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Subject: Re: [Llg-members] 2016 Annual Meeting of the Logical Language Group,
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On 2/5/2017 7:13 AM, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> On 1/23/2017 3:06 PM, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
>> Next on the agenda are the minutes from last meeting.  Our Secretary
>> (mukti) is traveling out of this country for the next week or so, so I
>> will defer that item until he returns.
>>
>> Next we have reports of Officers and committees.  Again, we will have to
>> wait for mukti to post the Treasurers report after his return.
>
> I had hoped mukti would be back by now, and would have posted the above,
> but it seems not to be the case.  In order to move the meeting along, I
> will suggest that someone move that we defer these items until the 2017
> meeting.

mukti is back, but has apparently not had time to post these.  Bu there 
has been no motion to defer them to the next meeting.

I'm not sure if it is legal, but I guess I can rule from the chair to 
defer to the next meeting, so as to move the meeting forward.  I'd 
prefer a motion though, and will allow a few days more before I play 
dictator.

> One of mukti's suggestions for expediting future meetings, so that they
> don't last for months, is that whereever possible, motions are presented
> in advance of the (next) meeting and discussed on various forums
> (including the members list, but also IRC and whatever else people want
> to try), before they are formally raised at the meeting.

This is being discussed, but I don't intend to hold up the meeting until 
that discussion completes, since it isn't really in order at this point 
in the agenda. (But I won't tell people to stop discussing it)

> I suspect that
> some of the things suggested by the byfy chair in his report would best
> be discussed in the context of such motions as would support their
> implementation.  selpa'i, could you prepare such motions, and post them
> when appropriate.  (in the current suggestion, I suspect that we can
> have such motions posted as new business, and at the same time tabled
> until the next meeting.  Or just post them for discussion now while we
> are still on reports.

Not necessarily applicable until new business.

>> After we get done with all reports, we will call for new members, and
>> elect a new Board of Directors.
>
> It is not clear that all reports that will be made are completed, but in
> the interests of moving the meeting along, I call for people wishing to
> become members to speak up now, (along with any proposals by others for
> people not currently present to become members - we will need to get
> them to state that they wish to be members, and get them added to this
> mailing list).

There have been no volunteers or proposals for new members.

> I will allow another week for any additional reports, as well as motions
> regarding deferring of minutes and reports (which motions can be
> seconded without waiting for me).  Then we will act on any motions as
> appropriate and approve those new members.

There are no such motions.

OK. I will allow up until end of day next Friday (24 Feb) for any 
memberships to be considered prior to the Board.

I will also consider all reports that *have* been made so far to have 
been submitted for member acceptance, and they will be considered 
accepted without formal motion if there is no objection prior to end of 
day next Friday.

In the absence of minutes or other reports or motions deferring them 
until the next meeting by end of day next Friday, I will rule from the 
chair to do so as stated above.

>Then Board elections,

Nominations and/or volunteers for the new Board are now in order.  The 
existing Board can be proposed as a slate if someone would so move, but 
I would still like each Board member to post and state that they want to 
remain on the Board.  The existing Board (informally named) are: lojbab, 
Karen, Curtis, gleki, selpa'i, mukti, and Ali.

I would like all such nominations and volunteering to also all be posted 
by end of day Friday.  Then when I post next weekend after that 
deadline, we can have the Board election, and then perhaps quickly wrap 
up the meeting.

And my usual:
If for whatever reason I have not posted again *by end of day Monday (27 
Feb)*,
I ask the VP to assume the chair and attempt to move the
meeting onward, in line with the above and the Bylaw-directed agenda.

lojbab


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