Buried inside my 2002-03 Regional Director's report was 3 proposals I had made for changes to the JCNA bylaws or policies, hopefully to be discussed and debated among members, delegates and clubs over the course of 2003 and then brought to the 2004 AGM (Los Angeles in March) as actual motions. I'd like to republish them here in order to get them out into the "public domain" well in advance. I will list the three seperately and invite any comments people may have.

Second:

Objective: encourage more people to serve at the national level.

Background: members of the JCNA executive (president, vice president, secretary, elected member) must be pulled from the ranks of the regional directors. A member of the executive must hold both offices. Because of this, a person who wishes to hold the office of president (for example) for more than one term unwittingly ôblocksö access to the position of regional director while serving. This discourages, indeed it renders it impossible, for enthusiastic local members to run for Regional Director until the president steps aside.

Proposal: the JCNA president, vice president and secretary can be (but not mandatory) nominated and elected directly from the JCNA membership. Note that all positions (president, vice president, secretary) will continue to be elected by the delegates at the AGM. The only qualifications necessary for nomination as president, vice president or secretary are membership in good standing of JCNA and at least one previous term as a regional director.

Thanks,

Daniel Thompson

Submitted by dthompson@gbc.ca on Fri, 03/28/2003 - 08:19

Pascal,

The idea is indeed to create a stronger BOD by allowing the president, vice president or treasurer to "let go" as you put it. I "think" I understand your point about a person not running for regional director, perhaps suffering from a little overconfidence at the prospect of being elected to one of the top 3 posts, then losing the vote at the AGM and effectively being shut out of the BOD. As they say in pro sports "there's always next year!" I hope I live to see the day when people are actually competing to get on the JCNA BOD!!

Daniel

Submitted by pascal@jcna.com on Fri, 03/28/2003 - 08:12

it is an interesting idea, I dont' see any downside to this. I hope current and past exec comments on this.

only possbible glitch woudl be that if an exec doesn't run for reg dir but loose at the AGM election due to a last minute nomination, we may loose an important member on the BOD. Not so much for the pres who still sits on the BOD as past pres. but maybe the VP. maybe not... worth tinking about this.

OTherwise, this could actually encourage an exec to "let go" of the reg dir seat and create an even stronger BOD.

In that case, I agree with MArk about expenses

Pascal Gademer
SFJC

Submitted by NE52-32043 on Thu, 03/27/2003 - 17:59

This is an interesting and forward-thinking proposal. I think it should be given some serious consideration. There really is no reason why the holder of any one of those three offices needs to be a Regional Director. I agree that prior service as a regional director should be a prerequisite to assure that anyone holding high office has prior national experience. But since those positions are voted for by the delegates at the AGM, not the Board, there is no reason to limit selection only to those currently on the Board.

Steve Weinstein, JTC-NJ
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