[governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter Amendments

[Norbert Bollow]

Hi Jeremy

In addition there's the amendments proposal by Avri from the
thread "Suggested amendment for the charter. Nomcom." with more than
ten co-proposers.

Greetings,
Norbert

Am Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:32:58 +0800
schrieb Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>:

> I almost let this slip.  Sala asked me to call the charter amendment
> poll by today, unless we need more time for discussion.  So let's
> just confirm, are we ready to call a poll on any or all of these
> proposed amendments?  I think I have the latest/preferred text for
> each below, but correct me if I'm wrong:
> 
> 1. On selection of coordinators, add after "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)."
> 
> ...this text...
> 
> "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)."
> 
> ...then it continues as at present, "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", then another
> new addition...
> 
> "All ballots will include the ability for voters to abstain on any
> choice included on the ballot."
> 
> 2. Under "Selection of Coordinators", regarding when elections are
> held, change "by midsummer (the summer solstice) to "by the end of
> that calendar year".  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.
> 
> 3. Under "Working methods", update the address of the mailing list
> from governance at lists.cpsr.org to governance at lists.igcaucus.org.
> 


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