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Talk:Vote on 3 Policy Labels (view source)
Revision as of 12:24, 25 April 2015
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In the case of these three policies, the Board decided to enact them to fulfil contractual and legal obligations to ensure the health of the organization. I can understand that someone might think the Board should not have done what they did. I can understand that someone may think the Bylaws should be changed so that the Board no longer has the power to do what it did. But the Bylaws as they exist today do allow for the actions in question. The policies themselves are valid. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 01:54, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
In the case of these three policies, the Board decided to enact them to fulfil contractual and legal obligations to ensure the health of the organization. I can understand that someone might think the Board should not have done what they did. I can understand that someone may think the Bylaws should be changed so that the Board no longer has the power to do what it did. But the Bylaws as they exist today do allow for the actions in question. The policies themselves are valid. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 01:54, 25 April 2015 (CDT)
== Freedom to Create protected (and constrained) by Adherence to Law ==
Our space does not operate in a vacuum; there are certain legal, contractual, and life/safety obligations we need to fulfill in order to have the protections that we enjoy, and give us the freedom to create. If the membership have the capability of overruling the actions of the BoD on these type of matters, then we are creating an environment where non-legal activity can occur, especially in the case where a retrospective gap analysis shows that we are not operating within the confines of a contract, and modifications to existing policies need to occur in order to enforce compliance to that contract.
I would recommend wording as follows:
"Where there is a gap (or gaps) between existing policies and legal, contractual, or life/safety commitments, the Board of Directors is empowered to act in a proactive manner to bring the Organization into compliance as expediently as possible. It is incumbent upon the Board of Directors to communicate to the Membership the reason for the gap, and the rationale for the compliance-related activities. This communication shall be performed before or concurrent with the compliance-related activities."
--[[User:Bioguy|Bioguy]] ([[User talk:Bioguy|talk]]) 07:24, 25 April 2015 (CDT)