In-Reply-To: <297595a9-fab3-e6a1-c3b5-a4deaf797cb9@lojban.org>
References: <8auD1t00W56Cr6M01auEnA>
 <ef032738-a3dd-0487-d793-13e6dd4de54a@lojban.org> <CcCa1t00J56Cr6M01cCbvp>
 <297595a9-fab3-e6a1-c3b5-a4deaf797cb9@lojban.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: Karen Stein <comcaresvcs@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:51:44 -0400
To: llg-board@lojban.org
Message-ID: <EB1F5B5E-2AC0-41F8-8E82-6FAD7445A588@gmail.com>
X-Spam_score: -2.0
X-Spam_score_int: -19
X-Spam_bar: --
Subject: Re: [llg-board] LLG-Board Meeting Call to order and roll call
X-BeenThere: llg-board@lojban.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20
Precedence: list
List-Id: <llg-board.lojban.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/options/llg-board>,
 <mailto:llg-board-request@lojban.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/private/llg-board/>
List-Post: <mailto:llg-board@lojban.org>
List-Help: <mailto:llg-board-request@lojban.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-board>,
 <mailto:llg-board-request@lojban.org?subject=subscribe>
Reply-To: llg-board@lojban.org
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0454770430496416579=="
Errors-To: llg-board-bounces@lojban.org

--===============0454770430496416579==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----RU4PKS9B77R0V89AXH2CTNMYFY8IME"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

------RU4PKS9B77R0V89AXH2CTNMYFY8IME
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset=UTF-8

I didn't mean to push this,I just figured if you showed me the stuff in advance of whenever the role was transitioned it would make that transition easier, particularly if you are unable to help at that point.

.karis.

On July 1, 2016 2:30:19 PM EDT, Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
>On 6/29/2016 8:12 AM, Karen Stein wrote:
>> I know the position of Virginia Representative is another role lojbab
>is
>> holding and would like to pass on to someone else. Although it isn't
>a
>> board position I thought now a good time to offer myself officially
>as
>> trainee for it. Following a period of training I willingly agree to
>take
>> over the title at whatever point in time he and I agree that I am
>ready.
>> This way, since he is also planning on passing along the Presidency,
>> lojbab can then focus his energies on his personal challenges without
>> the concern that these will directly effect the running of the LLG.
>
>I'm not sure how immediately desirous I am of passing this on.  Rather,
>
>I was expressing concern for what happens when I no longer can do the
>job.
>
>It is pretty much the case that whoever is the VA representative holds 
>the corporate address for LLG, and that address has been mine since we 
>started.  When I no longer can do the job, corporate mailing address
>has 
>to go to the new rep, and that will be a nightmare.  There are probably
>
>dozens of places on line where LLG's address is in Fairfax, and they 
>have to be changed when there is no one here to handle the mail.  (Nora
>
>of course is still here, and she is healthier than I am, but she is
>also 
>3 years older than me, and feels her lack of involvement in the 
>community more severely than I do.)
>
>There really isn't a lot of training needed.  Monitor the mail
>addressed 
>to LLG, and decide who needs to act on it.  In recent years, I have
>done 
>the annual corporate filing myself.  That merely means getting the
>snail 
>addresses of all the Board members and putting them onto a form, then 
>paying the $25 fee, all before the deadline, given 2-3 months advance 
>notice by mail. (And it can be done online).  Most everything else that
>
>isn't junk mail gets relayed to another LLG officer.  Inquiries about 
>Lojban can be handled however one desires, presuming that the person 
>contacting by snail mail probably does not have good Internet access. 
>We have to file a sales tax report quarterly, but the Treasurer
>actually 
>does that.  The VA rep gets told if that report isn't filed.
>
>Depending on what else is being done with the business address, one 
>might need to get a business license in the county in question.  That 
>might involve other stuff that depends on the locality.  For example, I
>
>filed a business property tax form for several years.  In the early 
>years, I erred on the side of caution because I did not want to get 
>myself or the organization in trouble because of "self-dealing" (which 
>the IRS really doesn't like), since I was founder and President and VA 
>rep, and Nora was Secretary/Treasurer, and the LLG's business office
>was 
>our home.  This isn't likely to be a problem for whoever takes over the
>
>VA job from me.
>
>At any rate, the VA rep is a problem that is lower priority, though it 
>does need to be kept in mind as an eventual necessity.
>
>lojbab
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>llg-board mailing list
>llg-board@lojban.org
>http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-board

