Governance

That the meetings of the Bylaws Working Committee be noticed, streamed, and archived.
7/05

Whereas suspensions longer than one meeting in effect constitute “temporary removal” of an elected board member,

WHEREAS, the interim Pacifica National Board in its votes of September 21, 2002, called for the immediate establishment of a ‘National Commission on Affirmative Action and Equality’ which would include both Pacifica activists and respected academic and community leaders to develop a detailed action plan on issues of inclusion throughout the network,

Motion to send the Code of Conduct draft to Governance Committee. 1/05

Sub-committee of the Governance committee working on the Code of Conduct should bring its work forward at the next meeting.
12/05

Upon removal or resignation of any LSB member, all current members and replacement delegates who ranked lower that he/she shall be advanced in accordance to election ranking to fill that void. This seat inheritance process shall be retroactive.
10/04 Referred to Governance committee

That in order to resolve issues expeditiously, each LSB shall form a standing Grievance and Ethics committee of not less than 5 members to hear any dispute relevant to LSB members and policy concerns and that the PNB establish a standing Grievance and Ethics committee of no less than 5 members to handle any ethics or grievance issues on the PNB level and to hear appeals of decisions from LSB Grievance and Ethics committees. These committees would only meet when necessary.
10/04 Referred to Governance committee.

That the provisions in the Pacifica bylaws, Article. 5, Section 7, and Article 7, Section 9 whereby a member ceases to be a member after missing 3 consecutive meetings be applied to committees of the PNB, such that any committee member who misses 3 consecutive committee meetings shall no longer be a member of the committee, and that the chair of the committee shall notify the chair of the PNB and the respective LSB of any pending suspension from the committee.
10/04

That the PNB hold regular meetings once a month between quarterly meetings at the five station areas, and that they take place via teleconference every second Monday at 5 pm Pacific Time.
7/04

In recognition of the by-law requirements for Local Station Board (LSB) approval of local station budgets, and in deference to the sensitive nature of salary information, the Pacifica National Board hereby authorizes the Treasurer of each LSB to have access, as per their membership on the National Finance Committee, to all salary and head-count information for their respective local stations. However, when preparing a salary and head-count report for their local finance committees and the Local Station Board, the Treasurer SHALL NOT disclose the exact salary figures for any employees, but rather will include a range of no more than $3000 (i.e., a salary of $31,000 will be listed as $29,500-$32,500). Names of individual employees shall not be included in any report, and all positions will be identified by title.
6/04

In recognition of the absolute right of Directors to inspect Foundation records, as outlined in the by-laws, and with full acknowledgment of the fiduciary obligations of Directors to the Foundation, the Pacifica National Board hereby affirms the access privileges of Directors to all records, including, head-count, and salary information, upon request. Information marked confidential will be treated accordingly.
6/4/04