[MEI-L] future MEI Board

[Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h)]

Hi Benni, everyone,

On point 1 -- I have no preference since the normal modus operandi of the Board should be to arrive at decisions by consensus, not by voting.

Regarding point 2 -- Again, I have no preference, but the role of the host institution representative should be spelled out.  Since decisions should be made by consensus, I hesitate to say that the host institution rep. should be a voting member.  I prefer something like -- "The host institution representative has the same rights in the decision-making process of the Board as other members."

On point 3 -- I do have a preference for 6 elected members plus host institution-appointed representatives.  I think a 6-member Board can be more efficient.  Also, if we ever do get to the point of having resources to do so, reimbursing 6 people's travel expenses is cheaper.  :-)

--
p.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of
> Benjamin Wolff Bohl
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 11:16 AM
> To: Music Encoding Initiative
> Subject: [MEI-L] future MEI Board
> 
> Dear MEI-L::isteners,
> the current proposal or MEI Community Organization isn't exactly clear
> about how many members the future Board will have. This is due to the
> fact that the discussion in Charlottesville wasn't totally explicit
> about it.
> At the moment there are three main issues that I would like to forward
> to the community:
> 
> 1) odd or even
> In general do you prefer an odd or even number of voting board members?
> 
> 2) Host Institution representative
> In addition to any number of Board members elected from and by the
> community, the proposal grants a seat to one member of every host
> institution, designated by the respective institution. At the moment the
> Academy will be the only Host Institution (Please be aware that this is
> not about Institutional Membership and an institution can only have this
> role in MEI on individual agreements with the Board).
> The question connected to this is whether this designated member of the
> Board should have equal rights concerning any decision making process of
> the board, e.g. the right to vote in such decisions or have advisory
> role only?
> 
> 3) Number of elected Board members & terms
> How many elected members should the Board have, and how long should
> their terms be?
> In general we decided on staggered/overlapping terms in order to have a
> number of Board members be elected every year. The two proposed models
> are:
> a) 9 elected members serving for three years each, 3 members will be
> elected each year
> b) 6 elected members serving either for 2 or 3 years each, resulting in
> 3 or 2 members being elected each year
> 
> I'd be very happy to hear community opinions on this!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Benjamin
> 
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