You may already be a part of the NEIL Community. NEIL wants you to be part of the NEIL Community, to have a say in future NEIL efforts and to help determine the direction of NEIL. There are many people with an interest what NEIL does, and we want to hear from the diversity of voices in our Community.
You are a member of the NEIL Community if any of these are true:
- You have attended at least one NEIL sponsored event in the last 3 years before the most recent NEIL Board election. At this point, this is either an Intercon convention, Little Boffer Con, or a NELCO convention.
- You have submitted an article to, or are on the staff of Game Wrap magazine.
- You have submitted a LARP to, or are on the staff of the LARP Library.
Voting for Change
The NEIL Board of Directors is seeking input, opinions, and ideas from the NEIL Community about elections, policy, and future directions, through regular, open NEIL Community Meetings. NEIL Community Meetings will be held, as necessary, to select members of the NEIL Board of Directors, the Chairs of NEIL-sponsored events, and policy changes proposed by Members of the Community and the Board of Directors.
Proposals for policy changes and notification of elections will be announced to the Community at least fourteen (14) days prior to the meeting at which votes will be taken. The NEIL Board of Directors will make a best effort to communicate this announcement to the Community through the NEIL Community mailing list. These meetings will also be announced at NEIL events, and on the Upcoming Meetings page.
During NEIL Community Meetings, Community Members will be polled for their opinions on candidates for election, on policy proposals, and other Community efforts. To participate in any NEIL Community Vote, a NEIL Community Member must either be present at the meeting, be attending remotely via electronic means, or send notification of proxy to the NEIL President or other officer as designated by the NEIL Board of Directors.
The NEIL Board of Directors are responsible for determining if the Community proposals fulfill the business and legal requirements necessary for the continuing operation of the NEIL corporation. These are issues that the Board will raise in the Community Meeting, when possible. For example, the NEIL budget cannot possibly buy every member of the NEIL Community a Pony. The Board might suggest instead that it would be possible for the Board to pay for 3×5 cards in order to give a Pony Item Card to each Community Member.
After the NEIL Commmunity is polled on the issues before it, the NEIL Board of Directors will meet, generally immediately afterwards. It is expected that the Board will accept and formally ratify Community proposals by the corporation, except in those rare cases where the proposal would violate the NEIL Bylaws, state or federal law, or the laws of Thermodynamics.
Formal decisions made by the Board of Directors on Community proposals will be announced at the conclusion of their meeting.