[Imc-bodissue] [Imc] bodissue update (fwd)

[Zachary C. Miller]

Zachary C. Miller wrote:
> To: imc at ucimc.org
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:12:24 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Zachary C. Miller <zach at chambana.net>
> Subject: [Imc] bodissue update
>
> At the last steering meeting we formed a BOD issue group to
> investigate and report on the existing policy of the UC-IMC as it
> regards the board of directors. I did NOT volunteer to coordinate that
> group but I did set up a listserv for it. The group is not scheduled
> to report to Steering until July 7th. The group has not set a meeting
> time yet. Some research has been done by group members and posted to
> the list. I am summarizing what has been discovered so far.
> 
> Danielle proposed Monday at 7pm as a meeting time and there was no
> further discussion of meeting time.
> 
> The particular piece of the puzzle that is missing from the below is
> documentation of UC-IMC Board actions, especially the action to
> disempower itself. If anyone can dig up such documentation from the
> archives that would be much appreciated.
> 
> The email list is here:
> 
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-bodissue
> 
> The Proposal was:
> 
>    Proposal: We need to create a definition of how board members
>    operate, what they're authorized to do, and we need to discuss our
>    structures and not people. What are the consequences if a board
>    member operates outside of the guidelines? We will create an ad hoc
>    group to look into this and report back to steering. We need to
>    understand what the legal guidelines the Board of Directors
>    operates under in order to do this. This group should specifically
>    address how to handle legal requests and subpoenas. Part of this
>    discussion should include the possibility of steering being the
>    venue for authorizing Board Members to take action. The group will
>    create a report for steering by July 7th and a proposal for
>    membership. This group will consider the possibility of the IMC
>    getting professional legal advice on these matters. CONSENSED.
> 
> The relevent bits of Illinois law seem to be here:
> 
>     Illinois Compiled Statutes Chapter 805, section 105: the Illinois
>     General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986...
> 
>     http://tinyurl.com/d4hz4
> 
>     http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2280&ChapAct=805%26nbsp%3BILCS%26nbsp%3B105%2F&ChapterID=65&ChapterName=BUSINESS+ORGANIZATIONS&ActName=General+Not+For+Profit+Corporation+Act+of+1986%2E
> 
>     The Board of Directors is covered specifically in Article 8:
> 
>     http://tinyurl.com/exne5
> 
>     http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=080501050HArt%2E+8&ActID=2280&ChapAct=805%26nbsp%3BILCS%26nbsp%3B105%2F&ChapterID=65&ChapterName=BUSINESS+ORGANIZATIONS&SectionID=64818&SeqStart=13500&SeqEnd=16300&ActName=General+Not+For+Profit+Corporation+Act+of+1986%2E
> 
> The UCIMC's bylaws are here:
> 
>     http://www.ucimc.org/mod/info/display/bylaws/index.php
> 
> The UCIMC's structure is here:
> 
>     http://www.ucimc.org/mod/info/display/structure/index.php
> 
> The minutes from Membership Meetings are here:
> 
>     April 2, 2005
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2005-May/005624.html
> 
>     October 7, 2004
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2004-October/005140.html
> 
>     April 3, 2004
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2004-April/004682.html
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2004-April/004681.html
> 
>     October 2, 2003
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2004-April/004680.html
> 
>     April 5, 2003
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2003-April/003891.html
> 
>     October 3, 2002
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2002-October/003223.html
> 
>     March 30, 2002
>         http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/imc/2002-April/002536.html
> 
> Federal 501c3 requirements are here:
>     http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html
> 
> A newswire article about our 501c3 status is here:
>     http://www.ucimc.org/newswire/display/1155/index.php
> 
> -- 
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Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://zach.chambana.net/
IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet - Ya Basta!
 Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
 Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology