<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 05/02/2012, at 1:04 AM, Avri Doria wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>BTW, I should note that since I only signed the membership pledge that is a part of the elections process in the last election, but did not actually vote for anyone, since I was objecting to the lack of a non of the above option, I have been judged a non-member by a previous co-coordinator. I would still argue that any amendments should be done according to the process defined in the charter.<br><br>Of course this means that by that judgement I am also no longer a member of the non-appeals team since I am no longer a member.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why should it mean that? You still have a voter account, hence are still a member for all purposes other than voting on charter amendments. The Charter only says that "everyone who voted in the previous election will be deemed a member for amending the charter", it doesn't say that they are not members for other purposes.</div><div><br></div><div>But agreed that we need to work on the charter, anyway. There is a group of 8 (including you) who have joined a mailing list to put together some proposed amendments to the charter, and anyone else can join that list too:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/charter">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/charter</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>We should get started now, I guess. I'll put together some suggestions and post them there within the next 48 hours.</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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