Re: Weekly bludgeoning: Voting issues

[Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>]

At 12:25 AM 5/23/2000 -0400, I wrote:\
>> I think this issue should be resolved before being written into the
>bylaws. There's no reason that this one issue should hold up passing the
>whole bylaws.

Mary wrote:

>You lost me on this one.  Choosing a membership or nonmembership structure
>is a fundamental issue which really needs to be decided before the by-laws
>are passed.

That's my point.  I think this decision should be made before it's even
written into the bylaws.  Otherwise we could end up with people voting down
the bylaws based on a single issue.

>I have already expressed my reservations.  It makes more sense to me to wait
>until Bob gets back so he could advise us on the above mentioned point so we
>would at least know what we are getting ourselves into.

That's fine with me also.  We could have Mike (and whoever else has the
time and interest) work on other sections of the bylaws and leave this on
hold until Bob gets back.

I wrote:

>... I think we need to discuss whether the auction at the conference will be
>donation or split.  I favor a split, because I think people deserve
>something for their nice plants, and I think in the long run people will
>bring more, nicer plants.  I think Neil feels the same way.  At NEC, we give
>a 60/40 split for pre-registered lots to make it easier for the organizers,
>and 50/50 for lots registered at the event.  Any other thoughts?

Mary wrote:

>When Charlene and I originally talked about having people bring plants as
>donations, my recollection was that this was for two reasons:  to raise
>future seed money for the next convention and for the purpose of keeping
>things simple and as labor free as possible.  As chair of the silent
>auction, I would like to say that if  we do decide to do a split, I would
>like someone to volunteer to do the bookkeeping.  I'm going to need the
>help.  Providing we have a bookkeeper, I could go either way.

That sounds fair enough.

>> Mike wrote that he'd be willing to help with bylaws.  I move that the SC
>revive the bylaw committee and accect Mike's offer!<
>
>I don't think this is really necesary for two reasons.  As Eric I believe
>has pointed out, Bob Casin has already done some work on the by-laws which
>we can make use of.  Secondly, lawyers nowadays use standard forms and then
>plug in information pertaining to the particular client.  Bob will probably
>use a standard form for a membership corporation if this is what people want
>and customize it to suit our needs.

But I thought there were still management decisions that needed to be made
before Bob could draft the final wording.  I was under the impression that
that was what the hold-up as.

Karen
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