LINKS TO MINUTES March 2011 Session	March 2011 Session Opened Minutes Motion 2010-02-27 Grievance 2010-02-27 Decision Announcements: Call for Mediators and Arbitrators Announcements: Inaccessible for a time Adjournment
SESSION OPEN	15 March 2011 The February 2011 meeting of the Advisory Board is adjourned and the March meeting convened.   Sherri Bradley National Coordinator [I sent this the first of the month and didn't realize it hadn't come through to the list, so am resending.]
Approval of Minutes	22 March The minutes of the February 2011 session of the AB have been posted at http://usgenweb.org/business/AB-02-2011.shtml for review. If there are no corrections or objections, they will stand approved at 6:00 a.m. EDT 22 March 2011. 24 March Having heard no objection to the February 2011 Advisory Board minutes they stand approved. Tina Vickery Representative at Large
MOTION 2010/02-27 Grievance Decision	15 March As a reminder, per the Grievance Procedures, Section V, E.9 at http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/standard-rules.shtml, the AB's role is to determine if the Grievance Procedures were followed, not to rehear the issues. The choices that the Advisory Board has are to affirm the determination or to return the grievance to the Grievance Committee for reconsideration, ensuring that the procedures were followed.   The Advisory Board has returned the grievance to the Grievance Committee for reconsideration.  Affirm: Jeff Tina Vickery Reconsider: Alice Allen, Ann Allen Geoghegan, Bill Oliver, Cyndie Enfinger, Dale Grimm, Denise Wells, Jeff Kemp, Larry Flesher, Les Shockey, Linda Lewis, Nancy Beach, Pat Asher, Pauli Smith  Recuse: none  Not voting: none   Sherri Bradley National Coordinator 15 March My apologies to Tina and Jeff for mixing their names. Tina Vickery voted Affirm, Jeff Kemp voted to Reconsider. My thanks to those that pointed out my error. Sherri 15 March Executive Session continues. With the close of the issue of the appeal of grievance 2010-02-27, the AB is moving on to the next confidential agenda item, the discussion of a proposed disciplinary hearing.   Sherri Bradley National Coordinator
Announcement: Call for Mediators and Arbitrators	14 March The Grievance Committee of USGENWEB hereby formally requests candidates for the position of Mediator/Arbitrator. Candidates should have past experience in their personal or professional lives that reflects the following attributes: (1) An even disposition (2) Reliability and timeliness (3) An ability to suspend judgment and distance themselves from their own views in order to hear other points of view (4) An ability and willingness to propose solutions that are fair, equitable and consistent with the policies and philosophy of the Project (5) Good basic communication [writing by e-mail] skills and an ability to compromise and get along with others. Interested individuals should send the following information to John Quigley Chair, Grievance Committee atjquigley2@gmail.com with the phrase "Mediator/Arbitrator Candidate" in the subject line. John will then forward the submitted material in confidence to the other Committee members for review and selection. The necessary information is: (1) Your name (2) Your e-mail address (3) Your current position(s) in the USGENWEB Project or an affiliated Special Project--you must be a Member (4) A brief statement of why you believe you would be qualified for this volunteer position. If selected, a Mediator will be asked to Mediate disputes, listen to evidence and arguments from the disputing parties, develop and propose solutions, and provide a logical rationale for their proposals. An Arbitrator will be asked to help arbitrate disputes, listen to evidence and arguments from the disputing parties, and make a judgment as to the side which wins the case. Training and guidance from the Grievance Committee members will be provided. The Committee will be reasonable in its requests and time expectations of appointed Mediators and Arbitrators.-- John Quigley Chair, USGenWeb Grievance Committee
Announcement: Inaccessible for a time	23 March With this note I'm turning over the meeting to Tina Vickery, as RAL, until I'm once again accessible on a regular basis. I suffered a minor accident tonight and am/will be limited in the amount of time I will be able to spend online for a few days. Sherri 27 March I wish to express my thanks to Tina Vickery for standing in for me for the last few days. Things have improved and I'm once again able to get online so will be resuming as Chair of the meeting.  My thanks, too, to each of you that sent your good wishes for my speedy recovery. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator
Adjournment	Sherri Bradley adjourned the March meeting on April 1, 2011.

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