OpenMPE Board of Directors

Minutes for 05 March 2007

Absent: Alan Tibbetts, Chuck Ciesinski, Jennifer Fisher

 

2007-03-05-01 Election Results	The following are Donna Hofmeister's results: 63 people voted 241 total votes were cast vote distribution... Chuck Ciesinski: 52 Paul Edwards: 56 Anne Howard: 48 Alan Tibbetts: 35 Birket Foster: 50 ------------------------------------ The following are Ron Seybold's results: Total ballots, by my count: 63 Totals: Paul Edwards 56 Chuck Ciesinski 52 Birket Foster 50 Anne Howard 48 Alan Tibbetts 37 ------------------------------------- RESOLVED to accept Ron's totals and to release the ballot counts. D. Hofmeister to send e-mail messages to both Anne Howard and A. Tibbetts informing them of the results. D. Hofmeister also to reply to Ron as well, asking him to wait until the formal announcement is made. D. Hofmeister to publicly announce the results on Tuesday.
2007-03-05-02 Next Meeting	Gavin Scott will be joining the Board's Thursday meeting. D. Hofmeister to invite him and follow-up with an e-mail.
2007-03-05-03 Bylaw Amendment	This was proposed in March 2006 by Birket Foster: -------------------------------------- My suggestion is the following be inserted in section 7 of Article IV: Any Director who fails to attend 3 meetings in a row, will be invited to attend the next meeting to explain the circumstances for the absences, and requesting an explanation for the circumstances to be submitted in writing, e-mail acceptable, for consideration at the meeting. If in the opinion of the majority of the directors the absences constitute a dereliction of duty, the directors may vote for the removal of the Director, without having to call a special meeting for this purpose. If the circumstances are for scheduling reasons, the Directors will try to accommodate a schedule change request. Please review the above and be prepared to discuss and vote on this proposal on 3/8. ------------------------------------- The bylaws currently contain the following language: "Any Director may be removed without cause at any time by a vote of the Members at a meeting duly called for that purpose. Any Directors whose removal has been proposed shall be given at least 15 days notice of the time, place and purpose of the meetings and shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting. Any Director may be proposed for removal without special notice and can be found to be in violation of the provisions in Section 12 of Article IV, by adoption of a resolution with an affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; any Director who is the subject of said resolution shall be given an opportunity to be heard prior to voting and will then abstain from casting a vote on the resolution; a Director found to be in violation of Section 12 will then be considered immediately removed from the Board of Directors and officially notified of said removal by the Secretary of the Corporation by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail." ------------------------------------ Please review the proposal in context of what's currently in the by-laws.
2007-03-05-04 Membership Database	There are accessibility issue's surrounding Mark Klein's computers. Currently there is no Internet access to any of the membership web pages. M. Perdue to check on the status of his membership work. D. Hofmeister to double-check with Mark for a status.
2007-03-05-05 Vendor Webpage	T. Johnson noted that the vendor webpage is out-of-date. T. Johnson to review and give updates to John Dunlop.

Unless otherwise noted, all resolutions were carried by the unanimous vote of all members present.
Minutes ratified 26 April 2007.