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