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2017 SDCBC Board Structure

50:50 split, No Max on Board Size

Clubs/Orgs Board Members

Board Members selected by Clubs or related Orgs who join Coalition and pay respective dues.
Voted by members of respective clubs who are also Coalition Members.

Bike/Walk Alliance Board Member (1 max)

Selected similar to Club Board positions.

At-Large Board Members Any Member current on Coalition Membership Dues could run.

Candidates selected by Governance Committee
Candidates voted on by General Membership during annual board elections.

*This slide does not represent the original founding board structure or the evolution over the roughly 30 years until 2017 or so.

Link to Past By-Laws

This slide and the information on board size provided as reference only. The key importance here is the 50:50 split.

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Current SDCBC Board Structure, 2019-?

Maximum No Cap Club, 1 B/WA, No Cap At-Large Board Members

Actual 8 Club, 1 B/WA, 22 At-Large Board Members

Ex-Officio Club Board Members (8 currently but w/ No Limit)

Board Members selected by Clubs or related Orgs who join Coalition and pay respective dues.
Voted by members of respective clubs who are also Coalition Members.

Ex-Officio Bike/Walk Alliance Board Member (1 max)

At-Large Board Members (22 Currently but w/ No Limit)

6 Member limit removed, size may expand or contract.
Governance Committee (GC) selects slate of Board Candidates to be placed on ballot including incumbent Board members who wish to run for re-election. In some years their information was run through a matrix (click for link) to ensure diversity was being adequately met.
The Membership votes each October on the slate of Board candidates.
On the day of the election, any current Board Member may nominate an individual who wasn’t known, selected or considered by the GC to run for a Board Position.
Membership votes on all of these individuals.
As of 7/22 By-Law Elections, there are 22 At-Large Board Members.

The arguments in support for this reformation of the board structure was to promote greater diversity among the board. Both Ex-Officio and At-Large were allowed to expand or contract as needed but practically the number of At-Large positions increased to a far greater number. Due to the limited number of Clubs in San Diego County, the At-Large Board Members, which were selected from pools of individuals belonging to the County’s various groups expanded to a far larger number.

North County Cycling Club

Cyclovets

Major Taylor Cycling Club

San Diego Bicycle Club

Challenged Athletes

Bike/Walk Alliance

The Turtles

Blind Stokers

Bike Buddies

Link to Current By-Laws

Link to biographies and photographs for current At-Large and Club/ BW/A Board Members:

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Proposed 2022 Board Structure

Post Transition, size to be 5 min (3 AL, 1C, 1 B/WA) or 18 Max (15 AL, 1C, 1 B/WA)

Ex-Officio Board Members (8 > 3 > 2 >1)

Club or Organization, eventually no longer to be elected by club members and sent to Coalition Board as Club Reps.

Ex-Officio Bike/Walk Alliance Board Member (1)

At-Large Board Members (22 > 22 > 16 > 13*)

Governance Committee (GC) selects slate of Board Candidates to be placed on ballot including incumbent Board members who wish to run for re-election. Status of diversity matrix usage unknown.
The Membership votes each October on the slate of Board candidates.
Day-of-election selection by current Board Member process is to be removed.
*13 assumes no resignations, incumbents choosing not to run during transition period, etc. Max is 15 At-Large, 1 Club, 1 B/WA

Proponents in support of this proposed Board Structure include a more democratically selected, more inclusive, intersectional, progressive, and smaller size to increase efficiency.

2022 Board Year

(same as previous slide)

2023 Board Year

2024 Board Year

2025 Board Year

To be decided during Oct 2022 Elections. The Membership may choose to keep 7 of 12 remaining At-Large Board Members either “by-lot” or individually. Details are TBD.

For All Board Members

Term Limits composing of three (3) two-year to be imposed w/ slight exemption in 3.6.B.2 granted for Board Members working on ongoing projects. (Exemption was not stated in email body)
General Membership Votes on all Board Members including Ex-Officio and B/WA.
Board Members viewed as in violation of the Coalitions Inclusive Community Policies. (3.17A) (not stated in email body)