Re: PAB Suggested changes to charter

J. William Semich (bsemich@users.org)
Wed, 4 Feb 98 17:03:04 EST5EST


These sound like much-needed (and quick) improvements to me too -
Thanks!

Bill Semich

In reply to 4 Feb message from Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>:

>On Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 11:39:32AM -0600, Steve Peterson wrote:
>> Charter looks good generally. One change I'd suggest is to be a
little
>> more specific about the election and terms of offices.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> [replace] 1.6.6 Officers are to be elected using the PAB voting
mechanism
>> via the PAB email list. The Chair shall announce the schedule for
each
>> regular election by January 1 of each year. Each regular election
shall be
>> held no later than January 20.
>>
>> [replace] 1.6.7 The terms of all officers shall run from February 1
to
>> January 31 of each calendar year, except that the term of PAB
officers
>> elected in 1997 shall continue until January 31, 1999. Officers
serve
>> until their successors are elected.
>>
>> [new] 1.6.10 If an office becomes vacant, a special election to
replace
>> that officer shall be held within 30 days of the date the vacancy
occurred.

>All these changes seem reasonable, as does a section concerning
>the POC representatives -- that was basically an oversight on my
>part -- I did want to have something there. I have incorporated
>the above suggestions, and added the the following text (I
>slightly expanded the section on the CORE liason, as well):

>4.The duties of the CORE Liaison shall be as follows:
> 1.To inform the PAB Executive Committee of developments within
>CORE
> 2.To publish periodic reports about CORE activities in the PAB
>email
> list.

>5.The duties of the POC representatives shall be as follows:
> 1.To participate in the PAB Executive Committee, and keep
>other
> officers abreast of developments within POC.
> 2.To ensure that the PAB membership is informed of
>developments
> within POC, through periodic reports published to the PAB
>email
> list.

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