-- Karen Stein  --
------RU4PKS9B77R0V89AXH2CTNMYFY8IME
Content-Type: text/html;
 charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

<html><head></head><body>I didn&#39;t mean to push this,I just figured if you showed me the stuff in advance of whenever the role was transitioned it would make that transition easier, particularly if you are unable to help at that point.<br>
<br>
.karis.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On July 1, 2016 2:30:19 PM EDT, Bob LeChevalier &lt;lojbab@lojban.org&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On 6/29/2016 8:12 AM, Karen Stein wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> I know the position of Virginia Representative is another role lojbab is<br /> holding and would like to pass on to someone else. Although it isn't a<br /> board position I thought now a good time to offer myself officially as<br /> trainee for it. Following a period of training I willingly agree to take<br /> over the title at whatever point in time he and I agree that I am ready.<br /> This way, since he is also planning on passing along the Presidency,<br /> lojbab can then focus his energies on his personal challenges without<br /> the concern that these will directly effect the running of the LLG.<br /></blockquote><br />I'm not sure how immediately desirous I am of passing this on.  Rather, <br />I was expressing concern for what happens when I no longer can do the job.<br /><br />It is pretty
much the case that whoever is the VA representative holds <br />the corporate address for LLG, and that address has been mine since we <br />started.  When I no longer can do the job, corporate mailing address has <br />to go to the new rep, and that will be a nightmare.  There are probably <br />dozens of places on line where LLG's address is in Fairfax, and they <br />have to be changed when there is no one here to handle the mail.  (Nora <br />of course is still here, and she is healthier than I am, but she is also <br />3 years older than me, and feels her lack of involvement in the <br />community more severely than I do.)<br /><br />There really isn't a lot of training needed.  Monitor the mail addressed <br />to LLG, and decide who needs to act on it.  In recent years, I have done <br />the annual corporate filing myself.  That merely means getting the snail <br />addresses of all the Board members and putting them onto a form, then <br />paying the $25 fee, all before the
deadline, given 2-3 months advance <br />notice by mail. (And it can be done online).  Most everything else that <br />isn't junk mail gets relayed to another LLG officer.  Inquiries about <br />Lojban can be handled however one desires, presuming that the person <br />contacting by snail mail probably does not have good Internet access. <br />We have to file a sales tax report quarterly, but the Treasurer actually <br />does that.  The VA rep gets told if that report isn't filed.<br /><br />Depending on what else is being done with the business address, one <br />might need to get a business license in the county in question.  That <br />might involve other stuff that depends on the locality.  For example, I <br />filed a business property tax form for several years.  In the early <br />years, I erred on the side of caution because I did not want to get <br />myself or the organization in trouble because of "self-dealing" (which <br />the IRS really doesn't like), since I was
founder and President and VA <br />rep, and Nora was Secretary/Treasurer, and the LLG's business office was <br />our home.  This isn't likely to be a problem for whoever takes over the <br />VA job from me.<br /><br />At any rate, the VA rep is a problem that is lower priority, though it <br />does need to be kept in mind as an eventual necessity.<br /><br />lojbab<br /><br /><br /><hr /><br />llg-board mailing list<br />llg-board@lojban.org<br /><a href="http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-board">http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-board</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
-- Karen Stein  --</body></html>
------RU4PKS9B77R0V89AXH2CTNMYFY8IME--


--===============0454770430496416579==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
llg-board mailing list
llg-board@lojban.org
http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-board

--===============0454770430496416579==--