<div dir="ltr">+1 to Dan's comments<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Terran McCanna <br>PINES Program Manager <br>Georgia Public Library Service <br>1800 Century Place, Suite 150 <br>Atlanta, GA 30345 <br>404-235-7138 <br><a href="mailto:tmccanna@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">tmccanna@georgialibraries.org</a> <br><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Dan Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@coffeecode.net" target="_blank">dan@coffeecode.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for raising this, Grace. Just to respond to one small piece:<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Grace Dunbar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gdunbar@esilibrary.com" target="_blank">gdunbar@esilibrary.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Specific parts to replace/modify/add:<div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">2.4 d. [current wording] Each year, the Board shall <u>promulgate</u> procedures for nominating and electing new Board members. Nominations may be made by any individual who has contributed to Evergreen or who is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">2.4 d. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">[proposed wording] </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Each year, the Board shall <u>review</u> procedures for nominating and electing new Board members. <u>If no changes to the procedures are to be made, the Board shall follow the procedure established the previous calendar year.</u> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Nominations may be made by any individual who has contributed to Evergreen or who is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen.</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The change from "promulgate" to "review" is significant; the intent of "promulgate" is to ensure that the procedures are widely known, whereas "review" makes it very inward-facing and doesn't charge the Oversight Board with promoting the elections to try and ensure a broad slate of candidates. Maybe drop the high-falutin' "promulgate" for "promote widely" or "publicize widely"?<br><br>It also seems strange to bake an annual review of this one process into the rules of governance, as well as the additional sentence about "...follow the procedure established...". Perhaps the nomination and election process that is already documented in 2.4(d) and 2.4(e) could be enhanced slightly, at least to the extent of specifying "Approval Style". 2.4(e) already mentions electronic voting; I don't think it's desirable to mention any specific supplier here.<br><br>Looking at it just a bit more, 2.4(d) and 2.4(e) should probably be separated out from "2.4 Term" to a new "2.5 Elections"; this would provide the opportunity to also document the "Members of the community must register to vote via an online survey. Submissions shall be vetted by the Board for eligibility." steps. I think this would strengthen the Rule of Governance, without delving too far into specifics of the tools and processes, and the elections piece would continue to be subject to review on an as-needed basis as any other part of the Rules of Governance are.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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