Governance Change Information Page

Typo Correction from December 2006 InfoGram:

• Members will vote on Governance Change in March 2007.

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1. Letter to Members Describing the Governance Recommendation (PDF)

2. Proposed Board-Recommended Bylaws - Overview (PDF)

3. Governance Recommendation - Detail (PDF)

4. FAQ on Recommended Governance Change (PDF)

On November 18th, CSI's officers and directors voted unanimously to propose to the membership a restructuring of the Institute Board of Directors. Among other points, the recommendation is to reduce the size of the Board of Directors from twenty-nine to twelve members to create a more efficient, streamlined governing body that will be better able to concentrate on leading the Institute. In February, all members will receive a ballot to vote on this recommendation.

Since you are a CSI Leader, you have been auto-subscribed to the secure "All Leaders" Discussion forum at www.csinet.org/forums. The goal of this forum is to allow all CSI leaders to actively and easily participate in one of the most important decisions members will ever make. The Board of Directors unanimously supports this recommendation, and encourages all CSI leaders to use this forum to resolve their questions about the recommendation.

This forum has seen an unprecedented level of activity (nearly 3,000 views in 3 days). This level of activity, combined with being auto-subscribed, has caused a large amount of email being directed to you. Every new post to this forum causes an email notification to be sent out to all CSI Leaders to let them know a comment has been made. The email is sent from forums@csinet.org, and contains a link to the forum so that you can view and participate in the discussion.

The All Leaders Forum became active on Monday, Dec. 11, and discussion is taking place there now. To view the forum and activate your e-mail notification, go to www.csinet.org, log in, and click "Forums." The All Leaders Discussion will be your first option -- but it will not become visible to you until you have logged in. Once you have logged in, you will begin receiving email notices when a new comment is posted. If you have any difficulty, contact CSI's web team at forums@csinet.org.

Given the importance of the topic to CSI's future, please take time to read and participate in the forum. For more information, including FAQs, please visit www.csinet.org/futurecsi.