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Whip-crack: ELECTIONS/VOTING RIGHTS
OK, I'm still settling in on how often to keep after everyone here. I'm
going to try to do this maybe once a week.
The hot issue is getting the bylaws drafted. To recap Mary's
note (http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-mcm/msg00986.html):
* Can the MC vote, or is it just the SC?
* How are committee members elected? (General membership?)
So far, Mary has voiced her opinion on some of the 2nd issue. Nobody has
voiced an opinion on the first.
My opinion on the first issue: I see the MC as evolving into a group
representing (at least including) heads of all the different active (or
hopefully active) projects of the AGA, and the primary purpose of this
group is to communicate back and forth about these issues, and advise each
other. By keeping the MC as non-voting, we can bring in a variety of
people onto the MC more or less "immediately" because they are performing
an important high-level function in the AGA, without having to debate over
whether they have been here long enough to have any sort of voting status.
It would have made the debate over bringing in the most recent folks
TRIVIAL and quick.
OK, so if we did this, then I assume it would be the Steering Committee
that can appoint members of the MC. But how would new members be
appointed in the SC? Is it OK for the SC to select (and dispose of, if
necessary) its own? I think that's how it works now. I'd like to hear
more about how some other organizations do this.
- Erik
PS: Called John Cogwell about backup TAG on Monday. He seemed
stand-offish that I actually CALLED and didn't wait for him to e-mail me,
re-assuring me that the art department was working on it and I'd hear from
him later that day. Friday I called back again, and he explained that
the art department been hit by the famous ILOVEYOU virus (one of which's
effects included destroying any image files it can) and they'd blown off
all the work until they controlled it. Meanwhile, I've got TAG'94 scanned
in.
PPS: Without further ado, here's the big list, which I'll be including in
these weekly whip-cracks:
Task Culprit
Phase
CONFERENCE
Need details for website
Charlene Do it
Advertise on website Erik
Pending Charlene
Do periodic updates on APD Karen
everyone remind her
Advertise elsewhere Mary
et. al. Mary Made suggestions
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
TREASURY
Need annual budget from everyone
E-mail David!
responded: erik
Treat Canadians as other non-US because of $3.50 charge david
discussion
TAG
Get soft copies of documents from Universal Printing erik
waiting on John Cogwell
Mary says may need to call him: (919) 361-5809
5/8 - called John. Says he'll have info for me this afternoon
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
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 Education and Technical Advisor
Merrill Cohen
Charlene Nash Convention Chair
Mike Hellweg Historian
Diana Walstad Sales
--
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com
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