[Eg-oversight-board] Motion: change rules of governance to clarify Board terms

[Ben Hyman]

+1
Sent by phone; please pardon my thumbs

-----Original Message-----
From: Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:49:56 
To: Amy Terlaga<terlaga at biblio.org>
Cc: <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org><eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>
Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Motion: change rules of governance to
	clarify	Board terms

+1

Excuse my brevity, sent from my iPhone

On Apr 11, 2013, at 5:31 PM, "Amy Terlaga" <terlaga at biblio.org> wrote:

> Galen--
> 
> Does this need a second?  If it does, I second it.
> 
> If not, then +1
> 
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> Amy Terlaga
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:eg-oversight-board-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of
> Galen Charlton
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:26 PM
> To: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
> Subject: [Eg-oversight-board] Motion: change rules of governance to clarify
> Board terms
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is the technical motion I mentioned earlier today.  I move that we
> change the rules of governance to clarify when Board member terms begin and
> end.  Specifically,
> 
> [1] Change section 2.3 to
> 
> "The Board shall consist of eleven members."
> 
> [2] Add a section 2.4 containing
> 
> "2.4. Term
> 
> a. The term of each Board member is three years.
> 
> b. At the end of the Evergreen Conference for a calendar year, the term of
> outgoing Board members will end and the term of incoming Board members will
> begin. If no Evergreen Conference is held during a calendar year, terms will
> begin and end at midnight EDT on April 30.
> 
> c. One-third of the Board positions shall be open for election each year. To
> implement this, each Board seat shall be designated a member of a cohort
> labeled "A", "B", or "C". Appendix A lists the cohort and next election date
> for Board members as of 12 April 2013."
> 
> [3] Replace the original Appendix A (which listed the original Board
> members) with a table listing the election cohort of the current board
> seats.
> 
> I have attached a PDF of the rules of governance as revised by this
> proposal.  A diff of the changes can be found at
> 
> http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=contrib/governance.git;a=commitdiff;h=ae74cc
> 9220161599f8031554b7519206eb3cc639
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Galen
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