Member Sponsored Club Vote: Difference between revisions
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
This policy is motivated in part by items being removed and budgets reduced in the Area Host budget vote. Concern was raised that items for member clubs were included in Area Host budgets where they didn't seem thematically appropriate. This vote will give funding to those projects without the bureaucratic overhead of writing separate votes. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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Pumping Station: One has had a long history and culture of members organizing clubs that meet and operate with the help of PS:1's infrastructure. [[James_Lamken_Campaign#Community_Engagement|James Lamken]] has identified the need to expand on the clubs and activities we have at PS1, and the importance of member involvement. The goal of this policy is to: | |||
# Recognize and support activities and organization in the space that don't or don't yet qualify as deserving of 'Area' status, but would greatly benefit from member sponsorship in the form of: | |||
## Authorization to spend member funds | |||
## Reserved space on PS:1 premises | |||
## and/or Waiving membership dues for the Club Host, | |||
# Facilitate and encourage member initiative in organizing special interest groups in the space. | |||
In addition to establishing a policy and framework for member-sponsored clubs, this vote will establish four existing organizations as member-sponsored clubs. | |||
# Power Racing Series | |||
# Photography Club | |||
# Cycle Station: One | |||
# Renegade Recycling | |||
Giving the formalized status and support to these clubs comes with the responsibility to report regularly to the board secretary on attendance and activity. Clubs that consistently fail to fulfill this requirement may be dissolved. | |||
Finally, this vote established an alternative path besides passing a vote to establish member-supported clubs. Any group of members can start a club, schedule meetings, and report attendance and activity (minutes) via email to the board secretary. After 3 months of fulfilling these requirements, the club will become eligible for member-sponsored club status and able to request privileges from the board without a member vote. | |||
== Language of the Vote == | == Language of the Vote == | ||
''Here is the actual text that will be recorded as, for example, an expense authorization, a Policy of the Corporation, a proposal for the change of a director or officer, etc. The Language of the Vote, as voted on by the Membership, must include the actual language of any externally referenced documents. Links are not allowed. Amendments to existing Policies always place the entire Policy up for vote, not just the part being amended. | ''Here is the actual text that will be recorded as, for example, an expense authorization, a Policy of the Corporation, a proposal for the change of a director or officer, etc. The Language of the Vote, as voted on by the Membership, must include the actual language of any externally referenced documents. Links are not allowed. Amendments to existing Policies always place the entire Policy up for vote, not just the part being amended. | ||
