[governance] Fwd: IGC Membership list

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I think it is al well and good that you are trying to make your point  
by arguing the illegitimacy of the election which elected you.  I do  
think it would have been helpful for you to have done so earlier.   
Though I guess there is no statute of limitation of appeals.  I will,  
of course recuse myself if you and a sufficient number of others do  
bring the previous election up as a matter of appeal.

But to be clear.  At the time, I posted the ballot with the statement  
of support for the charter several weeks to a month before the ballot  
and asked for comments.  There were none, or at least none in the vein  
you now suggest.  Had you commented then in the way you are directing  
now, we would have had this conversation a long time ago.  As I  
remember it also did not come up during the charter discussion.

Another point, contrary to your statement, I did _not_ write most of  
the charter.  While i did produce a starter draft, many other people,  
you as well I believe contributed much to its final form and I do not  
believe it much resembles my first draft.

a.


On 28 Jun 2008, at 09:29, Parminder wrote:

>
>
>> I think you should have attempted to revise the charter, if only to
>> clarify the ambiguities you have discovered, a while ago since you
>> believed as you do - though I guess we would have run into the same
>> issues over that vote.
>
>
> You held an election as per you interpretation of the charter and also
> perhaps practical considerations where list participants cast votes  
> without
> affirming membership as per charter's membership criteria, which is  
> clearly
> stated as a condition of casting vote in the charter.... Why didn't  
> you
> rather first initiate a process of amending the charter to say what  
> you went
> ahead and did...
>
> I am highlighting this only to reassert that processes have their  
> practical
> aspects and that some variances from written text which may  
> subsequently be
> found perhaps a bit ambiguous can and should be resolved mutually in a
> constructive spirit.
>
>>> We are working within this definition of membership and not outside
>>> the
>>> charter as you seem to imply.
>>
>>
>> And that seems to be a matter of opinion.
>
>
> As is of course your opinion that charter needed to amended before...
>
> Parminder
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:49 PM
>> To: Governance Caucus
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: IGC Membership list
>>
>>
>> On 28 Jun 2008, at 09:10, Parminder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We are working within this definition of membership and not outside
>>> the
>>> charter as you seem to imply.
>>
>>
>> And that seems to be a matter of opinion.
>>
>> I think you should have attempted to revise the charter, if only to
>> clarify the ambiguities you have discovered, a while ago since you
>> believed as you do - though I guess we would have run into the same
>> issues over that vote.
>>
>> I reiterate I am not trying to initiate an appeal of your  
>> decision.  I
>> am just stating my opinion and the actions I will take personally
>> based on my beliefs.
>>
>> a.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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