I agree with Fred’s desire to free up more time for “more substantive” motions, BUT … Perhaps the process we agree upon for attaining centenarian status or other honors could be designed to allow those items to be listed in the published Minutes as individual motions with applause at the end of each meeting. If we could “pull” these honors from the Consent Agenda (or wherever / however they might be initially brought to the meeting) and with a single action have them all approved and recorded as individual motions we could meet Fred’s time-saving objectives and still give each worthy individual or group the permanent recognition in the Minutes that s/he or it deserves. Perhaps Dan Henderson and/or Vice Director Raisbeck can devise an acceptable protocol. Down the road, when there are many more centenarians to be honored at each meeting, the Board could decide to switch to a single listing for all. But for now, I would prefer to stay with the Minutes showing individual motions as suggested above. Bud, W2RU
On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:43 PM, Fred Hopengarten <k1vr@arrl.org> wrote:
Colleagues,
May I suggest that, at the next meeting of the Board, motions of congratulations for individuals or organizations, whether for age, excellence, or other factors justifying a motion, should be presented in advance so that they may be included in the consent agenda?
In addition, motions presented in advance can be edited for typos and format by the Secretary, reducing the need for "on the fly" error correction during the meeting?
This process will allow us to engage in such activity almost without limit, while at the same time freeing up time for more substantive motions. I think we can do both honors and substance.
Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr@arrl.org
New England Director