South Platte 11-15-05 Meeting Minutes

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 11/15/2005
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

1) non-voting members and quorum:
Motion: Bill Brown: Under Section 7: Move to add language on quorum:
Mike Shimmins makes suggestion for language to accommodate group's concern
that a quorum is necessary to take a vote on any matter.
Article IV, Section 7, shall read:
Quorum: A majority of the total membership of the Roundtable shall constitute a
quorum at the annual meeting. All other meetings have a quorum of one third of
the total membership. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority
of the members present may adjourn the meeting without filrther notice. A
quorum is necessary to take a vote on any matter.
Motion passes.

2) Bob Spencer: Article 5: We need a provision of advance notice if bylaws shall be
changed; currently, bylaws required 15 days notice for any meeting.
Mike Shimmins proposes language to fix it and makes motion to change Article
V to read as follows:
Article V: Amendments:
These Bylaws may be altered, amended, repealed or replaced by new bylaws upon
a 60% vote of any meeting of the South Platte Basin Roundtable, provided that
notice of proposed amendment was provided with that meeting.
Seconded by Bob Spencer.
Motion passes.

3) Discussion ensues about rules of conduct, reconsiderations of resolutions.
Simms explains that the bylaws have left open the rules of conduct: Article 4,
Section 11; in almost all rules of conduct there are provisions for reconsiderations
of resolutions; this is something we need to decide as a roundtable.

Discussion ensues about crucial role of level of trust for all involved in Round
Table.

4) Bob Spencer: Should bylaws address public education?
Article 1 Section 5 could address it.
Motion: Bob Spencer: Article 1: proposed language:
Article 1, Section 5: Public education and outreach: The South Platte Roundtable
shall develop an education, participation, and outreach plan to insure the public
has every opportunity to follow the progress of the Roundtable and to be able to
provide appropriate input to the Roundtable
Philip Shelton: Seconds
McVicker: Is this not part of our goals and objectives that will be discussed and
added through resolution? Discussion. Goals and objectives should include this
and use the statute as a guide.
Motion on public education does not pass: Vote: For: 10;; Oppose: 23

5) Motion: Move to adopt bylaws as amended, giving trust to attorney scribes for
non-substantive changes. Motion passes unanimously.

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