Received: from localhost ([::1]:48050 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XzZte-0002UR-A8; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:45:18 -0800 Received: from eastrmfepo203.cox.net ([68.230.241.218]:45280) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XzZta-0002UK-FL for llg-members@lojban.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:45:15 -0800 Received: from eastrmimpo305 ([68.230.241.237]) by eastrmfepo203.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.05.15 201-2260-151-145-20131218) with ESMTP id <20141212234508.DRAA27051.eastrmfepo203.cox.net@eastrmimpo305> for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:45:08 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.102] ([72.209.248.61]) by eastrmimpo305 with cox id Snl71p00R1LDWBL01nl7LV; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:45:08 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020204.548B7E04.00EC,ss=1,re=0.001,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=GIPW5JxK c=1 sm=1 a=z9jnGXjs1dxvEuWvIXKNSw==:17 a=BGi6d-X4uLYA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=8YJikuA2AAAA:8 a=8FzTj07hEf00GCIVp48A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=z9jnGXjs1dxvEuWvIXKNSw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Message-ID: <548B7E0C.2040809@lojban.org> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:45:16 -0500 From: "Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - LLG" Organization: The Logical Language Group, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org References: <380EC192-82A5-4E68-A061-6FF642511D50@gmail.com> <54811DE1.8050408@lojban.org> <54873F23.5080009@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - Subject: Re: [Llg-members] Annual Meeting - Proposal and approval of new members X-BeenThere: llg-members@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: llg-members@lojban.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: llg-members-bounces@lojban.org On 12/9/2014 5:34 PM, Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - LLG wrote: > The following are non-members who have reported as being present at the > meeting. If asterisked, then I know them to have previously expressed > interest in becoming a voting member of LLG. > > *Jacob Errington (tsani) > *Alex Burka (durka) > *Riley Martinez-Lynch (mukti) > *Mitsuko Wate (guskant) > Ozymandias Haynes (az) > *Miles Forster (selpa'i) > *Adam Lopresto (xalbo) > Andrew Browne (dersaidin) > Sylvain D=E9jardin (ilmen) > *Arkadii Balandin (gleki) There have been motions and seconds covering all of the above except = Andrew Browne, who has not requested membership to my knowledge. If there are no objections prior to the end of the day UT on Sunday = 12/14, all of those nominated shall be considered members. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Election of the Board of Directors of LLG will open on Monday 12/16. To = let people think about it: From the Bylaws: > Section 2. How Elected. At the Annual Meeting of members, the three > (3) persons receiving a plurality of the votes cast and up to four > (4) additional persons receiving a majority of votes shall be > Directors and shall constitute the Board of Directors for the ensuing > year. In addition, one Board Member must be resident in the state of Virginia, = who may or may not be among the up-to-seven listed above, and serves as = the official contact for the organization under state law. I have = served as the Virginia resident Board member since this Bylaw was added = (it was added in recognition of the fact that I will someday no longer = be on the Board, but the state legally requires a resident to serve in = an official capacity). The LLG Board meets continuously on its own mailing list, and thus = anyone serving on the Board should be committed to being easily reached = be email on a day-to-day basis. We also have to provide the state with = legal names and addresses for Directors. Directors have legal responsibility for the organization and its = actions. This becomes a consideration when dealing with issues like = copyright, tax laws (LLG is recognized as a non-profit = scientific/educational organization for tax purposes, which means that = Americans and possibly others can donate money to us with tax benefits), = and the current proposal to hire an employee. The Directors elect the corporate officers after this members meeting = has concluded. In theory, a non-Director or even a non-Member could be = elected, but this has never happened. You must explicitly volunteer in order to be considered for the Board = (the existing slate is considered to have volunteered, but any Board = member can withdraw). The voting procedure varies based on how many = candidates there are. LeChevalier, Robert - President Vilva, Veijo - Vice-President Powell, Robin Lee - Secretary/Treasurer Johansen, Arnt Richard Paulssen, Timo ------ lojbab _______________________________________________ Llg-members mailing list Llg-members@lojban.org http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-members