Re: AGA management direction

[MichaelAngelaH@aol.com]

Just a quick bit in reply to the feedback on my recent letter, our attorney 
will not be writing our by-laws for us.  They are a part of our articles of 
incorporation which are to be included with our paper work.  WE need to come 
up with a set of by-laws, and that includes setting up the board, voting 
issues, etc., BEFORE we can incorporate.  In addition, they need to be 
approved by the current voting leadership (SC/MC?) and then approved by a 
majority of our membership, also BEFORE we can incorporate.  
As to including people who have served on the SC up to the time of our 
incorporation, they will still serve until elections are held and the new 
board is seated.  For those who are not elected, the new President (chair) 
can appoint them as Advisors on the MC, but they may not serve as voting 
members of the Board. The number of members of the voting Board will be 
spelled out in the by-laws, and may not be changed without the approval of 
the membership.  I realize this will be a HUGE change from the way the AGA 
has operated in the past.  But it is time to move into the future, and if 
non-profit status and incorporation are the way we want to go, then change 
will have to happen.  

 The future Board, and the current SC and MC belong to the members of the 
organization, not to us.  Their decision on who will lead them is not up to 
us, either. That having been said, I would expect the current SC members 
would run for their positions, and would win the elected position.   I also 
do not favor term limits.  So I would see little in the way of actual change 
in our day to day operation, with the exception of member input (elections) 
as to who will lead the AGA.


Mike  
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