Sturgis page 37-38 Ratify the actions. couple it with this bylaw VIII. Advisory Board Procedures D. Voting records of the Advisory Board membership shall be posted publicly. Therefore the Grievance decisions made in the Board-Exec (in secret) posted against FLGenWeb (no secret at all) are in direct violations of the Bylaws and Sturgis. W. David Samuelsen

David, Your challenge that the action on the grievance decision must be ratified is without merit. The reference that you're quoting from Sturgis on pages 37-38 specifically refers to actions that were taken in emergency conditions or that were taken in the absence of a quorum. Neither of these conditions existed for the decision on the grievance appeals that were decided upon. Per Section VIII of the Special Rules at http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/special-rules.shtml, personnel matters and matters relating to grievances are considered highly sensitive and all discussions relating to them are held on the BOARD-EXEC mail list. Votes conducted in the closed session will be publically announced, which is the piece that I failed to include in the announcement, although that omission, in and of itself, does not void the action taken. For the record, Tina Vickery, who handled the appeals will be posting the voting results of each appeal. The disciplinary hearing that Tina is also handling is continuing. As a reminder, in the future, a challenge to ratify a vote cannot interrupt a speaker, requires a second and does not take precedence over any other motions. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator USGenWeb Project Information about the USGenWeb Project at http://usgenweb.org Advisory Board Agenda http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W David Samuelsen Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:01 PM To: [email protected]; Sherri; Tina Vickery; Cyndie Enfinger; Dale Grimm; DC & Alice Allen; Pauli Smith; Colleen Pustola; [email protected]; Les Shockley; [email protected]; Denise Wells; Larry Flesher; [email protected]; Linda Lewis Subject: [BOARD] Challenge to Grievance Decisions made in Board-Exec Sturgis page 37-38 Ratify the actions. couple it with this bylaw VIII. Advisory Board Procedures D. Voting records of the Advisory Board membership shall be posted publicly. Therefore the Grievance decisions made in the Board-Exec (in secret) posted against FLGenWeb (no secret at all) are in direct violations of the Bylaws and Sturgis. W. David Samuelsen USGenWeb Advisory Board Agenda: http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.shtml