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| welcome to the mcbride community forum! Name: rona pietr Date: 2003-08-20 15:53:23 Link to this Comment: 6283 |
Please help me welcome our new McBrides.
Jennifer Barr C/M 117 jfbarr@brynmawr.edu jen_barr@fastmail.fm
Tamiyo Britton C/M 187 tbritton@brynmawr.edu tamiyom@libertynet.org
Beverly Burgess C/M 198
bburgess@brynmawr.edu beverly_burgess@hotmail.com
Virginia Costello C/M 308
vcostell@brynmawr.edu Robertginny@aol.com
Beatrice Johnson C/M 1407
Alicia Jones C/M 952 ajones@brynmawr.edu avjay@sbcglobal.net
Kelli Payne C/M 1497 kpayne@brynmawr.edu kellipayne@earthlink.net
The number after C/M is the campus mailbox #. I've listed both brynmawr and other email addresses because, as you probably remember, it will take a few days before their bmc email adddresses are operative.
Best,
Rona
| Procedures for McBride Board elections -Fall 2003 Name: Ro. Finn Date: 2003-09-12 06:47:22 Link to this Comment: 6452 |
The McBride Board is comprised of five to nine members and each is elected to serve a two-year term with the possibility of re-election to an unlimited number of terms. Currently, there are six members:
Laura Munich, President
Gayle DeCoux, Treasurer
Ro. Finn, Secretary
Mel Brickley-Raab, Elections Mistress
JoAnn Townsend
Yvette Goslin
On or about September 9th, the current Board will have met with and invited the entering class of McBride Scholars to nominate and elect one representative to the McBride Board at that time.
On or about September 11th the Elections Mistress will distribute a call for nominees for TWO ADDITIONAL BOARD POSITIONS. All currently enrolled McBride Scholars are eligible to nominate themselves or be nominated for these positions. A call for nominations and instructions for how to nominate will be posted on the McBride bulletin board in the Campus Center, distributed electronically via List Serve (mcbrides-l@brynmawr.edu) and posted electronically on the new McBride forum on the Serendip website (URL is http://serendipstudio.org/forum/newforum/mcbride-read.html). You will have five days during which to nominate yourself or another McBride for these openings.
Nominees will then be informed and each will be asked to provide a short statement containing who she is, what class she's in, and why she wishes to be on the Board.
On or about September 22nd the Board will distribute a ballot containing information about all of the eligible nominees. This will be posted on the McBride bulletin board in the Campus Center, distributed electronically via list-serve (mcbrides-l@brynmawr.edu) and posted electronically on the new McBride forum on the Serendip website (URL is http://serendipstudio.org/forum/newforum/mcbride-read.html). You will have five days during which to vote. You may vote only once for each of these two positions. Ballots will be accepted via e-mail to a designee (tba) not currently a member of the McBride Board or community. All votes will be kept in strictest confidence. If, for any reason, you would prefer to vote by secret ballot, you may come to the Campus Center, September 25th between 1:30pm and 5:00pm. The Elections Mistress will have a voting table staffed for this purpose. Bring your ID card.
A Community meeting will be held shortly after the close of balloting (logistics tba). At that open meeting, two designees from the McBride community who are not board members or nominees will count and read the final tally to those who attend. List Serve, Seredip forum and Campus Center bulletin board notices will also be posted with the results.
All three new Board members will be invited to attend the first meeting of the Board, tentatively scheduled for October 2nd (logistics tbd).
| Form to Nominate McBrides for open Board Positions Name: Ro. Finn Date: 2003-09-12 06:49:54 Link to this Comment: 6453 |
Call for Nominees for Two McBride Board Positions
The current McBride Board asks for your assistance in nominating McBride Scholars for TWO open Board positions.
You may nominate yourself and/or any others, as long as the nominees are currently enrolled McBrides (either full-time, part-time or provisional):
Nominee name ________________________________________
Nominee name ________________________________________
Nominee name ________________________________________
Nominee name ________________________________________
Nominee name ________________________________________
Nominee name ________________________________________
Fill in and send this form electronically to:
Mel Brickley-Raab at mbrickle@brynmawr.edu
Or via campus mail to:
Ro. Finn, mailbox C-147
WE MUST RECEIVE NAMES OF NOMINEES
BY SEPTEMBER 16th
THANK YOU !
