Jay: While I wasn’t there, I do have an opinion on this matter and Carla was only following my instructions. If we could go back in time, I would have strongly recommended that this matter be dealt with in a Committee of the Whole. In my mind, the decision to renew the contract of an employee is a personnel matter. This wasn’t the re-election of the CEO, it was a personnel decision made by the Board. Hence, I recommended to Carla that the vote not be recorded in the minutes. I’m all for transparency, but I also tend to err on the side of conservatism and, in this case, I believe it to be a personnel matter and recommend the vote total not be recorded in the minutes/ Barry, N1VXY From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of John Bellows Sent: Monday, February 3, 2020 1:06 PM To: Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX <cpereira@arrl.org> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:29508] Re: Final Draft Minutes of Board Meeting I believe it is inconsistent with prior practice not to record in the minutes the number of votes for and against re-election of Dr. Michel as CEO. The other votes for officers at this meeting are recorded. Past practice, common sense and good practice suggest the CEO vote should also be recorded. Surely, the vote will become public and the Board will be again be viewed as being less than transparent and operating in the shadows behind a curtain of secrecy. Not recording the vote because this is a personnel issue is disingenuous. The 15 sets of reasons that went into the decision not to re-elect Dr.Michel may be a personnel mater. The fact he was not re-elected and the accompanying vote are not personnel matters they are simply facts. Jay, K0QB Sent from my iPad On Feb 3, 2020, at 10:55 AM, Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX <cpereira@arrl.org<mailto:cpereira@arrl.org>> wrote: Dear Officers, Director and Vice Directors, Having received no further changes/suggestions to the draft Minutes in at least 48 hours, attached is the final draft of the Minutes of the 2020 Annual Board Meeting for your review. Per ARRL Standing Orders, I will call for a vote to approve the minutes in three business days (Thursday, February 6.) Therefore, any further edits to this document must be received within 48 hours. Once eight affirmative votes on the final have been received, then they are considered approved, posted on the ARRL Web, the web news stories are posted, and the PDF is circulated to the membership on the appropriate remailer. Respectfully, Carla Pereira, KC1HSX <image002.png> Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242 http://www.arrl.org/ <Final Draft Board Minutes Jan 2020.docx> _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv