... Reporting out from closed session is a sunshine provision. Open meeting requirements do not universally apply and are not fully addressed in the 10th...
... What you probably see is me saying that we have achieved quorum and that the Chair should start the meeting. If she sees that her faction doesn't have a...
Let's say that a body fails to achieve a quorum at an adjourned meeting, and that the Chair of the body starts the meeting off acknowledging the lack of a...
... Before a specific action is contemplated, its suitability for ratification may be unknown. The point of order may have been premature if an opportunity to...
I'm going to ponder some on the parliamentary procedure that was raised. But to philosophize about parliamentary democracy a little bit, I'd point out that one...
YAY! You guys did a great job at the meeting both in making the meeting a continued meeting and in making the Waivers Committee ad-hoc rather than standing....
Gregory and Terry, We would appreciate some comment on the issues raised here. In particular, the question of the powers of the officers of the Board to ...
Messages 1316 & 1317 were deleted because they were out of order. This is not a forum for reposting messages to other parties. This is a forum for asking...
It is difficult to go through a post with an open ended request to "comment on the the issues raised here." I'm reluctant to do so, thus I won't. In response...
Dear Mr. White: We are not trying to assign a rationale, only trying to explain some of the implications of a new form of government. We are not trying to...
Thanks, Gregory. As usual your information is helpful and gives a dose of reality to those, such as I, of whom it is not the strong suit! Just one more...
... I've seen the member's message to the WBAI PD in multiple forums, but the letter "heeding the advice of Board officers" was not fully quoted, so I cannot...
Do the bylaws authorize the Delegates of a station, meeting as such, to phone in their votes on matters before the body? If the answer is no, would the...
Ken Freeland
kenfree_kpftlsb@...
Aug 23, 2007 4:01 pm
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[I sent the following message to the PNB and the NES yesterday, and am posting it here for reference. The September PNB meeting is scheduled for the end of the...
... Not in the case you are referring to. Even if Delegates were permitted to hold telephonic meetings under a theory that the bylaws authorization for...
Thank you Terry, that is my reading too. Greg, would you also weigh in? Thanks Peace, Ken Freeland Terry Goodman <tgoodman@...> wrote:...
Ken Freeland
kenfree_kpftlsb@...
Aug 23, 2007 7:30 pm
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(1) To clarify the situation for Gregory: the LSB made the previously ad hoc committee a Standing Committee, and gave it the task of planning and implementing...
I concur with Mr.Goodman's comments on telephone meetings and votes, but draw attention to the limitations in the specific situation of a resigned delegate who...
With that scenario (again, not questioning whether it is "true" or not), if the LSB had delegated the decisions and the actions to implement the decisions to...
On 27 Aug 2007, A. Gregory Wonderwheel wrote: <snip> ... A special meeting of the KPFT Delegates occurred that was noticed as an in-person meeting. I do not...
The telephonic participation was Gentnerized and the members amplified into the conversation through the same board as the rest of the members. The whole...
... This was attempted at a WBAI LSB meeting on April 15, 2004, see: http://www.glib.com/lsb_nl_1x03a.html#04-15-2004 the part about "The Man Who Wasn't...
... Another example of Pacifica's General Counsel giving bad legal advice to members of the foundation. I really think that Mr. Siegal must have a serious...
This is exactly the attitude that typifies Pacifica today, and explains why so many have been alienated by its governance: " Sure its illegal, sure we tried...
Ken Freeland
kenfree_kpftlsb@...
Aug 30, 2007 5:09 am
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Roberts Rules was written by a retired military orfficer who desired order in church meetings.It was intended to allow civility to be the order of the day. It...
Wendy wrote: <snip> ... <snip> The precedent does not apply. The telephonic participation very rarely allowed by the KPFK LSB has not included any voting, and...
... Response: Actually, no: a call-in is not a proxy. A proxy is a power of attorney given by one person to another. For example, if a member were to call in...
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