We look forward to having new members join the board
in support of all McBrides and Dean Pietrzak..
| this is great Name: Susan Ande Date: 2003-09-12 09:05:41 Link to this Comment: 6456 |
Susan Anderson
| Ro Rocks! Name: Laura Muni Date: 2003-09-12 17:17:21 Link to this Comment: 6458 |
Laura
| New McBride Name: Alcia Jone Date: 2003-09-13 23:44:22 Link to this Comment: 6467 |
I'm one of the new girls on the block and want to say how happy I am to be a fellow McBride. Not only are my new sister McBrides great (the gang of 7), but all of you are also. This definitely feels right and I'm glad to be here. Kudos to all who made this forum possible, especially Ro Finn. And, I must send a special "shout-out" to the world's most special advisor and dean - Rona. Thank you for all that you do for us!
Take care all and enjoy the rest of the weekend (or is that a joke because we are all up on a Saturday night doing school work).
Alicia Jones
| Fall 03 McBride Director Workshops Schedule Name: rona pietr Date: 2003-09-15 12:50:26 Link to this Comment: 6480 |
Tuesday, September 9 -- Election: 1st year representative to McBride Advisory Board: Laura Munich, President, McBride Advisory Board
Tuesday, September 16 – Studying a Foreign Language as an Adult:
Professor Janet Doner
Tuesday, September 23 – Reading, Studying and Time Management at Bryn Mawr:
Judy Balthazar, Associate Dean
Tuesday, September 30 – Meyers-Briggs test: Career Development Office: Liza Bernard, Director, Bi-College Career Development Office
Tuesday, October 7 -- Managing Stress: Reggie Jones, Director,
BMC Counseling Center
Tuesday, October 14 – Fall Break: No classes, no director workshop
Tuesday, October 21 -- Lantern Night Preparation: Kate Burn, McBride Traditions Liaison
Tuesday, October 28 -- Nutrition for McBrides: Mimi Murray, BMC-Haverford Nutritionist
Sunday, November 2 -- Lantern Night
Tuesday, November 4 -- Meyers-Briggs Test return and explanation: Liza Bernard, Director, Bi-College Career Development Office
Tuesday, November 11 – To be announced
Tuesday, November 18 – Major considerations: McBride Student Panel
Tuesday, November 25 -- Taking stock: Rona Pietrzak
Thursday, November 28 – Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 2 -- Preparing for final exams: McBride Student Panel
Thursday, December 11 -- Semester Wrap-Up: End of Semester Chill-Out, with refreshments
| VOTE FOR BOARD MEMBERS NOW Name: Ro. Finn Date: 2003-09-23 06:40:06 Link to this Comment: 6580 |
BALLOT --- FALL 2003 ELECTIONS TO THE MCBRIDE BOARD
MUST RECEIVE YOUR VOTES BY SEPTEMBER 26, 2003
The following qualifying McBrides have been nominated as candidates for the McBride board. You are voting to fill TWO OPEN POSITIONS.
YOU MAY VOTE FOR AS MANY AS TWO of these nominees. The two nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected.
I vote for ____ Diane Gibfried
____ Kelly Payne
____ Alicia Jones
Send your ballot to Masha Shardoakova at mshardak@brynmawr.edu. Masha is a graduate student who currently assists Rona with BMC's Continuing Education Program. She is not a member of the McBride community and has agreed to keep all ballots strictly confidential. A second counter will be designated to tally all of the results.
IF you prefer to vote by secret ballot, come to the Campus Center, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, between 1:30pm and 5:00pm. At that time, the McBride Elections Mistress will have a table in the main area where you can cast a private paper ballot. PLEASE BRING YOUR BRYN MAWR ID.
The results of this election will be announced at a Community Meeting. Notice of time and place will be sent to all McBrides shortly.
This information has been posted on the Campus Center bulletin board and also sent to you via the McBride List Serve. If you have questions, contact Mel Brickley-Raab at 215 297-0560
or via email at Mebrickley@aol.com
Thank You!
