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Hi Folks,

Just wanted to let everyone know what's been going on in the steering
committee lately.  Bob's bowed out as the steering committee chair, so
I have volunteered to take it on in a "rent-to-own" capacity for a few
months.  Bob will remain in name during this time.  If everything works
out, I will take on the title officially.  (As I mentioned on the SC, it
is unfortunate that this happened at the same time as my scanner toys
arrived, because I was in the middle of starting the TAG archive project
when this happened).

What I'd like to do in this position is just keep everyone on track of the
currently-open issues on both the MC and SC.  To this end, I'm going to be
trying to track all open issues in a file which I'll periodically post
here, and possibly mutate into something on the private web site.

To summarize this large list, the current "hot" items are

  * Resolution of the SC/MC relationship.  We need to decide once and for
all if the MC is an advisory or voting board.  It was formed initially as
an advisory board, but somewhere along the line people on the MC just
started voting on things.  So LET'S DISCUSS, and then the SC (!) can
formally vote on this.  Presumably this will also be incorporated into...

  * The Incorporation/bylaws! Mary, can you ask Bob what we need to do?
    (see the links in the full-blown list below for all discussion to date)

  * Convention details needed for the website.  Charlene, how is this
progressing?

  * Neil also would like to know if we're planning on advertising the
convention in magazines.

OK, that's it.  Here's the full-blown list (remember that if you click on 
the links to archived messages, you'll need to enter username/password,
which gets appended to every message here ad nauseum):

  - Erik



        Task                                                            Culprit 
        Phase

CONFERENCE

        Need details for website                                        
Charlene        Do it
        Advertise on website                                            Erik    
        Pending Charlene
        Advertise elsewhere                                             ?       
        ?

        Future conferences and regional meetings/speakers                       
        tabled
         with local clubs (discussion around Feb 13th)
        

MANAGEMENT

        Does MC vote on issues?                                         Entire 
SC       Discussion

                "Up until the TAG vote, the SC has made all the "major" 
decisions regarding
                the AGA.  The MC has been more advisory in capacity, as well 
as, in theory,
                running various committees.  I'm not saying that another model 
might not be
                better, just that this is how it has been done up until now.  
But I think
                we ALL agree that AGA could stand with some new ways of doing 
business.  I
                don't have any problem with changing things, but I think we 
should make
                some decisions on how we think things _should_ be done, and get 
it written
                down in some fashion so that we don't have to reinvent the 
wheel every time
                a decision, particularly a contentious one, needs to be made." 
- Karen


INCORPORATION

        Draft bylaws                                                    Bob 
McCaw       ? need to find out ?
        Approve Bylaws                                                  SC or 
MC                pending draft?

                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00730.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00727.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00720.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00714.html  (the main one 
from Bob McCaw)
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00698.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00695.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00691.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00675.html (Bob Cashin's 
original bylaws)
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00634.html
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00624.html (Bob McCaw's 
first message)


SALES

        Expand T-shirt and pin sales?                                           
        tabled

                "I have only been selling T-shirts and pins when I go to events 
or
                speaking engagements. I have sold a couple by mail but I would 
gladly turn
                them over if someone would like to take over. I have enjoyed 
selling them
                but as Karen says you have to pack them along." - Dorothy

        Archived TAG articles on CD-ROM                                         
        tabled
        Continue printing back issues?
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00682.html

        Unusual Plant Sales                                                     
        tabled


TAG

        Get soft copies of documents from Universal Printing            erik    
        waiting on John Cogwell
        Scan old TAGs for archive                                       erik    
        proceeding
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00697.html
        
        Memberships expiring                                            jack    
        resolved (not an issue)
                "I have been continuing Dorothy's tradition of sending out
                renewal notices." - Jack
        Membership database upgrade                                     jack    
        tabled?
                (filemaker? internet-based?)

        Membership Roster in TAG                                                
        tabled?

        Advertising in other publications                               mary    
        resolved?
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00632.html

WEBSITE

        what to do with Olga's survey?                                          
        tabled
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00873.html
        add survey to membership database?                                      
        tabled


VOLUNTEERS
        Volunteer coordinator                                                   
        tabled
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00668.html

        Tim Belanger                                                            
        tabled
                http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00847.html






The Steering Committee:

Neil Frank
Karen Randall
Erik Olson
Dorothy Reimer
David Lass                              Treasurer
Bob Cashin

The Management Committee:

Jack O'Leary                            Membership
Mary McCaw                              TAG Editor 
Paul Krombholz
Merrill Cohen
Charlene Nash                           Convention Chair
Mike Hellweg                            Historian
Diana Walstad                           Sales


-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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