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On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 1:32 PM Denis Dupeyron <calchan@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 1:49 AM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> The work of running the entity is carried out by the officers |
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> > appointed by the board. |
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> [...] |
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> > Its not less trustees that are required, its more officers, not |
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> > drawn from the membership, that is required. |
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> Is it something which can be resolved by hiring external help for |
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> specific tasks? Or does this particular work have to be done by |
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> elected officers (then appointed by the board)? |
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So, there is no legal requirement for the actual work to be done by an |
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officer. There is also no legal requirement for an officer to be a |
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member. Officers are appointed by the board. |
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Usually the way it works in most organizations is that board members |
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are people with experience on boards and who are very invested in the |
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success of an org. They generally don't do work - they do oversight. |
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They usually hire officers. These are often not members, but as with |
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any interview you're looking for people who will care about doing the |
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job right. |
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The officers in turn can do work themselves, hire employees, or |
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outsource the actual work. Typically the officers will oversee the |
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outside work and provide continuity but often the heavy lifting is |
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done by specialists. |
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This is basically how we're operating except the officers are insiders |
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and unpaid. The treasurer is overseeing the books but has hired an |
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accountant to do the work. The treasurer could be somebody unaffiated |
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with Gentoo, and they could either do the work themselves or continue |
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to hire somebody else. |
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Obviously the more outsiders you involve, the more it costs. So there |
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are lots of practical reasons not to do it too much. However, legally |
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the board has a lot of flexibility in getting work done. |
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Also, there isn't really a lot of requirement that particular officers |
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do particular jobs in New Mexico. There are just a few things that |
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must be done by an officer, but there is no rule on which officer must |
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do them. |
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Relevant regs I can find are: |
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https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_53-8-23-11841.html |
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http://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title12/12.003.0003.html |
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(The latter references the former and has a bunch of other citations, |
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and those others don't seem to have much of relevance here.) |
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Rich |
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