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| Governance
Review
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The
Governance Review Council is currently seeking 2 new members!
Please consider running for election to our group if you are a
thoughtful, policy-minded working member ready for a new venue through
which to meet your membership commitment.
We generally meet once a month for 3 hours (2nd Wednesday) and rotate
attendance at monthly Board of Directors meetings (1st Tuesday). Our
goal is to shadow the work of the Board and assist it in maintaining
policies and decisions consistent with the Co-op's By-laws.
Familiarity with HWFC management history helpful but not
required. Elections will be held at the October, 2011 Membership
Meeting.
Position runs for two years.
If interested, please fill out the form below and return it to the
Co-op. The Governance Committee Candidate Information Form is available
in three file types:
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| Meetings: |
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The Governance
Review Council meets on the second
Wednesday of the month from 6-8 PM in the HWFC Community Room.
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of
the
Governance Review Council is to promote good governance, which in the
context of HWFC means encouraging robust democratic, cooperative
processes and structures in order to facilitate fair and open
decision-making at all levels of HWFC.
- The GRC shall provide advice,
support,
and analysis regarding any policy or Bylaws review-related matter upon
the request of the Membership, the Board, a Member or group of Members,
or the Management.
- The Council shall assist the Board
Secretary in maintaining a current record of the Bylaws and official
policies of HWFC.
- The GRC shall review the policies
and
governance procedures of the Board and Management and shall monitor the
actions of the Board for consistency and adherence to those policies
and procedures and these Bylaws.
- The Council shall review each
Notice
described in Sections 341.6, 342.8, and 343.6 before it is distributed
to Members to ensure that it presents the issues in accordance with the
Bylaws and to determine whether or not any proposal described in the
Notice would violate the Bylaws.
- If the Council concludes that there
has
been a violation of the Bylaws by any action of the Board, Management,
the Bylaws Panel, or the Membership, or that such violation is pending,
then it shall promptly notify the Board and, as necessary, may call a
Special Membership Meeting to submit the issue to the Membership in
accordance with Section 343 but without the need for a petition as
described in Section 343.2.
- The GRC shall appoint two people to
serve
on the Bylaws Panel.
- If, in the process of this
monitoring
function, the GRC discovers a problem with the Bylaws themselves, it
shall notify the Bylaws Panel, as well as the Board, Management, and
the Membership Committee, of the problem and may suggest appropriate
changes. The Council may go directly to the Membership, pursuant to
Section 470.2(e), if the Bylaws Panel itself fails to adhere to the
Bylaws.
- The GRC may place on the formal
agenda of
any Regular Membership Meeting any issue related to its duties and
responsibilities without the need for a petition as described in
Section 342.4.
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| Structure and
Process |
- Five members shall comprise the
Council. Only Members as defined in these Bylaws are eligible
for
election to the GRC. To be elected, a candidate must receive
a
plurality of at least 25% of those Members voting in the election.
- The term of office shall be three
years;
no Council member may serve more than six consecutive years.
Terms shall be staggered so that no more than two GRC members shall
have terms ending at the same time.
- The Council may appoint Members to
fill
vacant positions on the Council but no more than two positions may be
filled by appointment at any one time. Such appointments
shall
expire at the next Bylaws/Governance Membership Meeting, at which time
the Membership shall elect GRC members to fill the remainder of those
terms.
- The GRC shall select its own
chair.
- Three GRC members shall constitute
a
quorum.
- The Council will generally meet
monthly. The time, place, and agenda of the meeting shall be
posted at least one week in advance on the HWFC Web site.
- Any Member may attend and
participate in
a Council meeting, but only GRC members may vote.
- The GRC may adopt its own standing
rules
for its meetings with the exception that no rule may contradict the
Bylaws.
- Reports of Council meetings shall
be
posted in the store and on HWFC's Web site within two weeks of becoming
final.
- Failure by any Council member to
attend
four consecutive GRC meetings is grounds for removal from the
GRC. Upon notice to that member, the GRC by a majority vote
may
remove that member from the Council.
- Any Member may bring charges
against a
Council member by filing them in writing with the Secretary of the
Board, together with a petition requesting removal signed by of 35
Members or ten percent of the Membership, whichever is
lesser.
The Membership may thereupon remove the GRC member by an affirmative
three-fourths vote at a Regular or Special Membership Meeting held
pursuant to Section 342 or 343, provided that at such meeting not less
than ten percent of the entire Membership votes.
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Board Liaison:
Bill Frye
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Council
Chair: Jody Haggard
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