[CSL board] VOTE status

[Fred G. Martin]

I realize the vote is now a fait-accompli, but I must admit I do not  
understand the motivation for forming this committee *before* we have  
had our strategy summit.

Isn't the strategy summit the place to have this discussion, with all  
hands present??

Fred

On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Melissa Carino wrote:

> I unfortunately cannot commit at this time.  I am feeling over- 
> committed
> already and do not want to say "yes" then not be effective.  Sorry...
>
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> Subject: Re: [CSL board] VOTE status
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>
> So we will create a strategic planning committe. Who wants to be on  
> it?
> My personal idea of requirements include:
>   - opinions on the matter
>   - willingness to participate in active email discussion
>   - ability to meet in person a couple of times before the Q1 '07 BOD
> Meeting
>
> I'll volunteer to participate if it's not innapropriate in my role as
> Prez.
>
> Anyone else? Let's have a cutoff (barring unusual circumstances) for
> volunteering be November 1 (it's such a nice round number).
>
> Thanks to all for participating.
>
> Josh
>
> On 10/19/06, Laura M. MacNeil <laura at omacneil.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> ########
>>>
>>> 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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