Re: [AISdiscuss] Re: AIS Bulletin Scientific Editor

[John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

I agree that the AIS Liaison should be just that and more an observing  
member of the committee rather than a functioning member of the 
committee. They should really not be active in the committee business.

John
On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:38 AM, PlankMail@aol.com wrote:

> Greetings;
>      I want to make clearer one aspect of my proposition that we 
> consider
> consolidating the Scientific activities of AIS.   With regard to the 
> group's
> "chairman," it was always my thought that the Scientific board would 
> choose their
> own chairman -- or choose to have "none," and work in unison as a 
> panel.
>      My suggstion was to have a voting Board member as a liaison -- a
> courrier -- a conduit (choose a title)-- between the Scientific panel 
> and the Board,
> thereby relieving   members of the panel from ever attending board 
> meetings
> (unless they wanted to) and providing them with a direct and involved 
> voice on
> the Board, in much the same way the RVP and Section Councellors work . 
>   A
> Board member who was directly connected to the panel but not as 
> chairman, or -- to
> quote Don Spoon, "Czar", but a conduit to insure that communications 
> between
> the panel and the Board are   instructive or advisory and (importantly)
> timely. The liaison would bring the committee's report's) to the Board 
> and report
> back to the panel the actions and suggestions of the Board.
>      In my mind this individual would have no more authority over the
> scientific panel than any other member of the Board of Directors, just 
> as the Section
> and RVP Counsellors have no more authority over their panels than any 
> other
> Board member.   Our Section and RVP councellors are very valuable Board
> representatives and have the opportunity to bring their diverse groups 
> to greater
> unity and harmony with each other and with the AIS, and providing 
> mutual benefit
> for all.
>      Couldn't such a representative work similarily with a scientic 
> panel and
> produce beneficial results for all?
>      Jeanne
>
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