Well would someone please explain to me how we can have a motion to overrule an action that the NC had no right to take in the first place. He should have been declared out of order, which he most certainly was! It is my feeling that instead of declaring him out of order and instructing him to refrain from any further actions of this nature that we are setting a precedent for future boards. Moving to, what basically amounts to a, veto of his actions implies that he had the right to take those actions in the first place. Which he clearly did not! Ginger gingerh@shawneelink.com -----Original Message----- From: Shari Handley <shari@klondyke.net> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] 'Tis a sad day for The USGenWeb Project >Please don't assume that silence implies support of anyone else's actions. >We have a motion before the board, #00-8, Richard's motion to override Tim's >executive order. I don't know about anyone else, but I know how *I'm* going >to vote on it. It is clear to me that de-linking is something that can only >come from the AB. This is spelled out quite clearly in the bylaws. >Allowing any NC to make a unilateral decision and pronouncement such as that >sets a perilous precedent. If delinking needs to happen, then it needs to >follow the standard "motion-second-discussion-vote" path. > >If Tim's executive order is overturned, we need to get on the stick and get >someone seated in the CP board seat, so that we can deal with motion 00-6. >It is (was?) my fervent hope that motion 00-6 would bring the sides together >in a fair and equitable way. Sure, neither side was getting all that they >wanted, but isn't that the hallmark of compromise? > >Shari Handley >shari@armada.net > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Ginger <gingerh@shawneelink.com> >To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:31 AM >Subject: [BOARD-L] 'Tis a sad day for The USGenWeb Project > > >: Fellow Board Members, >: >: As most of you have gathered, I'm appalled at the recent >: turn of events and at the actions of the NC. I also have no >: doubt that some of you were aware of what was coming. >: >: One thing that really saddens me is that when a previous >: NC made a similar statement about their executive privilege >: some of you, that are still here, went up in arms, with the >: result of the resignation of that NC. ( I agreed with that action >: and supported you because you were right. Those powers >: were not given to the NC position in the Bylaws.) Now, when >: another NC has taken such power upon himself, you appear >: to support his position by your very silence. Where is your >: outrage now? >: >: If, on the other hand, some of you were aware of this action >: and endorsed it then you should have had the fortitude to >: do it publicly, instead of behind closed doors. If you really >: believed it was the right thing to do then why didn't you >: bring it to Board-L in the form of a motion and vote? Don't >: you believe you should have the courage of your convictions? >: >: To my fellow volunteers in The USGenWeb Project I can only >: say that, as a member of the AB, I am deeply ashamed of >: the recent actions. I find it incomprehensible that a group of >: adults is so hung up on the "me" that they are willing to risk >: destroying the very project that the "we" worked so hard to >: build. >: >: I would also like to remind the coordinators in all of the >: special projects that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't >: throw stones". Neither side has a spotless record. You might >: also keep in mind that none of us are indispensable. If I drop >: dead, or drop off the net, tomorrow someone will come along >: and take my counties and go on. That in itself is the beauty of >: this, the continuity. >: >: >: Ginger >: gingerh@shawneelink.com >: >: >