[governance] Suggested amendment for the charter. Voting.

[Avri Doria]

I beleive that the following has been proposed by the following IGC members:

Avri Doria
Baudouin Schombe 
Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Fouad Bajwa
Gideon Rop
Ginger Paque 
Hakikur Rahman
Ian Peter 
Izumi AIZU
Kabani Asif
McTim
Norbert Bollow
Norbert Klein 
Rudi Vansnick 
Shaila Mistry 
Sivasubramanian M 
Sonigitu Ekpe 
Tracy F. Hackshaw 

Please let me know if I have either left your name off the list, or have included it in error.

While the Nomcom amendment I proposed had errors that needed to be corrected, I did not see any for this one.  If I missed them, please let the list know.

At this point, I request that the co-ordinator(s) schedule a discussion and subsequent vote on this amendment as defined in the charter.


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.

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Currently the charter <http://igcaucus.org/charter>  reads as:

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As part of the voting process the voter must personally ascertain that they are a member of the IGC based on membership criteria described elsewhere in this charter and posted as part of the voting information (i.e. a voter must affirm membership on the voter form in order to vote). The decision to self-identify as a member of the IGC is a personal decision based on the criteria defined. A list of the self-defined member-voters will be published after the election with the results of the election.

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Changes proposed:

1. Indicate that the affirmation is prior to the vote and not part of the vote.
2. require that all ballot include the ability to abstain.


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Prior to voting the prospective voter must personally ascertain that they are a member of the IGC based on membership criteria described elsewhere in this charter and posted as part of the voting information (i.e. a voter must affirm membership on the voter form prior to voting). The decision to self-identify as a member of the IGC is a personal decision based on the criteria defined. A list of the self-defined member-voters will be published after the election with the results of the election.

All ballots will include the ability for voters to abstain on any choice included on the ballot.

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