[Imc] steering and quorum

[Paul Riismandel]

I think groups going on hiatus is a fine idea, with one modification. I 
think that if there is going to be 1-3 spokes missing on a regular basis 
for the Summer months then the steering group should place some limits on 
the decisions it will tackle.

For example, I think such a minimal steering group shouldn't be allocating 
large sums of money, authorizing large projects or otherwise taking on big 
endeavors.  However, it must be able to deal with emergency issues that 
might involve spending money (even big amounts) or dealing with legal, 
personnel or other problems.

The principle I'm getting at is: let's maintain, not extend.

That said, I would also like to see all groups make effort to replace 
spokes who may go on hiatus.  This is more problematic for small groups 
like librarians than it should be for larger groups like News or public i 
.  Decisions have to be made and while it may seem like a burden it'll be 
an even bigger burden if only 3 people are essentially running the IMC.  We 
don't want to create a type of plutocracy or meritocracy.

I kind of see serving on the steering group for a time to be a civic duty 
for those who have any sort of investment in the IMC.  The more people 
avoid it, the worse it seems (and it gets).

Thoughts?

--Paul

At 03:31 PM 6/11/2002 -0400, Clint Popetz wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 02:26:51PM -0500, James R. Jacobs wrote:
>
> > I'll be away from Urbana for the next several weeks and won't be able to
> > make steering meetings for the next 3 sundays. Unfortunately, Ellen
> > Knutson (the other in our little group of 2) will not be able to cover for
> > me. I wonder if there is a procedural way to get around the fact that many
> > of us will be on vacation in the coming weeks. I don't want to hold up IMC
> > business for lack of quorum. Perhaps if the librarians' working group
> > takes a hiatus, that would handle the quorum issue. I'm thinking along the
> > lines of what the outreach group (aka Brian) did.
>
>I think that it would be fine for the Librarians to declare a
>temporary haitus, as long as the rest of us are allowed to read while
>you are gone.
>
>There are going to be a lot of spokes missing this summer.  Tech
>(me) for all of July, Radio (Avram) indefinitely, and Librarians.
>
>                         -Clint
>
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