Source: https://fhiso.org/minutes/2018-09-18/
Timestamp: 2019-02-23 01:05:34
Document Index: 68462698

Matched Legal Cases: ['§9', '§9', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§8', '§8', '§8']

FHISO Board Meeting held 18 September 2018 at 1930 UTC
The meeting was held by private Google Hangout. Started at 19:30 UTC
Minutes of the previous meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting, published on 18 September 2018 are accepted as agreed.
Legal Status. No change. Richard discussed some changes to the by-laws to implement before we ask Caritas to work on our legal status. Richard proposed motions (A) to clarify notice required for Board Meetings, and (B) to specify eligibility for office. Both motions passed. Richard said a further motion would be needed to tidy up the bylaws on membership, but this was not ready for voting on today.
PayPal Balance at 18 September 2018 = $430.54
Bank of America Balance at 18 September 2018 = $363.11
Technical Work. The TSC has made some progress on ELF Dates, but they are complicated and not yet ready for public review.
Outreach. Nothing to report.
Other Business. Tony Proctor announced his intention to resign as Acting Chair and take a sabbatical from Board business. Motion C was drafted to deal with simultaneous vacancy of Chair and Vice-chair and passed unanimously. The Board appointed Luther Tychonievich as Acting Chair
Next Meeting. The next meeting will be on 23 October 2018 at 19:30 UTC.
The meeting closed at 20:50 UTC (4:50pm EDT)
Motion A: to clarify notice required for Board Meetings
Replace §9.8 and recreate a §9.9 with the following contents:
Motion B: to specify eligibility for office
In the prologue to Article 15, replace the first sentence with the following:
Voting Members shall annually elect Officers to serve on a Board of Directors.
Replace the content of §15.1 with the following:
In §15.2, replace criteria (a) with “be a Voting Member of FHISO”, remove the last sentence, and append the following paragraph:
Replace the first sentence of §15.4 with the following as a separate paragraph:
Append the following new section:
Permitted Voting Systems include the “first past the post” and “instant runoff” systems, together with any other voting systems that have been proposed by the Board and approved a majority vote of the membership prior to the ballot being distributed.
In §15.5, replace “thirty (30) days” with “14 days”, and capitalise “Nominating Committee”.
In §15.6, replace “largest number of votes” with “winning vote under the specified voting system”.
In §15.6, replace “Secretary” with “Nominating Committee”.
In §15.7, delete everything after “majority vote”.
Motion C: to deal with vacancy of Chair and Vice-chair
Append to §8.2(b):
In the absence or temporary vacancy of both the Chair and Vice-chair, another member of the Board shall be appointed to assume these duties by majority vote of the Board.
Append to §8.2(c):
In the absence or temporary vacancy of both the Treasurer and Secretary, another member of the Board shall be appointed to assume these duties by majority vote of the Board.
Replace the last sentence of §8.2(d) with:
In the absence or temporary vacancy of both the Secretary and Vice-chair, another member of the Board shall be appointed to assume these duties by majority vote of the Board.