[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board of Director Elections - Rob Salsgiver / NR3O

[Doug Kingston]

I vote yes for Rob.

-Doug-

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com>
wrote:

> Carl,
>
> Elections can happen any time. We don’t have a defined time for them, it
> just has worked out that most of the board have clumped their elections
> together. Directorships last for a year, so if elected, Rob’s would be
> offset by a couple weeks.
>
> Specifically, here’s the relevant bit from the Constitution.
>
> Any Supporting Member may announce his or her intention to be elected as a
> Director at any time, and must set a 7-day voting period to end no later
> than 21 days from the initial announcement of intention to run. Supporting
> Members are entitled to one vote each. Election of a board member shall be
> successful if the candidate receives more “Yea” votes than “Nay” votes.
>
>
> For your reference, our Constitution is pretty short, and is available on
> our web site at http://hamwan.org/Administrative/Constitution.html
>
> Nigel
>
> On Apr 16, 2018, at 15:43, Carl <carl at n7kuw.com> wrote:
>
> I’m a paying member, but not a voting member (yet – just haven’t been
> paying long enough).  Further, to be clear, I have no objection to Rob.
>
> But I do have a procedural question.  Elections were announced, a deadline
> was set, and has since passed, and the results announced.  I have not read
> HamWAN’s ByLaws or Constitution, but is it appropriate for someone to
> nominate and be voted on after elections have closed?  What I sometimes am
> is a bit anal-retentive over a charitable organization (of which I am
> co-founder of one) following their established founding documents and
> policies.
>
> Thank you,
> Carl Leon, N7KUW
>
> *From:* PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Sheppard, Mark
> *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 2:47 PM
> *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring
> *Subject:* Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board of Director Elections - Rob
> Salsgiver / NR3O
>
> my Yah vote for Rob - Mark Sheppard, N7LYE
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org> on behalf of Rob Salsgiver <
> rob at nr3o.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 13, 2018 12:53 PM
> *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring
> *Subject:* [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board of Director Elections - Rob
> Salsgiver / NR3O
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I’ve been a financial backer of HamWAN since fairly early-on if not the
> beginning, and have supported things mostly in the background with a few
> client installs in the North Puget Sound as time allowed.  (Providence
> Hospital Everett, Evergreen Hospital Monroe, Bakerview apartments / SCHC
> Repeater site, etc).
>
> The last 9 years I’ve been working multiple roles through the growth of a
> local start-up that I’ve finally finished with.  Before that I was 20+
> years in various roles within “old school” IT ranging from PCs,
> Network/Sysadmin, database,  security, project management, web design, etc.
>
> I recently volunteered to join the NetOps crew to get up to speed on the
> design and management aspects of HamWAN, having done enough with the client
> configs to be comfortable.  Bart, Nigel, Tom, and others have carried the
> load for a few years now and their available time seems to be getting less
> while I’m at a point in life where I can take some on.  I see myself
> joining the board for the first year to get familiar with how things
> currently are running to better help transition and/or keep things going
> down the road should the existing guys (heaven forbid) want to take a break
> and spend more time with family/etc.
>
> I am currently looking at an expansion / re-tool of SnoDEM to MIMO and
> back to looking at getting Everett Clinic online, which has been idle due
> to lack of time with prior job (no longer an issue).  At this stage I am
> more interested in documentation/processes/procedures to capture what
> already exists BEFORE all  of our founders win the lottery and tell us
> “adios”.
>
> It is on this basis that I ask your consideration as a potential director
> for HamWAN.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob Salsgiver – NR3O
>
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