http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Council_and_the_board_in_transition_2011 2026-04-21T18:45:14Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.1 http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Council_and_the_board_in_transition_2011&diff=57377&oldid=prev 2011-07-14T23:07:59Z

<p>this is my attempt at framing the issues; please comment and expand. this page will become historic record.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:07, 14 July 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Background<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: the </del>[[2011 governance proposal]], approved in spring 2011 by both [[Council]] and [[Board]], does away with the Community Council. However, until the [[volunteer representative]] seats are filled, the Council still exists.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</ins>Background<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>[[2011 governance proposal]], approved in spring 2011 by both [[Council]] and [[Board]], does away with the Community Council. However, until the [[volunteer representative]] seats are filled, the Council still exists.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  Starting next month, council and board meetings will</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  Starting next month, council and board meetings will</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9" >Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2011-May/003126.html Council decision, May 2011]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2011-May/003126.html Council decision, May 2011]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, it was left unclear what <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">powers </del>the Council retains. There are several elements:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For clarity, the meetings are just termed &quot;board meetings,&quot; and the decisions made at them have the force of board decisions. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The bylaws have not yet (as of July 2011) been modified to reflect the changes encompassed in the governance plan. This means that according to our bylaws, the Council is still in charge of [[Bylaws#Section_4._Election_Procedure.|electing board members]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>[[Bylaws#Section_3._The_Free_Geek_Community_Council|general guidance and vision]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>short term and long-term goals</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Goals==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Retain the group wisdom of council and integrate multiple viewpoints into board deliberation</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Foster transparency in board operations</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Ensure the board is functional throughout this transition</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Provide training ground for potential volunteer representatives</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Outstanding elements of confusion==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, it was left unclear what <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">functions </ins>the Council retains. There are several elements:</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The bylaws have not yet (as of July 2011) been modified to reflect the changes encompassed in the governance plan. This means that according to our bylaws, the Council is still in charge of [[Bylaws#Section_4._Election_Procedure.|electing board members]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>[[Bylaws#Section_3._The_Free_Geek_Community_Council|general guidance and vision]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/</ins>short term and long-term goals<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and may [[Bylaws#ARTICLE_VIII._AMENDMENTS|propose bylaw amendments]] to the Board. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:&#039;&#039;These bylaws are scheduled to be changed at the board&#039;s August meeting, so this issue is moot; if, however, decisions are to be made on-list in the interim, are made at the August meeting before the amendments are adopted, or the amendments are delayed, proposals should be explicitly framed as either board or council decisions, with reasoning made explicit.&#039;&#039; --[[User:Ideath|Ideath]] 23:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Decision-making may be difficult because it is not clear which body is required to come to consensus on issues, including any related to the above items. It is clear that the council has &#039;&#039;voice&#039;&#039; in discussions as the board&#039;s advisory body, but not clear whether the board may choose to overlook or defer addressing concerns on items that may fall under the council&#039;s purview, or if council members might block issues that fall under council purview. The latter will not be an issue once the bylaws are modified, but the issue of concerns will still be important to clarify.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:&#039;&#039;Obviously, requiring the board to fully resolve every concern amounts to giving blocking power to non-board members. But we could require the board to make a good faith attempt to fully understand and address concerns raised by advisory attendees. I am not sure if this wording is good or sufficient. --[[User:Ideath|Ideath]] 23:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)&#039;&#039;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Communication is unclear due to multiple email lists for council and board. Membership in the board email list has recently (Feb 2011; minutes missing) been limited to current board members and current collective staff, due largely to the need for communication about negotiations. Discussion about this topic will take place on the council email list.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Please comment; hopefully we can bring any proposals that emerge from this to the August board meeting.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Category:Board]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Ideath http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Council_and_the_board_in_transition_2011&diff=57375&oldid=prev 2011-07-14T21:53:41Z

<p>beginning of draft oh no no battery!</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Background: the [[2011 governance proposal]], approved in spring 2011 by both [[Council]] and [[Board]], does away with the Community Council. However, until the [[volunteer representative]] seats are filled, the Council still exists.<br /> <br /> Starting next month, council and board meetings will<br /> happen at the same time; members of council will be advisors to the<br /> board for the open (non-executive) portions of board meetings; council<br /> will shut down when new board is installed (+30); and council<br /> membership will not be closed, aside from what will already happen<br /> with shutdown.<br /> [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2011-May/003126.html Council decision, May 2011]<br /> <br /> However, it was left unclear what powers the Council retains. There are several elements:<br /> * The bylaws have not yet (as of July 2011) been modified to reflect the changes encompassed in the governance plan. This means that according to our bylaws, the Council is still in charge of [[Bylaws#Section_4._Election_Procedure.|electing board members]], [[Bylaws#Section_3._The_Free_Geek_Community_Council|general guidance and vision]], short term and long-term goals</div>

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