Hey Merl,
I know this is a little off of the topic here, and I may catch some flack for it, but can anything be done about improving the Bullsheet ? Is the BOD even involved with the Bullsheet ? There is never a column from the President or any member from the BOD. We get the meeting minutes but they seem to be 2 months behind. In m opinion if there was more communication from the BOD, things might go smoother, and I think the Bullsheet could be a good way to open up those lines.
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The Bullsheet's content is almost volunteer run. Many articles submitted by members are published. There is not a clear set publication policy.
The minutes are late because we publish after the minutes have been approved. Therefore 1 month later the minutes are approve but are two months behind by the time published in the bullsheet. There are ways to improve on this, if the BOD is willing.
Many of the BOD have put in articles about programs they are doing. However, there seems to be selective editorial, and my last article about judging was pulled by Carolyn and Mike. I did not know they were the editors, but Oh well.
Last year we made an effort to open the doors of the BOD to the members. As promised, we brought forth motions which were approved which:
1. Allow members to attend the BOD meeting, no longer a closed meeting.
2. Required BOD to publish requested action items 72 hours in advance.
3. Required the Exec/Dir to publish an agenda 48 hours in advance with requested action items to be details.
The year prior, was the first year, we published the BOD e-mail address!
Members now have a direct line into the working of the BOD.
We are not finished. There are more items which need to be address for our organization to hear from our members. One problem is that I really do not receive that many calls or letters from members. I read a lot on the forums, but not a great deal of direct mail.
Have a happy new year.
Yours in Q
Merl Whitebook
mwhitebook@kcbs.us
