Allison, Do we want to take advantage of this change and either say Chair and Vice-Chair or Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson vs Chairman and Vice-Chairman? Thanks, Amy
On Feb 20, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> wrote:
Hi everyone,
In the January 26th board meeting, we discussed the process for electing multiple individuals to the role of Vice Chair, and noted that a small bylaws change would be necessary to make this possible.
After a few rounds of refinement and legal review, here's the proposed update to the bylaws, allowing more than one Vice Chair. I've attached it as plain text, and as a PDF showing the differences in the update.
The sentence about the Vice Chairs standing in for the Chairman mentions the "order" of the Vice Chairs. The intention here is that the Chairman and the Vice Chairs will set a rotation schedule, so at any point in the year everyone knows which Vice Chair is "on call" to stand in for the Chairman. This can be as simple as alternating months (for example, Alice is on call in March, Bob is on call in April, Alice is on call again in May, etc...), but leaving the schedule up to the Chairman and Vice Chairs gives us flexibility to easily change it if one of the Vice Chairs needs to swap out a month for a family holiday, or busy month at work, or whatever might come up. The alternation allows a fair division of work between the Vice Chairs.
This proposed bylaws change will be up for discussion and vote in the upcoming board meeting on March 2nd.
Thanks, Allison <openinfra_bylaws_vice_chair_2021-02-19.txt> <openinfra_bylaws_vice_chair_2021-02-19.pdf> _______________________________________________ Foundation-board mailing list Foundation-board@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board