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.
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Michael Smith
State GIS Manager
Maine Office of GIS