[wplug] [wplug-announce] 1st annual membership meeting discussion on wplug-plan

[Michael P. O Connor]

Two perks of being a member are you can vote and run for office.

> "beer" <beer at cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Two things:
> > 
> > 1.  Perhaps i missed earlier announcements, however giving the group
only 2
> > days to pay dues so they can be included in the election seems
unreasonable.
> 
> You missed many, many previous announcements.  Both at previous meetings,
> and via the mailing list.
> 
> > 2.  I am certain I am simply not being thorough enough in my search, but
> > where on the website does it discuss the value of memebership and use of
> > funds.  
> 
> It doesn't.  Not much, anyway.  The use of funds is up to the board (some
> parts of fund management _must_ be approved by membership vote, however).
> The board is elected and monitored by the membership.  Therefore, each
member
> has a say in how funds are used.  You'll have to read the entire bylaws
> to get a feel for all the nuances of how this works, but that's the
> simplified answer.
> 
> The somewhat less simplified version of fund management is this:
> 1) The _membership_ must vote to create a "program".  A program is
something
>    WPLUG does that can have money spent on it.
> 2) The board can then make decisions on how much money to spend toward
>    each existing program.  The board can not create new programs.
> 3) The board recommends the amount for yearly dues, and the membership
>    must approve that amount.
> 4) The membership has the right to override any board decision (see the
>    bylaws for details) so any expenditure can be blocked by the
>    membership if it thinks the board is getting crazy or something.
> 5) The board is required to keep records of its meetings and make those
>    records available to the membership for review.  Thus the membership
>    can monitor what the board is doing.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technologies
> http://www.potentialtech.com
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Michael P. O'Connor
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