I am posting a series of proposals for the new Guild. These are not finished nor approved but useful starting points for discussion. I am posting each as a topic in the forum so as to allow separate discussion threads.
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[size=200:3d7yhopa]New Guild - The Administrative Board[/size:3d7yhopa]
[b:3d7yhopa]Mission / Decision Making[/b:3d7yhopa]
The administrative board will manage Guild resources, land, and buildings, set policies and procedures for the Guild, and organize work groups to respond to requests of the CDS, or others. The board represents the Guild in all dealings with the CDS.
Decisions will be made by majority vote of the voting members. The administrative board may remove any member or any member of the faculty committee with a two-thirds vote excluding that member. This should be done only in an emergency.
[b:3d7yhopa]Membership[/b:3d7yhopa]
Membership on the administrative board will be open to every citizen of the CDS. However, some citizens may be voting and others non-voting members of the board.
To be a voting member of the board, a member must contribute at least ten hours of work on guild projects during the prior quarter. Quarters are three month periods starting with the seating of the CDS Representative Assembly. Members may suspend their own voting rights before the start if a quarter for as many as two consecutive quarters in order to use service hours from an earlier quarter.
All members who join during the first quarter of the new Guild’s founding are considered voting members for that quarter. Service hours may include:
- Time spent teaching classes or workshops or mentoring CDS citizens
- Work on Guild projects under supervision of a project leader
- Time spent at Guild meetings (faculty, board, and project meetings)
- Other services provided at the request of the administrative board or faculty
Every six months the administrative board will elect a secretary who will organize and chair meetings and serve as a spokesperson for the Guild.