>Reply-To: "Carol Spooner" <wildrose at pon.net>
>From: "Carol Spooner" <wildrose at pon.net>
>To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>Subject: Pacifica Bylaws Drafts
>Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:42:21 -0700
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>TO: Everyone Interested!
>
>I have just sent two "working drafts" of proposed bylaws models to be posted
>to www.pacifica.org, www.wbai.net, and www.savepacifica.net The draft
>documents are too large to send as email attachments, so please look for
>them on the web.
>
>I expect that shortly there will be a bulletin board set up at
>www.pacifica.org for people to post comments.
>
>--Carol Spooner
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Carol Spooner
>Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:24 AM
>Subject: Bylaws Drafts
>
>
>
>TO: Interim Board of Directors
>CC: LAB Chairs and/or Secretaries and Station Managers
>
>Attached in RTF format are two "working draft" versions of Bylaws for
>Pacifica. The drafts reflect some but not all the ideas that have been
>suggested at the bylaws subcommittees around the country, as well as some
>novel suggestions.
>
>These are not intended to be "competing drafts", but instead are to be
>reviewed to see what concepts people like or don't like, with the objective
>of perhaps "mixing and matching" some elements from each draft into a
>consolidated draft, or taking a different approach to some issues,
>altogether.
>
>For there to be a meaningful effort at producing a consolidated draft it
>will be necessary for the board subcommittee members to meet with the local
>station board members to discuss these drafts in some detail, answer
>questions, get suggestions and feed back, and to get a "sense of the LAB"
>from each of the five local boards. It is hoped and expected that these
>meetings with the local board members can take place over the next 2 weeks,
>if at all possible. These meetings should focus on briefing the local board
>members and determining their views, rather than public comment on the
>drafts. Discussions with the local board members should focus particularly
>on provisions for the number of Local Board members and Directors, and the
>manner of election of the local boards and national board, as these bylaws
>provisions must be approved by at least 3 of the 5 current LABS prior to
>election of new local and national boards.
>
>There will be ample opportunities provided for public comments at bylaws
>subcommittee meetings and on line.
>
>LAB Chairs/Secretaries -- Please distribute copies of these drafts to all
>LAB members by whatever means necessary to insure that ALL LAB members
>receive copies as soon as possible, and please arrange a special LAB meeting
>for the purpose of discussing these drafts with your local iPNB members at
>the soonest convenient date for all concerned.
>
>Station Managers -- Would you please see that copies are made and are
>available to station staff members, and posted somewhere at the station ...
>and please notify the station staff that copies are available and where they
>can obtain copies. Thanks.
>
>These drafts will be posted today to www.pacifica.org (I hope, if the
>webmaster is available), or as soon as possible. Pete Korakis, the Pacifica
>webmaster has said that he will also put up a bulletin board for public
>comments on these drafts at www.pacifica.org.
>
>The drafts will also be posted to other Pacifica-Related discussion boards
>and webpages, including www.savepacifica.net and www.wbai.net
>
>
>Thanks,
>Carol Spooner
>Chair, Bylaws Revisions Committee