proposed replacement bylaws

2016-07-02 Thread Bdale Garbee
For as long as I can remember (that means on the order of 12 years on the board and 10 years as president of SPI), we have been aware that there were problems with the existing bylaws of the organization. The problems with the current bylaws we really need to fix include: - the bylaws do not c

Re: proposed replacement bylaws

2016-07-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes ("proposed replacement bylaws"): > At our in-person board meeting earlier this year, the board members > present worked with Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the details, and for > some weeks we've had a draft set of bylaws that everyone on the board > seems to be comfortable with.

Re: proposed replacement bylaws

2016-07-02 Thread Keith Packard
Bdale Garbee writes: > At our in-person board meeting earlier this year, the board members > present worked with Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the details, and for > some weeks we've had a draft set of bylaws that everyone on the board > seems to be comfortable with. I present them here for review

Re: proposed replacement bylaws

2016-07-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes ("proposed replacement bylaws"): > For as long as I can remember (that means on the order of 12 years on the > board and 10 years as president of SPI), we have been aware that there > were problems with the existing bylaws of the organization. > > The problems with the current

Re: proposed replacement bylaws

2016-07-02 Thread Susan Spencer
> > > > Art IV s3 > > This seems to define annually-relected Directors, biannually-reelected > ones, and triannually-reelected ones. The wording has perhaps been > borrowed from a transitional arrangement ? I think this needs to be > fixed. > The phrase 'Initial Directors' refers to the first se