[MEI-L] future MEI Board

[Laurent Pugin]

I also agree with Don that for point 1 we need a voting option (just
in case). For the same reason, I think that for point 2 we need to
make clear that institution representatives will be non voting
members. I can foresee that decisions will be taken by consensus, but
again, this has to be in place just in case.

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Byrd,  Donald A. <donbyrd at indiana.edu> wrote:
> On point 1, aiming for consensus is great, but surely voting will be
> necessary on occasion, so I think an odd number is preferable.
>
> On point 2, I have no opinion.
>
> On point 3, I think 6 elected representatives plus institution-appointed
> representatives is _plenty_ large! ISMIR is a fairly similar organization to
> I think what we're talking about. I was on the ISMIR Steering Committee
> until about 2008, with 8 or 9 members, I forget exactly, and that was
> already a bit cumbersome. And Perry's point about travel $$ makes sense.
>
> --Don
>
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:26:34 +0000, "Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h)"
> <pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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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