<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Michael P. Gerlek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com" target="_blank">mpg@flaxen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make tonight's meeting after all (I might catch the end of the meeting, if it runs long).<div><br></div><div>Anyway, why does the new Exec Committee include anyone other than just Board Members? I'm not saying it shouldn't (yet?), I'm just surprised by this and need to think about it some more -- seems like we'd be devolving responsibilities to a larger group, and I don't think we want to do that for moral reasons (the community elected the 7 board members to make decisions, not anyone else?) and logistical reasons (the decision making body is already big enough).</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Michael,</div><div><br></div><div>I would contend that a larger decision making group is</div><div>not a serious problem when you have done away with </div><div>the quorum requirements.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I certainly wouldn't mind omitting the committee chairs</div><div>for the time being even though I think in the long term </div><div>it would be a good idea. I suppose I really ought to provide</div>
<div>some justification for why I think it is a good idea. Hmm.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div></div>-- <br>---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, <a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank">warmerdam@pobox.com</a><br>
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