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We had a meeting last night. There were a couple of things we wanted to share.
Formal TarValon.net title for Eleyan al'Landerin: Before we officially increased the size of our board from three members to five, Dralyn and I felt that, as a means of recognition for service from the "old" board to our Founding Amyrlin, we should bestow upon her a formal title. We thought of "Amyrlin Emeritus", or "Amyrlin Prime", but felt they were not Wheel of Timey enough. We had thought of "Daes Amyrlin" or "The Great Amyrlin", but we didn't particularly like it. During Jordon-Con Dralyn cornered Alan, the world's foremost authority on the old tongue, and asked him for suggestions. He sat on it for 12 hours or so, and brought back to us "Koyn Amyrlin". "Koyn" is the WoT equivalent of "Prime", meaning "The First Amyrlin". We loved it. Our first point of business last night was to gift that title to Eleyan, in recognition of her blood sweat and tears to make our community what it is today.
Secondly we formally seated Caerwyn Gaidin and Jaim Gaidin as members of the Board of Directors.
The final item that we felt should be properly announced was discussion and resolution concerning forum access for members of the board. In the past the three members of the board were also officers, necessitating forum access akin to our duties in the Tower. With the resignation of Dralyn as Tower Archivist, we now only have one officer on the Board of Directors, myself. However there are two aspects to our duties as board members that we felt should be addressed. The first is legal responsibility for the community, the second assessing the performance of the officers. The officers are hired by the board. It was decided that because of the necessity to adequately perform our duties as board members, board members will have read-only access to all forums. This will be revisited, and these needs reassesed as we add more seats to the board of directors.
Formal TarValon.net title for Eleyan al'Landerin: Before we officially increased the size of our board from three members to five, Dralyn and I felt that, as a means of recognition for service from the "old" board to our Founding Amyrlin, we should bestow upon her a formal title. We thought of "Amyrlin Emeritus", or "Amyrlin Prime", but felt they were not Wheel of Timey enough. We had thought of "Daes Amyrlin" or "The Great Amyrlin", but we didn't particularly like it. During Jordon-Con Dralyn cornered Alan, the world's foremost authority on the old tongue, and asked him for suggestions. He sat on it for 12 hours or so, and brought back to us "Koyn Amyrlin". "Koyn" is the WoT equivalent of "Prime", meaning "The First Amyrlin". We loved it. Our first point of business last night was to gift that title to Eleyan, in recognition of her blood sweat and tears to make our community what it is today.
Secondly we formally seated Caerwyn Gaidin and Jaim Gaidin as members of the Board of Directors.
The final item that we felt should be properly announced was discussion and resolution concerning forum access for members of the board. In the past the three members of the board were also officers, necessitating forum access akin to our duties in the Tower. With the resignation of Dralyn as Tower Archivist, we now only have one officer on the Board of Directors, myself. However there are two aspects to our duties as board members that we felt should be addressed. The first is legal responsibility for the community, the second assessing the performance of the officers. The officers are hired by the board. It was decided that because of the necessity to adequately perform our duties as board members, board members will have read-only access to all forums. This will be revisited, and these needs reassesed as we add more seats to the board of directors.
They are all valued members of our community for many years and reasonable people - so I am sure they will keep an open mind about any concerns voiced. 