| Last Set of Board By-laws--To Be Revised in Spring Name: Ro. Date: 2004-01-15 14:58:25 Link to this Comment: 7608 |
1- We electronically discuss changes/additions/deletions according to the following schedule. At the end of the week, we poll the Board for all changes proposed for that week's chunk. Those that do not pass by unanimous vote will be tabled and revisited at the end of the exercise:
Article I, Section I ---Jan 19 to Jan 31
Article I, Section II ---Feb 1 to Feb 7
Article I, Section III & IV ---Feb 8 to Feb 14
Article II, Section I ---Feb 15 to Feb 21
Article II, Section II, III, & IV---Feb 22 to Feb 28
Article III, Section I & II---Mar 1 to Mar 7
2-We consolidate draft, review wording for all proposals with which we agree, and address tabled proposals (those that did not achieve consensus on first poll) ---Mar 8 to Mar 14
3-We review and agree upon final wording for entire new by-laws --- Mar 15-18
4-The draft by-laws are sent to all McBrides (electronically) for their input, which will be taken via this forum or via email to the board secretary---Mar 18 Mar 25
5-We consider any community suggestions received, amend the draft accordingly, and vote formally to ratify the revised by-laws ---On line or in a board meeting by not later than April 2nd.
On this schedule, it's not a big workload for any one of us (I think). If you think we need to get it done sooner, let's consider that.
Comments on the process?
Comments on the first chunk?
Ro.
THE CURRENT (1997) By-Laws:
ARTICLE I: The McBride Advisory Board
Section 1: Purpose and Composition
Subsection A: As the elected representatives of the McBride Scholars, the purpose of the McBride Advisory Board is to serve the special Interests of the members of the McBride Scholars Program community, to provide advice and service to the Director of the Program, to act as liaison between the McBride Community and all other groups on campus, and to represent McBrides to the larger community.
Subsection B: Members
1) The Board shall consist of no less than five and no more than nine Members elected to the Board by the McBride Scholars Program community.
2) First?year McBrides will constitute, less than half of, the Board Members.
3) One membership position will be reserved for a First-year McBride; other vacant positions may be filled by First-year McBrides subject to the above limitation.
4) The primary function of Board Members is to participate in Board Meetings.
5) Membership terms are for two years. There are no term limits.
Subsection C: Officers
1) At the first meeting of each academic year, the Board will elect its officers. Officers elected the previous year will continue to be the officers until the election of new officers.
2) The following officers will be elected:
a) President
b) Vice-President
c) Secretary: responsible for writing up minutes of meetings, informing. members of meetings, and for the Board's correspondence
d) Treasurer: responsible for submitting the budget and bills to the SGA
e) Archivist: Responsible for maintaining each year's records and depositing them In the Library's archives at the end of each academic year.
f) Elections Officer
3) In case of resignation by an officer, the Board will elect a replacement officer at its next regular meeting.
4) The offices of Secretary and Archivist may be combined and/or shared with two Members filing each office as determined by the Board at its first meeting of the academic year.
5) Other officer positions may be created as the Board finds necessary.
Section II: Authority
Subsection A: The Board may set both short? and long?term agendas for Itself, and work to accomplish those agenda items.
Subsection B: The Board may make additions and/or changes in its by?laws, subject to ratification by the McBride community.
Subsection C: The Board may make recommendations ratified by the McBride Community to the Faculty and Administration on behalf of the McBride community.
Subsection D: The Board may call a meeting of the entire McBride Community.
Subsection E: The Board may request a meeting with the Director.
Subsection F: The Board may establish new committees.
Subsection G: The Board may establish methods of keeping the McBride Community informed.
Section III: Meeting Procedures
Subsection A: The first Board Meeting of the academic year will follow election of the First-year representative(s) described in Article
Subsection B: The Board will call meetings of the Board no less than once a month.
Subsection C: The Board will call meetings of the entire McBride Community no less than once a month.
Subsection D: The Board will request a meeting with the Director no less than once a month.
Subsection E: Special meetings of the Board may be requested by Board Members, members of the McBride Community, the Director, and/or other members of the Faculty and Administration.
Subsection F: All meetings will be posted on the McBride Bulletin Board.
Subsection G: Any member of the Bryn Mawr Community may request to be heard at a Board Meeting. The Board reserves the right to hold closed meetings to preserve confidentiality and promote the free exchange of ideas.
Subsection H: Any member of the Bryn Mawr Community may refer agenda Items to the Board for discussion.
Section IV: Voting Procedures
Subsection A: Quorums
1) No quorum will be required for any vote at a McBride Community meeting.
2) A simple majority of the Members will constitute a quorum for Board meetings.
3) The Board may determine if any particular Issue requires a special vote, which would require that all Members be In attendance.
Subsection B: Each member of the Board will have one vote. A voting proxy may be given to any Board member by any other Board member who cannot attend a meeting.
Subsection C: Simple Issues may be voted on by Board members by telephone or by e-mail without having a meeting called. However, if one Board member requests a discussion, a meeting must be called.
