[governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter Amendments

[Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google]

+1 re: @Shalia Misty suggestion.
On Jan 19, 2013 3:33 PM, "shaila mistry" <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can the coordinator  please  re-post the final version of the proposals
> for the three amendments.
> We have had a fair amount of dissection so it would be helpful to get a
> clean version.
> Many thanks
> Shaila
>
>
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> *From:* Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
> *To:* IGC <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:54 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter
> Amendments
>
> Hi,
>
> Have the amendments that I co-proposed been lost.
>
> I am totally confused about what is going on with this process.
> I do not know what 1, 2, 3 are.  Is on line somewhere?
>
> Is the vote to wait until every amendment everyone has ever wanted also
> gets discussed and put on the ballot?
>
> avri
>
> On 18 Jan 2013, at 10:55, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>
> > 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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