<div dir="ltr">Michael,<div><br></div><div>I'm most comfortable with option (2). </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Frank</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Michael 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"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Boarders:</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is our policy [citation needed] that members who have not voted in the past two elections are eligible for removal as "inactive". This is the first time we are finally able to act on this policy, due to skipped elections and such.</div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The past two elections were the 2013 Board vote and the 2012 Board vote. (The 2013 Charter vote was not not held.) These members did not vote in those two elections are are therefore candidates for removal:</div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Bob Basque</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chris Holmes</div>
<div><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">César Medina</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Eric Lemoine</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">G.Hanumantha Rao</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Gary Sherman</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Geoff Zeiss</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Hardeep S. Rai</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Haris Kurtagic</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Helton Uchoa</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Jackie Ng</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">James MacGill</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Jan-Oliver Wagner</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Jean-Roc Morreale</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Jo Walsh</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">John Graham</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Jorge Gustavo Rocha</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Justin Bronn</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Lorenzo Becchi</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Luis W. Sevilla</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Mark Cave-Ayland</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Martin Davis</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Paolo Cavallini</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Rafael Medeiros Sperb</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Rich Steele</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Rob Atkinson</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Schuyler D. Erle</p><p style="margin:0px"></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Tim Sutton</p><p style="margin:0px">
</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Wolf Bergenheim</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Note that removal due to inactivity should not be considered a "hostile" act nor should I reflect poorly on the individual removed. Rather, this process is simply intended to keep the set of charter members robust and current. We recognize that people's careers and interests change over time.</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">
As this is the first time we're taking this action, and as I'm no longer technically on the board, I'm going to ask for the board's recommendation on how to proceed. Options are:</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">
<br></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(1) do nothing – keep these members on the active list</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(2) send them emails asking them if they want to be removed or if they want to stay on (response required within 7 days, else default removal)</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(3) remove them, and send a mail indicating they have been removed due to inactivity</p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"></p><p style="margin:0px">
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(4) remove them, without attempt at notification</p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(5) do nothing for now – board to discuss matter at future meeting</p>
<div><br></div><div>Because it is possible these people were missed for administrative reasons (incorrect email addresses, incorrect vote tabulations) I suggest option 2.</div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
The board with to deal with this informally by email right now, or wait and take a formal vote at the next meeting.</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
I serve at the pleasure of the Board, and am happy to act on the above as however the Board in their collective wisdom sees fit to direct me.</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>-mpg</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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