[CSL board] committee vote + meta

[Fred G. Martin]

I wanted to chime in the strategic committee idea -- I think this  
decision (& the composition of said committee) should wait until  
after the next board meeting / strategy summit.

Fred

On Oct 19, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Josh Harding wrote:

> I'd like to do both.
>
> On 10/18/06, Laura MacNeil <laura at omacneil.org> wrote:
>>
>> Oh my goodness... I'm so far behind. Sorry I've been AWOL, Josh.  
>> Things
>> have been very busy for me lately at work and with another  
>> organization
>> that I'm involved with.
>>
>> So, where are we at? Are we voting on a strat plan committee or  
>> are we
>> going to discuss goals at the November meeting?
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> kristina_ickes at comcast.net wrote:
>> > I seconded last night, but evidently only replied to Josh - my bad.
>> > Ipso facto, I vote for the creation of said committee.
>> >
>> >
>> > -------------- Original message --------------
>> > From: Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org>
>> >
>> >
>> >> Josh Harding writes:
>> >>
>> >>> I move for the creation of a committee for strategic
>> >>> planning around the ideas below. This calls for a second.
>> >>>
>> >> Melissa writes:
>> >>
>> >>> I don't think Josh's proposal has been seconded yet
>> >>> so I second it. I think it is a good idea;
>> >>>
>> >> I vote abstain. Such a committee would be a grand idea, but  
>> we'll need
>> >> more than Josh & I on it.
>> >>
>> >> META
>> >> By Robert's rules, Josh as President doesn't get to run the  
>> "meeting"
>> >> and make motions. Hence the "The chair will entertain a motion."
>> device.
>> >> This may not apply to electronic meetings, but it may not be  
>> worth the
>> >> effort to come up with a policy on this.
>> >>
>> >> My original desire for electronic voting was to allow for urgent
>> >> resolutions. --Stuff like the IRS or grants that require a  
>> resolution
>> of
>> >> the board.
>> >>
>> >> One thing I learned from being on the Lowell Habitat board
>> >> was that not everything required a vote. A lot of times the BOD
>> >> President would bring up an idea or possible course of action,  
>> it would
>> >> be discussed and from the discussion it would be clear that a vote
>> >> wasn't needed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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