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Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] Election Results
- From: "Bergeron, Donald L. (LNG-DAY)" <[email protected]>
- To: "'Debi Miller-Moore'" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], John Ruegg <[email protected]>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:20:39 -0400
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Sounds fine to me as well.
Regards, Don Donald L. Bergeron From: Debi
Miller-Moore [mailto:[email protected]]
John, thanks for the explaining the terms I agree with your recommendation. Debi
From: John M. Greacen
[mailto:]
Congratulations and condolences to John Ruegg upon your election to the Steering Committee. The same to for your narrowly avoiding re-election!
The decision concerning our terms of office is a little sticky. The currently serving at large members were elected at the end of January 2004. We began serving one year terms in early February 2004.
Our OASIS Rules of Procedure include the following language concerning the three at large members: The election shall be on an annual basis. “At large” members shall serve one-year terms, and shall be eligible for election to no more than three successive terms.
The ROP does not include the typical language that at large members serve until their successors take office. One might argue that we have been operating without the three at large members since February 1 because their terms expired. One might also argue that our continuation in office until our successors were elected could be implied from common and expected general practice in nonprofit organizations.
The problem we face at the moment is with the three one year term limitation. If we assume that Robin and I continued to serve from February through May 2005 (and we have to because I authorized significant expenditures during that time), then she and I cannot serve beyond January 31, 2007 – assuming we choose to run for a third term and are elected. That suggests that the terms for the newly elected at large members be for the remainder of the terms that began February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006. If we set the terms of the persons just elected to run from June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006, then the next terms would be for the same period during 2006 and 2007 and Robin and I could only serve for 8 months of the next one year terms. We could run, get elected, and resign our positions at the end of January 2007. Or we could decide that we were not eligible to run because we could not serve the full terms available.
The other side of the coin is the impact on John Ruegg. If he serves a first term that begins now and ends on January 31, 2006, then he will end up being able to serve three terms, but only a total of 32 rather than 36 months.
All things considered, I believe that we are better giving the Member Section the flexibility of allowing Robin and me to run for third terms – should that prove desirable personally and organizationally. To do that we would declare that the just-elected at large members will serve for the remainder of the “2005 term” which ends on January 31, 2006. Although it leaves a four month “gap” from February through May, it would be hard for someone to cry foul because Robin and I were re-elected and that vote could be considered to ratify the actions we took during the “gap.” And there was no “throw the rascals out movement” to deny a second term. I do not believe that we can declare that the persons just elected in fact served from February through the present, because the idea of “retroactive elections” makes no sense and because John Ruegg would be held accountable for matters in which he took no part.
Hence, I recommend that the Steering Committee declare that Greacen, Gibson and Ruegg begin immediately to serve the remainder of terms commencing on February 1, 2005 and terminating on January 31, 2006. I welcome differing views.
Our first order of business should be to elect our officers for the current term. We have two officers – a Chair and a Secretary. In we decided not to create the position of Vice Chair. Last year, we conducted the election without much formality during the first meeting teleconference. I see no particular need to do otherwise this year. I will prepare an agenda for the next meeting – scheduled for noon June 8th Eastern time (the second Wednesday of each month) and preside until new officers are elected by the Steering Committee membership – unless I receive a request to proceed in a different fashion. I am sure that a number of us will be together in at this time and can conference in the other Steering Committee members for the meeting.
From: Winters, Roger
[mailto:[email protected]]
This is to let you, the Steering Committee, know the results of the at-large election. I wanted to give you the results, see whether there are any questions about the process, and seek direction on how you would like to have the results formally acknowledged.
The ballot result, which I believe was emailed to the whole Member Section, is:
- Robin Gibson received 18 Votes - John Greacen received 22 Votes - Dallas Powell received 13 Votes - John Ruegg received 14 Votes
This would mean that John Greacen, Robin Gibson, and John Ruegg would be the three at-large members of the Steering Committee. We did not discuss exactly when the "new term" would begin for the at-large members. Since we were late in conducting this election, would it be appropriate to have these terms commence immediately with the next Steering Committee meeting?
I await the Steering Committee's guidance on how to proceed.
Your obedient servant,
Roger
Roger Winters Secretary, OASIS LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee and
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Coordinator and Programs and Projects Manager 516 -609 MS: KCC-JA-0609
V: (206) 296-7838 F: (206) 296-0906
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