DRAFT Minutes VMICC Board Meeting
Monday August 1, 2005

Present: Marilyn Omey; Terry Gaskil;, Jack Barbash; Jolene Lamb; Joan Sells; Jean Bosch, recording; Jim English, presiding.

Minutes of the July 11, 2005 meeting approved with one correction: “Marilyn stated that the motion to create a property rights committee by Armen Yousoufian and the oath of office motion by Mark Goldman should each be referred back to the maker with instructions to re-submit as a bylaws amendment. The Governance & Policy Committee can accept only those bylaws amendments submitted by the July 18th deadline.”

Next Board meeting will be Thursday, September 8 to accommodate Labor Day holiday.

Treasurer Jolene Lamb reported an expected check from King County has not yet arrived.

Announcements:
1. Jenny Hodgson requested VMICC co-sponsor with the League of Women Voters a “Meet the Candidates” night in mid-October.  Would involve assistance with venue, date, format, and facilitation. Passed unanimously with the note that the Board can spend up to $500 from petty cash if needed. Guest Tom Bangasser offered the Courthouse room for no charge. Jenny will coordinate with Jim.
2. Bong Sto. Domingo requested that he borrow the VMICC public address system for the North Highline UAC on August 18. Will coordinate with Jim.
3. Marilyn Omey will do a presentation on inclusive governance at the Earthfair Cascadia Conference August 5-6.
4. Jolene Lamb invited the Board to her 50th birthday party August 20 at 3 PM, Eagles Hall.  Food will be provided and the band Loose Change will play.

Discussion of the VMICC agenda for August 5:
1. Marilyn will confirm these speakers: three presentations from the Vashon-Maury Island Disaster Preparedness Committee (30 minutes):
* Vashon Earthquake Preparedness/Rick Wallace
* Citizens Emergency Response Teams/Mike Cochrane
* Neighborhood Emergency Response Organization/Cello Gable

Note--Proposed Property Rights discussion postponed until after October meeting and CAO workshop moved to Sept. 22.

2. Motions:
* “Extend the Monorail’s Green Line to the Fauntleroy Dock & Endolyne Vicinity”  Vickie Mercer, VMICC Transportation Committee
* Formation of an ad hoc VMICC Economic Committee. Rita Schenk, Vashon Institute for Environmental Research&Education. Motion wording to be changed as follows: 5th paragraph, change “coordinator” to “forum” and add the word “discussion” before “preferred” to reflect the neutral and open nature of the VMICC involvement in this issue.
* Laura Wishik has submitted a motion to change the bylaws that parallels Governance and Policy Committee’s motion to add “Avoid partisan political activity that supports or opposes one or more political parties or individuals for public office” to the operating policies.  The G&P Committee will determine in their next two meetings whether to recommend a change in the bylaws as well as a change in the operating policy. They will meet August 7 and 18, 7 PM, McMurray Library.
* “Disposition of Proposed By-Law Amendments” VMICC Board and VMICC Governance and Policy Committee.
* “Urgent Motions” language deletion motion from Jolene Lamb

Note--“Oath of Office” Motions will be treated as by-law amendments and considered by the G&P Committee.

3. Committee Reports:
Tax, Governance and Policy, Transportation, Disaster Preparedness, Restroom, Bicycle, Septic, other

Procedural Discussion from two documents distributed at the meeting:

* “Submitting a Motion at a General Council Meeting”. Jim strongly noted that all motions should be titled and submitted electronically if possible. It was agreed that all motions should be posted to the VMICC website immediately.

* “Voting and Meeting Decorum” The voting choice “not appropriate” will no longer be used, as no record of its adoption can be found in the meeting minutes. If anyone feels a discussion topic is not appropriate under VMICC charter, he or she can make the objection when a motion is made, and the council will then vote on whether to take up the topic.

Board Membership: Terry Gaskill announced his resignation from the Board to take a job in California. People who formerly expressed interest in Board membership will be contacted as possible replacement candidates.

Public Comment:
1. Jenny Hodgson reported that there were 8-10 attendees at the tax committee meeting, and the information is complex and dense. It seems the political will to allocate money for construction is greater than that for operations and maintenance.

2. Dan Schueler commented that “sustainability” relates to our willingness to fix and maintain, rather than continually replace, our facilities.

The meeting was adjourned at 9 PM.