Board minutes

[Rich Littleton]

Well said, Lorraine.  Good input.

Rich

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On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Lorraine Pozzi wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Steve wrote:
> 
> > Actually, my response was at least half serious.  I don't see the
> > Board as servants of the members.  They're volunteers, same as
> > everyone else, with finite time and energy.  And I didn't notice any
> > vast surplus of candidates for these coveted Board positions.  If a
> > user/member can help out by posting minutes or whatever, why not?
> > 
> Because being a board member SHOULD mean taking board responsibilities
> seriously.  Until that happens (and I'm told things have improved
> over the past few months -- should we thank Rich?), then I don't
> think competent people are going to be willing to serve.  
> 
> If you recall, Rich withdrew his candidacy in the best interests
> of the organization.  We don't know if he would have done a good
> job as a board member -- but I do think he is sincere in wanting
> to make positive changes in SCNA.  I don't think stepping in as
> de facto secretary would be a good move -- for Rich or for the 
> organization.  
> 
> Lorraine
> femme2 at scn.org
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> > 
> > From:          "Crystal Bishop" <crystalb at scn.org>
> > 
> > 
> > Jumping in... (glub, glub)
> > 
> > This response in offensive to me - I HOPE that this is a tongue in
> > cheek answer to a serious request.  
> > 
> > A member, served by a Board, should not be required to attend a
> > Board meeting to find out what has occured at said meeting, much less
> > be asked to perform a function that all Boards should have integral
> > to their operations!
> > 
> > > Rich, why not attend the Board meetings as an observer, then post
> > > the minutes yourself?  At the same time, you could follow up on
> > > these outstanding items and include updates in the minutes, thus
> > > killing approx 2.67 birds with one stone!? 
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