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

[Kathy Lussier]

+1

Kathy

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On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:13 AM, "McKinney, Elizabeth" <emckinney at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> Sorry about that Galen. Here is my public +1.
> 
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
> 
>> +1
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> > email:  gmc at esilibrary.com
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>> > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
>> > http://evergreen-ils.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 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
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