[governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter Amendments

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Am 14.01.13 13:31, schrieb Avri Doria:
> hi,
>
> If I were a qualified voter under the charter rules as interpreted by
> some*, I would join you in proposing these.
>
> Should you still be looking for endorsers after the 18th, count me
> in.
>
> avri
>
> * note: i bailed out of the vote last time, just as is being
> suggested this time, and yet was marked as a non-voter by our
> co-ordinator.  I am considering an appeal if I am not given a vote in
> the charter revision.

Same is true for me. I want to vote on the charter without having to 
support any of the candidates.

jeanette
>
> On 13 Jan 2013, at 23:54, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
>> On 14/01/13 06:47, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>>> My comment refers to point 5 below: "Before the initiation of the
>>> Voting eBallot, all voting members are requested to inform the
>>> IGC if they feel that there are other necessary amendments to be
>>> made to the  Charter and a period of 48 hours is given to allow
>>> members to respond." Is there any reason that we cannot deal with
>>> these amendments piecemeal? Avri has made a powerful and
>>> convincing proposal that has received a good deal of support. I
>>> propose therefore that we should vote on this amendment to this
>>> section of the Charter now. As other amendments are proposed we
>>> can deal with them. Attempts to review the whole Charter together
>>> have been unsuccessful. Perhaps making a review section by
>>> section will work better. What do others think?
>>
>> I think that other amendments should be considered at the same
>> time.  Here are the other amendments that I would like to propose
>> be added to the ballot: • Under "Selection of Coordinators",
>> regarding when elections are held, change "by midsummer (the summer
>> solstice) to "within 15 months of the previous election".  Also in
>> "If events prevent an election by midsummer, it will be held as
>> soon after midsummer as possible," change the word "midsummer" to
>> "then" in both places. • Under "Working methods", update the
>> address of the mailing list from governance at lists.cpsr.org to
>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org. The last of these, in particular,
>> should be a no-brainer.
>>
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