Call for a vote

[Victoria L. Bergvall]

Sorry this is late! I hope you can count me in. (Hell week here!)
Vicky

>AGENDA ITEM 1
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>1. Philosophy/Nature/Principles of GALA
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>a. What will happen when the six months are over? How (generally speaking)
>will the issues proposed in this discussion be implemented?
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>PROPOSALS:
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>A.  COMMUNICATION:
>I.  We keep the email list.
>II.  We disseminate information through the regular mail, possibly in the
>form of a newsletter.
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>B. PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION:
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>I.  Plan 1.
>- When the discussion ends in six months, we call for nominations for a
>temporary executive committee with a one-year term of office
>- We hold an online election.
>- The committee takes the principles that emerged during the discussion
>and drafts by-laws for the organization, sets up an institutional
>structure (non-profit status and the like), and otherwise gets things
>rolling.
>- As its last duty, the committee organizes an executive committee or
>whatever form of officers we (the list) decide we want.
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>II.  Plan 2.  Same as Plan 1, but we consider the formulation committee to
>be the first exec. committee.
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>III.  Plan 3.  Same as Plan 1, but we consider diversity (geographical and
>otherwise) as we talk about the scope (international) of the organization.
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>IV.  Plan 4.  Same as Plan 2, modified by including Plan 3. Thus:
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>- When the discussion ends in six months, we call for nominations for the
>first executive committee with a one-year term of office.
>- We hold an online election.
>- The committee takes the principles that emerged during the discussion
>and drafts by-laws for the organization, sets up an institutional
>structure (non-profit status and the like), and otherwise gets things
>rolling.
>- We commit to considering diversity (geographical and otherwise) as we
>talk about the scope (international) of the organization.
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>C.  SORT OF STRUCTURE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
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>I.  Proposal 1.  Structure and implementation should emerge out of each
>agenda item.
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>II. Proposal 2.  Structure might emerge out of looking at another
>organization such as OCSLG
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>III. Proposal 3.  Both 1 and 2; that is, Structure and implementation
>should emerge from the membership's discussion of each agenda item as it
>arises, *and* by looking at the structures of other organizations.
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>CALL FOR A VOTE:
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>PROPOSAL A.  Vote YES or NO on each of the following. (NOTE: The two
>options are not mutually exclusive; you may vote YES on both.)
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> YES 1. We will keep the email list operative after the six months of
>discussion have ended.
>YES (assuming dues!) 2.  We will disseminate information through mail in a
>newsletter.
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>PROPOSAL B.  Vote YES or NO on Plan 4 (the most comprehensive plan). If
>Plan 4 is rejected, we will vote on the other plans.
YES
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>PROPOSAL C.  Vote YES or No  on Proposal 3 (the most comprehensive
>proposal). If it is rejected, we will vote on the other proposals.
YES
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>(Please return votes to mjcrowhu at email.unc.edu by Thursday.)
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>Megan J. Crowhurst, Ph.D.               Tel:  919-962-1484
>Department of Linguistics               Fax:  919-962-3708
>The University of North Carolina
>318 Dey Hall 014A, CB # 3155
>Chapel Hill, NC  27599
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Victoria L. Bergvall
Department of Humanities
Michigan Tech University    Office phone: (906) 487-3260
1400 Townsend Drive         Fax: (906) 487-3559
Houghton, MI 49931-1295     Internet: vbergval at mtu.edu
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