[Eg-oversight-board] Election ROG changes for tomorrow's vote

Gagnon, Ron gagnon at noblenet.org
Thu Dec 15 11:29:01 EST 2016


Grace,
Also a typo in the attachment -- last paragraph, fourth line...

"Officers rotating off the Board leave office *and* the end of the
Evergreen Conference...."

That "and" should be "at".
Ron

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
wrote:

> Sorry, yes, that should read - "A.) a proposal that members newly elected
> to the EOB (e.g. in their first year of their first EOB term) may not be
> nominated to core roles of Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, or Conservancy
> Representative?  They
> can, however, be nominated to serve as committee chairs."
>
> Apologies, we talked about that clarification and I neglected to use all
> my words.
> Grace
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Terran McCanna <
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>
>> I thought when it was discussed before that the first year rather than
>> the first term was mentioned.
>>
>> I also agree that a special election in the second case is a better
>> option than a board appointment.
>>
>> Terran McCanna
>> PINES Program Manager
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta, GA 30345
>> 404-235-7138 <(404)%20235-7138>
>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Gagnon, Ron <gagnon at noblenet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Grace and all,
>>>
>>> On the first point, while I agree with the concept, could that handicap
>>> us at some point ifwe have resignations and/or other board members
>>> unwilling to serve?  Should it just be in the first year of their term,
>>> rather than the whole term?
>>>
>>> On the second, I support the special election.
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Attached, please find a copy of the revised revision of the ROG for
>>>> officer elections as discussed on this mailing list last month.  I would
>>>> like to bring this up for a vote at tomorrow's meeting.
>>>>
>>>> The two outstanding pieces we didn't have enough input to proceed on
>>>> are:
>>>>
>>>> A.) a proposal that members newly elected to the EOB (e.g. in their
>>>> first ever EOB term) may not be nominated to core roles of Chair,
>>>> Vice-chair, Secretary, or Conservancy Representative?  They
>>>> can, however, be nominated to serve as committee chairs.
>>>>
>>>> B.) the Board has been called upon to appoint several new members when
>>>> elected members have resigned.  Personally, I find the Board appointment
>>>> process to be an issue as it has the potential to change the dynamic of
>>>> our
>>>> elected board.  Would there be any interest in proposing a change to the
>>>> rules of governance to require special elections when a Board member
>>>> leaves
>>>> with more than 6 months left in their term?
>>>>
>>>> Do we have dissenting opinions on these ideas?
>>>> If not I'm happy to write them up for voting at our next meeting but
>>>> I'd like to hear any issues/thoughts/ideas first.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Grace
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>>>> Equinox - Open Your Library
>>>> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>>>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ronald A. Gagnon
>>> Executive Director
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>
>
> --
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox - Open Your Library
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Ronald A. Gagnon
Executive Director
North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
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