<div dir="ltr">Tim,<div><br></div><div>I believe there are Federal requirements relating to the length of each board term or the regularity of election -- this sounds like something to have the MOBIUS attorney clarify for us, though.</div><div><br></div><div>Related, perhaps the attorney didn't know about our current governance structure or realize that we would prefer to work within a similar framework going forward, but the bylaws drafted here do not cleave to our governance document very closely. I'm making notes to share, but in addition to the one-year term you noticed, there is a eight consecutive term limit, but ours is (effectively) three, since you have to skip at least one year to be elected to another three year term under current rules. All in all, the bylaws really seem to be very "stock".</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding timeline, in my opinion, getting these documents right will be one of the most important tasks the board undertakes and will mean the difference, in many respects, between smooth sailing or headaches down the road, <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">so I request that we extend the review period for at least one more week.</span> I feel that one week is not really enough time to properly consider the content, request clarification from the attorney, or draft any changes. For me personally<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">, it will actually be less than three days as I will be unavailable from Wednesday evening through Sunday.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>Mike Rylander<br> | President<br> | Equinox Open Library Initiative<br> | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)<br> | email: <a href="mailto:miker@equinoxinitiative.org" target="_blank">miker@equinoxinitiative.org</a><br> | web: <a href="http://equinoxinitiative.org" target="_blank">http://equinoxinitiative.org</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 10:33 AM, Timothy Spindler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tspindler@cwmars.org" target="_blank">tspindler@cwmars.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">After reading through the documents and I mostly focused on the by-laws there is one significant difference that stood out for me. The board is elected to one year terms (instead of 3) and it is unclear to me if we can continue with the the existing practice although it does say that the board identifies the process.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_1189541372982211347gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="156"><col width="340"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/C1fNrKOLEXFs-jfAIXQIMqbKqVBCJrBceOenfgotAcJE6XtZ2ZeeTYFkyfir63-HfzjX6q5zhBQWiO5RZk2tYnWzJ1_rjAADAH4nCmiuhNJuoG8HZLq7MBW-pAU4R9ScKcCybdVO" style="border:none" width="132" height="99"></span></a></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Tim Spindler | Executive Director | CW MARS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:tspindler@cwmars.org" target="_blank">tspindler@cwmars.org</a> | <a href="tel:(508)%20755-3323" value="+15087553323" target="_blank">508-755-3323 x120</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.cwmars.org</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span></span></span></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 8:04 AM, Timothy Spindler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tspindler@cwmars.org" target="_blank">tspindler@cwmars.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">Here are the draft documents for Evergreen incorporation. Please review these and send any comments by next Monday, April 9.<br clear="all"><div><div><div class="m_1189541372982211347m_-6245330656639949983gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="156"><col width="340"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/C1fNrKOLEXFs-jfAIXQIMqbKqVBCJrBceOenfgotAcJE6XtZ2ZeeTYFkyfir63-HfzjX6q5zhBQWiO5RZk2tYnWzJ1_rjAADAH4nCmiuhNJuoG8HZLq7MBW-pAU4R9ScKcCybdVO" style="border:none" width="132" height="99"></span></a></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Tim Spindler | Executive Director | CW MARS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:tspindler@cwmars.org" target="_blank">tspindler@cwmars.org</a> | <a href="tel:(508)%20755-3323" value="+15087553323" target="_blank">508-755-3323 x120</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9871999999999999;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.cwmars.org</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span></span></span></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="m_1189541372982211347h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Donna Bacon</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donna@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">donna@mobiusconsortium.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 4:50 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: The Evergreen Project Draft Corporate Documents<br>To: Timothy Spindler <<a href="mailto:tspindler@cwmars.org" target="_blank">tspindler@cwmars.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p>Tim,</p>
<p>Here are the first set of documents for creating the nonprofit.
I think we have an outcome neither of us thought about by not
being a membership organization. You don't have a membership to
vote for Board members! <br>
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<p>Please see the email below. Have the Board review the documents
and let me know if you have any questions or changes.</p>
<p>Donna<br>
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<td>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:13:18 +0000</td>
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<td>Jennifer Beasley <a class="m_1189541372982211347m_-6245330656639949983m_-8966380381489847080moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jbeasley@jenkinskling.com" target="_blank"><jbeasley@jenkinskling.com></a></td>
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<td>Donna Bacon (<a class="m_1189541372982211347m_-6245330656639949983m_-8966380381489847080moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:donna@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">donna@mobiusconsortium.org</a>)
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<td>Dale Hermeling <a class="m_1189541372982211347m_-6245330656639949983m_-8966380381489847080moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dhermeling@jenkinskling.com" target="_blank"><dhermeling@jenkinskling.com></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Donna:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached please find drafts of the initial
corporate documents for The Evergreen Project:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_1189541372982211347m_-6245330656639949983m_-8966380381489847080MsoListParagraph"><span>(1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Articles of incorporation;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>Bylaws;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>Initial consent of incorporator;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>Initial consent of directors;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>Acceptance of directors and
officers;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>EIN application; and<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span>Authorization to file the EIN.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note, pursuant to The Evergreen Project’s
request, the nonprofit corporation has no members. This means
that the board (consisting of the individual directors) will
elect the board members for the following year. The Evergreen
Project will be controlled by the individuals elected to the
Board and the organizations that each board member are a part
of will not have rights to vote as an organization for The
Evergreen Project corporate matters.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please let us know if you have any
questions and, if the attached are acceptable to you, forward
to The Evergreen Project for its review and approval. They
should
<u>not</u> sign any of the documents at this time.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Jennifer
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