[governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll

[Ian Peter]

Sala, are you sure?

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.

Amendments to the Charter

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.



(perhaps it should be different but it isn’t on my reading)



Ian Peter  




From: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:11 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
Subject: [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll

Dear All,

Greetings! This is a brief update on the results of the IGC Charter Amendment Poll. Here are the results:

76 responses were submitted, though some respondents did not answer all questions, as none of them were compulsory.

On proposal 1, 70 voted in favour, 4 against, and 2 did not vote.
On proposal 2, 62 voted in favour, 5 against, and 9 did not vote.
On proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2 against, and 3 did not vote.
On proposal 4, 65 voted in favour, 3 against, and 8 did not vote.

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 http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments and the charter as amended is at http://igcaucus.org/charter and http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.

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. 

With Kind Regards,
Sala (on behalf of the Coordinators)


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Suva
Fiji

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