[LUAU] HOSEF directors agree to meet - please stay tuned forfurther news

Nam Vu nam.vu at shaka.net
Sat Mar 29 19:27:26 PDT 2008


Aloha Ron,

Thanks.  Hopefully calm, level heads will prevail and the outcome will be
good for all interested parties. 

I hope that you will openly share the outcome.

Nam


-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Fox [mailto:rfox at aloha.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:46 PM
To: LUAU; HOSEF Managers
Cc: Nam Vu
Subject: Re: [LUAU] HOSEF directors agree to meet - please stay tuned
forfurther news

Hi Nam,

On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 10:04 -1000, Nam Vu wrote:
> Aloha Ron,
> 
> Given the atmosphere, do you think a tele-conference is a good idea as
many
> things get lost without face-to-face interactions?

The sole purpose of this meeting is to correct some of the
misunderstandings that have arisen between and among members of the
Board of Directors and Scott as Executive Director.  I agree that much
useful feedback is lost or hard to discern on a conference call versus a
face to face meeting.  It's also true, in my opinion, that a conference
call conveys more or at least different information than an exchange of
email on a public mailing list.

The reasons why we've decided to hold this particular meeting on a
conference call are:
1) It's real time
2) It's more spontaneous
3) It's the only way we can meet this weekend and for the next few days.
I'm in Makakilo recovering from recent surgery, Jim is in Kailua or
Town, Joe is going to be at Work, Scott will be in Ewa Beach (I think).
4) It will have many of the advantages of a face to face meeting in
terms of communications cues (rising pitch of voice, volume of voice,
cracking of voice, etc) and none of the logistical problems of having to
physically meet.

> May I suggest an open meeting where members are invited?

The reasons why we've decided to hold this particular meeting in private
are:
1) We want to be able to let our hair down and try to focus on making
real progress on "items of misunderstanding".
2) As you know, if we make the meeting public or open to all members,
there's going to be a natural human tendency to grandstand or speak to
the audience instead of solely to each other.  I believe that, while
this would be informative to the members and possibly great
entertainment as well, it would work against our chances of achieving
our stated goal for this meeting.

> I've been on
> boards where meetings are open to the public, but the public is NOT
invited
> to speak, unless called upon by the chair.  It would create a feeling that
> there is disclosure and accountability and any interested party can attend
> to witness for themselves.

I agree that this is desirable for regular Board meetings, that's how it
used to work at HOSEF when the meetings (called "organizational
meetings" then) were held monthly and most recently at McKinley School
for Adults under the able chairmanship of James "Andy" Strobel, with the
other members of the board at that time being Michael Bishop
(vice-chair), Karen Lofstrom (Secretary) and Hank Seamen (Treasurer).
All exceptionally good people to have on a Board of Directors.  We can
only hope to regain that kind of governance.

> I would be happy to attend and if it is open to members only, please let
me
> know where/how to sign up and where to send the money.

If we get through this process with HOSEF still intact as a Hawaii
Non-Profit Corporation, you'll be welcome to join and attend regular,
open to the membership, Board Meetings.  As far as how to register as a
member/pay dues/etc, you'd have to check with Scott Belford
<scott at hosef.org> for now since he's the only one with the ability to
accept your dues/give you a receipt/deposit the money in HOSEF's bank
account.

Thanks for your concern and willingness to be involved in the process of
improving HOSEF.

Regards,
Ron
> Thanks,
> 
> Nam





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