Christine,
I can't find an electronic copy of the charter but I do recall that the
president is elected by the board. It doesn't say when or how, or for how
long. So, if the new board don't like Stuart as president I suggest that
they vote him out. However, he might not get elected as a board member if
enough people stand for the election and poll enough votes to vote him off.
I do think it is time that we had a different, non-US president. But that's
just my personal opinion. I don't think many of the original board members
ever thought that one person would stay as president for this length of
time.

Malcolm

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Christine Normile
Sent: 03 November 2006 03:50
To: Sebastian, Norma J.
Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; Paul Watson
Subject: Re: IIUG ELection


Excellent question, Norma Jean. It doesn't make sense and I'm not
sure when this started. Perhaps Walt or Hal or Jerry could give us
the historical perspective. The By-laws simply states that the board
will elect the president and it seems to make sense that it would be
the newly elected board rather than the outgoing board.

On another note, the Charter seems to have disappeared from the website.

Anybody have a copy handy before I start digging through by backups?

Thanks

Christine
On Nov 2, 2006, at 9:20 PM, Sebastian, Norma J. wrote:

> I have a question.
>
> I just read the Insider for October that mailed on 10/31. This Insider
> said the president of the IIUG board for 2007 has already been
> elected.
>
> That doesn't make sense does it?
>
> The IIUG board for 2007 is not yet in place, but the president as
> voted
> in by the board is already in place.....Why would the OUTGOING
> board be
> responsible for positioning the president for the new incoming board?
>
> Wouldn't the NEW board members in 2007 get a say in it?..... for
> example... if new board is "seated" in January, perhaps in February
> the
> president "run off" takes place and the new board elects the prez
> for a
> year.
> This gives the current prez an opportunity to impress the new board...
> and also others an option of becoming prez?....
>
> Just 2 cents for discussion....
>
> Norma Jean Sebastian
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> IIUG - Election time IIUG Board of 2007
>
> The 2006 IIUG Board is made up of users, partners and IBM employees
> from
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> current
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