jpheather
August 26th, 2009, 04:37 PM
The convention packet contains a set of legislative proposals from the Board of Directors (http://www.usms.org/admin/conv09/proposals.pdf). These proposals had their genesis when the Board decided, at its meeting at the end of last year’s USAS convention, to create a committee of the Board responsible for addressing governance issues. The call for a Board governance committee stemmed from the need to adjust the structure of USMS to reflect the new reality of an organization where paid staff, led by an Executive Director, perform many functions that were previously handled by volunteer members, and to reflect the Board’s proper role in the organization.
Further information on the process can be found in the Governance Task Force report in this document: http://www.usms.org/admin/conv09/bod.pdf
For the reasons behind these proposals, see not only the rationales in the legislative compilation in your convention packet, but also minutes from the Board of Directors Governance Committee (April – July, 2009) and minutes from Board of Directors meetings on February 6 and June 16, 2009, all of which can be accessed at http://www.usms.org/admin/minutes/
The Governance Task Force is interested in getting feedback and comments on the proposed legislation. To facilitate that process we are placing several threads on the USMS Discussion Forums under the Convention section. Please use the threads provided to discuss topics.
If you have general questions, questions on the process we used, or questions not covered by other threads, please post them in this thread.
Further information on the process can be found in the Governance Task Force report in this document: http://www.usms.org/admin/conv09/bod.pdf
For the reasons behind these proposals, see not only the rationales in the legislative compilation in your convention packet, but also minutes from the Board of Directors Governance Committee (April – July, 2009) and minutes from Board of Directors meetings on February 6 and June 16, 2009, all of which can be accessed at http://www.usms.org/admin/minutes/
The Governance Task Force is interested in getting feedback and comments on the proposed legislation. To facilitate that process we are placing several threads on the USMS Discussion Forums under the Convention section. Please use the threads provided to discuss topics.
If you have general questions, questions on the process we used, or questions not covered by other threads, please post them in this thread.