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

Grace Dunbar gdunbar at esilibrary.com
Thu Dec 15 11:47:14 EST 2016


Thanks, Ron!

Revision attached.
Grace

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Gagnon, Ron <gagnon at noblenet.org> wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Ronald A. Gagnon
>>>> Executive Director
>>>> North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
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>>
>>
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>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>> Equinox - Open Your Library
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>
>
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> Ronald A. Gagnon
> Executive Director
> North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
> Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
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Grace Dunbar, Vice President
Equinox - Open Your Library
gdunbar at esilibrary.com
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