Re: Add President-elect and Past President to 5.01? They are treated as such in 5.04 and 5.06,
I'd say yes they should be referenced in 5.01, but when included it should specify President Elect or Past President depending on which is position is filled at the time.. I don't especially like that language but the point is it shouldn't be both at the same time.
RE: The requirement of 7.092 gives the Council the ability to deny the Board a quorum if none of the
three Council directors attend. Is this a problem?
Good question. My thought is with three to choose from it shouldn't be hard to get one to commit for the meeting. It seems to me to be essential that the Chapters feel represented and maintaining this provision shows how important that consideration is to the State Board. Should we try to set up a procedure where it would be possible to have some one attend the face to face meetings by phone or Go to Meeting? This also brings up the question of proxies. We used o have proxies but they were dropped during the reorganization. The up side of no proxy is establishing the importance of fulfilling the responsibilities of being a director. The downside is that during those unavoidable times of absence important input may be lost. Previously, we required written proxies to be given to the Secretary and that is obviously inappropriate when we have on-line meetings. I favor the idea of proxies because it is more inclusive and potentially involves more people becoming active on the Board, but how to handle legitimizing proxies is unclear to me. If we allow proxies 7.04 needs to go or be modified.
All this relates to the question asked about 7.08 "7.08 Resignation. A directorship shall terminate upon the director's resignation, death, or non-payment of dues. Directorships (except chapter representatives) may not be transferred." I'd say lets strike this out and depending on the Board's feelings about proxies substitute something else or nothing.
Regarding the nominating committee issues I don't have time to discuss that now. It's actually an even larger issue according to Robert's Rules. I'LL BE BACK.
