You are invited to join a new yahoo group that will be a resource for all your parliamentary and governance questions for Pacfica Foundation related meetings. ...
In this shake down period, it dawns on me to remind us all that the Committees of Inclusion (COIs) are "standing committees of the Board" (Art. 8, Sec. 4.) ...
After nominations for PNB, I'd like to transform the fourum into a 'town hall meeting" type format. I'd like everyone in attendance to have an opportunity to...
1. Must the committees of the Local Station Boards conduct meetings in accordance with RONR? 2. If so, may a committee of the LSB adopt alternate rules ...
No, the motion to suspend the rules is not needed. Like with computers, there are frequently several different ways to do things. It depends on whether you...
The Pacifica Bylaws create the LSBs as committees of the national Board of Directors, yet the bylaws also call the LSBs "Boards" and have the committees of the...
Dear newly elected Delegate of the Pacifica Foundation, I am writing to share with you my thoughts and concerns about the inaugural delegate meeting and the...
My sense after reading the bylaws and from my understanding of Robert's Rules is that, with the exception of the COI which has its selection process mandated,...
I asked Terry Bouricius if he would be counting the ballots for the directors' elections. Here is his response. Carol, I asked Dan to negotiate with the folks...
RE: Remember all LSB committees must have at least 2 LSB members on them but may have more. Also the LSB committees may have listener or staff members on them...
In addition to the Committee of Inclusion, and the LSBs, the national board has the following standing committees. COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL BOARD COMMITTEES •...
The Bylaws mandate LSB apointments to two types of committees: (1) the four board committees- Committees of Inclusion (Art.8, Sec.4.), Governance, Technology,...
... named to ... Response: Nope. The national Board committees must have directors on them but not the LSB committees. This is reasonable considering the ...
I believe the COI should read "• 5 Committees of Inclusion - 1 Director plus 3 LSB members from each station area who shall be elected by their respective...
Can a committee of the iPNB meet to take action or make a "recommendation" after the new directors are elected this week but before they have been "seated" at...
Hi, Gregory, Can you explain why is the very first order of business at tomorrow's LSB meetings the selection of PNB delegates? Is that a bylaws requirement? I...
Hi Chris, Q: Can you explain why is the very first order of business at tomorrow's LSB meetings the selection of PNB delegates? Is that a Bylaws requirement? ...
Q: Can a committee of the iPNB meet to take action or make a "recommendation" after the new directors are elected this week but before they have been "seated"...
Q: Can a person who is absent be nominated or is the absent person ineligible to be a nominee? Response: Yes a person who is absent may be nominated. There is...
There are 6 National Board Standing Committees, not four, with LSB members on them. Committees of Inclusion - 4 LSB members from each station (including 1...
I don't understand the difference below -- If the election is not "complete" and s/he declines to serve, then the balloting is redone. If the election were...
Thanks for the correction. I had overlooked the Audit committee down at the bottom of the paragraph section. I hadn't overlooked the Finance Committee and...
The election becomes final after the chair announces the results and the candidates present do no decline or when the absent candidate who has not provided...
Q: Is it legal to have co-chairs for the LSB? Response: Not in Pacifica LSBs. While in general there is no law against co-chairs, the Pacifica Bylaws are the...
If folks can be more sensitive when replying to emails and ensure that messages intended for individuals do not go out to the whole group. Thanks, William ... ...
Q: Is it mandatory that both the chair and vice chair of the LSB sit on both the Personnel and Finance Committees of the LSB? Why or why not? Response: No;...
Someone just sent this to me. Survival Tips on Robert's Rules of Order from the California State Association of Parliamentarians http://www.roberts-rules.com/...
Greg, The argument advanced in support of this restriction is that both of these committees could coneivably need to to into executive session, hence the...
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