RE: AIS- Scientific Grant Proposals

["Brad" <zebrairis1@aol.com>]

Greetings:

Roy says 7 days each for discussion and voting while Jill says it is 14 days
each. Could Jill and Roy quickly confer and agree on the time frames we will
use UNTIL these issues can be resolved at the fall Board meeting.

I hope that all voting members will agree to accept their decision until the
meeting.

Cheers! Brad K

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From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
On Behalf Of Michelle Snyder
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS- Scientific Grant Proposals

Per the information supplied to me by President E. Roy Epperson, which
was excerpted from the minutes of the AIS Spring 2003 Board meeting,
once a motion is seconded there is a period of 7 days for discussion
before the motion goes to vote.  Once the motion moves to AISVote, the
process stays open for 7 days.  A minimum of 12 votes is needed by the
18 voting members.  The President only votes when there is a tie.

Michelle

Robert Pries wrote:
> My understanding (thanks to Jillbs help in providing me the info) of the
> current rules for e-mail motions is that they have 14days for discussion
and
> then they have fourteen days to collect the votes and that only one motion
can
> be discussed at a time. Does this mean that only six motions could be made
> electronically in the period between meetings? It amazes me that an
> organization the size of AIS would have so little business.
>
> There is currently a motion on discuss about grants. Generally grants are
> written after the school year and often after bloom season. The science
> committee requires time to review them. Researchers need to know before
> September and the school year begins on whether the grants are accepted.
If we
> take 14 days for discussion and 14 days for voting then it puts such a
motion
> as a last minute decision.
>
> Of course if after fourteen days there are 12 yeah votes within a day or
two,
> then disposition of the vote would not be in doubt, but I assume the
> researcher could not be officially notified until the vote closed. Is
there no
> way we could speed up our work? One way would be to be able to have more
than
> one motion at a time.
>
> I think we need to have a speedier process and the present motion is only
an
> example of why I think this is so.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Pries" <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Cc: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 12:39:53 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS- Scientific Grant Proposals
>
> I second the motion in the message below.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gary white" <in2iris@yahoo.com>
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 11:58:18 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> Subject: [AISdiscuss] AIS- Scientific Grant Proposals
>
> The Scientific Advisory Committee received two research grant proposals.
The
> first proposal is by Miss Jinyan Guo, titled "Phylogenetic and
developmental
> study of Iris subgenus Limniris section Lophiris and related species".
The
> second proposal is by Dr. Allan Meerow, and titled "Heterogeneity,
ecological
> specialization and introgression in a large population of Iris
> savannarum".   Both of these proposals were reviewed by the committee
> and recommended for funding by the American Iris Society.   The total
first
> year cost is $6160.   Both are two-year studies.  The total second year
cost
> is $6405.   Payments to researchers can be made in increments throughout
the
> two-year period.
>
> I move that the AIS fund both Miss Guo's research grant request and Dr.
> Meerow's research grant request.
>
> Gary White,
> AIS Director
> Chair of Scientific Advisory Committee
>
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