Re: Proposed SPI Bylaws Amendment

[Much giggling and nodding in agreement]

On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 18:51, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> And what hen the board grows? To be 20 strong? 50? a hundred?
> The by laws would still say 4 would be enough? That is what I meant
> by short sighted. Or shall we change the by laws every time we add a
> new member of the board? or the attendance patterns change? Like, if
> only one person regularly attends, we'll drop quorum to one?
>
> Also, I posit that merely reducing quorum does not address the
> root cause, and we'll be back again in the same position.
>
> If your working model does not take into account the fact that
> peoples life change, temporarily, or longer term; we all have jobs,
> school, or families, people fall sick. Unless there is provision for
> this, the solution shall fail.
>
> Having a larger board is a solution; statistically, things
> would tend to even out. Changing the by laws to allow for critical
> business to be transacted buy the officers, and relegating the board
> to oversight would help too (why do all critical decisions need the
> boards approval? Most businesses are run by yhe officers, not the
> board). Changing the processes to allow for non unanimous decisions
> to be taken over email is another thing that can scale.
>
> We have a problem. We need a solution that would continue to
> work over time, not just the current mess. We need to fix the
> disease, not just pander to the symptoms. This requires more effort
> in crafting the solution, but the payoff is higher as well.
>
> Most of my objections are to quick changes, that are merely
> chewing gum and baling wire, as opposed to actually thinking the
> solutions through, and allowiung for potential future growth and the
> for the fact hat unlike a business, a volunteer organization can
> demand less from even board members.

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