Re: Vote; new e-mail address

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Mary, you should resubscribe to the aga-mcm list in the same way you
subscribed from Bob's account.  Send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with
"subscribe aga-mcm" in the body.  Likewise, Bob should send an
"unsubscribe aga-mcm" message to the same address.  Hopefully that made
sense! 

  - Erik

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Mary McCaw wrote:

> 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.
> 

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com