspecting without bias, but that's a fine point) 
seems a good one, in light of the length of this email 
thread. 



On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 13:35 -0800, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
> To quote the "meeting minutes" from the last board meeting:
> 
> > 3. We seem to need to appoint an executive director for 2010.  Shannon
> > and Andy wanted to reappoint Jake as our figurehead, but Ani didn't
> > agree.  We proposed to appoint Mitch, so Andy sent Mitch an email
> > asking.
> 
> I feel this was written with an obvious bias.
> As an attendee, my memory of the events were this:
> 
> One of the agenda items was to discuss the topic of the ED.
> It was stated that the term of the officers are for one year, and
> unlike the board members, there is no clause stating that they remain
> on until a replacement is selected.
> 
> Either you (Shannon) or Andy, I don't recall which, suggested that the
> board simply re-appoint the former ED immediately.
> As an observer, I objected to appointing an officer without consensus.
>  Ani also objected on these grounds.  A brief discussion ensued, in
> which Miloh agreed that the board shouldn't act without the consensus
> of the membership.  Andy and Shannon then withdrew the item without an
> actual attempted vote.
> The topic then continued as described in the notes.
> 
> In my opinion, this attempted act stepped well beyond the authority
> that is prescribed by our policies.  I later heard arguments
> attempting to justify the attempt, quoting that the bylaws recognise
> the authority of the board to appoint officers -- not the membership.
> That obviously did not appease my concerns.
> 
> So yes, I am wary of ANY sudden suggestion of new authority for the
> board that has not been widely stated before.
> 
> Jeffrey
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jeffrey Malone <ieatlint at tehinterweb.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Call it overreacting, paranoia, or whatever.  But a certain recent
> >> attempted act of the board leaves me with distinct fears of them
> >> acting beyond the authority that is prescribed to them.
> >
> > ?
> >
> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
> >
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