Subsection D: Motions may be passed by a simple majority.
Subsection E: Voting will ordinarily be by voice. Secret ballot may be requested by any Board Member.
ARTICLE II ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
Section I: Election and Appointments Policy
Subsection A: The Board will be responsible for managing the election of positions and offices within the McBride Community, with the exception of the McBride Honor Board representatives and McBride SGA representatives who will be elected through SGA at the same time as the campus-wide student elections. Positions for which the Board will be responsible include new Board Members, McBride Traditions Liaisons, and the McBride representative to the McBride Admissions committee, and any others that come into existence.
Subsection B: The Board will be responsible for seeking volunteers and making appointments for non?elected positions within the McBride Community. Such positions include Coordinators for the Winter Tea and the Graduation Luncheon, and any others that come into existence.
Subsection C: Annual general elections will be held no later than the first Tuesday of May for positions open the following academic year.
Subsection D: Election of First-year McBride representative(s)
1) Election of the First-year representatives will be held at a Community meeting on the third Tuesday of September each academic year.
2) Only First-year McBrides will be eligible to vote In this election.
3) At least one First-year representative will be elected. More may be elected to fill vacancies on the Board, provided their number does not constitute more than half of the Board;
Subsection E: Announcement of impending elections, positions to be filled, and deadlines for nominations will be determined by the Board and posted on the McBride Bulletin Board. Any further distribution of announcements will be at the discretion of the Board.
Subsection F: The need for special elections to fill vacancies will be determined and announced by the Board.
Subsection G: If insufficient nominations are received to create contested elections, the Board will appoint the nominee(s) to the position(s) for which nomination was made, and election for that position will be cancelled.
Subsection II: Eligibility to Vote: All currently enrolled McBride Scholars, fully or provisionally matriculated, are eligible to vote.
Section III: Nominations for Positions
Subsection A: All currently enrolled McBride Scholars, fully or provisionally matriculated, are eligible to nominate themselves for positions.
Subsection B: Nomination Statements of Intent must be delivered to the specified Elections Officer by a previously announced deadline. The Elections Officer will post the nominations on the McBride Bulletin Board by a previously announced date.
Subsection C: All nominees are responsible for ensuring their nominations are posted by the deadline; if a Statement of Intent is missing, the nominee Is solely responsible for notifying the Elections Officer with a copy of the Statement of Intent within seven days of the deadline.
Subsection D: Statements of Intent will not be accepted after the deadline, except In cases of missing statements. No nominations will be accepted or Statements of Intent posted after seven days past the deadline.
Subsection E: The Board reserves the right to extend deadlines in cases of too few nominations, but only for that reason.
Section IV: Election Procedure
Subsection A: The Board is responsible for establishing deadlines for nominations and for setting the dates of elections. Such Information will be posted on the McBride Bulletin Board.
Subsection B: All voting will be done by written ballot.
Subsection C: Voting
1) A election's table with ballots and ballot box will be staffed for two consecutive days In the Campus Center.
2) Anyone who will not be on campus during either of those two days and who wish to cast an absentee ballot must speak with the designated Elections Officer prior to the second election day to arrange for absentee balloting.
3) A Community meeting will immediately follow the end of voting, and two members of the Community who are not Board members will be selected to count the ballots.
4) Results of the election will be posted on the McBride Bulletin Board.
5) Any complaints regarding the election and/or its results must be made to the Board within seven days of the announcement of winners at the Community meeting.
Subsection D: If only one position is contested, the Board may decide to hold the election for that position at a Community meeting, making provision for absentee balloting.
Section V: Persons In Elected or Appointed Positions
Subsection A: Persons elected as Representatives and persons appointed as Coordinators are expected to fulfill the obligations of their positions. Persons elected as Representatives or Coordinators should receive from the Board a written statement of the duties of that position and the requirements of this Section.
Subsection B: If Representative or Coordinator is unable to fulfill her duties, she should submit a written resignation to the Secretary of the Board In as timely a manner as possible. The Board may appoint a replacement until the next regular election.
ARTICLE III OTHER MCBRIDE REPRESENTATIVES
Section I: The Board will invite the McBride SGA representative(s) to co-chair at least one Community meeting each semester.
Section II: The McBride SGA Representatives and all other McBride Scholars who have been elected or appointed to representative positions have a standing invitation to provide information to the Board, and to request time on the Board's meeting agenda in order to discuss Items of concern to the McBride Community.
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