[MRIC] Agenda for November 10 Meeting

[BrettHam at aol.com]

Dan,

It was nice chatting with you this evening. Per our  conversation, I believe 
we were talking past each other in our emails, but in  agreement. When I said 
it would be on the agenda of the first meeting in 2007,  and not this meeting, 
I was referring to the election vote itself. 
 
I do not set the agenda for a meeting. It is set by the whole group during  
the prior meeting, and there was no mention during the April meeting of  
putting a nominating process on the agenda for November. The subject items for  this 
agenda were summarized in the minutes of the last meeting, which  were 
emailed to all back in April. The only thing I changed was to remove  ATV and APRS 
presentations because the presenters canceled. I view my role  as coordinator 
to keep things moving along in whatever direction the group  chooses, in as 
fair a means as possible. I suspect we have all been a part of  some Amateur 
Radio organization that is controlled by a few, and I didn't want  that to happen 
with MRIC.
 
However, we will be setting the agenda of our first 2008 meeting this  
Saturday, so I'm sure the subject of elections will come up and we will probably  
discuss it somewhat at that time. If you would like to make a motion at the  
beginning of the meeting Saturday while we are talking about the agenda, to add  
a time specifically to discuss this, you certainly can. Regarding nominations, 
 in my mind I figured we would just keep it very simple and let anyone that  
wanted to run for office announce it, and therefore not need to be an official 
 agenda item, but we can certainly discuss what process we want to follow for 
 nominations. Whatever the committee wants to do, is fine with me.
 
My emphasis the past month or so has been to keep us focused on getting our  
objectives accomplished at this meeting that we set back in April (HF vote, 
and  state-wide digital presentations). I apologize for any misunderstanding, 
and I  have probably gone on too long already, but wanted to reassure everyone 
there is  no need for concern. Elections will be fair and equitable.
 
Thanks again for your time, and especially your contributions to MRIC. I'm  
glad you are part of our organization.
 
Respectfully,
 
Brett Hammond
Chairman, MRIC
 
 
In a message dated 11/7/2007 8:36:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ka8ypy at verizon.net writes:
Brett,

May I bring up a point of  order?

For a proposed agenda to become the official agenda for a meeting,  it must 
be adopted by the assembly at the outset of the meeting. At the time  that an 
agenda is presented for adoption, it is in order for any member to move  to 
amend the proposed agenda by adding any item which the member desires to add,  or 
by proposing any other change.

It is wrong to assume, as many do, that  the president "sets the agenda." It 
is common for the president to prepare a  proposed agenda, but that becomes 
binding only if it is adopted by the full  assembly, perhaps after amendments as 
just described. [RONR (10th ed.), p. 363,  l. 8-20; see also p. 16 of RONR In 
Brief.]

Since the agenda has not  formally been approved per the above Rule, I would 
like to amend the agenda to  add the nomination of members for chairman, 
before the meeting at which the  votes will be cast.  Thus it will give all a 
chance to consider anyone they  would like and also give those nominated a chance 
to think about it before  accepting or declining to be nominated for the chair.

Dan  Blasberg
KA8YPY
PG County RACES RO
PG County ARES  EC


>From: BrettHam at aol.com
>Date: 2007/11/07 Wed PM 07:01:29  CST
>To: mric at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [MRIC] Agenda for  November 10 Meeting

>Dan,
>
>Thank you for providing the  HF frequencies for a proposed  Maryland RACES 
HF 
>voice net. I  encourage everyone to please run these past any  HF guys in 
your  
>organizations and provide feedback prior to the meeting so any   problems 
can 
>be resolved before the vote on  Saturday.
>
>Regarding meeting place, I just got confirmation from  Dave of a room,  
>projector and directions. I will forward that  email after this one. The 
time and  
>date were mentioned in earlier  emails, and is the same as our other 
meetings  
>(10:30 to 15:00 on  Saturday November 10).
>
>Regarding elections, that will take place  during the first meeting in 2008, 
>so it will appear on the agenda at  that time. If there are no objections,  
I 
>figured we would do a  written ballot like we did with the Secretary 
elections  
>last Feb  so people feel free to vote their conscience without pressure. I  
>don't  think there is anything we need to do at this Saturday's  meeting 
regarding  
>elections, and was hoping we could stay focused  on what we still needed to 
>get  accomplished this  year.
>
>Thank you again for proposing the HF frequencies  and  I look forward to a 
>successful  implementation.
>
>Brett  Hammond
>Chairman,  MRIC
>
>In a message dated 11/7/2007 1:47:26 P.M.  Eastern  Standard Time, 
>ka8ypy at verizon.net  writes:
>Brett,
>
>As it is  Wednesday, there has been no  mention of a meeting place per  
>your  e-mail, where and when  are we meeting?
>
>Also, we need to add to the agenda  the  start of electing a new  
>chairman since that needs to be  approved  at the February meeting (if  
>there is one) at the  latest.
>
>Dan  Blasberg
>KA8YPY
>PG County RACES  RO
>PG County ARES  EC
>
>
 



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