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

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

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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
> > direct: +1 770-709-5581
> > cell:   +1 404-984-4366
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> > web:    http://www.esilibrary.com/
> > 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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