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
Well, it’s here. The Early Alert for the 2020 National Council Session has arrived. What’s the Early Alert you ask? Usually in February before the National Council Session, the National Board and GSUSA release what they intend on presenting as proposals and a discussion topic.
