Nice! Couple questions:
Are we allowed to rewrite our bylaws in a way that is less legalese-y?
When the bylaws say, "you must perform the duties imposed on you by law",
is there a way to find out what those legal duties are?
I can't make the meeting tonight but will try to let you know over email by
this eve if I'm down with certain nominations.
--Benny
On Tue, May 22, 2018, 2:19 AM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all!
Just a reminder that Sudo Mesh's annual board meeting is *tomorrow
(Tuesday, May 22nd) at 7pm PST* in the Upstairs Den of Omni. If you'd
like to join remotely, we can set up a Jitsi videochat on
peoplesopen.net/chat - just let me know! If you can't make either, you
can also participate via the pad below or by replying to this thread.
The full agenda for the meeting is here:
https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes
A summary:
1. Approve new directors and remove inactive
* List of nominations in the previous email remains virtually the same,
with the exception of Will resigning and Jake expressing readiness to be a
Director if/as needed (now nominated)
* If you cannot make the meeting and wish to accept your nomination,
please indicate as much as a reply to this thread.
2. Review and approve annual budget
*
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QJetruKfHrO5bpaLDk_smXYpLSvGlzytda_…
3. Create Finance & Fundraising Committee
* Full proposal to come (defining scope of responsibilities and
limitations)
**
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Accounting
4. Create Advisory Committee
* I've added some nominations though I haven't yet asked them (tho i will
post-Board decision):
** Brewster Kahle - Internet Archive
** John Gilmore - EFF / Free Software Foundation
** Allen Gunn [Gunner] - Aspiration Tech / Tor / EFF
** Tracy Rosenberg - Media Alliance
5. Approve 2018/2019 officers
* Will has resigned as Secretary (congrats on baby Beck!!)
* I'm self-nominating myself for Treasurer, Mai for President, and Benny
for Secretary (though I've yet to ask them myself!) - please feel welcome
to nominate yourself or others for these roles. Officers serve at the
discretion of the Board, and have no power/authority over Directors other
than signatory and bureaucratic responsibilities. We encourage minimal use
of titles in public forums.
Board must consent to each of the agenda items.
This meeting will start promptly at 7pm and wrap no later than 8:30 (with
the goal being 8pm to allow for a brief sudomesh weekly checkin).
See some of you tomorrow!
<3
Jenny
Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
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On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:00 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings!
This is your official notification re: Sudo Mesh's required annual board
meeting, to take place in two weeks:
*Tuesday, May 22nd @ 7pm @ Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland CA)*
A draft of the meeting agenda can be viewed here:
https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/2018annualmtg
Nominations for officers and directors are now open. Requirements of the
directors are, formally:
SECTION 3. DUTIES
It shall be the duty of the directors to:
(a) Perform any and all duties imposed on them collectively or
individually by law, by the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation,
or by these Bylaws;
(b) Appoint and remove, employ and discharge, and, except as otherwise
provided in these Bylaws, prescribe the duties and the compensation, if
any, of all officers, agents and employees of the corporation;
(c) Supervise all officers, agents and employees of the corporation to
assure that their duties are performed properly;
(d) Meet at such times and places as required by these Bylaws;
(e) Register their telephone numbers and email addresses with the
Secretary of the corporation and notices of meetings mailed, made by
telephone or emailed to them at such addresses shall be valid notices
thereof.
...as outlined in our organizational Bylaws
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o_6MSmXCAKUzko4lrOafVrNBRfUEmT_A/view>.
Jenny nominates:
* Marc Juul (current Director)
* Mai Sutton
* Ben
* Grant (current Director)
* Jorrit Poelen (current Director)
* Lesley Bell (current President)
* Benny Lichter
* Ben Goering
* Will Martin (current Secretary)
* Sierk Beij
* Robb Benson
* Eve Edelson
* Seth
* Blake
* Daniel
* Arthur Tilley
* Jehan Tremback (current Director)
* Jenny Ryan (current Treasurer)
... which is a board of 18 directors (our bylaws state a max of 19) -
kind of a lot but we have a lot of folks who've been committed and
participating regularly for nearly or over a year at this point!
Vote to remove due to inactivity / indirect involvement with the
organization (no offense guyz):
* Jake
* Andrew Dollard
*Please reply to this thread or privately if you do not wish to serve on
the Board. *All: you may nominate yourselves or others in addition to my
nominations for directors, as well as officers (currently President,
Secretary and Treasurer). Officers may also be re-elected. Current officers
are Lesley (President), Will (Secretary), and me (Jenny, Treasurer).
The organizational budget can be viewed at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QJetruKfHrO5bpaLDk_smXYpLSvGlzytda_…
We will also vote on establishing one or more committees, namely:
- An accounting/finance committee (see recent meeting notes at
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Accounting ) to better distribute
purchase / budgeting responsibilities
- An advisory committee (consisting of notable allies in community
wireless / net neutrality who could serve as advisors and advance our
fundraising abilities)
- Suggested: Node Mounting and Software/Firmware committees
consisting of experienced/"certified" volunteers with more formalized
processes around, for example, safety and access, respectively.
If you cannot attend the meeting in person but would like to participate,
remote participation is possible - just send a followup reply to this email!
<3
Jenny
Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining
it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
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