>The policy has been for most motions - at least 48 hours. If it is a major >motion - it is for a longer period of time. As the end of the 48 hours may >come at a time when I'm not available - I call for the vote as quick as I >can once the 48 hours has ended. > >Tim Can we discuss whether this length of a discussion period is optimal? Major or minor, I often can't find the time to write up my thoughts on a motion in 48 hours. My job is taking up about 75-80 hours/week (every weekday I get in by 9am, every weekend day by 1pm, every day I work to past 7pm, and at least three days/week I work past midnight.) Last Tuesday I worked from 8:30 am to 2:10 am, and that is on top of a 35 minute commute. I fit my email into my work hours, but often I'm too busy doing real work to devote more than a few minutes to USGenWeb business. Other board members may have other constraints that make it hard to do any substantial discussion on short notice. Some people may only be able to read their email during the evening hours, after dinner. And often reading someone else's comments will spark further thought, perhaps triggering the desire to make a response or publicly alter one's previous statement. 48 hours doesn't allow for much give and take when the time between one board member's sending a message and the others receiving it may be more than 24 hours. I would prefer asking, "are we done discussing this motion?" after 48 hours, and if anyone answers that they want discussion to continue, deferring the vote until up to a week from when the motion was introduced. This would still allow for a quick turnaround on motions that are cut-and-dried enough that discussion is largely unneeded, or for which the discussion of the issue preceded the formal motion. // Teri

Yes.... Jim Tim Stowell wrote: > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - > > by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > > Thanks, > > Tim > >

No Maggie Stewart ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 10:52 PM Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 99-31 Voting Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot to Volunteer's Info page - by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. Thanks, Tim

Abstain Joe Tim Stowell wrote: > > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - > > by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > > Thanks, > > Tim > > -- email:jzsed@slic.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

At 7:52 PM -0800 12/13/99, Tim Stowell wrote: >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot >to Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. Yes. If anyone here isn't subscribed to USGW_ALL@listbot (aka The Daily Board Show), I highly recommend it. The quotations at the end alone are worth it. While I've disagreed with the editor both publicly and privately about her interpretation of the USGenWeb Archives status and other issues, she does a very admirable job of summarizing BOARD-L and STATE-COORD-L traffic for CC's who don't have the time to search the archives of those lists themselves (or who fall asleep reading some of the longer posts, which I'm frequently guilty of generating :-). She also generally takes care to separate the editorializing from the reporting, and I concur with Virginia that USGenWeb project members are intelligent enough to think for themselves and be able to handle reading opinions that may differ from their own, without swallowing them indiscriminately or going ballistic.

NO GLORIA Tim Stowell wrote: > > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - > > by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > > Thanks, > > Tim > > -- Southwest/South Central CC Representative, USGenWeb Advisory Board Personal page http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/gmayfield/index.html TX Tombstone Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Texas/ Texas Surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/txsurnames.html Panola County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpanola/ Rusk County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm

No Richard... Tim Stowell wrote: > > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - > > by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > > Thanks, > > Tim > > -- Richard M. Howland Mailto:RichPump@wf.net ICQ # 898319 NE/NCR CC Representative HOWLAND-L List Co-ordinator WOODWORKING-L list Co-ordinator VARNER-L List Co-ordinator FISHING-L list Co-ordinator ILPIATT-L List Co-ordinator HEDGEHOGS-L List Co-ordinator TXYOUNG-L List Co-ordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpiatt/piatt.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richpump/YoungCountyCemPage.htm http://www.pets.rootsweb.com/~hedgehogs/index.html http://www.crafts.rootsweb.com/~woodworking/index.html http://www.wf.net/~richpump/HowlandOnLine.html

No At 10:52 PM 12/13/99 -0500, you wrote: >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot >to Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim > > > > >

no Shari Handley -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:56 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 99-31 Voting >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot >to Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim > > > > >

No Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 12:55 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 99-31 Voting >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot >to Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim > > > > >

<< > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - >> Yes! If we are going to include other privately owned lists on the Volunteer's Info page then this one should also be included. Being selective as to what is or is not listed there is censorship in its simplest form. We should list all these lists, or none of them. The membership of the USGenWeb Project is an intelligent and dedicated group and we owe it to them to present all available options and let them choose for themselves what to read and what to believe. Virginia Cisewski NW-Plains CC Rep

No Holly Timm At 10:52 PM 12/13/99 -0500, you wrote: >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot >to Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim > > > >

No Betsy ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Reply-To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:52:51 -0500 >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot to Volunteer's Info page - by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. Thanks, Tim

No. Tina Vickery In a message dated 12/14/1999 1:55:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, tstowell@chattanooga.net writes: > Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot > to Volunteer's Info page - > > by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain.

Hi Tim, Can you give some information as to Ken's qualifications? I've met him on IRC chat several times (he seems like a nice guy), and saw your list of his USGW counties, but am curious about whether he has knowledge of Parliamentary Procedure and Robert's Rules, and/or any previous experience that make him suited for the position. Thanks for any info, Shari -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 1:26 PM Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion 99-32 Secretary position >Now that the motion designated as 99-32 made by Gloria: "that we accept the >nomination of Ken Short for the >postition of Secretary of the Advisory Board to replace the retiring Ed >Book" has received a second from Ginger, discussion on this motion is now >open. > >Tim >

Please cast your vote on Motion 99-31 as amended - to add USGW_ALL@listbot to Volunteer's Info page - by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. Thanks, Tim

In addition to the note posted yesterday regarding discussion of motions is the voting policy. The policy has been that voting goes on for 48 hours or until everyone has voted whichever comes first. Exceptions to this would be not waiting for members to vote who've let us know they are going to be out of touch for x period of time or in the case of an emergency motion. Tim

Yes Betsy At 06:31 PM 12/12/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-30 - to add regional email lists to >Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim > > > > >

No Betsy At 01:29 PM 12/12/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-29 - to restore USGenWeb-ALL-L to >Volunteer's Info page - > >by saying your equivalent of yes, no or abstain. > >Thanks, > >Tim >

<< >Please cast your vote on Motion 99-30 - to add regional email lists to >Volunteer's Info page - >> Yes Virginia Cisewski NW-Plains CC Rep