[ok-sus] membership proposal

[Eric Pollard]

Brian,

Through (free) Google Documents you can create a Form. The form can be used
to tally votes and responses to the form are automatically collected in a
spread sheet. Who creates the document, has the ability to edit & view the
documents, etc would need to be decided by the board.

You do not have to have a google account to vote on the document.

Personally, I feel there would need to be additional mediums people could
vote through; some OSN members may have limited access to the internet or
none at all.

Whether or not OSN wants to support Google is another issue. There are
probably other free software options out in cyberspace.


EP

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Brian Figgins <BFiggins at cox.net> wrote:

> Harlan,
>
> I don't see any downsides of having the At Large members of the board
> elected by the general membership.  I suspect you would still have the
> Chapter Reps appointed by their various chapters.
>
> There are downsides to how to go about the election of the At Large
> members.  I see two possibilities.
>
> 1) Have the At Large positions up for a vote at the next OSN Convention
> (not Conference).  Those OSN members that are most invested in the
> process would be on hand.  We could do the election without any
> additional costs or technology.
>
> Downside: We would have a small section of the members involved.  I
> believe that 50 individuals attended the first convention.  I was unable
> to attend myself.
>
> 2) Have the At Large positions up for a vote through a secure e-mail
> link.  This would allow all members to vote within a week time frame.
>
> Downside: This is not a technology we currently have.  New tech means
> more money.
>
> The best course of action may be to adopt Option 1 until such time as we
> put in place Option 2.  My preference for option 2 is due in part to
> involving more of the membership.  Once we have that technology in
> place, we should be able to allow chapters to leverage it.
>
> We also have an issue of the Board of Directors deciding whether the
> organization should take a position on a topic.  The Board wants a
> conscience of opinion from the members before taking a position.  Right
> now, we look to the discussion of the topic on the list serve.  With the
> secure online voting technology, the Board could decide to poll the
> membership on a specific topic and make an informed decision based on
> the results.
>
> The other aspect of your membership proposal that I recall from the
> original e-mail was to redefine who the members of OSN are.  I agree
> that the definition should be changed so that members of the list serve
> are not automatically members.
>
> However, I believe we need a method for individuals to become OSN
> members without having to join a chapter.  For some, there are no local
> chapter.  For others, they don't have the time or inclination to join
> their local chapter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Figgins
>
> Harlan Hentges wrote:
> > Before considering a change to a board elected by the membership, we
> should
> > consider any disadvantages of elections.
> >
> > What are the downsides or the disadvantages to having a board that is
> > elected by the membership?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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