Michael,
   Hope this isn't too late.
   I support a federal appointee, and would consider a appointments from 
the professional or licensed communities. I take various people's points 
about making the Board too big, and so would reserve a decision around how 
many to a final vote. I am opposed to making an appointment from the 
legislature. The Board has history there, and benefits were minimal. Any 
legislator simply has too many competing priorities. That said, we should 
cultivate legislative champions.
   I support the quorum being 1/2 the eligible members.
   I also support keeping the positive vote to be 1/2 the eligible members 
instead of 1/2 the members present. That forces consensus, and with a Board 
like our that's key. If we should ever split into factions the game is over.
Thanks for taking on this task!
Cheers,
Jim


At 04:30 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote:

>Please recall our discussion at the previous meeting, I need your comments 
>regarding changes in the Board membership, i.e.:
>
>What the membership profile should be - including adding a federal 
>representative and perhaps others such as we dicussed
>
>Removal of members not attending regularly
>
>Quorum #
>
>Voting #
>
>I need this by Thursday so I can compile for our next meeting.
>
>**********
>Michael Smith
>State GIS Manager
>Maine Office of GIS