<div dir="ltr">Hi Ron,<div>I think this looks very good.</div><div>There was an addition that I had originally suggested which I do feel is important. I'm happy to let it go if others disagree though...</div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Section 2.4 e. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Each year, the <span class="gmail-il">Board</span> shall undertake the electronic collection and counting of votes for the <span class="gmail-il">Board </span><span class="gmail-il">election</span> using a documented voting platform that is widely accessible to the Evergreen community. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">[proposed additional wording]</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u> </u></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u><span class="gmail-il">Election</span> processes should begin 6 weeks prior to the annual conference or April 1st, whichever comes first. No less than one full week shall be set aside for voting. All voting, including officer <span class="gmail-il">elections</span> must be completed prior to the first day of the Evergreen Conference.</u></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u><br></u></span></div><div>I also suggest renaming section 2.4 to "Terms and Elections".</div><div><br></div><div>I'll put this on the agenda for our next meeting for discussion and voting. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Grace</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Ruth Frasur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:director@hagerstownlibrary.org" target="_blank">director@hagerstownlibrary.org</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">Ron,<div><br></div><div>Thank you. This looks good to me.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Gagnon, Ron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gagnon@noblenet.org" target="_blank">gagnon@noblenet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Good morning,<br></div>At our last meeting I volunteered to develop language for two desired amendments to the Rules of Governance: new Board members not being eligible for officer positions in the first year on the Board and conducting a special election to fill the terms of departing members, rather than having the Board choose a successor.<br><br></div>I've drafted some language for both those issues for your consideration. For the second issue, I've assumed the election would be to fill out the remainder of the departing person's term (though I doh't think that was said either way).<br><br></div>The first-year issue gets more complicated when you think about it, should there be an influx of new Board members for some reason. The Rules should not lead to a dead-end if there are not sufficient continuing members to fill the three officers and the fiscal rep. slots, or if a continuing Board member was unwilling or unable to serve (we probably should not force them). I think I've addressed all the possibilities, not sure if that waters it down too much from your original concept. It also seemed to make sense to put the new language as a new clause at 2.5.4, following the officer discussion, rather than following three removal clauses, so those three would be renumbered.<br><br></div>My new proposed language is in bold on the Word file.<br><br></div>Please let me know if this does not meet what you had in mind, or if I've overlooked something.<br><br></div>Happy Holidays!<span class="m_-4690811831739998913HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="m_-4690811831739998913HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Ron<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="m_-4690811831739998913m_443834466969074735gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ronald A. Gagnon<br></div>Executive Director<br></div>North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)<br></div>Danvers, Massachusetts 01923<br><a href="tel:(978)%20777-8844" value="+19787778844" target="_blank">978-777-8844</a><br></div><a href="http://www.noblenet.org" target="_blank">www.noblenet.org</a><br></div></div>
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