Re: Changes for the Bylaws

In message <19990722111740(dot)J4334(at)darren(dot)benham(dot)net>, "Darren O. Benham"
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>On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 02:19:39PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote:
>> Any objections to changing that to something more appropriate like:
>> "At any regular or special meeting if a majority so requires, any questio=
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>> may be voted upon in the manner and style deemed appropriate by the=20
>secretary or chairman or [presiding person] of the meeting in that order."
>
>In other words, if it's a, say, board meeting and the secretary isn't
>there.. the chairman isn't there (BTW, the chairman doesn't have to be the
>president, but I would image SPI, it will probably always be), the person
>who's presiding over the meeting....
>

That's what I meant by chairman... the person presiding over the meeting. I
guess that can be confusing though... maybe 'secretary of the organization
or chairman of the meeting' ??

>> At all meetings, except for the election of officers and directors, all=
>> votes shall be viva voce, or electronically cast except that for election=
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>> officers ballots shall be provided and there shall not appear any place o=
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>> such ballot any mark or marking that might tend to indicate the person wh=
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>> cast such ballot.
>I still think this will be difficult... it will have to be paper pen,
>nothing electronic can meet the last sentence (not idicating...)
>

I would have thought that when releasing the results you just don't list the
votes (like for the debian logo). Maybe we should add something to allow
for electronic voting then... I don't see us sending out real ballots
anytime soon :)

" At all meetings, except for the election of officers and directors, all
votes shall be viva voce, or electronically cast except that for election of
officers ballots shall be provided and there shall not appear any place on
such ballot any mark or marking that might tend to indicate the person who
cast such ballot. If the ballots for the election of officers are cast
electronically, then the names of the people submitting ballots shall not be
used for any purpose, and shall not appear in the results of the voting."

Howzzat?

And yes, I do hate how my mailer splits the lines...

Nils.

On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 09:54:23AM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote:
> That's what I meant by chairman... the person presiding over the meeting. I
> guess that can be confusing though... maybe 'secretary of the organization
> or chairman of the meeting' ??
That's kinda what I though... new words sound better...

> I would have thought that when releasing the results you just don't list the
> votes (like for the debian logo). Maybe we should add something to allow
> for electronic voting then... I don't see us sending out real ballots
> anytime soon :)
>
> " At all meetings, except for the election of officers and directors, all
> votes shall be viva voce, or electronically cast except that for election of
> officers ballots shall be provided and there shall not appear any place on
> such ballot any mark or marking that might tend to indicate the person who
> cast such ballot. If the ballots for the election of officers are cast
> electronically, then the names of the people submitting ballots shall not be
> used for any purpose, and shall not appear in the results of the voting."
>
All votes shall be viva voce or electronically cast in a manner provided
for by the Secretary. Votes and tallies are not revealed during voting
but votes cast are listed after the election is over. The ballots for the
election of officers are kept secret even after the vote is over.

> Howzzat?
I was thinking something more like that...

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