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On 2008.04.28 22:02, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> For the most part this section is fine. One thing that does need to |
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> be |
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> changed is the following |
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> "when requested in writing by not less than ten percent (10%) of all |
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> members entitled to vote at the meeting." |
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> I think we can exclude the last bit, entitled to vote at meetings. |
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> Members aren't voting at meetings, board members, and officers are. |
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> Thus |
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[snip] |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> amd64/Java/Trustees |
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> Gentoo Foundation |
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William, |
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That's only a question of mechanisation. We hold the meeting, come to |
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the point of a vote, then adjourn for the vote to take place using our |
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normal method. At the end of the voting period, the meeting reconvenes. |
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The members have effectively voted at the meeting. |
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More generally, a lot of the things in the NM statutes at |
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http://xrl.us/bjevt are not written around the concept of a virtual |
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Foundation such as we want to be. As Ferris has already reminded me, |
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its not the letter of the law that counts, its how it has been |
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interpreted down the years by the courts. As I'm not a US citizen, my |
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knowledge of these things is a lot less than all of the other trustees, |
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so I'll go with the flow. |
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If we want to go away from the interpreted NM law, even if we know what |
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it is, I don't think there will be any issues unless someone decides to |
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mount a challenge in the courts. Its hard to think of a motive for |
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that. In short, I'm reasonably comfortable with mapping the intent of |
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the law onto a suitable virtual framework for Gentoo. |
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As a safeguard for us, should be put such a set of bylaws to a vote of |
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the members ? |
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I know we don't need to but we could seek membership endorsement at the |
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next trustee election. I suppose getting reelected is endorsement. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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trustees |
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