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<DIV>Sala, are you sure?</DIV>
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<DIV>The charter amendment process states that it is 2/3 of membership required
for charter amendments, not 2/3 of those who bothered to vote. My understanding
is that none of the votes result in charter amendments, because none of them had
over 2/3 of members supporting. The relevant charter quote is below.</DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" color=#3d3d3d>Amendments to the
Charter</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" color=#3d3d3d>This charter can be
amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than ten (10) members and as
approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the IGC. The
membership requirements for amending the charter are based on the most currently
available voters list. In amending the charter, everyone who voted in the
previous election will be deemed a member for amending the
charter.</FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#3d3d3d face=Arial>(perhaps it should be different but it isn’t on my
reading)</FONT></P>
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color=#3d3d3d face=Arial>Ian Peter </FONT></P>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com
href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">Salanieta T.
Tamanikaiwaimaro</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:11 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment
Poll</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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All,<BR><BR>Greetings! This is a brief update on the results of the IGC Charter
Amendment Poll. Here are the results:<BR><BR>76 responses were submitted, though
some respondents did not answer all questions, as none of them were
compulsory.<BR><BR>On proposal 1, 70 voted in favour, 4 against, and 2 did not
vote.<BR>On proposal 2, 62 voted in favour, 5 against, and 9 did not vote.<BR>On
proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2 against, and 3 did not vote.<BR>On proposal 4,
65 voted in favour, 3 against, and 8 did not vote.<BR><BR>This means that all
proposals pass with greater than 80% approval, which is excess of the 2/3
requirement. The text of the amendments is found at <A
href="http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments"
target=_blank>http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments</A> and
the charter as amended is at <A href="http://igcaucus.org/charter"
target=_blank>http://igcaucus.org/charter</A> and <A
href="http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process"
target=_blank>http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process</A>.<BR><BR>I would also like
to acknowledge and thank you all for your contributions, elaborate discussion
and for taking the time to vote. Thank you to all those who proposed the
amendments and initiated the process and to all those who took part. Special
thanks also to Norbert for conducting the Poll and to Jeremy for helping out.
<BR><BR>With Kind Regards,<BR>Sala (on behalf of the Coordinators)<BR><BR><BR>--
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<DIV>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</DIV>
<DIV>P.O. Box 17862</DIV>
<DIV>Suva</DIV>
<DIV>Fiji</DIV>
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<DIV>Twitter: @SalanietaT</DIV>
<DIV>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</DIV>
<DIV>Tel: <A href="tel:%2B679%203544828" target=_blank value="+6793544828">+679
3544828</A></DIV>
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value="+6799982851">+679 998 2851</A></DIV>
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