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Bob,
Thank you for your e-mail. I feel relieved
that I have been heard.
E-mail voting is new to me, too. We hadn't
started doing it on the BAS board until this year. I think it is great
that you are asking us to work on procedures.
I can appreciate your position when you said "so
far the chair has been a frustrating job for me." I agree that PAM has
gotten in the way of our working on other more basic issues.
Question 1 - No
Question 2 - That is a tough one. I think
Erik's suggestion of 3 days to one week is about right. After three days,
the chair should send a reminder and give the person 4 more days to
respond. Then if there is still no response, then, the non-response should
be counted as "absent" as David said rather than as an abstention as I
suggested. I usually read my e-mail within a day and a half. How
long it takes me to respond varies. If I need to think, I may not respond
for another day or two.
This week the BAS had an ASAP vote. Our
annual auction was this past Sunday, and to book the hall for the same time next
year, we were given only a couple of days. It is difficult for me to
imagine situations affecting the AGA where an ASAP vote might be necessary, but
it is possible. Perhaps in our e-mail voting procedures we should take
into account that possibility.
Question 3 - Yes
Please note, especially Erik, that I have a new
e-mail address separate from my husband's.
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