<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><br></div>You bet. I started playing with a redraft of the charter last year but realized it was too much for one person and there has to be a group dialogue first on a bunch of points. So among the groups we'll need to form this year is one to rework the charter.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to be part of that effort.</div><div><br></div><div>I also communicated this evening with on of our new NCSG members Olga Kortokova of Kaliningrad. Olga tells me she wrote the statutes and incorporation documents of her NGO, ELSA Russia. In her words "I would love to help by working to write our governing documents".</div>
<div><br></div><div>That sounds like a volunteer!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
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</blockquote><div><br></div>as opposed to this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ncuc.org/page/charter-1" target="_blank">http://ncuc.org/page/charter-1</a></div><div><br></div><div>It's all a total mess.<br><blockquote type="cite">
<div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div>Agreed.</div><div><br></div><div>We will get this sorted. In the interim, any suggestions about how we bring in new members? </div><div><br></div><div>Once I'm given access to the data I'd like to send a message to all the new NCSG members inviting them to join us.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As an interim solution, I'm fine with having the Chair accepting as new members any NCSG member indicating a desire to join. Objections?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br>I suggested some time ago we should have a working group or team or whatever on finance that would be led by an EC member. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>At the risk of becoming very unpopular with my colleague, I'd suggest Tapani for this role. He's indicated an interest in the subject and I think would do a great job.</div><div><br></div><div>We also have a new member, Anthony Nweke, a Nigerian with an MBA from Aberdeen, who just responded to my inquiry of interest with the message "Great. That would be ample opportunity to learn. I'd love to work with them and share my knowledge of finance". That sounds like another volunteer.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It should be self evident why I want to get these new folks admitted and involved as soon as we can. You can't buy the enthusiasm, willingness to work and enthusiasm these people bring us.</div>
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