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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Response in-line.<br>
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On 2/12/2013 6:17 PM, Rob Salsgiver wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
might want to give some more consideration to a few points
here, given how “turf” oriented some aspects of amateur
radio (and other organizations) can become.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Specifics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Membership
is “automatic” to everyone. This should have some entrance
criteria of some kind. Not sure what – having a ham license
isn’t necessarily a better qualifier, and may screen out
some valuable folks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I agree, and that's why the constitution refers to an "enrollment
process". I believe this process needs to be defined in the bylaws.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Board
elections – need to rotate so that one board member comes up
each year. The “worst case” scenario you are trying to
prevent is a pocket of malcontents coming in with a flood of
new members and taking over the board and changing the
organization to what they want. Seems extreme but I’ve
seen it. Rotating one each year at least buys time if you
do have a group of malcontents to work things out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I dunno, who's the say the malcontents aren't right? If they can
win majority on the board, that may be a sign to the old guard to
change. If they act as a destructive force on the board, they can
be removed should the membership agree. It's up to the "good guys"
to do some electorate education and lead the way. If the "good
guys" get lazy, it's time for them to move on, regardless of the
goodness in their hearts.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Our
club has 4 officers (pres, vp, secretary, treasurer) that
are elected each year, with the Pres and VP allowed to serve
2 consecutive terms. They must be off the board for 1 year
before being re-elected to (that) post. We also have 3
director positions that rotate – 1 each year and are elected
by membership. Rounding out the group is the immediate past
president and a presidentially appointed trustee – the
trustee serves continuously until they resign or are removed
or pass on. 9 is the total which is too many for this
probably, but it demonstrates the idea of retaining a
continuity of leadership and preventing absolute chaos if
part of the group goes psycho.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Elections
– will work for now, but as the organization grows you will
find you want more time to push the paper of the election
process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ugh. Elections. A waste of time I'd like to minimize. The less
the better, I say!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Director
removal – at 3 board members, you will never reach the 75%
benchmark to remove one. This only works with 4 or more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This is by design. The board cannot shrink below 3 members.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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of the bylaws of the Snohomish County Hams Club is attached
as a reference. It’s not perfect, but it does a pretty
good job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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