Difference between revisions of "Community Council"

Latest revision as of 13:43, 8 June 2011

Note: In April 2011, and until the Town Hall Meeting, council members became advisory members of the board (with the same eligibility guidelines as council), and board and council meetings were merged. This page therefore is historical. NEEDED: a history of the Council, goals, lessons learned.

The council makes decisions for FREE GEEK, specifically decisions that influence multiple areas of operation or working groups, decisions that have to do with long-term or overarching goals and policy, and decisions that might be controversial. Some of these duties are traditionally the in domain of a board of directors. Our board mostly deals with financial and legal oversight and some professional networking.

The Free Geek Community Council is the group responsible for the long term vision of Free Geek. It enacts policy that is:

overarching, affecting all of Free Geeks, OR
cross-group, not as big as overarching, but affects multiple groups (if those groups can't coordinate the policy on their own), OR
controversial in nature.

Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council. Reading the Council Orientation is a good idea before attending a meeting.
The council works by Consensus.

Policy

Council Meetings

Community Council meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month.

There is a Meeting Template that may be used when setting up to take minutes for a council meeting. (Remember to copy commitments from the previous meeting's minutes.)

Year 2005: Jan 19 Feb 16 Mar 16 Apr 20 May 18 Jun 15 Jul 20 Aug 17 Sep 21 Oct 19 Nov 16 Dec 21	Year 2006: Jan 18 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 19 May 17 Jun 21 Jul 19 Aug 16 Sep 20 Oct 18 Nov 15 Dec 20	Year 2007: Jan 17 Feb 21 Mar 21 Apr 18 May 16 Jun 20 Jul 18 Aug 15 Sep 19 Oct 17 Nov 21 Dec 19	Year 2008: Jan 16 Feb 20 Mar 19 Apr May Jun Jul 16 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec CANCELED	Year 2009: Jan 21 Feb 18 Mar 18 Apr 15 May 20 Jun 17 Jul 15 Aug 19 Sep Oct Nov Dec	Year 2010: Jan 20 Feb 17 Mar 17 Apr 21 May 19 Jun 16 Jul 21 Aug 18 Sep 15 Oct 20 Nov 17 Dec 15

If you don't see the minutes here, check the council email archive. You can browse by month, or search them. (Look for multiple emails - corrections and refinements are common.)

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+'''Note: In April 2011, and until the [[Town Hall Meeting]], council members became advisory members of the board (with the same eligibility guidelines as council), and board and council meetings were merged. This page therefore is historical. NEEDED: a history of the Council, goals, lessons learned.'''
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 The '''council''' makes decisions for FREE GEEK, specifically decisions that influence multiple areas of operation or working groups, decisions that have to do with long-term or overarching goals and policy, and decisions that might be controversial. Some of these duties are traditionally the in domain of a board of directors. Our board mostly deals with financial and legal oversight and some professional networking.
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 * controversial in nature.
-Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council.
+Any volunteer or worker can be a member of the council. Reading the [[Council Orientation]] is a good idea before attending a meeting.<br>
 The council works by [[Consensus]].
-== Current Topics of Discussion ==
-=== The future of Free Geek ===
-We are currently pondering the [[Meta Question]] with the help ot the [[Optimization and Priorities group]].
 === Policy ===
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 == Council Meetings ==
-''Community Council meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month.''
+Community Council meetings are held on the '''third Wednesday of every month'''.
-''The next meeting will be at 7:15 June 21, 2006 in Free Geek's meeting room.''
-''There is a [[Meeting Template]] that may be used when setting up a new Council Meeting. (Remember to copy commitments from the previous meeting's minutes.)''
+There is a [[Meeting Template]] that may be used when setting up to take minutes for a council meeting. (Remember to copy commitments from the previous meeting's minutes.)
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 '''Year 2005:'''
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 * [[Council 2005 12 | Dec 21]]
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 * [[Council 2006 12 | Dec 20]]
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+| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; padding:1em; border:1px solid #aaaaaa"|
 <!-- THIRD BOUNDARY -->
-'''Year 2007'''
+'''Year 2007:'''
-* [[Council 2007 01 | Jan 17]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-January/001955.html Jan 17]
 * [[Council 2007 02 | Feb 21]]
 * [[Council 2007 03 | Mar 21]]
-* [[Council 2007 04 | Apr 18]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-April/002065.html Apr 18]
-* [[Council 2007 05 | May 16]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-May/002164.html May 16]
-* [[Council 2007 06 | Jun 20]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-June/002208.html Jun 20]
-* [[Council 2007 07 | Jul 18]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-July/002222.html Jul 18]
 * [[Council 2007 08 | Aug 15]]
-* [[Council 2007 09 | Sep 19]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-September/002254.html Sep 19]
 * [[Council 2007 10 | Oct 17]]
-* [[Council 2007 11 | Nov 21]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-November/002286.html Nov 21]
 * [[Council 2007 12 | Dec 19]]
+<!-- FOURTH BOUNDARY -->
+| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; padding:1em; border:1px solid #aaaaaa"|
+<!-- FOURTH BOUNDARY -->
+'''Year 2008:'''
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-January/002315.html Jan 16]
+* [[Council 2008 02 | Feb 20]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-March/002340.html Mar 19]
+* [[Council 2008 04 | Apr ]]
+* [[Council 2008 05 | May ]]
+* [[Council 2008 06 | Jun ]]
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-July/002373.html Jul 16]
+* [[Council 2008 08 | Aug ]]
+* [[Council 2008 09 | Sep ]]
+* [[Council 2008 10 | Oct ]]
+* [[Council 2008 11 | Nov ]]
+* Dec [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2008-December/002424.html CANCELED]
+<!-- FIFTH BOUNDARY -->
+| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; padding:1em; border:1px solid #aaaaaa"|
+<!-- FIFTH BOUNDARY -->
+'''Year 2009:'''
+* [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2009-February/002440.html Jan 21]
+* [[Council 2009 02 | Feb 18]]
+* [[Council 2009 03 | Mar 18]]
+* [[Council 2009 04 | Apr 15]]
+* [[Council 2009 05 | May 20]]
+* [[Council 2009 06 | Jun 17]]
+* [[Council 2009 07 | Jul 15]]
+* [[Council 2009 08 | Aug 19]]
+* [[Council 2009 09 | Sep ]]
+* [[Council 2009 10 | Oct ]]
+* [[Council 2009 11 | Nov ]]
+* [[Council 2009 12 | Dec ]]
+| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; padding:1em; border:1px solid #aaaaaa"|
+<!-- SIXTH BOUNDARY -->
+'''Year 2010:'''
+* [[Council 2010 01 | Jan 20]]
+* [[Council 2010 02 | Feb 17]]
+* [[Council 2010 03 | Mar 17]]
+* [[Council 2010 04 | Apr 21]]
+* [[Council 2010 05 | May 19]]
+* [[Council 2010 06 | Jun 16]]
+* [[Council 2010 07 | Jul 21]]
+* [[Council 2010 08 | Aug 18]]
+* [[Council 2010 09 | Sep 15]]
+* [[Council 2010 10 | Oct 20]]
+* [[Council 2010 11 | Nov 17]]
+* [[Council 2010 12 | Dec 15]]
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 [[Category:Structure]]
 [[Category: Council]]
+[[Category: Needs update]]

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