Re: [AGA-sc] New BOD member?

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

Yes, although I do agree that Phil's Board nomination has merit, I think the 
number of Board members issue should be addressed first. 

I also believe that the Board needs to be an elected position with term limits 
of some type. This way the membership will hopefully feel more connected to the 
organization and the Board positions will not be diluted as Erik mentioned.

I have brought this up before on list and off list with nearly all of you, I 
recall from previous discussions we have had that this will require a change in 
our by-laws.


Getting back to Phil, I did spend some time although brief discussing his 
future involvement in AGA. We did even talk about a possible Board position He 
was open to it but there was nothing committal. Has he expressed a specific 
interest in the Board position? That would be great if he is.

I did also speak with Ben Van Dither also. He will be a great add to the MCMC. 
I have also talked to Efren and he would be interested in being added to the 
MCM.


I agree with Karen, energy post-convention is still unusually high and we 
should take advantage of this to try to continue this by adding folks into the 
MCM. I also think we need to take a look at who is on the MCM and possibly 
remove some folks from there as well.

Regards,

Larry

--- On Fri, 11/28/08, Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] New BOD member?
> To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 6:41 PM
> I'm OK with this -- both worked their tail off at the
> convention.  My only 
> concern is whether the board is a continually-expanding
> set, or whether 
> folks should also retire as others come in.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Karen Randall wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I was wondering what the rest of you thought about the
> possibility of inviting Phil onto the
> > BOD. He certainly put a tremendous amount of effort
> into the convention, and seems to be on
> > track to continue his work for AGA going forward.Â
> The Atlanta convention ould have been much
> > harder without his âon the groundâ help. I think
> we need to consider âgrowingâ this group to
> > include more people to share the work. Phil not only
> is a hard worker, but seems to be someone
> > that gets along well with everyon else on the board.Â
> What do you all think?
> > 
> > Â
> > 
> > Likewise., I hope you donât think I was overstepping
> my boundaries, but I invited Ben Van
> > Dinther to join the Management Committee. He also
> worked very hard on the convention on a
> > number of fronts, and has expressed an interest in
> becoming more involved in the âworkâ of AGAâ
> > I donât think we can afford to turn away that kind
> of enthusiasm! Cheryl and I started to have
> > a conversation at the convention about other people
> whom we might want to ask to join the MC,
> > but then work got in the way of finishing the
> conversation!<g>Â Do any of you have any other
> > names to put forth? This is the time to âcatchâ
> people, when enthusiasm is still high from the
> > convention!
> > 
> > Â
> > 
> > Karen
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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