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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>I haven't been back into that realm for a while, but Tom's comment doesn’t surprise me. There are a lot of things in the original constitution that were done differently than I had done with NPs in the past, but nobody wanted to hear that at the time <g>; and no - I'm <b>not</b> about to go THERE again…..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Rob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bart Kus<br>Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 1:27 PM<br>To: Puget Sound Data Ring<br>Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Gold Mtn uplink dish</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Can anyone cite the law here? I heard Cory mention this, but didn't read the actual law. I'm curious what the meeting attendance requirements are. Do you need > 50% of board to be present, 100%, or some other number?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I designed the decision making process so it wouldn't require everyone to be present. Perhaps we need to change the constitution to endow board members with officer rights and turn spending decisions into non-board business.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--Bart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On 7/23/2015 12:24 PM, Tom Hayward wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Rob Salsgiver <<a href="mailto:rob@nr3o.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>rob@nr3o.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> Gotcha... I just saw "vote" in the title of the email and the brain ran from there...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> There's a simple (well, not really that simple) explanation for that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> HamWAN's constitution stipulates that votes for spending must be in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> the form of an email to this mailing list. Recently we were made aware <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> of a Washington state law that requires board members be able to hear <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> each other's votes. To satisfy both requirements, you'll see an email <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> like this one announcing a vote, and later the board will hold a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> conference call to formally approve the spending. Eventually HamWAN's <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> constitution will be updated in accordance with the law.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> PSDR mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>PSDR@hamwan.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>PSDR mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>PSDR@hamwan.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>