[statecom-discuss] [Procedures] 1-27 Proposal: Temporarily Lowering the Quorum from 50%-40%

[Yarden]

Grace,

Thank you for reminding everyone, that regression is not a solution to 
non-participation.  We need more people participating, not fewer.
Elie Yarden
MRGRA


On Monday, January 14, 2008, at 01:00  PM, Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com wrote:

> Jamie - you could scan the notes for which meetings had problems 
> meeting
> quorum.   We have gone through periods with problems and periods with 
> no problems.
>
>
> And the adcom had come to the conclusion like a year ago that when we 
> call
> everyone it has a significant impact, especially because it reconnects 
> them so
> even if they don't show up at the meeting we call them about, they are 
> more
> likely to show up at the one afterward.
>
> In addition, early enough reminder notice of the meeting we thought 
> had an
> effect too.   As for location confirmation, we disagreed about whether 
> that
> mattered or not (assuming people knew roughly where in the state).
>
> In addition, we did change the rules so that if statecom delegates 
> missed I
> believe three meetings, then they are dropped to alternate and no 
> longer count
> towards the total of which we need to reach 50% for quorum.
>
> Love, Grace
> In a message dated 1/13/08 10:06:08 PM, jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org writes:
>
>
>>> Text :
>>> The quorum for State Comm. meetings will be changed from 50% to 40%.
>>> This is a temporary measure as we work to strengthen our State 
>>> Committee
>>> and Party. We will revisit this provision at the first State 
>>> Committee
>>> meeting in 2009.
>>
>> While I agree that it is wrong to waste the time of the state comm.
>> members who do show up, I am curious:
>>
>> 1.  how much effort was put into notifying state comm. members
>> when/where the meeting was early,
>>
>> 2.  whether efforts were made to remind state comm. members of the
>> upcoming meeting by phone,
>>
>> 3.  and whether there is a relationship between the poor attendance
>> and the not having a meeting location until shortly before the
>> meeting.
>>
>> Do we have a list of the meetings that did not meet quorum in the last
>> four years?
>>
>> Jamie
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