[CSL board] VOTE status

[Laura M. MacNeil]

I vote in favor of creating a strategic planning committee.

> On the question:
>
> 	Resolved: CSL board will create a strategic planning committee
>
> 	Yes: 		Josh,Melissa,Kristina
> 	Abstain: 	Dan
> 	No:
> 	Not Voted: 	Laura, Fred, Karen, Paul,Charlotte
>
>
> A quorum for a physical meeting is 50% of board members. For an online
> vote, other organizations, I've worked with decided that if 50% of the
> board votes within 1 week of the original motion there is a quorum.
>
> Arbitrarily deciding we'll do things the same way, we need another vote
> by Friday the 20th for this vote to be valid.
>
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> Josh Harding wrote:
>> I'd prefer to move forward on it - strategic planning/goals has been
>> waiting
>> on something for a long time now. At the minimum, I think we need to go
>> into
>> the meeting with the decision to create it made, and work out the
>> specific
>> composition at the meeting.
>>
>> On the other hand, if this peice of business can be taken care of
>> online, it
>> will be one less item to handle at the meeting, and will allow us to
>> transition more quickly to discussion & planning.
>>
>> It is also my hope that the committee would have some of the thinking
>> done
>> ahead of time, to give us a direction to go at the meeting.
>>
>> On 10/19/06, Fred G. Martin <fredm at cs.uml.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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