Thursday, January 27, 2011

Goals for the Next Couple Months

Haven't posted in a while, sorry. For those of you who wonder what I do, here are my goals for between now and March ( assuming I ever get over this nasty cold I've got— two weeks and I'm still coughing up a lung a few times a day):

• Nudge the LG Service & Funding Task Force back into working mode and get that project done, including having a concrete list of what members most need and want from LGs and how much those things cost.

• Finish guiding the AMC through the process of prioritizing and big-picture vetting of the GTF recommendations.

• Choose a few more members for the new project, the Governance Blueprint TF, and get that set up and moving.

• Finalize and explain the menu of options to present to LG editors and circulation managers regarding newsletter distribution as the USPS tightens it's regulations.

• Tidy up the N&L presentation, including translating the whole thing into PowerPoint (I made it in Keynote) so it can be a turnkey LDW resource.

• Develop a flowchart for dealing with N&L violations.

• Get working on modern policy to cover N&L use in social media.

• Put  few more finishing touches on my campaign Web site.

• Review the preliminary budget and write up my standard 3 or 4 pages of questions and comments before the Finance Comm meeting.

• Write motions for the March AMC meeting to smooth the newsletter distribution changes.

• Attend the budget meeting.

Not a goal, just something I'm doing for my own enjoyment ( and on my own dime, if you care):
attending the Electronic Gaming Colloquium!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Governance Concepts Being Discussed

The AMC is discussing general preferences regarding the many GTF suggestions, in preparation for directing the Governance Blue Print task Force on what to move forward on. I figure I can share this, since I'm the one initiating the discussions.

Currently we're beginning to grapple with two huge conceptual areas:

Representation
What is the  best way to define the segments represented on the BoD? Currently we base it on geography, but are there other ways of categorizing the membership that would serve the organization better?

Specialized Voting BoD Members
Is Mensa best served by having skill-specific, non-representative, voting BoD members? And if "yes," should the general membership elect those specialized voting BoD members or should there be a method of appointment removed from the direct voice of the general membership?