Thank you Board I am very proud of how the board is getting down to business! Since July 1 we’ve discussed and voted on 19 motions! We’ve done a lot and have quite a way to go till we’re caught up again. As you might know we now meet every 3rd Thursday of the month 7PM Central for 90 minutes on Zoom. The Zoom link is found in the events calendar on the home page. All members are welcome to sit in on all meetings. The meeting agenda is published 1 week in advance. Meeting minutes, AI transcripts, and Zoom recordings are posted to the BOD Meeting Records page. Motions passed will continue to be published in Fusion.
We are doing a great job of sticking to our agendas and time frames. All of us are improving our skills at using Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct a respectful, orderly, and productive meeting. Between meetings the board stays in touch with it’s own discussion list so mundane issues and procedural stuff doesn’t clog up meeting time. If you have questions about what the board is doing, I’d encourage you to reach out to your director or to me or hop on a Town Hall Zoom call. I’m trying to schedule those to land on Saturdays after board meetings to discuss questions, concerns, or share compliments. This is a democratically run organization. It will succeed if you participate in the process of letting your voice be heard.
Bylaws Changes On 10/16 the board discussed motions made and passed at the June 2025 BOD meeting. Bylaws require 2x approval separated by at least 4 months. The second vote was carried out on 10/16. We approved three bylaws changes which are now part of our governance. To read the actual wording of the bylaws and the changes made you’ll have to wait just a bit for the bylaws document to be updated. It will be posted as soon as it’s available. It will also be published in the next issue of Fusion.
- Article 7 Create a process for electronic voting so that all members, not just those at the annual meeting, can vote in national elections.
- Article 3 Section 1 Permit those in an apprenticeship to qualify for student membership.
- Article 3 Section 4 Grant all membership categories a vote in National elections
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