proposal on reducing status of members who "consistently" miss meetings

["Furniss, Peter" <Peter.Furniss@choreology.com>]

Title: Message

 

Following the discussion this morning, the following resolution is proposed for consideration on Thursday:

 

Diane has recently warned all members who have received 3 warnings this year for missing 2 out of 3 meetings, and have missed at least 4 of the 11 meetings that they were liable to be deemed to be a "member [who] consistently fails to be present during the roll call of two of every three meetings", and thus reduced to Observer status. It is proposed that if any such member fails to participate in the current face-to-face, by phone or by physical presence, they should be downgraded to Observer at the end of this meeting.

 

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from the discussion (and subject to correction)

 

   the concept of "consistently fails to be present ..." is in the procedures, but is not strictly defined.

 

  Diane originally said in her warning message that these people be deemed to be on Leave of Absence. However, this is beyond the powers of the chair or tc - LOA is something that a member can ask for but cannot be imposed

 

  the intent of the action would be to increase the chance of reaching quorum, which is especially difficult for face-to-face meetings.

 

  Diane did not identify the members in question to the TC

 

 (Peter: to receive 3 warnings would seem to require missing 6 meetings out of 11)

 

Peter

 

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Peter Furniss
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