Issues the board wishes us to consider:

* Election of board members by SPI membership
* Recall of board members (presumably by the membership)
* Specific authorization for the Board to regulate their conduct,
  including explicit power to determine other methods of passing
  resolutions.
* Review and clarification of guidelines for granting contributing
  membership.

Issues by Manoj Srivastava:

* A mode should exist where major arguments for each item on the agenda
  can be presented and voted for in email. It may be necessary to allow
  these votes to be changed after a meeting.
* A mechanism should exist to handle MIA members, as well as extended
  absences by board members (e.g. vacations/sabbaticals). A possible
  solution is to have a set fraction of the board members who must be
  active, and if the active set ever drops below that number, then one
  or more inactive members are required to return to active duty,
  possibly in a FIFO manner.

Issues by John Goerzen:

* Change article 3, first paragraph. "should act" -> "must act". Gives
  it more teeth.
* Article 3 is vague on the concept of membership. Board members are
  held accountable to "members", but non-contributing members cannot
  vote.
* Article 3, cont. members section, second paragraph. "will make" seems
  no longer applicable.
* Holding a meeting "electronically" is not limited to real-time. Email
  counts.
* The practice of meetings by email seems to be out of order.
* Monthly meetings are permitted by the current bylaws.
* Article 4 lacks a provision stating how public meetings are, and the
  degree of access the public and membership have to the details of the
  board's inner workings.
* The difference between annual and quarterly meetings is not clear.
* Quorum. 'nuff said.
* Minutes of email meetings should be public.
* The bylaws do not appear to permit Condorcet voting.
* The issue of members who join while a vote is in progress is not
  addressed. Perhaps eligible voters should consist only of those who
  are members at the time the vote is called for.
* "Votes and tallies" paragraph is confusing.
* There is no provision for dealing with votes in the secretary's
  absence. Nor is there a provision to handle a conflict of interest.
* Resolutions should be public.
* The powers of the board (or limitations thereof) to interfere in an
  election are not enumerated.
* Article 6, item 2. Should read "reading and approval" of minutes.
* Article 6. Clarify "good and welfare".
* Article 6. "Adjournment" is missplet.
* What types of meeting does the order of business in Article 6 apply
  to?
* Article 7, paragraph 3 seems to prohibit email business.
  (Contradiction?)
* No procedure is given for choosing officers. The membership should do
  this.
* Quorum reference and July requirement in article 7 may be redundant.
* Article 7: "balance of the year" is unclear.
* Contradiction: The secretary is elected by the board, but board
  members are chosen in the same way as officers.
* The membership is not given a say in the removal of board members.
* The notion of a vacancy is not well-defined.
* Article 8: "physically affixed"?
* Perhaps more committees will alleviate the need to email voting, if
  the board is not supposed to concern itself with day-to-day business.
* Article 10: Who is responsible for deeming private discussions necessary?
* Article 10: What form does the charter review take?
* There should be a requirement to maintain an up-to-date public website
  with all committees' membership and charter.
* The board should not have the power to impose dues without a vote of
  the membership.
* Older versions of the bylaws should be made available.

Issues by David Graham (cdlu):

* The membership should be able to recall board members or the entire
  board. The membership committee's powers should be enumerated.
* Article 3: Replace "the status of contributing members" with
  "contributing membership".
* Article 4 needs a complete rewrite.
* Quorum should be "ditched outright".
* If quorum has to be maintained, then proxy votes should be permitted.
* The membership should be able to force a board meeting.
* Quorum in membership voting should be replaced with a minimum time.
* Votes should have a "no opinion" option.
* Contributing members who fail to turn in any ballot at all should be
  subject to membership committee review.
* Voting rules and procedure applicable to a particular vote should be
  immutable once the voting period begins.
* A committe should be created to tally and announce votes by the
  membership.
* Annual re-election of board members.
* Order of business doesn't belong in the bylaws.