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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=trkwhite@gmail.com
href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">Tim</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 07, 2015 11:20 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit Board</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SBU Board] election</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif">I agree, this is a
good approach.<BR><BR>Tim</DIV></DIV>
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href="mailto:jeffford@gmail.com">Jeff Ford</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:
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href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit
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</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif">Re: [SBU
Board] election</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Apologies for not engaging with this the last couple days. I've
been out of town at the Olympia tournament. Thanks to everyone who has weighed
in, especially to Ann for taking the time to explain her thoughts when I didn't
understand her position.
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<DIV>I propose we do the following, which I believe both follows the bylaws and
takes care of all contingencies.</DIV>
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<DIV>1. The three candidates that filed on time are elected. [I believe this
step is obligatory.]</DIV>
<DIV>2. The upcoming newsletter (that will print at the end of September) will
announce a call for the last position. [Feel free to recruit before then.]</DIV>
<DIV>3. Candidates must declare by October 11.</DIV>
<DIV>4. Assuming there are more than 1, voting takes place at the October
Sectional. We will have ballots available there as well as available online for
anyone who wants to mail one in. </DIV>
<DIV>5. If no one declares for this secondary election, then the position is
filled by appointment of the board at the January meeting.</DIV>
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<DIV>I tried to incorporate everyone's feedback. Please respond whether this
procedure is acceptable. We can't officially vote on it by email, but if we have
it hammered out by email it should take less than a minute for an official vote
next Monday.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 3:48 PM John Weinberg <<A
href="mailto:judgejohn@msn.com">judgejohn@msn.com</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>At our meeting Sept 14, there simply will not be time to have any
meaningful discussion and vote on the issues about filling the position on he
unit board, or rental of the trailer.</DIV>
<DIV>We have allocated times to the four candidates to the ACBL Board, with
the first to appear at 7:00 and the final one allocated time thru 8:40.</DIV>
<DIV>As we know, the Library is very strict about booting us out at 9:00.
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<DIV>We recognized this potential time crunch when we decided at our last
meeting on the procedures for this one. But we decided to deal with any
other board matters at other meetings, or in other ways.</DIV>
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<DIV>I suggest we resolve both of these issues by e-mail, before Sept.
14.</DIV>
<DIV>Perhaps Jeff could state what appear to be the two leading proposals on
the unit board position, and we can vote.</DIV>
<DIV>On David’s rental request, perhaps we could simply do an up or down
vote.</DIV>
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<DIV>But if we try to discuss and vote on either or both issues Sept. 14, we
are likely not to do justice either to those issues, or to the main issue
before us, which is the ACBL Board election..</DIV>
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<DIV>JLW</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=trkwhite@gmail.com href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com"
target=_blank>Tim</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 06, 2015 2:58
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com" target=_blank>Seattle ACBL Unit
Board</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SBU Board]
election</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif">I don't
particularly see the situation as necessarily a choice between either
extending the deadline or having the current board select someone -- reference
blended solution concept in previous email traffic. <BR><BR>It is
disappointing that fewer than four unit members submitted their
candidacies. I, and I understand others, actively tried to recruit
numerous individuals to run. I especially sought out and encouraged
folks from the south county and from Seattle -- to no avail.<BR><BR>I feel
strongly that we should put in place, soon, a process to identify a twelfth
board member for a three-year term commencing 2016. I believe the Bylaws
specify there be twelve board members. The board's workload is better
distributed amongst twelve. And, in the coming two to three years there
will be substantial turnover of board positions that will have been occupied
for two terms. We need to get new folks onto the board and coming up to
speed in a variety of important roles that will be vacated.<BR><BR>I see
addressing these considerations -- essential to good governance and
stewardship of the unit -- as a higher priority than addressing a perception
of like mindedness within the board. Greater diversity of views within
the board would be best achieved by more unit members taking an interest in
running for the board.<BR><BR>If the consensus of the board is that we
advertise the position for a short period and then have an election by a vote
of unit membership, this is OK by me. HOWEVER, I would also want a
backup plan for naming a twelfth board member in the event no one declares for
election.<BR><BR>I believe the plan (including backup path) for selecting the
twelfth member should be agreed NLT than upcoming board meeting. If,
with District Director candidates' Q&A, trailer and perhaps other items
also on the agenda, time constraints with Bellevue Library are
problematic. Perhaps we should explore another venue where we can take
the time needed to reach resolution.</DIV></DIV>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif"><A
href="mailto:pattimcbridge@gmail.com" target=_blank>Patti
McCallum</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:
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AM</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif"><A
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com" target=_blank>Seattle ACBL Unit
Board</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri,sans-serif">Re: [SBU
Board] election</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-SIZE: large; COLOR: #330099">I am much
more in favor of extending the time to accept applications than to have he
board appoint someone to complete the board. </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Ann Stephens <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:annstephens53@gmail.com"
target=_blank>annstephens53@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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sent an email that expressed an opinion, I am surprised that I haven’t
received any counter arguments or agreements or anything that might help
figure out a solution to the question of what to do about the empty
position.<BR><BR>I believe that controversy is not a bad thing, in fact it
can be really healthy to question proposals from a board. That is why
diversity is a good thing, not a bad thing and arguing or disagreeing can in
the end make decisions clearer and stronger.<BR><BR>So I guess the bottom
line is that I think as a board we should continue to talk about solutions
to the problem at
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