On 2018-01-25 17:11, Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard wrote
We voted to change the attendance requirement from "the ability to attend no less than four meetings per year" to "the ability to miss no more than four meetings per year." Also: "Members will proactively notify the officers in the event they miss a meeting and provide updates to any outstanding action items under their ownership – ideally before the meeting, as possible"
I believe this change is essentially invalidated or made redundant by this wording in the bylaws:
"Meetings shall meet monthly or no less than quarterly."
The original intent was that there be at least four meetings a year with the assumption that members would attend those four meetings, rather than requiring people to attend 8 meetings per year. Which leads to this question, why don't we have less meetings? Is it really necessary to have a meeting every month? A lot could transpire between "executive meetings" through the work of committees with decisions approved by electronic communication via email or via our Slack clone -
https://chat.bikelover.org .
For a long time, I have been on both sides of the equation, serving in Officer positions (Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary), and as a regular board member on several Boards, so I know what is motivating this bylaw change from plenty of experience. However, we would get more accomplished if we re-thought our approach by focusing on what we really want to change which is to become a more effective force in delivering on our mission statement by getting more people on bikes!
Do we accomplish that just by getting board members to come to more meetings? NO, we accomplish that by getting our Board members more involved in making our mission statement a reality!
-Jonathan
-Drew