Received: from localhost ([::1]:46081 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Ys6r3-0003vw-Mu; Tue, 12 May 2015 02:52:01 -0700 Received: from mail-qc0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:35275) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Ys6qx-0003v4-C9 for llg-board@lojban.org; Tue, 12 May 2015 02:52:00 -0700 Received: by qcbgu10 with SMTP id gu10so778150qcb.2 for ; Tue, 12 May 2015 02:51:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:content-type:message-id:mime-version:subject:date:references :to:in-reply-to; bh=rzcdsuwqBcX0KL9nAvNSVgCkk0frtiVStdDYXe6J0Mw=; b=t9+RO+3ZU4eBG2JAEm1XBcEIWtjD02hkT3s44eUmv7cRV5VzeqZRJO1+Azf8F/uSNs CO2WT4vtZkHYhPaDsniiwnxZuLNoP/CTXZ4C6u4xK+931Iy6t3m+j+Xz27jH+ilF09gT caBZiO4+1qPAM3EO7EJ+oCMggjlXKHCSiEtwvzGfNKcfPKMrklQniPdeS4FaqFGH0Ych Gb6dZICPTNE4Z7szm8lo+iDzFZTTygqCuQPZc3ySOKof1jRcU6fr1xgy7NZzeA3B9zjJ kVwtawmfHR/LUPY9Mg6AwsCNracGnw8K+TkjllOhqSinzSau+ftadlpbqkltkbSwCYuX TOiw== X-Received: by 10.140.51.106 with SMTP id t97mr18525935qga.44.1431424309068; Tue, 12 May 2015 02:51:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from caliban.fios-router.home (pool-100-33-73-219.nycmny.fios.verizon.net. [100.33.73.219]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q105sm12949225qgq.11.2015.05.12.02.51.47 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 12 May 2015 02:51:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Riley Martinez-Lynch Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 05:51:45 -0400 References: <554513DC.1040404@lojban.org> <67FF02B5-7AF9-49A1-87A8-B8C1F76A16AA@gmail.com> <554B1CA4.1060509@lojban.org> <5550DD9F.2010607@lojban.org> To: llg-board@lojban.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) X-Spam_score: -2.0 X-Spam_score_int: -19 X-Spam_bar: -- Subject: Re: [llg-board] Board election X-BeenThere: llg-board@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: llg-board@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4751668890404843626==" Errors-To: llg-board-bounces@lojban.org --===============4751668890404843626== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_BEF69047-78C4-4A64-B41F-D2C26E3D7D0C" --Apple-Mail=_BEF69047-78C4-4A64-B41F-D2C26E3D7D0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On May 12, 2015, at 5:17 AM, And Rosta wrote: > The members of the Board and even of the LLG weren't selected with the = purpose of ensuring the Board contained someone suitable for the sort of = active leadership role you very reasonably envisage as desirable. >=20 I suspect we may be seeing here a consequence of the fact that the = responsibilities of the Board are little understood by the community, = and even by the membership. This lack of understanding is at once cause = and effect of the long period during which there were few recruits, and = has had the effect -- as lojbab underscored in his presidential report a = few years back -- of shrinking the pool of prospective leaders. I think there's agreement that going forward the Board should make = efforts to keep the community informed about its work, if only in the = interest of cultivating potential directors and officers. I intend to = work on that as secretary. > I have too much on in my life that requires me to be promptly = attentive to business for me to volunteer to take on this role. I am, = tho, willing to work with Riley on establishing whether the community = wants an active leader and on finding one; I would offer to take the VP = role for one year if that was the extent of my duties.=20 >=20 I would support And taking on the role of VP, noting that one of the = duties of the president, which could possibly be delegated to the vice = president, is the determination of the timing of the annual meeting, and = by extension, the election of officers by the board. So in the case that = our effort to recruit new leadership bears fruit, the president and vice = president could choose to abbreviate their terms by calling the meeting = to order in late summer, etc. --Riley --Apple-Mail=_BEF69047-78C4-4A64-B41F-D2C26E3D7D0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii and.rosta@gmail.com> = wrote:

The members of = the Board and even of the LLG weren't selected with the purpose of = ensuring the Board contained someone suitable for the sort of active = leadership role you very reasonably envisage as = desirable.

I suspect we may be seeing here a = consequence of the fact that the responsibilities of the Board are = little understood by the community, and even by the membership. This = lack of understanding is at once cause and effect of the long period = during which there were few recruits, and has had the effect -- as = lojbab underscored in his presidential report a few years back -- of = shrinking the pool of prospective leaders.

I = think there's agreement that going forward the Board should make efforts = to keep the community informed about its work, if only in the interest = of cultivating potential directors and officers. I intend to work on = that as secretary.

I have = too much on in my life that requires me to be promptly attentive to = business for me to volunteer to take on this role. I am, tho, willing to = work with Riley on establishing whether the community wants an active = leader and on finding one; I would offer to take the VP role for one = year if that was the extent of my duties. 

I = would support And taking on the role of VP, noting that one of the = duties of the president, which could possibly be delegated to the vice = president, is the determination of the timing of the annual meeting, and = by extension, the election of officers by the board. So in the case that = our effort to recruit new leadership bears fruit, the president and vice = president could choose to abbreviate their terms by calling the meeting = to order in late summer, etc.

--Riley

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