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RE: [council] Council meeting times



Except in cases where a vote is taken and absentee voting does not apply.  
Hopefully we will be able to address this issue going forward but for now the 
redundancy will not work in all cases.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Kinderis [mailto:adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:54 PM
> To: Gomes, Chuck; Stéphane Van Gelder
> Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [council] Council meeting times
> 
> Quick question; is there an expectation that every Councillor 
> will attend every meeting?
> 
> I believe we have redundancy without our representatives for a reason.
> 
> So between a solid and efficient rotation schedule and input 
> across all Councillors, there should be reasonable and fair 
> coverage for all. Perhaps the only exception would be the 
> chair - but as Chuck quit rightly points out, that is why he 
> has his lieutenants.
> 
> At least that is how I reconcile this.
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 November 2009 6:24 AM
> To: Stéphane Van Gelder
> Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [council] Council meeting times
> Importance: High
> 
> I encourage discussion of this on the Council list between 
> now and our meeting on 23 Nov.  It will be on our agenda for 
> that meeting.
> 
> In the meantime, we need to schedule a time for our 23 Nov. 
> meeting. Are there any major objections to going with option 
> 1 for that meeting?  If so, please communicate them NLT end 
> of day tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 Nov.  If not, I will ask 
> Gisella to go ahead and schedule the call.
> 
> Thanks a lot to Stephane, Adrian, Edmon and Han Chuan for 
> doing the work on this.  If I am not mistaken, it likes only 
> three people have more than one time that falls in the 11 pm 
> to 6 am timeframe (Edmon, Han Chuan & Rafik).
> It will be interesting to discover how I function in the 
> middle of the night every three meetings but I will deal with 
> it; I always have vice chairs to rely on.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stéphane Van Gelder [mailto:stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:09 PM
> > To: Gomes, Chuck
> > Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [council] Council meeting times
> > 
> > Try it now, this should open no prob. Previous file was in new XLSX 
> > format that not everyone can use. This one in standard XLS format.
> > 
> > Stéphane
> > 
>