[CSL board] thoughts: strategic (meta)

[Josh Harding]

That's correct. We didn't get things together in time to get a facilitator.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to make some forward progress?

-Josh

On 10/16/06, Karen Zgoda <karen at karenzgoda.org> wrote:
>
> So we're not meeting this Saturday and upcoming Tuesday, is this
> correct?
>
> ...Karen
>
> Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
> Doctoral Student
> Boston College
>
> karen at karenzgoda.org
> http://www.karenzgoda.org
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Josh Harding wrote:
>
> > Hi All -
> >
> > Dan is right - without an outside facilitator, we are likely to get
> > far less
> > out of any meetings. Fred is also right - a meeting in which all could
> > attend is highly preferable to multiple meetings.
> >
> > As such, I think (and it truly pains me to say this) it's advisable to
> > cancel the strategic planning meetings in October. Although I got a
> > schedule
> > everyone could live with, I didn't do it in time to adequately
> > organize the
> > meetings.
> >
> > I don't think a special meeting of all members of the BOD is going to
> > happen. It's been 'in the works' for almost a year now. If someone
> > else
> > wants to take up this cause, feel free, but I'd like to propose a
> > different
> > approach.
> >
> > I move for the creation of a committee for strategic planning
> > around the
> > ideas below. This calls for a second.
> >
> > This committee would present a draft proposal for the amendment of our
> > bylaws in the upcoming board meeting. The proposal would answer the
> > following question - What is the role of the board? Ideally, it
> > would be
> > voted in at this meeting. If that doesn't happen, the committee would
> > present a final proposal to be voted in to our bylaws at the 1st
> > quarter
> > 2007 BOD meeting.
> >
> > I would expect the following of the committee (at least):
> >    - Have at least one face to face meeting attended by *all*
> > members of
> > the committee before the next board meeting.
> >    - Each member will publish his/her own thoughts on the matter to
> > the
> > board list, and if comfortable doing so, cadre-politics.
> >    - Have an active email discussion of options.
> >    - Do whatever it takes to get a solid proposal to the next board
> > meeting.
> >    - Publish progress to the board list so that concerned parties
> > can give
> > feedback.
> >
> > Dan - I'd like to see you as a non-voting member of the committee,
> > but you
> > should have the most to say. If this happens, I'll volunteer to be
> > a member
> > of the committee. I'll take time off work to attend a meeting
> > should it fall
> > on a weekday. We'll need someone to chair the committee who has the
> > time and
> > energy to be very proactive about getting results.
> >
> > If seconded, you are *required* to vote on this in a timely manner (I
> > arbitrarily consider a timely manner to include some non-work hours
> > and some
> > work hours: in this case midnight Monday 10/16). Laura - could you
> > please
> > keep a tally on this vote if it is seconded? Also, with your vote
> > please
> > state your interest in being a part of the committee, and whether
> > you'd like
> > to be a leading part of it.
> >
> > I've proposed votes in the past, and they've fizzled. Some weren't
> > pressing,
> > so I think people didn't feel the need to vote. If there is a
> > member who
> > doesn't vote on this motion, perhaps you should reconsider your
> > ability to
> > perform the duties of a board member. This is why: you have pledged to
> > 'Participate in electronic votes as often as twice a month'. We
> > have not had
> > an electronic vote in at least a month. (
> > http://www.thecsl.org/go/about/board/#formal)
> >
> > Additionally, when you signed up, you understood that 'It is not
> > required,
> > but it would be helpful if our board members could also: Help plan,
> > Contribute to discussion of our internal and external affairs on the
> > cadre-politics listserv.' (http://www.thecsl.org/go/about/board/
> > #minimum)
> >
> > So it is not required, but it would be nice if each board member could
> > consider and post their thoughts on the level of oversight the
> > board should
> > take for the CSL. I'll be posting my thoughts next week. Depending on
> > comfort level, that post could go only to the board list, or
> > (preferably),
> > to cadre-politics.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
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