On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 12:39 PM rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:

Who voted to re-elect him wasn't recorded, as it was a secret ballot.
That ship has sailed.

" In fact not disclosing the vote total could give rise to the belief
that the entire Board voted not to elect Dr. Michel CEO."

I'm not generally opposed to this, but it is expected that not every
decision that the Board makes will be unanimous. I can't even remember
what the total was now. Was it 10-5? 9-6? At the very least it was
equal with the margin to elect him, which was 9-6.

73
Ria, N2RJ

On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 15:23, <jbellows@skypoint.com> wrote:
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> Carla did a fine job as always. I am simply saying it is inconsistent to take the position that including in the minutes the fact Dr. Michel was not elected CEO is not a personnel matter, but disclosing the vote total is a personnel matter. The vote total does not provide any more information as to the reason for the decision than does any other vote. In fact not disclosing the vote total could give rise to the belief that the entire Board voted not to elect Dr. Michel CEO.
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> I respectfully suggest it is fanciful to believe the vote won’t eventually become public and more harmful to the League and Dr. Michel not to record the vote and let speculation and rumor rum amok.
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> Jay, KØQB
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> From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO)
> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2020 12:33 PM
> To: Bellows, Jay, K0QB <jbellows@skypoint.com>; Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX <cpereira@arrl.org>
> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>
> Subject: [arrl-odv:29509] Re: Final Draft Minutes of Board Meeting
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> While I wasn’t there, I do have an opinion on this matter and Carla was only following my instructions.
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> 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/
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Feb 3, 2020, at 10:55 AM, Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX <cpereira@arrl.org> wrote:
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> Dear Officers, Director and Vice Directors,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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