Re: [OSCOM] bylaw and organisational changes

Paul Everitt <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:31:49 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.oscom
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On Sep 22, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Martin Baehr wrote:

> hi,
>
> moving this to a seperate thread to avoid mixing updiscussions on
> interpretation of the current state with discussions about how we  
> would
> like it to be in the future.
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Andrea Resmini wrote:
>> Personally, I kind of object at the idea for two simple reasons:  
>> first,
>> unless we think to radically change the way OSCOM works, both Pres  
>> and
>> Vice-pres have mostly a representative and organizational role (6.5.1
>> 'The President directs the work of the association and shall  
>> preside at
>> Meetings of Members and the Board', same with the Vice on 6.5.2)  
>> which
>> does not seem to imply conflicts or the need for balancing; second,
>> since most is done via Members Meetings, I think that in this case  
>> less
>> (people) is more and will probably allow for a leaner organization  
>> workflow.
>
> i fully agree with that.
> make the board to be the minimum necesary to comply with the law.
> this also makes it clearer that the work is to be done by the members,
> not the board.

I totally agree with this.

--Paul