[Fsfe-ie] a committee for IFSO
David Golden
david at oldr.net
Tue Nov 25 11:40:44 CET 2003
Speaking from experience of organisations and committees in my student days:
Make sure it's
(A) an odd number (less likely to deadlock)
and
(B) <= 7 (next to impossible to get anything done fast
with more executive members)
3 elected "senior" executive committee members (president/chairperson,
executive secretary and treasurer) and 2 elected "junior" executive committee
members (e.g. tech sec. and social sec., or whatever floats your boat, pick
subject-matter-specific titles...) probably works out best, at least for a
small to middling organisation. You can invent more elected or appointed
junior secretaries if it becomes necessary, and perhaps do without them for
the first while (but appoint/elect them A.S.A.P.)
Such a scheme can give continuity in a 2-4 year period, and may be a good idea
if you're planning to draw heavily transient populations (student and/or
professional, people tend not to stick around forever), as the juniors can
prove their commitment and consider runing for election to the senior posts.
It is typical to have a rule that the 3 senior exec positions should be
filled by people who have already been involved for a year except in
exceptional circumstances.
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