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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Sorry Jeremy I don’t understand – the Charter very clearly states:
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>“</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The members of the IGC are individuals, acting in personal
capacity, who subscribe to the charter of the caucus. All members are equal and
have the same rights and duties”. This is a statement of fact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The fact the Charter further states: “</span><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In
amending the charter, everyone who voted in the previous election will be
deemed a member for amending the charter” does not in any way negate the hierarchically
superior membership criteria outlined above. All it does is set parameters for
who can vote on a change to the Charter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>How do you interpret this? – It sounds like the membership list
needs correcting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jeremy Malcolm [mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Don Cameron; governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Phase 2 of improvements to the IGC Web site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 09/01/2011, at 7:09 PM, Don Cameron wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
charter further defines self modification (moves to change the charter) as
follows: “</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In
amending the charter, everyone who voted in the previous election will be
deemed a member for amending the charter”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This
certainly impacts on the right to vote for charter modifications, however it
otherwise has no impact on membership.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Well, so some say, but others (including myself) interpret
it otherwise. The current membership list is on the basis of those who
voted in the last election. If we want to clarify this, we need to amend
the charter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In other news, I have properly fixed the LDAP errors that
were preventing people from editing their profiles to add extra optional
profile information (such as addresses and phone numbers), after they had
registered. Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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