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| I am a project manager by trade, and this position does allow for a lot of growth personally as well that I am looking forward to. | | I am a project manager by trade, and this position does allow for a lot of growth personally as well that I am looking forward to. |
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| + | === Directors-at-Large === |
| + | Ed Bennet - Accepted - Accepted |
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| + | I accept the nomination for Director at Large. My platform is to help |
| + | update PS1's bylaws and associated structural documents. |
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| + | In February Lyn Cole, Director at Large, Director at Purple and Wild |
| + | Events 2016 formed the PS1 Bylaws Committee. Since March, six volunteers |
| + | have donated approximately 300 person-hours to the cause. We used |
| + | archived but unimplemented documents and formal legal advice together |
| + | with an understanding of how PS1 really operates to craft a better |
| + | description of how we get stuff done. |
| + | |
| + | PS1's bylaws are defined in a document that lays out the administrative |
| + | structure and basic rules of operating the organization. The bylaws are |
| + | our "Constitution" and are basically unchanged since PS1 was an |
| + | organization of 50 or so friends. (Our proposed new bylaws document is |
| + | 17 pages.) |
| + | |
| + | For instance. A common frustration is the bylaws' silence on the Board's |
| + | role in discipline and conflict resolution. To address this we added a |
| + | requirement that the BoD form a Dispute Resolution Committee that acts |
| + | separately from the BoD as a whole. The internal processes and |
| + | procedures of the DRC are outside the scope of the bylaws, so we wrote |
| + | that as a normal policy to be enacted by a member vote. |
| + | |
| + | The bylaws committee is still in effect. The committee's revision of the |
| + | bylaws is currently with the lawyer for review. If there are changes |
| + | that need to be made, we'll make the changes and if necessary have the |
| + | changes checked. After that, we'll put the new bylaws document up for |
| + | member review and vote. |
| + | |
| + | The DRC is a normal BoD committee and can be formed without the new |
| + | bylaws being in place. The bylaws committee would like for the DRC |
| + | policy vote to happen asap. |
| + | |
| + | The current BoD has not been directly involved in crafting the new |
| + | bylaws, but having a BoD member as sponsor is a necessity. Lyn is not |
| + | running for the BoD in 2017. I would like to join the BoD to serve as |
| + | sponsor and facilitator to move the new bylaws and the DRC policy to a |
| + | member vote. |
| + | |
| + | The members of the bylaws committee are |
| + | |
| + | Will McShane, chair |
| + | Deanna Williams |
| + | Jim Baker |
| + | Jonathan BISSON |
| + | Andrew Camardella |
| + | Ed Bennett (me) |