[governance] Phase 2 of improvements to the IGC Web site

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 09/01/2011, at 8:42 PM, Don Cameron wrote:

> I’m not sure the referenced discussion supports your stance on this Jeremy, however as you seem to be closed on the matter I’ll happily concede your points. Do whatever you think is best.

I'm not closed on the matter; if you want me to re-title the list of members on the Web site from "membership list" to "currently available voters list", and if nobody objects, then we can certainly do that.  This would deal with your concern, I think.

My response was not intended to say that my interpretation is right, but simply to acknowledge the fact that, going back a long way, there have been differences of opinion on what "membership" means (for example do people have to publicly acknowledge their subscription to the IGC charter every year to remain members, do they have to have voted in the last election to be "full" members, etc...).

It's rather academic though, because none of the various rights of participation in the IGC depend on whether you have the label "member" or not; they depend on whether you satisfy the particular criteria that attach to that right of participation.  So the fact that you and I may disagree on what "member" means doesn't change the effect of the charter on your rights in any instance:

* list members (who can participate in consensus building);
* those who affirm membership of the IGC (who can perhaps consider themselves members);
* those with voter accounts (who can vote for coordinators); or 
* those on the most currently available voters list (who can vote for charter amendments).

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Jeremy Malcolm
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