Minutes of the OCF General Meeting 11-14-89 Including Election results -transcribed by George William Herbert

Meeting was called to order at 7:50 PM by current General Manager Partha S. Banerjee.

The first order of business was to a vote to confirm Brian Harvey as the OCF's Faculty Advisor. An Oral Vote was made, confirming Mr. Harvey, with a single nay, whom Partha ordered taken out and shot.

Following this was the General Manager election. An explanation of the job of General Manager was made, as well of the Site Manager and of the Board of Directors. The section of the constitution detailing the Site Manager's job was read by Adam Richter.

The floor was opened for self-nominations for the position. Robert Cullman, Hans Reiser, and Partha Banerjee nominated themselves, then nominations were closed.

The cantidates were allowed time to present speeches to the meeting. Following the speeches, questions from the floor were accepted.
Highlights included Partha's reaction to "WHat would you do differently from what the current site manager has done?", Hans:(resp. to "How long are you going to be here [at berkeley]) "Well, I went to New Jersey and it sucked, so I'll be here for the next 40 years.", and Adam Glass harrasing Robert about percieved power plays [Partha: "...and have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?..."].

A first round of voting followed. No cantidate recieved a majority, and Partha and Robert entered a runoff. Partha won the runoff by a single vote, beginning his second term as General Manager.

The election for Site Manager was held next. The only nomination was Case Larsen. The subsequent vote approved Case with no nays.

The last election was for the Board of Directors. The following all ran for and were elected to the board: Adam Glass Adam Richter Robert Cullman Boyd Montgomery George Herbert Geoff Broadwell John Chung Peter Shipley Mike Broadhead Glen Chester Peter Kim

Following the Board election, Adam Richter proposed two amendments, one to the constitution and one to the bylaws. The constitutional amendment was to change the time of the mandated general meeting from the ninth to the fourth week in each semester. It was debated and a motion to introduce it for a two week discussion and voting period was rejected by hand vote.

The amendment to the bylaws was to count missed board of directors meetings (for removal from board for nonattendance) whether said meeting had reached quorum or not. It was passed by unanimous voice vote.

Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM.