[oclug] General Meeting Assessment

[Milan Budimirovic]

Pat wrote:

>If quorum has been a problem over several boards, then the problem may
>be a social engineering one rather than a failing of this _particular_
>board.  If a reduction to 6 doesn't fix the quorum issue then the
>problem lies with the membership's inability to provide enough committed
>candidates for the board.
>
>I agree that the weather was a significant factor in reducing
>attendance.  However I do not remember a single proxy being presented.
>
>That said, I recall no motion to adjourn so technically the meeting is
>still open. ;)
>
>Pat Gilliland
>
>  
>
While I did not move to adjourn per se, I *did* move to table the votes 
on the voting reform and the Board size reduction, because I felt that 
even though technically we had quorum there were extenuating 
circumstances: namely a major snow storm which had died down only about 
an hour prior to the meeting. I also recall not getting a whole lot of 
support in my motion. Even though it's very unlikely that the outcome 
would have been different on either proposal (and the votes went my way 
anyway), I still maintain that we should not have been voting on major 
structural changes to OCLUG under these circumstances.