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Title: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: kjayers on December 29, 2010, 05:56:44 am
Hey y'all!

Here are the minutes from the December 18 meeting.
http://www.kumoricon.org/files/minutes/kumoricon-minutes-member-20101218.pdf

Please post any corrections in this thread. 

Thanks!
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: RemSaverem on December 29, 2010, 10:09:52 am
A few quick clarifying questions:
(1) What determines quorum? Is it different at different times of year? Could it be?
(2) I am one of those who had their mug shot taken by Spott at the party. What is the process for requesting the photo and uploading it? From whom is it requested at what email address? To where is it uploaded, in what format and size?
(3) What types of policies is Dawn researching? Is help requested for this research?


Then a comment:
I just want to notice that the meeting appears to have lasted a total of 20 minutes.

For those of us who drive (or otherwise commute) multiple hours to arrive at meetings, the vast appeal of being able to instead participate from a distance (e.g., Skyping from home or from a satellite meeting), is obvious, especially in the winter, especially for those whose departments have distance meetings between general meetings.

I did have a *great* time at the party and *loved* meeting in person new members of my department. But financially and ecologically, commuting 4 to 6 hours for a 20-meeting, wow, that puts things in perspective. I look forward to formal proposals being brought and evaluated to see what we can do to consider distance participation.
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: JeffT on December 29, 2010, 09:16:35 pm
(1) What determines quorum? Is it different at different times of year? Could it be?

It's at least one-fifth of the members, as specified by the bylaws (http://www.kumoricon.org/files/bylaws/documents/bylaws-amended_2009-08-22.html) in 10.B.4.

(2) I am one of those who had their mug shot taken by Spott at the party. What is the process for requesting the photo and uploading it? From whom is it requested at what email address? To where is it uploaded, in what format and size?

There are instructions for this at http://www.kumoricon.org/staff-personal-details (this URL is accessible only to staff).
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: RemSaverem on December 30, 2010, 05:45:59 am
Thanks. So wouldn't it naturally be the case that quorum in Feb is much lower than quorum in Aug?
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: @random on December 30, 2010, 09:00:34 am
Assuming that staff memberships always expire in January (I'm not familiar with the bylaws, so I don't know whether this is true), you're right. February quorum should be be much lower than either January or August except in extremely unusual circumstances.
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: RemSaverem on December 30, 2010, 10:47:26 am
* nod *
Title: Re: General Meeting Minutes - 2010 December 18
Post by: hanawaya on January 06, 2011, 01:17:43 am
Thanks for posting the minute Jo. You are awesome!