OTW Board Meeting Attendance

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Event: OTW Board attendance for 2011 and 2012
Participants: Organization for Transformative Works (OTW)
Date(s): 2011-2012
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Fandom: panfandom
URL: Organization for Transformative Works/Board,OTW Elections site, FAQ, Main OTW site
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In July 2012, after an OTW Board member mentioned poor attendance at board meetings,[1] some fans calculated the attendance rate of different board members and posted their findings.[2][3] So many fans expressed shock at the results[2] that the board member wrote a follow-up post to clarify the relative importance of meeting attendance.[4]

Context

The meeting attendence discussion was prompted by Jenny Scott-Thompson's July 4 Dreamwidth post titled "Tired", which she posted in response to a discussion about OTW volunteer burnout. The burnout discussion occurred during a June 30 org-wide meeting. On Dreamwidth, awatson posted some general information about burnout on July 1, and hl also posted their thoughts on burnout in the org on July 4.

Jenny posted,

Board is difficult. We have three people who can hardly ever make a meeting at the moment. I would say you can see from our minutes, but I'm having trouble getting a quorum to approve the minutes so I can post them. And it's getting to be holiday season, so it's only going to get harder. We can't really have the discussions of big issues that we need if only half the board are there. So we tick along on the admin side, and work on making specific committees more sustainable.[1]

Board Meeting Attendance

The following tables show attendance of board members at board meetings conducted via online chat, for the 2011 and 2012 terms.[5]

2011 Term

From 12/29/2010 (at the start of a new term) and 12/4/2011 (near the end of a term), there were 28 meetings and this is the breakdown of board members' attendance:

Date Allison Morris Francesca Coppa Hele Braunstein Ira Gladkova Kristen Murphy Rachel Barenblat Sheila Lane
12/29/2010 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
1/13/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
1/19/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent
2/2/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent
2/10/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Absent
2/16/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/3/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
3/9/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/15/2011 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
3/23/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/6/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/13/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
5/11/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
6/1/2011 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Absent
6/8/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
6/15/2011 Present Present Present Absent Present Absent Present
6/22/2011 Present Absent Present Present Absent Present Present
7/13/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
7/20/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present
7/27/2011 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
9/8/2011 Present Absent Present Hiatus Present Present Present
9/15/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Present Present
9/29/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Absent Present
10/13/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Absent Absent
10/27/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
11/10/2011 Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Absent
11/26/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Absent
12/4/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
Total Attendance 26 (93%) 19 (68%) 26 (93%) 22 (79%) 27 (96%) 17 (61%) 19 (68%)


2012 Term

From 11/26/2011 (when the transition between the new and old board starts) to 09/14/2012, there were 35 meetings and here is a breakdown of board members' attendance:

Timestamp Francesca Coppa Ira Gladkova Jenny Scott-Thompson Julia Beck Kristen Murphy Naomi Novik Nikisha Sanders
11/26/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/4/2011 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/21/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/23/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
1/16/2012 Present Absent Present Absent Present Present Present
1/21/2012 Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Present
1/28/2012 Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present
2/4/2012 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
2/11/2012 Present Present Absent Absent Present Present Present
2/18/2012 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
2/25/2012 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
3/3/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/10/2012 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/24/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/31/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/7/2012 Present Absent Present Absent Present Present Present
4/14/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
4/28/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Present Present Present
5/5/2012 Absent Present Present Present Absent Present Present
5/12/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
5/19/2012 Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Present
6/2/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
6/9/2012 Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Present
6/16/2012 Absent Present Absent Absent Present Absent Present
6/23/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/7/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/14/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/21/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Absent
7/28/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Absent Absent Present
8/4/2012 Absent Present Present Absent Present Absent Present
Total Attendance to 4 August 11 (37%) 22 (73%) 24 (80%) 24 (80%) 28 (93%) 14 (47%) 28 (93%)
8/11/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
8/18/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
8/24/2012 Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present
9/8/2012 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
9/14/2012 Present Present Present Absent Absent Present Present
Total Attendance to 14 September 14 (40%) 27 (77%) 29 (83%) 28 (80%) 31 (89%) 16 (46%) 33 (94%)


External Links

Discussion Links

References

  1. ^ a b Jenny Scott-Thompson. Tired, Archived version. Posted to Dreamwidth 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012).
  2. ^ a b Re:OTW Newsletter. Thread in fail_fandomanon started 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  3. ^ wistfuljane. Rarity. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  4. ^ Jenny Scott-Thompson. Clarifications and news. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  5. ^ OTW Board Meeting Minutes. (Accessed 05 July 2012.)
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