[GSA Council] ***New Meeting Dates for March

Mon Mar 19 14:35:46 PDT 2018

Thank you Geoff. It looks a good idea based on the situation we have now.

I agree.

Best,
Rouzbeh Ghouchani

On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, 13:59 Geoff Weissbach, <geoff.weissbach at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We have dealt with this issues in the JMGSA and the following amendment
> was made to bylaws:
>
> I believe we should use this as a base to amend our bylaws:
>
> FROM THE JMGSA Constitution (ByLaws)
>
> 1.       Quorum not reached
>
> a.       If a General Assembly can’t be opened because the quorum was not
> reached, it is to be automatically postponed to the following week. If the
> new session does not achieve quorum it may be opened by recognizing a moral
> quorum (Section 5 Article 6); in this situation, the General Assembly is
> legitimate if it deems itself to be so.
>
> 2.       Moral Quorum
>
> a.       Moral quorum must be decided upon by a unanimous vote that must
> include at least one non-executive member.
>
> b.       Moral quorum is the assertion that members present, while below
> 30 JMGSA members are representative of the interests of the JMGSA student
> population.
> I believe we should apply the same methodology to our Council of Director
> Meetings:
>
> 1) Quorum cannot be reached:
> a) If Quorum for a Council of directors meeting cannot be reached, a
> motion may be passed to determine if a Moral Quorum can be reached.
> b) Moral quorum is the assertion that members present, while below actual
> quorum, are representative of the interests of the GSA student population.
> c) Moral Quorum must be decided upon by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the
> Elected Directors, absentee directors shall be treated as abstain if no
> response is received in 48 hours.
>
> If nobody objects, I can put forward a motion to red-line the Bylaws and
> put this into practice until which point it can be ratified in a GA.
>
> Please just respond with some quick "Agree" / "Disagree" so I can get a
> feel before I redline the documents.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> *Geoff Weissbach*
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Rouzbeh Ghouchani <
> ghoochani.roozbeh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> Regarding having no council meeting for a long time which is definitely
>> bad for GSA, I agree with Carlos. What he said looks the only way to reach
>> quorum.
>>
>> I can understand if the Council meeting dates do not match with some
>> directors' availabilities, but if some of the directors do not even put a
>> few minutes to declare their availabilities and hence no quorum, then what
>> is the solution?
>>
>> At last, I hope to see you all in the next council meeting.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rouzbeh Ghouchani
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, 12:11 meeting facilitator, <
>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all, I am very discouraged as my efforts to bring you all together
>>> for a meeting in March have failed repeatedly. It is important for the
>>> councillors whose schedules have become too busy or for whatever other
>>> reason cannot make themselves more available to consider stepping away from
>>> council. This will have two effects, firstly, it will allow us to reach
>>> quorum more easily; secondly, it will allow other individuals with more
>>> time to step in and become more involved.
>>>
>>> The idea behind the bylaws stating that meeting dates must be selected
>>> in advance of the semester is so that individuals can fix the dates in
>>> their schedules and work their other commitments around those dates (other
>>> than extraneous circumstances). This has worked very well in the past.
>>>
>>> I have given up trying to schedule a March meeting. I will send a
>>> separate email for two meetings in April. As always, any suggestions or
>>> feedback are welcome.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> C
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:52 PM, meeting facilitator <
>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Update:  I have still not received availability for the March meeting
>>>> from Sherif, Sarah and Masair.
>>>>
>>>> Please do so immediately, here is the Link to vote
>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/enw4rtb72dmaa54r>.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> C
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 7:35 PM, meeting facilitator <
>>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I still only have 11 of 17 councillors who have voted.  For those who
>>>>> have not yet voted, please do so as as soon as possible. You are really not
>>>>> leaving us with enough time to properly organize/prepare for the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:03 PM, meeting facilitator <
>>>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have only heard from these councillors over the last 3 days. It is
>>>>>> impossible to schedule these meetings if people are not taking a few
>>>>>> minutes to give their availability.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 8:16 AM, meeting facilitator <
>>>>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello all, it doesn't look like a meeting can happen on March 21st.
>>>>>>> I have selected some other popular dates (based on prior voting) to vote on
>>>>>>> again. Sorry to those who already made their selections and have to vote
>>>>>>> again, it is too much of an effort to try to do it manually through emails.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Link to vote <https://doodle.com/poll/enw4rtb72dmaa54r>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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