September membership meeting

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JoeP wrote:

Thanks for the clarification, Chris. I guess I am concerned about checks and balances in the structure of the entire Club, not individual operating decisions:

> Above and beyond PA law, Bylaws define Membership's expectations regarding actions the Board can take upon its own without consulting Membership. Clean and simple.

> If the Board can redefine those expectations on the fly, Board power is unlimited within bounds set by PA law and national PCA. None of those bounds are known to Membership. Its only option is to call for a full Membership vote after the fact, and then it's too late.

It might be legal, but it's not right.

You lost me, Joe. I'm concerned about checks and balances, too, and that's what my last message addressed. The Board's authority is constrained, by the Bylaws, by the statute and by the expectations of members also. The legal bounds are known to anyone who wants to look.

At the member meeting last year there was a lot of confusion as to what bylaws can and cannot control. Some were concerned that the Board would hold meetings in Tahiti or someplace similarly expensive and exotic. The Bylaws are not the protection against those decisions. The protection for members is the integrity of the Board members and the transparency of the Board's actions. I think it's significant that the Board this year for the first time published minutes of its meetings, and they are (I hope) minutes that actually inform the members of what transpired.