SP Meeting on Proposed New Bylaws

The Second Pride board will have a meeting today Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 6.30 PM SLT. The meeting is open to the membership as always.

Meeting agenda:
1) Call to order
2) Motion to adopt meeting minutes
3) Board Vote on proposed Bylaws
4) Motion to Adjourn

Teleport to Second Pride HQ (SLurl).

SP Board Meeting, Monday July 20, 2015

The Second Pride bylaws require the organization to have the public Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the Saturday following the “Second Pride Festival”. Due to the fact that the said Saturday was the 4th of July the board was unable to hold the meeting because of the Independence Day Holiday.

The board promised to have a public meeting in the week following to set the date for the AGM.

The Board of Directors of Second Pride will now have a public board meeting at the Second Pride Headquarters Conference Hall (SLurl) on Monday July 20, 2015, at 6.30 PM SLT

The proposed agenda of the meeting is as follows:

1. Call To Order: 
2. Set the date for the Annual General Meeting
3. Motion to Adjourn

SP General Meeting - Sunday May 17, 2015

This is from a group notice in The Second Pride Festival group

The Board of Directors of Second Pride have called a General Meeting to be held in the Second Pride Headquarters Conference Hall (SLurl) on Sunday May 17, 2015, at 1.30 PM SLT.

The agenda for the meeting:
1. Call to order

2. Department reports
    - Chair
    - Build
    - Events
    - Community Relations
    - Security
    - Treasurer
    - IT

3. Board vacancies - Repeat call for elections for
    - Secretary/Co-Chair
    - IT (Joomla experience)
    - Marketing

4. Information on Bylaws Amendments and Board Policy

5. Adjournment

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Anytime I see the words "bylaw amendments" on an agenda I know there will be an interesting meeting, and in combination with "board policy" this should be downright thrilling! 

I hope to see you there!

Second Pride Annual Meeting

The Second Pride Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday July 19th, 2014, 11 AM SLT, in the Second Pride Conference Hall.

The purpose of this meeting is (per the Second Pride bylaws Article III, section 1, paragraph 2)  "for the membership to offer questions to the board in an open, unrestricted and unfettered forum, AND for the Chairman to announce election dates for the next Second Pride Board and certain election guidelines."

At this meeting the board usually also takes the opportunity to report on and review the recently concluded festival.

Second Pride - Finally A Full Board Again

I have been remiss in my bogging to keep you updated on Second Pride, if you desperately need someone to blame I suggest you speak to Mr. Tomais Ashdene.

However, there was a board meeting last Thursday (which I unfortunately could not attend due to timezone hassles) that presented quite a few interesting developments. If you should wish to read the complete and unadorned minutes please visit the Second Pride website, Meeting Minutes of SP Board Meeting Nov 20, 2013 (url).

Here are my personal reflections on what occurred.

The attending membership was informed that Damian Tar had chosen to resign as Chairperson of the Second Pride board. He was duly thanked for his services to Second Pride.

This news saddened me greatly. Damian has been treated abominably by parts of the gay community, both in the election process and afterwards. He has received countless vicious and unreasonable personal attacks ever since he declared his intention of running for Chair. Damian has not even been granted the common decencies, that are fundamental principles of every democratic society, the right of being considered innocent until proven guilty or the chance to be heard in his own defence. Instead he has been judged, condemned and hung out to dry by the mob in whispering campaigns on social forums with little or no mercy shown.

I have grown to like, respect and admire Damian, but I can also see that in the end the hostility and focus on his person took away his and the boards ability to perform the important work they are elected to do. With the added burden of his sickness it is understandable that he, for his own good and the good of Second Pride, finally decided to step down. Like the board, I wish Damian all the best for the future.

Petr Hasting-Vanbeeck was appointed to replace Damian as chairperson.

Petr is a hardworking, no-nonsense and charming man who is well equipped to handle this position. I trust him and his level headedness to assure that the board's focus now is turned to the business at hand.

Andy Long was appointed to the position of Secretary/Co-Chair. I welcome this appointment also, although I will implore the new secretary to in the future spell my last name correctly, i.e. McMillan with two capital M's.

Sutry Long was appointed to the vacant position of Security Director. I am certain that Sutry will be an asset in the boards continued work.

So we finally have a full board again, lets get some work done people!

IT Director Jagger Naughton informed that Baz Ceawlin had agreed to become his co-chair.

At the meeting Petr then commenced to announce the creation of an ad hoc committee to review the bylaws of Second Pride.The committee is to be co-chaired by board directors Karl Karlchek and Marge Beaumont and include "Doc Spad, Bock Mcmillan (sic!) and one more as yet unnamed committee member".