Church Operations Business

I hereby second the move to bed.....All in favor?

 

I second the Motion to close the meeting on the bylaws and vote we close.

 

There was a most important job that needed to be done
And no reason not to do it, therewas absolutly none.
But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask
Is WHO exactly will it be who'll carry out the task?
ANYBODY could have told you that EVERYBODY knew
That this was something SOMEBODY would surely have to do.
NOBODY was unwilling: ANYBODY had the ability.
But NOBODY believed that it was their responsibility.
It seemed to be a job that ANYBODY could have done
If ANYBODY thought he was supposed to be the one.
But sence EVERYBODY recognized that ANYBODY could
EVERYBODY took for granted that SOMEBODY would.
But NOBODY told ANYBODY that we are aware of
That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of.
And NOBODY took it on himself to follow through
And do what EVERYBODY thought that SOMEBODY would do.
When what EVERYBODY needed so did not get done at all,
EVERYBODY was complaining that SOMEBODY dropped the ball.
ANYBODY then could see it was an awful crying shame
And EVERYBODY looked around for SOMEBODY to blame.
SOMEBODY should have done the job and EVERYBODY should have
But in the end NOBODY did what EVERYBODY could have.

 

Aye, I went to bed, so I voted Aye for Bed.

On the Motion to Adopt the Mission statement and the bylaws (Charter or the Articles of Incorporation) and to close that voting,

All in favor say Aye.

I vote Aye.
And Y'all?

 

That's fricking brilliant, Mike!

Do you put that one together yourself? Or is that an oldie from somewhere?

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

 

Remember, we want all to vote to close that voting and adopt the Whole Charter.
There are 7, coming and going, at this meeting so a majority for this vote would be 4 people. Thanks.

While you are still all around I Motion that we close the voting for the Executive Board.
Get a Second to that, and then take a vote.

That business would then be recorded in the minutes as officially concluded. Done.
Thanks all.

Minutes are a briefing. They are our recorded history.
(Note: We show the state and the fed, minutes of all meetings.)

 

We got the ball Mike and it's a rockin' and a rollin' right along, like rollin' thunder. We are here, we are The Now. These ones of us that put forth the effort and even in times of diversity we held TOGETHER, our hearts kept their course and were steadfast in their mission.

It's hard to have/be a leader when we are all equal. That is the purpose of The Formation of the infrastructure of The Church Of The Good Earth. That is why it is important to believe in yourself enough to carry out any 'duty' that is necessary to fulfill the obligation of the position held, under grace, in the most perfect way.

With experience comes perfection. We are all learning/relearning together. We are growing in our knowledge and wisdom.

We are our own conscience. We are guided by an energy flow that is one of building bridges of love to reach all humanity. We have grown so, that we are ready to become what we are and always have been. A Community of likeminded people that are willing to construct a new beginning.

Bright Blessing to us all.

 

I vote we close the meeting on the bylaws

 

Kenny send me that damn book.. I keep getting ahead of myself in my sweeping energy flow. I see in my minds view that we have already arrived. The destination has manifested in the Universe and is making it's way back to us as it has been made into the future.

Because of our ACTION we have caused a directional flow to funnel our energy through and is why things are coming together so rapidly, time is short.

lovins

 

I am so grateful that Mike posted the poem. That is so very timely. Thanks.

For you guys, all, I would like to layout the responsibilities of each position for each of us to that a moment to read and to get.

First the Execute Board, which is most all of us.
Latter the New responsibilities of the 3 officer positions. Make sense?

Most of us, I believe that Chris bowed out, are the Executive Directors.

Here's our specific duties:

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ARTICLE III: OFFICERS

Section 5:
A: Executive Directors: There may be General Board Members (a council, so to speak). These positions may not carry any specific demands or responsibilities. Each General Board Member has a vote on the Board on any item. This position shall be known as General Board Members, Executive Directors, Council Members, Directors or other titles. All Executive Directors of the Executive Board are officers of this corporation.

These Executive Directors may have specific titles and assignments as needed and approved. These same may be Department Chairs or Committee Chairs.

 

An aside.

Mary,

By that book, I believe that you are referring to:

ARTICLE VIII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
The authority for this organization shall be Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, or by consensus, or by the traditional Native American “Talking Stick” method. Whatever the meeting participants choose.

Official Book website:
http://www.robertsrules.com/

Best to get a used one on Half.com Just paste in the name for a search once you are in Half.com Mary Jo sells and buys half priced books there a lot. Ranger should know about half.com for him the sell books on. Its easy.

Mary, this should be an acceptable, corporate business expense. you could get a copy and write it on the books.

All you have to do is to make the Motion, get it Seconded and get 4 members to say Yes. Right?

