Procedurally I don't think it would be a good idea to release committee reports prior to the meeting, i.e. before the Board receives and accepts them. The agenda currently is structured so that recommendations to be considered by the Board can be listed (for example, see items 8 and 9 of the January 2008 agenda). In practice, recommendations are seldom received in time to be added to the agenda prior to the meeting. To do that we would have to abandon the practice of holding standing committee meetings the day before the Board meeting, so the disadvantages may outweigh the advantages. Dave K1ZZ. ________________________________ From: Rod Stafford W6ROD [mailto:w6rod@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:45 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:16405] Re:Board meeting agenda, SM question Jim You're absolutely correct. Without all the reports the agenda itself has little value. Even if we were to send out the agenda before the meeting, the next logical thing that would be requested is distribution of all the reports that go to the directors. And, even in our new "transparent" operation, that would be a big bunch of work for staff. Not to mention all that information going out to "who knows where and who." It would also mean all of the people doing reports (including me) would have to get those done way ahead of the BoD meeting. You know what kind of havoc that would cause!! And I wish I could "dry out." 73, Rod At 09:10 PM 1/26/2008, K8JE wrote: Rod, In addition to your comments, the most significant thing about one of our agendas is that it doesn't typically <<snip>> 73, Jim Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/rodstaffordphotography