<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Ahead of tomorrow's meeting, I want to propose a process by which we might efficiently get to our next stage of development. This series of steps would take some time overall, but I think we could get the first few steps complete fairly quickly and empower a 2019 conference committee to begin its work.</div><div><br></div><div>As I see it, these are the steps (some of which will be guided by the contents of the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KkUl-qwb2pE5OomHy-0RwKSsXJDOkFx0dpW6Dhfv624/edit#">governance doc</a>):<br></div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-219aec12-7fff-2f4c-66e2-51b2aaa34035"><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organising committee: ratify/finalise the working governance document as a new Terms of Reference to guide subsequent steps. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organising committee: appoint, and be replaced by, a new Board of Directors.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Board: appoint an executive (President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Board: appoint a 2019 Conference Committee chair, who will work with the board to appoint the members of this committee. Once formed, the 2019 committee can begin its work in earnest.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Board: create a small working group with this mandate: investigate options and requirements for forming an entity model/structure, consult with other organisations and professionals as required, and report back to the board with a recommendation.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Board: work toward fulfilling its mandate to form a suitable entity, form local chapters, further define processes etc.</span></p></li></ol></span></div><div><br></div><div>I'd see us finishing at least item 1 by next week, with 2 - 5 probably happening early in the new year (when are people ready to pick this up?). 2 & 3 should happen in rapid succession. 4 & 5 can happen in parallel.</div><div><br></div><div>Very keen to hear feedback on this approach & timing, please shout out if you see any issues, and we can also discuss in tomorrow's meeting. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John</div><div><br></div></div>