This seems reasonable - going forward I’ll take notes when the board meets and will post them here.
Of course there will occasionally be topics that I’d need to be opaque about, hopefully everyone trusts our judgement in that regard.
Cheers,
Anthony
I’m going to chime in on this as well. I think it is reasonable to ask someone participating in those meetings to keep a summary of what is being discussed. It does not have
to be overly detailed, making it burdensome, but it is the right thing to do. In fact, I think the bylaws make a few references regarding minutes or records taken in Board of Governors meetings.
I agree with Jeremy. Lets at least get some type of brief summary information about decisions made by the board included at the UG meetings.
I think most Minnesotans like to believe that there is somewhat open governance in the state. Even though it doesn't apply to MICE, I suspect that Minnesota's Open Meeting law has created that perception. I don't think it is unreasonable to keep members informed
about what MICE related topics are being discussed, challenges faced by the organization, and the decisions made at the board level.
n 3/11/22 20:08, Jeremy Lumby wrote:
While I can understand that formal minutes may imply too much detail/work, there needs to be a middle ground so that the members can see how the people they elected
to represent them are doing so. I am open to suggestions. It could be something as simple as Topic X was discussed, and will be continued at another time, or Topic Y was discussed, and the final (summary) opinion of each board member is… Having this final
outcome in mind might actually help get the conversation towards an outcome so that things do not go around in circles for 3 hours.
Alternate suggestions are welcomed.
Jeremy
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Board meetings are just not always formal...having to have minutes of them would be difficult. We had a 3 hour long conference call about things a week ago...if we had to keep minutes on that, it would have been a nightmare.
Since we did not have much open discussion time at the end of today's meeting, I wanted to propose a change for the procedure that the board follows. I propose that the board start taking, and publishing minutes
from board meetings. This would allow the membership to see how the board members were voting/representing their interests. It would also be invaluable information for the voting members to have in the event that we ever had a contested election again.
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