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

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

+1 for myself.

I also separately received a +1 from Elizabeth.

That's 7 so far; eight votes are needed for the motion to be approved
since it modifies the governance rules.

Regards,

Galen

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> 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=ae74cc9220161599f8031554b7519206eb3cc639
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Manager of Implementation
> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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-- 
Galen Charlton
Manager of Implementation
Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
email:  gmc at esilibrary.com
direct: +1 770-709-5581
cell:   +1 404-984-4366
skype:  gmcharlt
web:    http://www.esilibrary.com/
Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
http://evergreen-ils.org