[Penguicon-Concom] Bylaws Committee officially forming.

[john guest]

There can be only one ... bylaws committee!

On 8/4/06, ssanfratello at tm.net <ssanfratello at tm.net> wrote:
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> ------- Original Message -------
> >From    : Tracy
> Worcester[mailto:tracy.worcester at gmail.com]
> Sent    : 8/4/2006 10:09:21 AM
> To      : board at penguicon.org;
> penguicon-general at penguicon.org; concom at penguicon.org
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> Subject : RE: [Penguicon-Concom] Bylaws Committee
> officially forming.
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>  Hello, folks!
>
> The time of the gathering is at hand.
>
> No, we're not going to chop each other's head off
> with swords.
> So you say... but I wouldn't give any warning, either...
>
> -S
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> Instead, we
> are going to create the shape of PenguiCon's future.
>  We're going to create
> a full version of the bylaws, and likely a mission
> statement as well.
>
> We have to figure out what we want the convention to
> be, and then make a
> structure to support that vision.  This is going to
> be more than a picky
> word festival.  We've got to decide what should be in
> the legally binding
> document (the bylaws) and what should simply be
> customary practice.  And
> once we've figured out what we want the bylaws to do
> for us, we have to
> figure out how to say it, and put checks and balances
> in to make sure it
> works for the benefit of the convention and
> community, consistently.
>
> Even if you've volunteered to me before, please once
> again let me know
> you're interested.  It is not required that you be on
> the Board or a member
> of the con comm to be on the bylaws committee.  I
> imagine we will be doing
> much of our work online with occasional face to face
> meetings, but I can be
> swayed in the direction of either more online or more
> in person, depending
> on the preferences and needs of my volunteers.
>
> While it may not be obvious, this is one of the more
> important tasks of an
> early convention.  Come, help me make it that hard
> combination of flexible,
> tough, and useful, that bylaws really should be.
>
> ...Tracy "La Penguinista" Worcester
> Co-Founder and Board President
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