seaworthy wrote on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 10:43pm: Quote:This meeting is the legal and official Annual Meeting of OUCH, INC. Like General Motors, or AAA, or any other corporation
Except its not General Motors or AAA. Its an all volunteer organization made up of a bunch of headache sufferers and nothing more.
Get back to the roots , get off the high horse, shitcan all the lawyers that got involved, and focus on the mission statement.
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Don, Jim was referring to the fact that OUCH Inc. is having their annual meeting, just like any other corporation. OUCH may not be General Motors, or any other large corporation, but a corporation it is. And being a corporation, it has legal obligations to meet.
And just as it is at other corporations annual meetings, the meeting is announced, some folks are there, some are not.
To me, saying "it's an all volunteer organization made up of a bunch of headache sufferers and nothing more" is insulting to the work that OUCH has done. Is there something wrong with the BoD volunteering their time? OUCH could pay salaries to get some experienced people in there to run it.
At this late date, it will be hard to accommodate all members of OUCH to attend virtually. I suggest an agenda be listed, and stuck to in the discussion.
To everyone who wants to have the members involved, just exactly what do you mean by that? I don't mean putting up a message board, so come people can talk about how they would do things, and flame the current BoD, I would like to know what you all mean by involving the members. Are you all prepared to volunteer to work for OUCH? Or to sit on the sidelines and comment?
Having streaming video so people can see is one thing. Having everyone not in attendance able to comment will stagnate the meeting, and it will get nowhere fast.
A few things I'd like to see on the agenda:
Having a 3rd party webhost, overhaul and host the website. Fix the log in problems.
Bring in a BoD that has a business background. They don't all need to suffer from CH. They need a business background. Pay them.
Keep Family Services.
Plan the annual meeting, preferably in the middle of the country, so more people can attend, and be involved in the meeting. Afford more time to discuss OUCH business.
The membership should be paying annual dues. Tax deductible. How many members does OUCH have? Then lifetime memberships would be just that. In addition to being honored with this award, the awardee would not paying dues for the rest of their lives. Otherwise having lifetime members is kind of meaningless. If we aren't paying dues, then we are all lifetime members.
Anyone care to add to this?