[Board] Garrett's Board-Level Internet Officer Proposal

[Garrett Kajmowicz]

On Monday 02 June 2008 09:43:39 pm Matt Arnold wrote:
> I agreed to provide a draft proposal for Garrett's suggestion of an
> Internet Technology Officer who does not answer to the Conchair, and
> another one who does, and have not done so yet. I apologize. Here is a
> draft.
>
> 1. The Conchair, or concom officer delegated by the Conchair, has
> personal authority over Penguicon's social and communications
> interfaces for humans, such as the choice between a blog, a website,
> or a wiki. The Conchair of Penguicon appoints one or more persons with
> the technology proficiency to implement those decisions. The Conchair
> also appoints one or more persons to be responsible for the content
> found there. The Conchair or delegated officers take care to always
> make possible a web space in which to keep the Bylaws and other
> content from the Board of Directors.
>
> 2. The Board elects a person (who may be the same technology
> administrator at the Concom level) to examine internet service
> providers and to make a recommendation for the financial decision of
> web and email hosting services, because it is a multi-year decision.
>

Hmm.  I'm going to skip over item 1 - the ConChair gets to structure the Con 
however they want.  Mandating the way a ConChair structures the con is 
another step down the ladder of micromanagement.  For all the board should 
care, the ConChair can solve the hard AI problem and have a Windows/COBOL 
application handle all bits of registration and web site management.  Yeah, 
hard AI solved in COBOL makes my heard hurt, too.

Item 2 is what I'm more interested in.  Firstly, the idea of 'examine' 
and 'make a recommendation' isn't our problem.  We can get recommendations by 
the dozen, or from just a single source without an officer.  The problem is 
that we don't have someone who is responsible for implementing choices right 
now, other than the strange hibrid system which involved way more voting at 
the board level than there really should be.  The board needs to pick a 
person and say 'do the job' and get moving.

In general, we start running into problems regarding residual powers, etc.

I believe that the original proposal put forth addressed the needs of the 
board, and isn't counter to what has been listed here, though there is more 
specificity.

Proposed text:

Article 8
Lesser Officers

Section 1.
Board Web Officer

The Board Web Officer shall be selected by the board of directors and be 
subject to dismissal by the President of the Corporation.  The website 
officer must meet the same qualifications as a Permanent Officer, as outlined 
in Article 4, section 2.  The Board Web Officer shall be responsible for 
maintaining the corporate web hosting service, DNS service, email service and 
other similar online services and extending these services to the ConChair.  
The Board Web Officer shall be responsible for any assigned budget and must 
prepare a report for the board listing expendatures on demand.  The Board Web 
Officer shall ensure that any documents required by the Board or the Board 
Secretary are placed on the corporate web site.




-     Garrett


> -Matt
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Steve Gutterman
>
> <stevegutterman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Board Members and interested:
> >
> > UPDATED - Agenda for Penguicon Board of Directors Meeting Scheduled 14
> > June 2008
> > Time: 3:00 PM
> > Location: 32305 Chesterbrook, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (Steve
> > Gutterman's home)
> >
> > Old Business
> >
> > 1) Review of proposal for managing the Penguicon website and the content
> > of the Penguicon website. Tabled at the 03/08/08 meeting.
> > 2) Review of progress on Penguicon reincorporate and change of corporate
> > information.
> > 3) Update on 501(c)3 incorporation.
> > 4) Continue discussion of Board Web Officer proposal
> >
> > New Business
> >
> > 1) Review of post-convention financials. (Jordan)
> > 2) Request from secretary for electronic copy of bylaws that reflect new
> > meeting schedule approved at the 03/08/08 Board meeting. (Steve)
> > 3) Proposal for Penguicon related book project (Jer)
> > 4) Corporate communication strategies (Garrett)
> > 5) Any new items from Board Members or the floor.
> >
> > If anyone has items to add to the agenda, please respond to this message
> > before 07 June 2008.
> >
> > Steve Gutterman
> > Penguicon Board Secretary
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