RI ADMINISTRATION
RI Corporate Governance
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| 162) To request the RI Board to consider publishing RI Board actions |
Rotarians need to know what the Board is doing. |
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| 163) To request the RI Board to consider proposing legislation to the next
Council on Legislation to provide that the Board discuss matters related to the
operation of districts and clubs at the Council |
The board needs to be able to govern RI without always going before the COL. The COL can always overrule anything it doesn't like. |
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| 164) To revise the appointment process for RI committees -
would require board approval of RI Presidential appointments to boards and
committees |
This was proposed by the RI Board. Nonetheless, I'm not thrilled with the idea of adding additional layers of procedures. |
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| 165) To provide that the RI treasurer and another member of the RI Board serve
as members of the RI Finance Committee |
Another proposal from the RI Board. In this case, I believe that the Treasurer and a member of the Board should be part of the Finance Committee. |
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| 166) To add the most recent past member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee
as a fourth member of the Committee during the year of the Council |
The Constitution and Bylaws committee is essentially the RI Court. Expanding the committee by one in COL years is reasonable given the additional work load. |
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| 167) To create an Audit Committee and amend the terms of reference for the Audit
and Operations Review Committee |
This is an audit committee in the true Wall Street sense. RI should have an audit committee. |
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| 168) To provide for a standing committee of RI for population concerns |
I don't disagree with the need for RI to be concerned with population. Nonetheless, there needs not to be a constitutional committee - not even polio plus has such a committee. |
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| 169) To request the RI Board to consider creating a committee to study the issue
of reducing poverty |
Similar to 168 above, except that this requests that the Board appoint a Committee. Procedurally, this is much more reasonable. |
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| 170) To amend the second part of the Object of Rotary to provide for high
ethical standards in Rotary activities and to provide for a standing committee
of RI for ethics |
Unfortunately, an ethics committee may be necessary. But we don't need both an ethics committee and a task force on ethics. I prefer the later - see 171 below |
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| 171) To request the RI Board to consider encouraging high ethical standards and
establishing an Ethics Task Force
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See 170 above. |
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