[CSL board] thoughts: strategic (meta)

[Fred G. Martin]

Josh, can you see about inviting the facilitator to the next board  
meeting.  Let's figure out a way to dispense with regular business in  
15 mins or so (e.g., do some of it online before the mtg) and focus  
on the strategic planning.

Can we all also extend the end time, and can we also have dinner  
provided like last time.

Fred

On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Josh Harding wrote:

> 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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