I think its a good idea to revise/update/maybe rewrite the constitution, but I think if we say we're forming a "new governing body" many people won't go for it. I think we need to keep the CoE, but revise the document that governs us. If we disolve the CoE and start something new, I worry ...

Done. If I mis-labeled anyone, let me know. (I think I got everyone right).

We could give everyone the ability to lock/unlock threads, that way we can lock it to show it is finished and it can be re-openned if needed later.

Cool! I like that idea better. It keeps it all on our site, which is better than forwarding elsewhere. It must be a mod for phpBB, but should be easy to add.

I'll second Kris's nomination.

I agree, a calendar would be a really cool thing to have. Google has recently put their calendar program into beta, so we could set up a calendar there and make it public so anyone can view it. Then just link it off of the CoE site and we're good to go.

RE 2: I do wonder if people would decide not to vote, just to stay off of our mailing list. I do think it would be a good idea to send it to every list we can (metw list, wolfgang's list, meccg.net site, any others...) so we get the largest possible audience. RE 4: At most, I would think monthly, bu...