From 8493a050f903e51510fc2343d17a3f4d9a9018b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dbs Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:47:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adopt friendly amendments from Galen Charlton and Lori Bowen-Ayers From Galen: * Extend notification for meetings to 72 hours * Add "Transition to General Rules of Governance and General Elections" From Lori: * Remove lingering reference to "Foundation" git-svn-id: svn://svn.open-ils.org/ILS-Contrib/governance@1255 6d9bc8c9-1ec2-4278-b937-99fde70a366f --- governance.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/governance.txt b/governance.txt index fc1e9fd..ff8ba7b 100644 --- a/governance.txt +++ b/governance.txt @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ Meetings and Notices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [loweralpha] - . Regular meetings of the Foundation Board shall be held at least once per + . Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once per quarter to discuss various topics pertaining to the regular activities of the Project. . Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, or any three (3) Board members. - . Board members must be provided with notice of a meeting at least thirty-six - (36) hours in advance of the meeting. Meeting notices shall be sent via email + . Board members must be provided with notice of a meeting at least seventy-two + (72) hours in advance of the meeting. Meeting notices shall be sent via email and each board member must provide the Board Secretary with an email address for the purpose of such notices. . The meeting minutes of each regular and special meeting shall be posted @@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ copy and make extracts. In the event the documents must be mailed or delivered in some manner, the requesting Board member shall be responsible for the delivery costs. +Transition to General Rules of Governance and General Elections +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +By the end of the 2012 Evergreen International Conference or 30 April 2012, +whichever comes sooner, the Board will have promulgated rules of governance for +this Board and the Evergreen Project to be presented for approval by the +general membership of the Evergreen Project during the conference. At that +same time, the board will designate at least 1/3 of its seats to be filled by +general election at the 2012 conference. The board will also hold new +elections for the board officers at that time. + Amendments ---------- -- 2.11.0