https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nan%3AMembership-policy 2026-04-29T20:05:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Nan:Membership-policy&diff=1364&oldid=prev 2010-07-10T14:43:16Z

<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: tskirvin@killfile.org (Tim Skirvin) Subject: [B8MB] Board Membership Policies, Test Creation Run Forthcoming Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups Followup…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: tskirvin@killfile.org (Tim Skirvin)<br /> Subject: [B8MB] Board Membership Policies, Test Creation Run Forthcoming<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:46:02 -0500<br /> Reply-To: tskirvin@killfile.org<br /> <br /> <br /> We have just ratified the following Board Membership Policies. <br /> They should be listed on the web site shortly.<br /> <br /> ***<br /> <br /> Big-8 Management Board Membership Policy<br /> <br /> I. PREAMBLE<br /> <br /> 1. This Policy lays down the procedures and protocols for appointing<br /> and removing Members of the Big-8 Management Board (hereinafter<br /> referred to as &quot;the Board&quot;).<br /> <br /> II. THE HANDOVER DATE<br /> <br /> 1. The dates on which terms of office begin and end shall hereinafter<br /> be referred to as &quot;the Handover Dates&quot;. The Handover Dates shall be<br /> April 1st and October 1st in each year.<br /> <br /> III. TERM OF OFFICE<br /> <br /> 1. The term of office for a Member of the Board shall ordinarily be<br /> eighteen months. There shall be no limit on the number of terms <br /> that a Member of the Board may serve.<br /> <br /> 2. The Board shall be appointed by thirds.<br /> <br /> 3. The Secretary of the Board shall be responsible for maintaining a<br /> list of Members of the Board and the expiration dates of their <br /> terms of office, and for informing the Board at least one calendar <br /> month before each Handover Date which Members&#039; terms of office <br /> will expire on the forthcoming Handover Date. In the absence of <br /> a Secretary, the Chair shall be responsible.<br /> <br /> 4. If, following appointment and/or removal of members, the number of<br /> members due to retire on any one Handover Date is greater than<br /> one-third, rounded up, of the full membership of the Board, the <br /> Chair shall arrange, by consent if possible, or by a random <br /> process, to adjust sufficient Members&#039; term of office expiration <br /> date such that approximately one-third of the membership of the <br /> Board retires on each upcoming Handover Date.<br /> <br /> IV. RESIGNATION OF EXISTING MEMBERS<br /> <br /> 1. A Member may resign from the Board at any time by notifying all<br /> other Members.<br /> <br /> 2. Upon resignation, the outgoing Member may nominate a replacement to<br /> become a Member.<br /> a. Such nominee shall replace the outgoing Member unless rejected by a<br /> two-thirds majority of active Members.<br /> b. If the replacement is approved, he shall be appointed to the Board<br /> with the same term of office expiration date as the Member he<br /> replaces.<br /> <br /> V. REAPPOINTMENT OF EXISTING MEMBERS<br /> <br /> 1. At the expiration of a Member of the Board&#039;s term of office, he may<br /> be automatically re-appointed to the Board at his discretion. The<br /> Board may veto the reappointment by a two-thirds majority of active<br /> Members.<br /> <br /> 2. Should the Board wish to remove a member, it must initiate the<br /> removal process no less than twenty-four days and complete the <br /> removal process no less than ten days before the Handover Date.<br /> <br /> VI. APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS<br /> <br /> 1. The Board shall at all times consist of at least three Members.<br /> a. If the number of Members falls to two, then the two Members shall<br /> appoint a third Member.<br /> b. If the number of Members falls to one, that Member shall appoint a<br /> second Member; the two Members will then appoint a third Member.<br /> <br /> 2. There shall be no upper limit to the number of Members that may<br /> comprise the Board.<br /> <br /> 3. Except in cases covered by IV(2) or VI(1), appointment of new<br /> Members shall be by two-thirds majority of active Members.<br /> <br /> VII. INTERIM POLICY &amp; INITIAL TERMS FOR FOUNDER MEMBERS<br /> <br /> 1. Upon adoption of this Policy by the Board, the Chair shall, by<br /> consent if possible, or randomly, select three Members of the <br /> Board whose term of office shall expire on October 1st 2006 and <br /> three whose term of office shall expire on April 1st 2007. The <br /> remaining three Members&#039; term of office shall expire on October <br /> 1st 2007.<br /> <br /> 2. Section VII is an INTERIM measure, and shall expire and be<br /> automatically removed from this Policy once the process outlined <br /> in VII(1) is completed.<br /> <br /> ***<br /> <br /> Also, I should note that we&#039;re about to run a test-drive of the<br /> new system shortly, to see how well it actually works in practice. We are<br /> not yet fully open for business, but we&#039;re getting close.<br /> <br /> - Tim Skirvin (skirv@big-8.org)<br /> Chair, Big-8 Management Board<br /> -- <br /> http://www.big-8.org/ Big-8 Management Board <br /> http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/ Skirv&#039;s Homepage &lt;FISH&gt;&lt; &lt;*&gt;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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