This cuts both ways. The NC should certainly have someone he/she feels comfortable with but so should the Board. Like most parliamentary bodies the chairman nominates and the Board confirms. That way both the NC and the Board are comfortable. Joe Tim Stowell wrote: > > Now that Ken's motion has been seconded by Maggie, > it is given the number 00-31) and the floor is > open for discussion. The motion reads as: > > I move to Amend Previously Adopted Motion 99-25. > > Issue: Motion to Appoint a Secretary > Date: 12 September 1999 > Motion #99-25:I move that Motion 99-2 be rescinded and that the Board > appoint a secretary for the one year term of Board II or until dismissed by > Board II or a succeeding Board. Further, > That the secretary nominee be selected from among the volunteer membership > of the USGenWeb Project. > That the nominee to this position not be currently serving as a Board member. > That the nominee be nominated by the National Coordinator and appointed by > a majority vote of a quorum of the Board. Rejection of a nominee will > require the NC to forward another name. > The appointee must either be knowledgeable in parliamentary procedure or be > willing to learn proper procedure using Roberts Rules and be well versed in > the Project Bylaws. Duties of the appointee shall be those assigned by the > Chair (NC). The NC shall insure that the secretary be subscribed to all > appropriate mailing lists. As a minimum these lists would be the > USGENWEB-ALL-L, STATE-COORD-L, ARCHIVES-L, the Board-Exec-L and the Board-L. > *************************************************************************** > I move that Previously Adopted Motion 99-25 be amended to read: > > That the Board Secretary not be currently serving as a Board member. > > The appointee must either be knowledgeable in parliamentary procedure or be > willing to learn proper procedure using Roberts Rules and be well versed in > the Project Bylaws. Duties of the appointee shall be those assigned by the > Chair (NC). The NC shall insure that the secretary be subscribed to all > appropriate mailing lists. As a minimum these lists would be the > USGENWEB-ALL-L, STATE-COORD-L, ARCHIVES-L, the Board-Exec-L and the Board-L. > ****************************************************************************** > Since the duties and responsibilities of the Board Secretary are defined by > the NC, as stated in the original motion, the NC should have the > prerogative of selecting someone he/she feels comfortable with. -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm