G.I.R.L. 2020 is a N.O.G.O.

Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me 9 Comments eeyore, make new friends but keep the old, membership dues, national convention, national council

If you haven’t heard the very disappointing news yet, G.I.R.L. 2020 has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled. The National Council Session is going to be held virtually. You can read more about the decision at the OFFICIAL G.I.R.L. 2020 page.

Not long ago, I wrote a blog post as to why I didn’t think the NCS could be held electronically. So much for that. Maybe there is a time crunch due to the nature of the membership dues proposals, and postponing the meeting would have been an issue. I don’t know. I also have no idea how virtual meetings work, but I hope there is some sort of option to allow non-delegates to watch the proceedings. So much will be lost by not having the NCS in-person, so I hope at the very least we can figure out a way to allow the membership the opportunity to see it. Continue reading

April 9 2020

The Yellowstone Trip: Three Years in the Making (Part Two)

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This is Part Two in a most likely five part series. Be sure to read Part One to catch the beginning!

After a night at the Roosevelt Cabins, we got up and ate the breakfast food we bought at Walmart on our way into Yellowstone the day before. We picked up non-refrigerated items such as muffins, pre-cooked bacon, breakfast bars, and the like for breakfast for the week along with packets of tuna and chicken, bread, and other lunch items that we could pack to take with us while we were out. Our plan was to have a nice dinner and have the freedom to splurge for treats (more about that later!). We ended up saving a lot more money than we thought we would by doing this.

Everyone found out that I was NOT a morning person on this trip. We first started the day driving out to the Lamar Valley to see what we could check out animal-wise. It didn’t disappoint!

April 4 2020

Electronic Musings

National Governance 3 Comments 2020 NCS, blue book, democratic process, gsusa, membership dues, national board, national council, national delegate, roberts rules

Recently, my mind started wandering to what the future will hold for this October’s National Council Session and G.I.R.L. 2020. It’s anyone’s guess at this point, but GSUSA did state that at this time, it does plan on moving forward, but that there would be a reevaluation in the late spring/early summer. Fingers crossed!

But I did start to think about what would happen to the National Council Session if G.I.R.L. 2020 was canceled. It’s mandated in our Constitution that we have a triennial meeting (see Article V/Sessions of the National Council Session/§ 1), so it can’t be canceled. What would the alternatives be? I wondered if electronic meetings could be a possibility. Our Constitution doesn’t say anything about them. So I did some research and went to both Robert’s Rules and Washington D.C.’s nonprofit corporation act. From my interpretation, our Constitution is specific about having to vote “in person,” and therefore, votes taken electronically wouldn’t be valid (emphasis added): Continue reading