[CSL board] VOTE status

[Laura MacNeil]

It doesn't hurt to get a sense of who is willing to continue planning 
after the meeting in November.

Fred G. Martin wrote:
> 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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>> [mailto:divinerightofkings-bounces+melissa=bostonwomensfund.org at lists.th
>> ecsl.org] On Behalf Of Josh Harding
>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:12 PM
>> To: CSL Board
>> Subject: Re: [CSL board] VOTE status
>>
>>
>> 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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