Can An Ex Officio Member Vote? Aye.
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A potentially problematic assumption many people make is that the status of being an ex officio member of a group limits that person’s voting rights. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ex officio only refers to the manner in which a person gains the position, generally by virtue of a position or office they hold. It is the the bylaws which dictate whether that person has any voting rights or not. In the absence ...
What’s In a Nme: Part Deux
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Back in April I skewered bad twitter handles and the regrettable word abbreviations that result from the character limit (while telling you how to easily change yours), and Arts Hacker editor in chief Drew McManus suggested I follow up with some examples that keep your organization’s initials intact. By the way, did you know you probably use an initialism, not an acronym? If an abbreviation forms a pronounceable word like LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of ...
10 Ways to Become a Young Arts Professional
A few weeks ago, a post from PostGrad Problems about ways to become a young professional came across my Twitter feed. It was a funny post with some…practical tips about attending Happy Hours and self-organization, but not quite as applicable to arts management as the Clyde Fitch list that came to by inbox the next day. I appreciated both posts and began to wonder what my advice to new graduates would be. So, behold, my graduation ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…