[MRIC] Agenda for November 10 Meeting
Dan Blasberg
ka8ypy at verizon.net
Thu Nov 8 00:29:46 EST 2007
Brett,
I believe you mean 1st item for 2008, and yes, I was trying to state
that before elections can be held people have to be nominated (whether
they step up themselves or are nominated by someone else) before there
is an election. It would be nice to know who the folks are before the
meeting in which ballots are cast. A simple motion to open
nominations at the meeting before the elections are held would
suffice, with the nominations being closed at the meeting that the
elections are held.
Dan Blasberg
KA8YPY
PG County RACES RO
PG County ARES EC
On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:11 PM, BrettHam at aol.com wrote:
> 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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