[Foundation] today's discussion agenda

[Peter Saint-Andre]

That sounds great to me.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Harold E. Gottschalk Jr. wrote:

> A discussion about suggested goals might be a better concept.  Since we
> are Pseudo boardless it would be prudent to state a goal such as "The
> new board and council will present their vision and goals for the year
> by October 1st" and then a discussion on October 2nd at the JSF group
> chat could occur.
> 
> heg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: members-admin at jabber.org 
> > [mailto:members-admin at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Peter Saint-Andre
> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:45 PM
> > To: members at jabber.org
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation] today's discussion agenda
> > 
> > 
> > Given the percentage of people voting by proxy, I'm not sure 
> > that a discussion of goals is such a good idea. However, I'll 
> > add whatever non-voting items people want me to add (within reason :).
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
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> > Peter Saint-Andre
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> > 
> > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 bauer at michaelbauer.com wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I think Dirk was referring to the agenda for the offical meeting on 
> > > the
> > > 4th in which case he is correct in that we need to execute 
> > the meeting 
> > > in a manner as he's outlined.  It seems that Peter has 
> > substantially 
> > > outlined the agenda for that meeting in such a manner.  It 
> > seems that a 
> > > call for new business and a formal adjournment should be 
> > added to the end 
> > > of the existing agenda to meet with Dirk's suggestions.  I 
> > think that a 
> > > discussion of the goals for JSF in the next year would be 
> > great.  I don't 
> > > think we need an omnibus resolution but IANAL.
> > > 
> > > On 28 Aug 2002, Thomas Muldowney wrote:
> > > 
> > > > These discussions are informal gatherings we use to keep 
> > ourselves 
> > > > up to date, and have a time to gather and discuss outside of the 
> > > > official meetings.  The official meeting is still 
> > scheduled for the 
> > > > 5th of Sept.
> > > > 
> > > > --temas
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 10:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I've put together a brief agenda for today's 
> > discussion in the 
> > > > > > foundation room on conference.jabber.org:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.jabber.org/discuss/2002-08-28.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > With respect to the agenda of the members meeting - 
> > correct me if 
> > > > > I am wrong but my understanding is that the JSF Foundation is 
> > > > > already in existance for over a year.
> > > > > 
> > > > > So I'd expect that in order for this to be 'the' annual meeting 
> > > > > you'd want to do a couple of things to stay clean with 
> > the local 
> > > > > governments and be proper enough as to be able to deal 
> > with things 
> > > > > like liability, proper conduct, IRS dealings for 
> > 501(c)/non-profit 
> > > > > versus not-for-profit.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Very Common items are (and I am not 100% sure to what 
> > extend these 
> > > > > must be done at this meeting in the US under the statues you 
> > > > > incorperated under) - but I'd certainly would expect them to be 
> > > > > there:
> > > > > 
> > > > > - Roll call together with the Call for quorum.
> > > > > - Establishment of the agenda/new business item open 
> > for addition.
> > > > > - Apart from a review also a Report by the officers and/or their
> > > > >   subcomittees.
> > > > > - Omnibus resolution and/or approval of the financial 
> > statement to
> > > > >   allow the board to replace itself and discharge the 
> > old directors
> > > > >   of any wrongdoing.
> > > > > - Establishing or talking about your goals for the next year
> > > > >   and specifically the Budget. Wether this needs to be approved
> > > > >   depends on your bylaws.
> > > > > - New Business
> > > > > - Announcements
> > > > > - Adjournment
> > > > > 
> > > > > If needed I can try to explain why each of the items is 
> > generally 
> > > > > there.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Dw
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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