Ratification of Expense Reimbursement and Discount Policy

[Phokaioglaukos]

emayer wrote:

with the potential conflicts correctly pointed out by Betsi, has anyone considered having the general membership vote to ratify any further changes to the bylaws? It may be a bit more cumbersome, but would be the most transparent mechanism.

The membership can certainly propose and adopt changes to the Bylaws, and I have previously committed to working out a mechanism for that which has a chance of actually working, unlike the one that PCA national has. I do not think it a good thing for ONLY the members to have the power to amend the Bylaws, and I submit that the three changes the Board made this year are excellent evidence of that. Without those changes our inadvertant issue with Officer discounts and when the new Board will take office, both errors in the Bylaws adopted last November, would have to wait for a member meeting to correct following cumbersome notice to the members, more cumbersome than in recent years because Der Gasser publishes less frequently.

Transparency to me is notice to the members of what the Board does, not abdicating responsibility to the membership.

To that end, I would like Speed Council to be regularized--that is appointed as a body by the Board, responsible to the Board (and thereby to the members) and with their actions publicized to the Board and members.