[Board] [EXTERNAL] President and President-elect

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

Actually, I think it works well with the board elections. If the charter
members don't feel the president deserves the second year, that person
won't be re-elected. And then the person has 1 year on the board as a
normal board member but can assist the current president and
president-elect. 

I do think that some of the roles that the president has taken on should
be more distributed/delegated to other board members. In a volunteer
organization, there is no reason anyone, including the president, cannot
take two or three weeks off. We should not be dependent on that one person
for so many functions.

Mike

-- 
Michael Smith

US Army Corps
Remote Sensing GIS/Center



On 8/31/13 11:10 AM, "Seven (aka Arnulf)" <seven at arnulf.us> wrote:

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>On 31.08.2013 15:47, Smith, Michael ERDC-RDE-CRREL-NH wrote:
>> While I like the idea, I think the one year as president is a bit short.
>> Perhaps 1 year as president-elect and then 2 years as president
>>(assuming
>> reelection). 
>> 
>> Mike
>
>Mike,
>thanks for your thoughts. I do believe that two years make a lot of
>sense but don't think we should extend it to three years.
>
>Some rationale: Obviously it would collide with our staggered approach
>to the board elections. While we could change that too I think that we
>will get a hard time finding directors who want to commit for three
>years. Asking for two years of commitment is already quite a lot of
>volunteer time. Especially the uniqueness of the president roles makes
>it even more strenuous. While you are on the board there is always an
>option to disappear for two, three weeks into holiday or some such in a
>exposed role of single president this shows a lot more.
>
>Cheers,
>Arnulf
>
>- -- 
>Exploring Space, Time and Mind
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