 

You are correct by that assumption Kenny.
My referral to the book is the ritual of opening and wording of the Chairperson to conduct meetings
The steps,

 

I'm posting the whole overview on the Board and Officers.

If you could glance through Sections 1, 2, and 5, and just get the gist of the responsibilities, Just so we can all be on the same page, and together.
That would be awesome.

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ARTICLE III: OFFICERS

Section 1: EXECUTIVE BOARD
There shall be an Executive Board with Board members or Directors of whom there shall be the Officers of the corporation. This Board shall guide and govern this organization. This Executive Board may interchangeably be know as the Board of Directors, the Board, the Council, and by other names. The number of Directors shall be determined by vote.

Section 2: OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION
The Executive Board shall consist of the following officers: the President, also know as the Chairperson or the Director; there shall be a General Secretary in whose responsibilities shall also act as Vice President and as a Recording Secretary and as a Communications Secretary; there shall be a General Treasurer, who, if needed, may stand in for any of the other responsibilities or positions. If there is ever a need, necessity, or desire, than one person may cover more than one position, thereby taking care of all responsibilities and fulfilling all of the positions.

Section 3: TERM OF OFFICE
The term of office for all officers is 4 years, beginning January 1 and ending on December 31.

Section 4: QUALIFICATIONS
Any Operational Member in good standing may become a Board Member and/or an Officer of the Executive Board of the Church of the Good Earth organization.

Section 5: THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE OFFICERS
Executive Board: Shall be responsible for: administrating, actuating, or executing any works or programs decided upon by the Church; developing the Church of the Good Earth’s annual budget, if any, establishing and overseeing committees to conduct the work of the Church of the Good Earth, establish fundraising programs, if any, and to approve by majority vote of the Board any unbudgeted expenditures. Those expenditures that are not approved of as a regular month after month expense or recurring bill.

 

So, then for the Executive Board Directors or Members who we all are we have specifically the responsibilities of Section 5, which is posted right above, and also Section 5 subsection A, which is posted on the previous page.

I'll repeat it here just for convenience sake, Okay?

ARTICLE III: OFFICERS

Section 5: THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE OFFICERS
Executive Board: Shall be responsible for: administrating, actuating, or executing any works or programs decided upon by the Church; developing the Church of the Good Earth’s annual budget, if any, establishing and overseeing committees to conduct the work of the Church of the Good Earth, establish fundraising programs, if any, and to approve by majority vote of the Board any unbudgeted expenditures. Those expenditures that are not approved of as a regular month after month expense or recurring bill.

A: Executive Directors: There may be General Board Members (a council, so to speak). These positions may not carry any specific demands or responsibilities. Each General Board Member has a vote on the Board on any item. This position shall be known as General Board Members, Executive Directors, Council Members, Directors or other titles. All Executive Directors of the Executive Board are officers of this corporation.

These Executive Directors may have specific titles and assignments as needed and approved. These same may be Department Chairs or Committee Chairs.

 

Remember we need to vote to close the voting on the bylaws. 4 of us should do.

And to Second and vote on closing the vote for Executive Board Member.

Or argue for keeping these open.

 

Lets review what the responsibilities are for each office.

The most basic and most essential is what we're calling:

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ARTICLE III: OFFICERS

Section 5:

D: General Treasurer: Serve as custodian of the Church of the Good Earth’s finances, collect revenue, if any, pay authorized expenses, if any, follow all financial policies of the Church of the Good Earth, and hold all financial records.

This position maybe administered by more that one person, as needed.

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Also read and understand

ARTICLE V: FINANCIAL POLICIES
Is on this page. Page 3. http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=463810&page=3

Mary can e-mail anybody the full Articles of Incorporation. Just ask her to. Perhaps this should be automatic. We should all have a copy at hand.

 

I motion for 3 positions to be held as The Body of the Board and that each may co-chair any seat as needed.

Do I have a second?

 

I second the motion and cast my vote as a yes to close the meeting on the bylaws

 

If this is a position that you would like to take charge of, put your name out there.
Others may make a motion and second it.

General Treasurer is probably the most straightforward officer position. If you can write down a checking account record, file all receipts in a shoe box or someplace, add, subtract, or do so with a pocket calculator, and make tallies every week if needed and month, then you have the skills.

Having the church buy a cheap used book on double entire accounting and getting it (understanding it) would be a plus. Filling the I.R.S. stuff is a joint venture with the others. Not a Total responsibility.

Pretty straightforward. Not complicated. Just a take care of it kind of a task.

Put yourself out there. Please.

 

I'm not clear on what you're saying.

The 3 positions are automatically held by everybody on the board? Or what?

E Lab Bore ATE.

Please clarify for the others.